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+ | ====== Lady Alyssa Gray of Essex ====== | ||
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+ | Formerly of Lyon, France, Lady Alyssa Gray of Essex escaped a lifetime of | ||
+ | poverty by running away to join a cancan act on Vaudeville at the age of 12 | ||
+ | after the tragic | ||
+ | death of her twin brother, Xavier. Although devastated by the loss, her | ||
+ | enthusiastic and creative performances were soon discovered by the infamous | ||
+ | Madame | ||
+ | Labouche. Dancing under the stage name, Bon Bons, and managed by the Madame, | ||
+ | Alyssa gained much notoriety and became a popular feature of the underground | ||
+ | Parisian nightlife. | ||
+ | |||
+ | After several years, she finally saved enough money to buy herself the fare to | ||
+ | London and a year's allowance to stay with her sixth cousin-twice-removed, | ||
+ | Juliet | ||
+ | Spencer. A quick study, Alyssa soon learned the etiquette and style necessary to | ||
+ | create a background of breeding and class. Reverting to her name of birth and | ||
+ | wearing the most up-to-date in London fashions, she soon found herself invited | ||
+ | to many of the balls of the most famous 17-- London season. It was during that | ||
+ | year | ||
+ | that she was invited to winter in Bath much to the dismay of her cousin, who was | ||
+ | not. It was in Bath that she met the Earl of Essex, James Gray the Fourth, who | ||
+ | was | ||
+ | there to regain his health after the untimely death of his wife, Anna. The Earl, | ||
+ | thirty years her senior, and Alyssa became firm friends and married three years | ||
+ | later after | ||
+ | an uneventful courtship. | ||
+ | |||
+ | After a colourful childhood, Lady Gray now enjoys the peaceful seclusion of the | ||
+ | estate she shares with her husband. Although the Earl is now confined to his | ||
+ | wheelchair and spends much of his day in his gardens, Lady Gray finds their | ||
+ | union most rewarding. Often away visiting friends, she has recently returned | ||
+ | from the | ||
+ | London Ball Season which she most enjoyed, having stayed in the apartments of | ||
+ | her close personal friend, Lord Richard of Canterbury. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Stories ===== | ||
+ | * [[Lady Alyssa and the Barrel of Ice]] | ||
+ | * The [[Tale of the lost pig]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Digressions ===== | ||
+ | ====== ====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Go back to [[Historical Characters]] \\ | ||
+ | Back to [[[at_the_sign_of_the_bear_and_garter|The Sign of the Bear and Garter]] |
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