Previously, in Evelyn, part 1. . .

. . . we were introduced to Albert Ashleigh, “a goodly and gallant youth” of South Carolina, and to Evelyn, “beauteous child” of Virginia. They met, somewhat surprisingly in Florence Italy.

How do these two young people come to be in Italy (I hear you asking)? Evelyn’s mother was Lucia, from Florence, Italy. She had married Evelyn’s father and moved to Virginia. Left behind is her childhood friend, Leonardo Vecchio, a painter who had loved her. When she became ill with consumption, she returned to her native Italy, where she died.

Albert Ashleigh of South Carolina is in Florence as a pupil to the painter Leonardo. He had been dispatched by Leonardo to find Lucia when he heard that she had returned to Italy. Sadly, Albert brings news of Lucia’s death in Milan to Leonardo – but recognizes the face of Lucia in the portrait that Leonardo has painted.

The last scene in part 1 was the funeral of Lucia in Milan. Leonardo and Albert attend and Albert first sees and is captivated by Evelyn, mourning her mother and comforting her father.

Evelyn, Part 2 from Rob Shearer on Vimeo.

Evelyn: A Romance of The War between the States
by Henry Mazyck Clarkson, M.A., M.D.
Charleston, S.C.
Walker, Evans & Cogswell, Printers
Nos. 3 Broad and 109 East Bay Streets
1871

Dr. Henry Mazyck Clarkson of Charleston, SC was my great-grandfather. He served in the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee as a surgeon. During the war, he married Jean Irvin Sayre of Alexandria VA. After the war, he settled in Haymarket, VA.