Chapter Two Preview Darcy set aside the ledger, the numbers already lost to him, and leaned back in the chair. The silence offered no balm. Once, Georgiana’s music had softened such hours; now the quiet was stark, stripped of any note that might have eased his mind. He rose and crossed to the escritoire in…
Chapter One Preview The fire in Pemberley’s library gave little warmth that evening, though the logs hissed and popped with vigor enough. Darcy sat at his desk with the ledgers open before him, pen idle in his hand. The figures blurred into one another—sound, orderly, sufficient. All was as it should be.He ought to have…
The morning held a rare stillness. The sort that hovered only in the last days of summer, when the air was heavy with ripened green and the shadows, though short, had begun to lean eastward with a kind of anticipatory gravity. Darcy rode alone, as he preferred, save for Brutus who trailed a pace behind…
Sneak Preview of Chapter Three! Fitzwilliam has his uses, but if he ever suspects how often I have purposely disagreed with him to effect the outcome I desired, he will not receive the knowledge happily. So, at last, I was relieved of one sister-in-law. I knew and understood Andrew’s reasons for refusing the match with…
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Darcy discovers true generosity
Jane Austen was born on this day in 1775 in Hampshire, England. As someone who has enjoyed her contributions to literature (and, let’s be honest, my own romantic imagination), I wanted to wish her a happy birthday in a creative way. This story was shared over at Austen Variations, and if you skip over there…
