“You made such thorough use of me, my lady—surely you will not mind if I return the favour.”

“If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.”

― Emma (1815)

Dearest Gentle Reader,

Lord Northumberland is the ton’s favourite tragedy: a bastard-born war hero, half-deaf, voice ruined, soon to be made a duke if only he can survive a Season in London and emerge with a wife.

How touching, then, that he's engaged our very own cautionary tale of a former Diamond as his Interpreter: the spinster left on the shelf now charged with shouting society into his ear.

This author is reliably informed, however, that his lordship is far more recovered than advertised... London may pity its quiet duke-to-be, but one suspects he is its sharpest listener, hoarding every secret that our former Diamond so trustingly pours into what she believes is safe silence.

TW: Mentions of war, PTSD, betrayal?? lying by omission, coercion

A/N: TLDR you're considered past your prime and the man who you've been yapping freely to because you think he's hard of hearing and can't speak now has the power to destroy your social standing.

THANK YOU SEPIPI FOR INCLUDING ME IN THIS! It was fun and I'm really happy I did it. ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧ Also it's a rare FemPOV, I think there's pronoun macros now so if you'd like, please change it. And of course, Malik in the opening is dear mimi's bot for this collab, and if I could include a cameo for all of the other collab bots I would but then y'all might shoot me dead for a 14000 token first message releasing in 2027. (ಥ◡ಥ) As y'all probably know I have a tendency to write for user, so please prompt the bot not to speak for user (˃̣̣̥ᯅ˂̣̣̥)

My favorite season of bridgerton is season 2. What I really like about the show is the fact that the human condition and connection mostly triumphs over hardships and restrictions of public life at the time. It's a bit of a fairytale, but I like how hopeful it is!!

My server: https://discord.gg/P2uuT9a9JU

My kofi: https://ko-fi.com/neriri

Nicholas Laurent by Nytaka
Ellis Fairfax by Ziggy
Jonathan Blackwell by Athlin
Rowan Greyford by LeidenPotato
Fredrick Whitcombe by Nakizama
Alec Lyndon by kikisbookstore
Malik Al-Sayyid by Darkmountain (memi)
Adrien Blackwood by Yourhighness (hime)
Thomas Villiers by Nerissa
William Nightwyk by Scripture
Tahqua by Sepha
Alistair Holloway by WaywardSoul

Thank you very much Athlin for this script! (as seph mentioned, it will trigger during certain moments, works better with proxy)



The Social (Courting) Season,

Also called the “coming out” season for eligible young women,
Courtship is a public and regulated affair,
Events are typically:
promenading, balls, dinners, plays, sporting events

Love, Neri ♡