An Evening at Almack's

“Many people would tell you to lay your entire heart bare, no matter the enormity of that risk, no matter the potential for heart-shattering agony. People always expect others to do what they themselves would likely not undertake were the roles reversed.”“Is that your way of saying I ought to tell him of my regard but also acknowledging that you understand why I might not manage to do so?”Angelina nodded. “I believe it to be both the correct course of action and the most difficult.”“Those two are often one and the same,” Felicity said on a sigh.“Yes, they are.”Felicity pulled her legs up toward herself, hugging her knees. “You have grown very wise in your old age, sister.”“Wisdom does seem to expand as one’s time shrinks.” Sadness Angelina didn’t often allow in her expression snuck across her face. “Do not waste the time you have been given, Felicity. It is so very precious.” She looked at her, earnestly, almost desperately. “You have a future laid out before you. Seize it. Not everyone is granted that gift.”