Blessed Interference – Laraba Kendig

“Darcy of Pemberley? Why should it matter?” “We are not on good terms, Denny. He is, well, I do not enjoy speaking ill of the man, but he is very proud, and he has been jealous of me since our youth.” “Why would he be jealous?” Denny asked with legitimate confusion. “He is master of the estate of Pemberley. You have far more engaging manners, but I would think only a fool would find your attributes of more value than ten thousand pounds a year.”

“I was his father’s godson,” Wickham responded mournfully. Given that the night was dark, he did not bother to twist his face into a gentle expression, but he was an expert at conveying emotion through the tone of his voice. “The elder Mr. Darcy was a truly great man who always preferred me to his son, who was proud and haughty even as a child.

I fear that since my godfather died, Darcy has done his best to persecute me. Indeed, I should be a clergyman with a good living near Pemberley, as his father dictated in his will, but Darcy cruelly deprived me of the living, leaving me to earn my bread as best I can.” “That is bad,” Denny responded heavily. “I am sorry, Wickham; if I had known there was a history between you, I would have warned you before you took your commission.

I have only met Darcy a few times in company and found him pleasant enough, if rather distant, but I can well imagine that to be on his bad side is most regrettable. If you feel you must leave the area, I understand.” “No, no!” Wickham declared stoutly. “It is not for me to flee Meryton; Darcy is the one who, through disdaining the wishes of his father, is to blame for the breakdown in our relationship. No, I will not importune him in any way, but I will not hide from him.”

“Anna,” Mrs. Culpepper said, “your sister Lucy is here and wishes to speak to you.” Startled, Anna Wilson looked up from the onions that she was slicing. “Lucy is here?” she nearly squeaked. “Yes, and you had best go along and talk to her out by the stables,” the cook said, “but hurry.

Those onions will not cut themselves.” “Yes, Mrs. Culpepper,” Anna replied, putting down her knife and hurrying out the kitchen door to the side passage, and from thence to the side door. She found herself running now, eager yet fearful of learning what had caused her twin sister to leave Netherfield Hall for Longbourn in the middle of the day. Could it be Mamma? Little Eddie? Lucy was standing just inside the stable door and, as soon as Anna had puffed to a halt, said, “No one is ill or injured, Anna.”

The younger woman sighed in relief and said, “Thank the Lord for that. Whatever are you doing here?” Lucy grimaced and pulled her sister into the shadow cast by the stables, away from where Coachman Jack and the two stable boys were mucking out the stalls of the Longbourn horses. “Mr. Darcy, Miss Bingley, and the Hursts left for London thirty minutes ago,” Lucy said, “and they have no intention of returning.

Moreover, they intend to convince Mr. Bingley to stay in London as well.” Anna gasped and could not help but turn a sympathetic look in the direction of Longbourn, though the manse was on the other side of the stable wall, and thus she could not see it. “Poor Miss Bennet,” she murmured. “This will break her heart.” “I daresay Mr. Bingley’s heart will break as well,” Lucy said. “I have never seen a man so in love with a lady! But he is a compliant soul and all too inclined to give way to the demands of Mr. Darcy and his sisters.

It is a pity.” “It is,” Anna said and then shook her head and turned to more personal matters. “Lucy, I fear there are currently no openings here in the servants’ hall, but perhaps Lucas Lodge…” “I am to London with the gentlemen’s valets and the ladies’ maids,” Lucy interrupted, “though all the other servants at Netherfield Hall, except for Mrs. Nicholls and her niece and nephew, have lost their positions.”

Anna was startled. “You are going to London? Oh, Lucy!”

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

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