A Peculiar Connection by Jan Hahn

Author:Jan Hahn
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781936009404
Publisher: Meryton Press
Published: 2015-03-11T03:00:00+00:00

Dearest Elizabeth,

How I wish you were here with us!

One can never tire of Bath. The honest relish of balls and plays and everyday sights would fascinate you, my dear cousin. And I must tell you of the Pump Room. The natural spring waters are said to provide excellent medicinal properties. Mrs. Annesley and I visit the place almost every day. I find myself in awe when Lady Dalrymple arrives with her following. She deigned to speak to me on Tuesday and said she recalled my parents from summers she spent in Derbyshire.

Still, I am lonely much of the time. Wills spends the majority of the day cooped up in our uncle’s library with our aunt. She is a hawkish sort of woman, spare and rather dried up, but pleasant enough, especially in comparison with Lady Catherine. I know not why they search through old journals, ship logs, and records that belonged to my uncle. When I ask Wills, he says he is researching our family history, but he did the same thing at Eden Park. And at Rosings, he questioned Lady Catherine until she became even more peevish than usual. I ask you, how much family history can one search for?

I did make a lovely friend at last night’s ball in the Upper Rooms. Her name is Maria Simpson, and she is but two years older than me. Her older sister, Emily, is magnificent, and she was surrounded by beaus the entire evening. I do not think she sat out one single dance. Even Wills asked her to dance more than once, which I found amusing as he so rarely puts himself out for anyone. I am to meet Maria at the Pump Room this afternoon.

Oh, I must tell you this. Wills and I (and Mrs. Annesley, of course) leave Bath for Ireland within a fortnight! It will be my first sea voyage, and I am excited and frightened at the same time. I do wish you were going with us. I should not be nearly so afraid with you beside me.

Do write, and tell me the news at Longbourn. Till then, I remain

Your affectionate cousin,

Georgiana

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