“And here I thought she was a minor god.”. It was quite strange, actually, how he loved returning home just as much as he did the departure. “This is your house, is it not?”, “Yes. Benedict would live through his paintings, long after he left this earth. “Here we are,” he said as he nodded his reply. Penelope stabbed her needle into the cushion beside her. And, she was able to tell herself with some satisfaction, the man in question –one Colin Bridgerton– felt precisely the same way. Of course, it didn’t hurt that Colin possessed, as did all the Bridgerton men, fabulous good looks. A little sister.”. They were having one of those conversations that men have, the kind in which they grumble a lot and poke fun at each other. Perhaps you heard–”, “I heard you saying something. For a good ten seconds. She nodded, and the two of them took off down the street. He was fairly certain Anthony had asked him a question, but somewhere in the meanderings of his mind, he’d forgotten what. Lady Bridgerton’s home was large, but the Bridgerton children, spouses, and grandchildren numbered twenty-one. How I should love to travel. “Do you know what?” Eloise demanded. A girl with no marriage prospects isn’t worth the time and energy it takes her to offer fashion advice. Anyone can see that Colin Bridgerton is a better catch.”, Portia deflated into her perfectly upholstered chair. “Right as rain,” Colin interjected, making an expert sidestep before Lady Bridgerton could maul him with motherly concern. But somehow the age gap between Colin and Felicity seemed even larger, perhaps because…, Penelope was unable to keep the disgust off her face. [7][15], In 2018, while Nicola Coughlan was appearing on stage in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at London's Donmar Warehouse, she wrote a piece for the Guardian calling out unfair scrutiny of women's bodies in theatre criticism. “I do love you.”, Eloise grinned. Now then, if you will excuse me, gentlemen, I should like to go home.”, The three gentlemen immediately stood back to let her pass, and she would have made a clean escape, except that Colin suddenly blurted out, “Don’t you have a maid?”, She shook her head. People who didn’t know Eloise very well thought she had a habit of changing the subject frequently (and abruptly) but Penelope knew that the truth was something else altogether. And she loved her mother back. You needn’t actively look for a wife, but there’s no harm in remaining open to the possibility.”, Colin eyed the doorway, intending to pass through it very shortly. First, Penelope Featherington was seen in the company of not one, not two, but THREE Bridgerton brothers, surely a heretofore impossible feat for the poor girl, who is rather infamous for her wallflower ways. She’s a smart girl. This sitcom is set in Derry, Northern Ireland, in the 1990s. How is he meant to avoid a twelve-year difference between him and his wife? Portia’s query seemed to sum up all that was different between mother and daughter. The Bridgertons were an important family indeed, and conversations with them were not to be ignored. “Don’t you need to go home?”. “I probably could have married you off years ago if you had concentrated more on the social graces and less on… less on…”, “I don’t know. Nicola Mary Coughlan (born 9 January 1987) is an Irish actress. It was right before Eloise’s brother Benedict had married Sophie, only he didn’t know who she really was, and– well, that didn’t signify, except that it may have been the one truly great secret in the last decade that Lady Whistledown had never managed to unearth. Not, Penelope was afraid, anything that would enhance her popularity. Benedict, his elder by four years, had gained renown as an artist. Hyacinth Bridgerton told her.”, “Your sister spends a great deal of time over at the Bridgerton household.”. and fears she doesn't know him at all. “Oh!” The word slipped over her lips before she could even think, the squeal of it piercing the air like an off-key whistle. Away from the ton, who thought him a charming rogue and nothing else, away from England, which encouraged younger sons to enter the military or the clergy, neither of which suited his temperament. “And I finally got him to admit to me that yes, he thinks he will stay for at least a few months. “It’s almost incestuous,” Penelope muttered. He would, of course, be furious with her, since she’d effectively knocked him off his horse and covered him with mud– two things guaranteed to put any gentleman in the foulest of moods. Anyway, she was walking through the front hall, listening to her feet tap along the marble tile as she saw herself out. “You read it somewhere.”. After they had passed about three houses, Anthony said in a strangely respectful voice, “He didn’t know you were there.”, Penelope felt her lips tighten at the corners– not out of anger, just out of a weary sense of resignation. But he made me promise not to tell Mother.”, “Now, that’s not” –Penelope cleared her throat– “terribly intelligent of him. She has to. “Indeed, and he’s very tanned. I am of age. “Colin is expected for tea. “Mother,” she said, with the patience of, if not a saint, at least a very devout nun, “Felicity is practically engaged to Mr. Albansdale.”, Portia actually began rubbing her hands together. Many ton weddings –maybe even most of them– saw men marrying girls a dozen or more years their junior. No one could do that for so long without making a mistake. When Eloise had her mind set on something, she was completely unable to let it go. It was great to bring that to life and watch her sort of become more and more empowered as the show goes on." I would be the talk of London for weeks. “It was no trouble,” he said, giving her a somewhat amused smile. It seemed even Lady Whistledown understood the futility of Penelope’s feelings for Colin. It was, Penelope thought with wry satisfaction, probably the only time in his life he’d ever been at a loss for words. Although he did just return from Wales.”. The years drifted by, and somehow, without realizing it, Penelope ceased to be a debutante and found herself sitting with the chaperones, watching her younger sister Felicity –surely the only Featherington sister blessed with both natural beauty and charm– enjoying her own London seasons. Well, almost anything. Penelope could see them through the open front door, but she couldn’t hear what they were saying until she’d reached the threshold. She begged her mother to let her wait a year. Later that night, as she replayed the encounter for about the thousandth time in her mind, it occurred to her that it would have been nice if she could have said that she’d fallen in love with him as he kissed her hand before a dance, his green eyes twinkling devilishly while his fingers held hers just a little more tightly than was proper. [3][9], In 2018, Coughlan began playing Clare Devlin, one of the main characters, in Derry Girls. “Colin Bridgerton is not going to marry Felicity!”, Portia gave a little shrug. But while he knew that he would not relish being in their shoes –never knowing if a loved one was dead or alive, constantly waiting for the knock of the messenger at the front door– that just wasn’t enough to keep his feet firmly planted in England. A silly repetition of words, perhaps, but that was precisely what Penelope doodled on a ridiculously expensive sheet of writing paper, along with the words, “Mrs. [2][6] She then went on to train in England at the Oxford School of Drama and Birmingham School of Acting. Colin Bridgerton is tired of being thought nothing but an empty-headed charmer, tired of the neverending sameness of his life, and, most of all, tired of everyone’s preoccupation with the notorious gossip columnist Lady Whistledown, who can’t seem to publish an edition without mentioning him in the first paragraph. As far as she was concerned there was no greater lady in England. “I did clear my throat. “It does seem his usual aim in life,” Eloise concurred. “I don’t know,” she said. Her second appearance in the column was no better. He sighed. She did that too often. It was a large brood, indeed. “I must go and find Felicity. “I live just around the corner.”. But by then, no one could live without the almost-daily dose of gossip, and everyone paid their pennies. And when Lady Whistledown wanted to write about Penelope Featherington, she did. Penelope had discovered a reason to dream. and thank heavens I listened. She is known for her roles as Clare Devlin in the Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls and Penelope Featherington in the Netflix period drama Bridgerton. [15][16][17] In the following year, she made headlines again for rebutting the Daily Mirror’s comment on her 2019 British Academy Television Awards look: "Not the most flattering". Penelope sucked on her abused finger even though she knew it was hopelessly uncouth to do so. “But maybe you’re right. “No,” he insisted, “I do. Penelope smiled, but she sighed at the same time. “Eloise!” Penelope exclaimed, throwing a pillow at her. “Hadn’t realized how much I missed it until I returned. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Oh, this was love love love love love love. It was obvious to Penelope that neither Prudence, Philippa, nor even Felicity had ever had a chance with a Bridgerton. One of his landscapes now hung in the National Gallery. She –or it could be he, I suppose– has been writing the column for over a decade. ", "Derry Girls Nicola Coughlan takes us on a tour of her hometown, Galway", "Derry Girls' Nicola Coughlan on life in NUI Galway, acting, and the impact of the hit comedy show", "Woman Crush Wednesday: Nicola Coughlan is the Belle of the Ball in 'Bridgerton, "Nicola Coughlan health: 'I couldn't get out of bed' Derry Girls star's depression battle", "Galway actress joins new Channel 4 comedy", "The rising stars you need to know about", "When is Bridgerton released on Netflix? The night's proceeds went to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Whatever it is you do that has you staring into space and daydreaming so often.”, “I’m just thinking,” Penelope said quietly. I take Tea with Violet Bridgerton, and Other Mugs, Ebook Bridgerton Collection Vol. âPeople have real problems,â Penelope says, âmature problems, problems that have nothing to do with the secret identity of some silly writer. Lady Whistledown’s Society Papers, April of 1814 found Penelope back in London for a second season, and even though she attracted the same number of suitors as the year before (zero), the season wasn’t, in all honesty, quite so bad. She tried to remind herself that beauty was only skin deep, but that didn’t offer any helpful excuses when she was berating herself for never knowing what to say to people. Her two older sisters, Prudence and Philippa, finally found husbands of their own and moved away. Lady Bridgerton’s intentions to see each and every one of her eight offspring happily married were legendary. What Portia wanted was a slave. “We’re going to Bridgerton House,” Eloise explained. Everyone had a copy of Mathilda on their bedstand. [2][7] In the following years, she did various voice works in animated series. I– Oh! Such a silly little word. But truly, her mother could try the patience of even the kindest, gentlest of daughters, and as Penelope was the first to admit, she could be a wee bit sarcastic at times. “I know you really do. Her regular efforts are enough to drive him mad as it is.”, Eloise cocked her head. “I didn’t want her feelings to be hurt.”, Eloise blinked a few times before saying, “That was very kind of you, Penelope.”, “I have my moments of charity and grace.”, “One would think,” Eloise said with a snort, “that a vital component of charity and grace is the ability not to draw attention to one’s possession of them.”, Penelope pursed her lips as she pushed Eloise toward the door. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. She lives in London. So no one would have blinked an eye at the difference in age between Daphne and the Duke of Hastings. The Featherington butler was so used to seeing her there that he treated her like a member of the family. He’s not ready to marry, and your mother won’t be able to restrain herself from pressuring him. Penelope looked up, startled. But Mrs. Featherington held high matrimonial hopes for her older girls. “Well, yes, actually, parts of it. She rushed forward, quite without thinking, squealing something that was meant to inquire after his welfare, but that she suspected came out as nothing more than a strangled shriek. “I don’t think I should want to find out.”, They both fell silent for a moment (a rare occurrence, indeed) and then Eloise quite suddenly jumped to her feet and said, “I must go.”, Penelope smiled. Penelope frowned, then yelped as she accidentally stabbed her finger with her needle. By clicking “Accept”, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. The girl is a reluctant debutante and youngest daughter of a nouveau-riche family in Regency-era London. Colin wandered over to the window and pretended to look out. . He would never dream of claiming he didn’t have fun, but sometimes he wanted something a little more than fun. Everything her mother said was true. [3][8] She worked part-time at an optician in Galway. It could be difficult to get letters home; he supposed that his family often had to wait a month or even two for word of his welfare. Do you know what I think?”. “Thank goodness for you.”. [1][2] At the age of 5, when watching her older sister performing in a school play she decided to be an actress. In truth, Colin really couldn’t blame him. They represented the estimated number of women a week who had to travel to England to access abortion. It was the three elder Bridgerton brothers: Anthony, Benedict, and Colin. Colin turned to him and blinked. “And it’s a good thing you do, spinster that I am. And so Penelope’s life continued. I cannot believe Colin actually told you he vomited.”, “He’d be furious with you if he knew you’d told me.”, Eloise waved off her protest. Lady Bridgerton, of all people, took a liking to her, and Penelope found that she could often tell things to the lovely viscountess that she would never dream of saying to her own mother. “I didn’t think you were,” Anthony demurred. “He said it was brilliant. It was through Lady Bridgerton that she met Eloise Bridgerton, the younger sister of her beloved Colin. How wonderful it was to feel love —even the one-sided sort— for a nice person. Eloise sighed. Penelope looked up from her needlework. All We Know About Nicola Coughlan", "Derry Girls star is Galway to her core! You’re like another sister to him.”. Penelope hadn’t much experience with the laughter of men, and what little she had known had not been kind. Or maybe a snug cottage by the sea. His brother Anthony was leaning against the front of his massive mahogany desk, motioning to him with his own glass of brandy. “He won’t mind. “Well,” she said slowly, “to begin with, she’s twelve years younger than he is.”, “Pfft,” Portia said, waving her hand dismissively. “Lady Whistledown got something wrong.”. The world shook. But the truth is, it doesn’t matter so much if she likes Colin’s bride.”, “Well, I wouldn’t say that,” Anthony mused, sounding not so much like a highly feared and respected viscount and rather more like a well-behaved son. Her mother’s “compliments” had a habit of landing rather like wasps. Even Lady Whistledown commented upon it!”, “I hid that column from Mother,” Penelope admitted. But there seemed little point in telling this to her mother, who probably thought she’d complimented her third daughter by saying she’d not been the least popular girl that season. [19][20], On 26 June 2020, Coughlan and her fellow Derry Girls co-stars performed a sketch with Saoirse Ronan for the RTÉ fundraising special RTÉ Does Comic Relief. She might as well keep her mother’s mouth full. “Mother asked him –of course– whether he was planning to remain in town for the season,” Eloise continued, “and –of course– he was terribly evasive, but then I decided to interrogate him myself–”. Colin developed a taste for travel and began to spend more and more time outside of London; it seemed that every few months he was off to some new destination. “I just want to see you happy.”, “Hell, I’m the happiest man in London. My bonnet came right off my head, and…”. He managed the small property given to him by his family and he attended parties. Of course she did set A Brief History of Greece down behind Mathilda, the novel by S.R. “If nothing else,” Colin added, turning around and affixing his legendary crooked grin on his face, “someone has to spoil your children. “It’s settled, then,” she said tightly, amazed that for once, exactly the right words were coming out of her mouth. [12] The same year, she competed against some of her Derry Girls co-stars in an episode of The Great British Bake Off show. “That’s nothing, and you know it.”. What's it about? For those gentle (and ignorant) readers who are new to town this year, Mr. Bridgerton is the third in the legendary string of eight Bridgerton siblings (hence the name Colin, beginning with C; he follows Anthony and Benedict, and precedes Daphne, Eloise, Francesca, Gregory, and Hyacinth. He didn’t give her a stinging set-down, he didn’t yell, he didn’t even glare. Which meant that if Eloise suddenly wanted to leave, it probably had to do with something they’d been talking about earlier in the afternoon, and–. They’d had their London seasons together, reached adulthood together, and, much to their mothers’ dismay, had become spinsters together. But his earth shook, his heart leaped, and Penelope knew without a shadow of a doubt that his breath was taken away as well. Anthony nodded. However you may visit Cookie Settings to provide a controlled consent. “He’s not the sort to be cruel. And while Penelope spent her afternoons in the green-and-cream drawing room at Bridgerton House (or, more often, up in Eloise’s bedchamber where the two girls laughed and giggled and discussed everything under the sun with great earnestness) she found herself coming into occasional contact with Colin, who at two-and-twenty had not yet moved out of the family home and into bachelor lodgings. But Prudence and Philippa had never been Incomparables. “Does it, Mr. Bridgerton?”. She stopped talking when she realized he hadn’t actually apologized, so there was little point in contradicting him. The left corner of Eloise’s mouth began to twitch. “I assure you I am not averse to the idea of marriage.”. After half a lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows everything about him, until she stumbles across his deepest secret . Eloise didn’t even bother to pull a face. She can’t see beyond that, I’m afraid. ", "Derry Girls' Nicola Coughlan: 'It bothers me that we reduce women to the size of their body, "Derry Girls actress Nicola Coughlan gets apology after being branded 'overweight little girl' in scathing British Theatre Guide", "Critics, judge me for my work in Derry Girls and on the stage, not on my body", "Derry Girls star Nicola Coughlan auctioning iconic BAFTA dress for a brilliant cause", "This Is Why The Cast Of Derry Girls Marched On Westminster Today", Shepherd Alison. But when Colin returns to London from a trip abroad, he discovers nothing in his life is quite the same—especially Penelope Featherington! Meanwhile, Colin is tired of his reputation as an empty-headed charmer and ⦠Penelope snatched up her needlework again. Thankfully, however, Portia’s mind had already moved on to greener pastures. “Will you all fit?” Penelope asked. There was no hiding behind abbreviations such as Lord P— or Lady B—. Penelope (Nicola Coughlan) is the youngest Featherington sister and she was born the same year as her best friend Eloise. Abortion in Northern Ireland: women march in London, "Derry Girls cast fangirl over Ronan in hilarious sketch", "When is Bridgerton released on Netflix? Colin, the third child, is quite a bit younger than his brothers at only 22, and he longs to tour the world before he settles down. Why did her mother seem to think their charms so exceeded Penelope’s? The period drama television series is set in 18th-century London. He wanted, if not to know then at least to hope, that when he was gone, he’d be memorialized in some manner other than in Lady Whistledown’s Society Papers. Yesterday afternoon. “Do you think we could?” she exclaimed. “It’s just that I so wanted one of my daughters to marry a Bridgerton. My editor said, "Noooooooooo!" I don’t think Charlotte has nearly enough dolls.”. I’m sure of it!”, Penelope groaned. Eloise was also just-turned seventeen, but her mother had wisely allowed her to delay her debut by a year, even though Eloise possessed the Bridgerton good looks and charm in abundance. . At least she let you rid yourself of all those yellow frocks.”, Penelope looked down at her morning dress, which was, if she did say so herself, a rather flattering shade of blue. After a year or so of unsuccessful attempts to name Lady Bridgerton’s new home, the family had taken to calling it simply Number Five. 2 April 1824, “Look at this!” Portia Featherington squealed. No wonder he spent so much time traveling. “I used to think so. “I know,” she replied. “It was my pleasure, I assure you.” Penelope watched as he left, then she went inside and cried. The single-sheet newspaper became an instant sensation. “Perhaps she’ll put you on Colin’s list, Penelope!”. “Colin Bridgerton is of an age to be looking for a wife.”, Penelope managed to blink just before her eyes bugged right out of her head. But when he finally rose to his feet, brushing off whatever mud could be dislodged from his clothing, he didn’t lash out at her. She is beside herself. Mother wants the entire family in attendance.”. “Good God,” he whispered, “is she ill?”, “No!” Anthony said, his surprise making his voice loud and forceful. “Terribly smart of you,” Penelope murmured. “Oh. She means well…” Penelope bit her lip in horror. His brother Anthony held the viscountcy, and with that came myriad responsibilities. Penelope decided then and there that it was best not to try to understand the workings of her mother’s mind.
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