It's not a life she has in common with anyone here, it would seem. Even Thomas came from the other side of things though he was from Downton. But it's not anything in her life she can, or would change. It was what she had grown up with, though she agreed in many ways that too many found themselves with so little when others had so much. Working as a nurse and having a real purpose had been the thing that had truly opened her eye to that.
"We'd seen them in London, of course. But to have them in the house was so odd. I think Grandmama very nearly had a heart attack when she was told we were installing them." It makes Sybil smile to remember even now. "She was convinced they would burn the house down."
"It wasn't what you might think. I mean, it isn't what most people think. Not all balls and parties and hunting. We worked, we had charities and causes though they all thought mine were dour and boring." She's defending herself and she's not sure why. Sybil shakes her head, wincing at herself. "I'm sorry. I know it wasn't a life most lived but it was what I knew. I loved my home, my family. We could have done more. So much more. I don't know why I'm defending myself, I'm sorry."
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Date: 2013-11-17 04:48 am (UTC)"We'd seen them in London, of course. But to have them in the house was so odd. I think Grandmama very nearly had a heart attack when she was told we were installing them." It makes Sybil smile to remember even now. "She was convinced they would burn the house down."
"It wasn't what you might think. I mean, it isn't what most people think. Not all balls and parties and hunting. We worked, we had charities and causes though they all thought mine were dour and boring." She's defending herself and she's not sure why. Sybil shakes her head, wincing at herself. "I'm sorry. I know it wasn't a life most lived but it was what I knew. I loved my home, my family. We could have done more. So much more. I don't know why I'm defending myself, I'm sorry."