"No, I'm Not, I Never Say The Right Thing! I Talk About The Piano Forte Too Much, I'm Too Particular,

"No, I'm not, I never say the right thing! I talk about the piano forte too much, I'm too particular, I try to control my reactions, but I just get so excited and can't help myself." Francesca fought back tears. She didn't want to fall apart in front of her brother.

"It's like we're playing a game, and everyone else knows the rules, but they won't explain them to me, and when I think I've figured them out, they change." Francesca wrung her hands, tears blurring her vision.

"Papa used to say I was like Uncle Hugo. He was awkward and passionate. I don't want to be awkward and passionate, I want to be normal!"

[ rub ]  –  for the sender muse to rub up and down the receiver’s back / shoulder as a means of comfort. Anthony @ Francesca! @strxngertogether

Francesca's head came to rest on Anthony's shoulder, after the disaster of tonight's ball she hadn't expected her older brother to come check on her, but come he had.

"I wish I was more like the rest of you, I'm just... not like the rest of you. What's wrong with me?"

"I miss you when I least expect it." Anthony @ Kate! @strxngertogether

"I just went for a walk," Kate teased, she loved walking through the markets. Her heart had longed for India since they left, and now that Anthony had helped her get back here she couldn't help herself but immerse herself in the culture she loved.

Even now at this late date in her pregnancy Kate often went walking, especially when her unborn child wouldn't settle.

"Your child has been active today, I thought a walk would calm them."

HANNAH DODD as FRANCESCA BRIDGERTON in "BRIDGERTON" 3x08 | "Into the Light"

If she has taken an interest in Lady Whistledown again, perhaps she's interested in what she has to say about the season's available gentlemen too. I cannot think of any cleverer way to say this, but no. BRIDGERTON (SEASON 2, 2022)

kate “i can’t believe how happy i am” sharma 🥹

Francesca couldn't help herself, burying her face in Anthony's shirt as the tears poured forth.

Her eldest brother had always taken such good care of her, as much of a father figure as a brother.

So Francesca clung to her brother and wept.

How could Anthony help? Francesca didn't know. He couldn't fix her.

"I wish I could just be me, that people wouldn't judge... I wish the world was kinder."

[ rub ]  –  for the sender muse to rub up and down the receiver’s back / shoulder as a means of comfort. Anthony @ Francesca! @strxngertogether

Francesca's head came to rest on Anthony's shoulder, after the disaster of tonight's ball she hadn't expected her older brother to come check on her, but come he had.

"I wish I was more like the rest of you, I'm just... not like the rest of you. What's wrong with me?"