Today in 1881 Gertrude Blood married Lord Colin Campbell, fifth son of the Duke of Argyll, and became Lady Colin Campbell. The night before, she was out at a dinner and sat next to the writer, poet and traveller Wilfrid Blunt who noted her subdued attitude. No wonder, after all the delays, the insults to her pride, and Colin's inexplicable health problems.
The pair lived together for two years before the marriage broke day. Looking at the marriage certificate, her signature can be seen on the bottom left, ominously smudged.
