From Land And Legacy To Love – Shana Jefferies Zimmerman

I, I – It is a very lovely gift and I do not know – that is – I really do appreciate it.” “You are very welcome, Miss Bennet.” Elizabeth’s carriage drove off, and she saw him walking slowly towards the house. OceanofPDF.com Chapter 20 He had overstepped; Darcy was sure of it. And he knew not how to make amends in such a way that Miss Bennet, Elizabeth as he had come to think of her, would understand.

Darcy had attempted to put it within her power to accept or refuse his gift. He thought his gesture was likelier to succeed if Elizabeth felt she had a choice in the matter. At first he thought he had succeeded, but her awkward expression of thanks before she departed betrayed either her remaining uneasiness with the gift or her hesitancy to refuse him. He respected her desire to prepare the house for lease on her own. Her independent spirit made her even more appealing to him.

Nevertheless, he knew he had made her uncomfortable. He was accustomed to his generosity sometimes surprising the recipient. And he had rectified that years ago by doing his charitable giving anonymously. But this was different, as he well knew in his heart. He no more wished to offer her charity than she could conceive to expect it from him. He wanted to express his gratitude for her intervening with Georgiana and his regret for losing his composure, certainly. But he wanted to shew her more of himself and it was here that he was most certain of failure.

He could not buy her affections. Nor would he want her if he could. Giving things was easier than giving of himself, even if he had neglected his guests the day before and spent the chief of the prior night awake in the library in order to finish sorting through his purchase and finding all her favourite authors. Elizabeth would never know any of that. But why should he be so hesitant to be open with her?

Miss Conolly had not hurt him so terribly. He had been embarrassed and angry of course. His confidence in his own judgement had suffered, he knew. But he had not felt so alive in the company of a woman as he did with Elizabeth…. ever. This was significant and Darcy recognised he was in some danger, as the fine old saying went.

But in danger of what exactly? Committing himself? Certainly. Disappointing his family? Probably.

The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher. I. Jane Austen 1775-1817, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, and Lady Susan, original works of fiction II.

Cover artwork by Edmund Blair Leighton 1853-1922, The Request, original artwork III. Mark Girouard FSA 1931 – present day, Elizabethan Architecture, original work of non-fiction IV. Trevor Yorke 1966 – present day, Georgian & Regency Houses Explained, original work of non- fiction ISBN-13: 9798360285229 OceanofPDF.com For Lou and Polly.

You give me more joy than I deserve. OceanofPDF.com Contents Title Page Copyright Dedication Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 OceanofPDF.com Chapter 1 Mr. William Collins, whom nobody at Longbourn had met before, and his now deceased father, had a longstanding estrangement with the aunt of the former and the sister of the latter.

Mrs. Augusta Geoffrey, née Collins, was the woman. She was said by all of her acquaintance to have married well, though she had not been blessed with children, and to abhor the practice of entailment from the female line. Learning shortly before her death that her nephew was still the heir presumptive of Longbourn in Hertfordshire by way of just such an entail, Mrs. Geoffrey had written to the current owner of it, a Mr. Bennet, asking about his daughters.

As was his practice at home, Mr. Bennet could not prevent himself from exercising his preference for his favourite daughter, who though first in his heart, was only second in precedence. He of course wrote of the eldest daughter, Jane, and her beauty, the second eldest, Elizabeth, and her quick mind and liveliness, and their three younger and very silly sisters. The prospect before Mrs. Geoffrey was very vexing indeed. Five Miss Bennets, distant cousins she had never met, and three of whom were said to be very silly, were destined to lose their home through no fault of their own.

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