I think Casey often feels that way. At some point in 'Angels' he says to her that she really was raised to marry a man like Jamie, not like himself. Well, here's a brief snippet of that piece- she's been telling him about sailing with the senator from Mass. who later became President and the snippet starts right after that>>> -- Cindy's Cottage

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Date Posted: 14:27:44 07/28/09 Tue
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Subject: I think Casey often feels that way. At some point in 'Angels' he says to her that she really was raised to marry a man like Jamie, not like himself. Well, here's a brief snippet of that piece- she's been telling him about sailing with the senator from Mass. who later became President and the snippet starts right after that>>>
In reply to: CindyS 's message, "When at the beginning he just realizes that she is truly in her element I also wondered if he thought she had been better suited for Jamie's world than his?" on 14:05:54 07/28/09 Tue

copyright 2009 Cindy Brandner

�It must have been quite the time an� place while it lasted, though.�

�It was,� she said, aware that her tone brooked on the wistful.

�Ye miss it, don�t ye?�

�What makes you say that?�

�Because darlin� I saw ye in that element, didn�t I? Ye fit with that world. With the sailboats an� big summer houses an� the politics an� all the glamor that goes with it. I don�t doubt yer da� wanted ye to marry a man of that ilk- someone like a Kennedy or a Fitzgerald. Didn�t he?�

�Yes, it was what was expected of me- that I would marry well, within the Irish American aristocracy.

�Yer da� will have been fond of Jamie then, I suppose?�

�Yes,� she said knowing there was little use in coloring the truth, �he was fond of Jamie.�

�I wonder what he�d have thought of me. Had he lived Jewel, he�d likely have chased me off with a shotgun.�

She had wondered herself at times what her father would have thought of Casey. An ex-IRA rebel who worked with his hands and had spent five years in prison. Likely he wouldn�t have been terribly impressed until he knew the man behind the history.

�You�re a finer man than any I�ve ever known,� she said, stroking the side of his face with one hand, his stubble rasping pleasantly against her oiled palm.

�It�s only that it intimidates a man a bit, to know that ye came from such wealth an� privilege, that ye were meant for country clubs an� big homes on the ocean. I wonder that all this,� he indicated the room with a wave of his hand, though she knew he meant the world beyond this room as well, �doesn�t seem a wee bit shabby to ye? I took ye from that world, like pluckin� a jewel from its proper settin�, an� perhaps I�d not the right to do so.�

�That world was a lonely place for me Casey, maybe I�d have found my place in it when I was an adult, but maybe I wouldn�t have either. No, I belong here with you. With the dog and the cat and the sheep, in a house that creaks in welcome each time I step over the threshold, in a wee hollow filled with flowers. A house built by a man who hammered every board into place with love. You�re my home man, I�d never be happy elsewhere.�

He took the hand that still rested lightly on his jaw and kissed it.

�I may not be able to give ye the sailboats and summer homes, but I can promise ye this one thing, Jewel- that as long as I am alive in this world, you will always be loved.�

�Thankyou for that,� she said quietly, depositing a kiss on the back of his neck.

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BTW in case anyone is worried about spoilers, I got rid of the one that was in there, before I posted the snippet. (NT) -- celtgirl, 14:36:25 07/28/09 Tue
What a heartfelt scene, Cindy. There is such depth and poetry to Casey, which is something else I've seen in his moments of solitude. (And yes, this coming from a Jamie girl!) :) (NT) -- Sallie, 15:15:58 07/28/09 Tue
Sweet. I can certainly picture a young Pamela with the Kennedy clan. (NT) -- Elaine, 15:59:48 07/28/09 Tue
I think it's inevitable that Casey would feel he'd taken Pamela away from her "proper" place in the world, but we have to remember that she was a dollar a dance girl at a seedy pub when she left America the first time and all her father's wealth was gone. She may have fit into that world on the surface, but without her father's money not many would have accepted her as a wife, IMHO, despite her beauty, charm and grace. There is a lovely poetry to their feelings for each other. (NT) -- Carla, 16:52:12 07/28/09 Tue
- I agree with you, Carla. Hard not to see Pamela without thinking of that 'dollar a dance' girl that attempted to dance her way into Jamie's bed that night. And besides, in her letter she wrote to Jamie at the end of EU, she told him that she was more like Casey and Pat than he knew. So whatever Casey thinks about taking her from a bette world to which she belongs, I don't think she really feels that way. (NT) -- Tess, 08:16:01 07/29/09 Wed
Awwww - that's a nice one :-) (NT) -- Mahri, 16:54:17 07/28/09 Tue
swoon...ahh to have such a love (NT) -- CindyS, 07:45:53 07/29/09 Wed
sweet pillow talk there. Love that! (NT) -- Lil, 09:25:53 07/29/09 Wed

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