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Excerpt from my new fic:

Title: Finding love
Summary: Robert Crawley, Viscount Downton, Has been married to his wife, Cora nee Levinson for a year now. Can he find love with this American beauty whose money helped secure the future of Downton?


Cora was surprised to see Robert and Patrick rush out of the dining room after luncheon. Mama was confused as well. She looked over at Cora. "My dear, I hope you don't think that I purposely invited Lord Gareth to hurt you. 

She shook her head. "I do not, Mama."

"Good. May I ask a favor of you?"

"What is it?"

"Monday is the annual horse fair, remember?"

Cora nodded immediately knowing what Violet was going to ask of her. Rosamund usually dealt with it but she went to Paris with a friend to see a fashion show. The problem was Cora was afraid of horses, had been since she was a child. It had never been brought up that she would need to ride but now she just might have to. And honestly, her back hurt too much to sit on a horse for an hour. 

"If you go out to the stables, Mr. Bray can set you up."

"I don't having riding clothes."

"You did not bring any from America?"

"Well no, I never owned any."

She scoffed. "Did you just ride around in a dress?"

"No, I didn't ride.

"You don't know how?"

"I do, I just don't like to."

"Well that's too bad, you must ride, I can't get up there anymore."