A Nudge in the Right Direction: A Pride and Prejudice Variation - Novella by Nicky Roth

Author:Nicky Roth [Roth, Nicky]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-07T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

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In the meantime Caroline found to her dismay that, with all her calculations and planning, she had underestimated how dark the maze would be at this time of night. And the well lit Netherfield House kept her eyes from getting used to the gloom which enveloped her. She could hardly see her hand in front of her eyes, and it was quite difficult to find the little bench onto which she intended to plant herself, feigning injury. It was also much colder than she had expected, despite the shrug she had been clever enough to take with her as an afterthought. But as it was a very thin one made from silk and lace, it did nothing to keep her from shivering. Yet there was no way in the world she would back out of this intrigue now. She was too close to success to even give it a second thought.

Walking slowly and placing each step carefully lest she should sprain an ankle for real, Miss Bingley edged forward and at last her shins made somewhat painful contact with the pretty little stone bench in the maze’s middle. With a sigh of relief she plunked down on it, for once in her life ungraciously, but who was there to see anyway?

So far, so good. Now she only needed to prepare herself for Mr. Darcy’s arrival. She needed to look thoroughly kissed and compromised, so much so that it would not matter that the man who was supposed to have done that to her, looked impeccably dressed and all buttoned up.

She started with dishevelling her hair, going through it with her hands in a way she imagined a man would in pulling her closer for a passionate kiss. Pinching her cheeks to make them look flushed was her second step towards becoming Mrs. Darcy, before she bit her lips quite painfully till she almost thought she could taste her own blood.

The next step was tearing the bodice of her dress. This again took more of an effort than she had anticipated, but where there is a will there certainly is a way, and at last the silk gave in, ripping even further down than she had intended. However this was not the time to think of false modesty. Pulling her assets out of her stays and hitching up her skirt was all it needed to finish her

preparations.

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