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Celebrate International Women’s Day with the fierce, proud, steadfast, and true ladies of LegoPoldark! Also many thanks to the lady who has helped to bring Winston Graham’s wonderful books, Debbie Horsfield.

I’m curious to see if Ossie gives her money to buy a new dress or two to see if she would adapt a full Regency attire.

Rowella goes gangster.....

Taking a break from filming @mammothscreen @poldarktv we see some of the cast caught by our photog enjoying craft services. Now we know how Christian put on his Ossie weight!

So this was still a temporary measure – this renewal of an old aberration – and as such less dangerous than venturing among the dockside cottages where the town whores lived. As a clergyman there was nothing suspicious about his visiting a former parishioner who was also his sister-in-law. Far worse to be surprised coming away from those dreadful derelict cottages. Also there was no risk of disease. Also it was infinitely, a hundred times more exciting. Rowella was like that. Half the time he could have strangled her, but night and day he thought about her. And if she had a baby this time, there was no risk of his being called the father. Of course it was more expensive – a major drawback – although Rowella was careful not to set her demands too high. Arthur Solway was delighted to receive a gift for his library from the vicar of St Margaret’s of £20 ‘for books’. He also noticed that Rowella had several new pairs of shoes. … Arthur enjoyed his young wife both in bed and out, but his was a limited capacity for enjoyment, limited almost as much by his careful, tidy mind as by his physique. But since her knowledge of money matters was so much more extensive than his he was content that she thought them able to afford these little extravagances. Once a week, then, every Thursday, Mr Whitworth visited Mr Pearce, who, although pronounced to be dying, clung obstinately to his life and his life’s secrets…. In fact he timed his arrival at the notary’s office for just before sunset and left as soon as it was fully dark. It was only three minutes’ walk, then, and there were few people about in the cobbled streets. A glance up and down the hill, a discreet knock at the door, and presently the door would open with four slim fingers grasping it so that it should squeak the less. Arthur Solway always stayed with his family until ten, so Rowella made sure that her guest should be up and away again by nine fifteen.

It was natural, Ossie believed, that he should have what he called bodily vigour; and for this the church had designed the state of Holy Matrimony. … This outlet had been denied him by his wicked and ungrateful wife; and so he had fallen into the sin of visiting her wanton sister every Thursday. … In the last few weeks Rowella had been in a more demanding mood. There had been a new carpet to buy, some new candlesticks, new shoes, a velvet gown. Of course it was not done blatantly, in any vulgar fashion such as he would have had to indulge in with the harlots by the river. But however discreetly done, the money still flowed out, and if by any chance he chose to withhold it, he had no doubts at all but that little Rowella’s exciting favours would be withdrawn.