The Return To Misselthwaite Manor

Chapter Eight: Return To Lily's Garden
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There were times when Lady Mary would wonder out on her own into the garden in the summer time when the sun was warm and Lily's Garden was in full bloom.
She would get up earlier in the morning, bathe, and dress and go out through the servants entrance that lead out to the path into Lily's Garden.
 
Lord Collin would wake up and Mary would be no where around and he knew where she would be.
 
Mrs. Medlock would knock on the door and say, "Excuse me Lord Collin, I have morning tea and scones for Lady Mary and you."
 
"Lady Mary is not here she must be out in the garden. Please take our tea out in the garden so we may enjoy it there." Collin said.
 
"Yes Lord Collin." Mrs.Medlock replied and picked up tea tray and start down the back to the entrance of the manor where the household staff would come in and out.
 
Mrs. Medlock would enter Lily's Garden but Mary was out of sight she must have wandered into her favorite part of Lily's Garden where the roses were.
 
"Lady Mary, I have tea for you." Mrs. Medlock would call out.
Lady Mary would appear and say, "Please place it on the table and I am sure Lord Collin knows where I am."
"Yes he said he would be to join you. It was his idea that you have tea out in the garden." Mrs. Medlock said.
"Thank you Mrs. Medlock that will be all." Mary said, and with that Mrs. Medlock would head back for the Manor.
Lady Mary in Lily's Garden in Summer of 1924 gathering flowers from the garden.
 
 
Lady Mary loved the garden as it was a gift to her given to her by her late Uncle Archie. She had fond memories of Lord Collin, her late Uncle and she playing in the garden together.
 
A very minutes later Lord Collin entered the garden and called out, "Mary, Mary, where are you?"
"I am over by the roses." Mary called back.
 
Collin would start to walk around the fountain and enter into the rose garden and walk under the trellis of roses. He saw Mary dressed in her simple white summer dress and white hat with a pink ribbon around it.
 
Collin stood there and watched Mary as she placed the fresh flowers in her basket and she turned around and said, "My dear Collin how long have you been standing there watching me."
"I have not been here too long but I could watch you forever." Collin said walking over to Mary and kissing her.
"The garden is lovely this time of year. The roses are in bloom." Mary said.
Collin just watched Mary and finally said, "You remind me of my late mother."
"I am her niece though my father was her brother." Mary said.
"Come let us go to the bistro table and chairs and have our morning tea and scones." Mary said taking Collin arm and walking out of the rose garden.
 
 

 
Lord Collin and Lady Mary out in Lily's Garden .
 
 

Lady Lily in her garden in summer of 1898 afrer she married Lord Craven.

Lady Mary and Collin decided to walk about to the manor after they spent a quiet day in the garden. Mary said," Heavens, I have gone to see Lady Lily, I am sure she is making a fuss about it."
"I am sure Martha has everything in hand." Collin said.
"My dear Collin you don't understand Lily and I spent time together each day. This way she knows I love her and I will always be here for her." Mary says and the finally reach the manor door, and Collin opens the door, lets Mary go in first and the he follows her in and closes the door.
 
Mary says, "Excuse me my dear Collin, I do hear our daughter crying."
"I know you are a mother and mothers worry about their children." Collin says
"Yes that is what mothers are good for taking care of their children and wives are good at taking care of their husband. I will meet you in the study." Mary says as she walks up the stairs and walks down the corridor where Lady Lily's nursery is.
 
Lady Mary walk in and says, " Good Day Martha, how long has Lily been up?"
"Good gracious for a while Lady Mary. She is much in a mood today." Martha said.
"I will take her now, go busy yourself in the kitchen and help the Cook." Mary says

"Yes Lady Mary." Martha says and walks down the stairs that lead to the kitchen.
 
Lady Mary goes over and picks up Lady Lily and holds her in her arms and says, " Lady Lily why are you so fussy. You have been changed and fed. I wil take you down stairs with me so you can be with Papa and me."
 
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Lady Mary holding Lady Lily in her arms in the nursery at Misselthwaite Manor in 1924.

Lady Lily immediately quiets down after Mary picks her up and Mary says, " Ma fills comment vous sont?"

Lady Mary sings to her a French love song and Lily quiets down at once.

Mary carries Lily back downstairs with her and Collin looks up and says, " I see our princesse is quiet."

"Yes she is now but she was making quite a fuss with Martha tending to her." Mary said.

"Maybe Lily just needs to be with us more than the household staff." Collin said.

"Yes I think you may be right and Lady Mary sits down in her chair by Collin cradling their daughter in her arms.

 

 

birth announcement Lord Collin holding Lady Lily in his arms and Mary watching on as Collin interacts with his daughter in Summer of 1924. Lady Lily did not cry once when Lord Collin held his daughter in his.

"She must know who I am?" Collin said to Mary.

"She knows that you are her dearest papa." Mary said.

"She is beautiful she has your dark hair and hazel-blue eyes." Collin said.

"Yes she does resemble all of us in some small way." Mary says watching Collin enjoying holding Lady Lily in his arms.

Mary just smiledon and watch Lily and Collin interact with each other. Mary knew she would be come the apple of Collin's eye and Collin would just give her about anything to her if Mary hadn't stopped it.