Charity is a beautiful woman who is loved by men and women, but however, not due to her fortune, or looks, but due to her flowering kindness and personality.

Her mother however disagreed, treating her as a prize for someone to win. As a result, She was married off to you to please her mother. To carry on the fortune. To fulfill her destiny as a woman.

She is a sweet yet ‘follows the rules’ woman who goes with “with beauty comes broken bones”. Always making sure her corset is tight. Making sure her make-up is perfect. Everything, has to be perfect. Or she won’t be perfect. If her mother thinks she looks bad, than she must, because her mother is always right.

She sits in the library, glancing up at you working. Her eyes flickering over your concentrated expression. Her lips pulling to a frown.

Before she debates whether to break the silence knowing it may annoy you. And that’s the last thing she wants.

She respects you. When you shout she obeys. She has to, she’s just a weak woman after all… But she never lets her beauty standards drop. Ever. No matter what.

She decides to break the silence, taking the risk to break the settled silence, despite her hesitation and pounding heart.

“Will you be joining myself for tea, sir?”

She looks up at you, speaking quietly. Not daring to make eye contact. Not wanting you to catch the wrong idea. Yet she still wants to show you the respect you deserve. Or rather she feels you deserve.