Once he gets overseas, his shooting skills are used in the Rifles, and death and dying are his daily companions. That is, until the war in the Crimea starts and he is called up to serve. Ĭhristopher Phelan used to be the aristocratic man about town in London he knew his place and enjoyed all that life has to offer, including beautiful women and respect for his military service. A mix-up in her last letter tells Christopher she is not who he thinks she is, and he should look for her when he returns to England. Death is always around him, and Beatrix worries so over the despondency she hears in his letters, but it gradually appears she is developing certain feelings for him that she doesn't know how to handle. Over the months, their correspondence continues, as Christian goes from a man-about-town enjoying the perks of military service to a sniper, head of the "Rifles," a brigade that turns into camouflaged snipers. So when Beatrix asks if she can write back to the Captain after his first letter, Pru is more than happy to agree. But wars are so boring, and besides that, his uniform is so dull, no gold braiding or lace at all.
Her friend Prudence, the beauty of the county, has agreed to write to one of her suitors, Captain Christopher Phelan, while he is fighting in the Crimea. Fortunately, the Hathaway family, and now the men and women who have married into it, look upon Beatrix and her animals with much love. She is known as a saver of all types of injured animals, three legged cats, orphaned hedgehogs, and anything else you can think of. Beatrix Hathaway was always the odd one in her family, more at home in the woods and outside with the animals than around people.
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