Lady Seymour's Disappointed

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Imagine being bought and sold, treated like a worthless old thing, moving from owner to owner, and worst of all losing your sister to another owner. Think about how you would feel, what would go through your mind. Then a lady Isabelle has grown to know, Lady Seymour tells her she was going to buy her, but she didn’t fulfill that idea. Anger fills her mind. She could have had a better life, or at least a better period of time in your life. Disappointed is an understatement. Isabelle has been living with a family named the Loctons since her master died. They treat her very awfully. Lady Seymour would have been a better fit for her. Then Lady Seymour asks for forgiveness, which Isabelle rejects. During that time, Lady Seymour is dying, and wants

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