Assumed Engagement by Louise Kara

Author:Louise, Kara [Louise, Kara]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Heartworks/Lulu
Published: 2007-03-29T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Ever since Bingley had returned from London, Elizabeth found herself longing for Jane's companionship. Her sister spent a great deal of time with him and his sister at Netherfield. Elizabeth was grateful that Jane had the disposition to smile sweetly at Caroline's disdainful manners, but as Elizabeth did not have the graciousness to do the same, she stayed away as much as possible.

Her time apart from Jane, however, gave her ample time to work on the needlework sampler that she was stitching for engaged couple.

She picked up the sampler, looking at the work she had finished. It was about three-quarters completed, and she was pleased with the neatness and precision of her stitches. She thought to herself, This is Jane's life - neat, precise, orderly. The sampler contained a verse from the Bible, "Delight thyself in the Lord and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart." She felt it was so appropriate for the two. Yes, they certainly had been given the desires of their heart.

The words of the verse were enclosed in a burgundy heart made of laborious french knots. Flowers of many types and colours were woven inside and outside the heart coming off of green stems. At the bottom of the sampler she would embroider their names and the date of their wedding.

She turned it over to the back to tie off a colour of thread. She laughed as she looked at the sampler from the back and thought to herself, This is my life! Disorderly… loose threads hanging… not leading anywhere… all tangled together. At this point in her life she was not sure what the desire of her heart was. But if the thoughts that had been assailing her lately had been any indication, the who of her desire was someone who most likely had no intention of ever renewing his address to her.

With little prospect of anything that might cheer her these past few days, she became intent on finishing the sampler. So preoccupied was she with her work and her thoughts, that she barely noticed the entrance of Kate, one of the Bennet maids.

"A letter for you just arrived, Miss Elizabeth, from Miss Georgiana Darcy."

Elizabeth excitedly reached for the letter. "Thank you, Kate." She quickly opened it and began reading. She smiled as she could imagine the young girl actually speaking the words that were written on the page. As Elizabeth read how grateful Georgiana was for all she had done, she began shaking her head in mock protest. Then she laughed aloud as Georgiana went on in the letter to say she was sure that Elizabeth was at that very moment shaking her head in objection. She knows me too well! thought Elizabeth.

She reread the portions about Darcy. As she read each sentence about him, she was drawn back to those few days when she was in his midst. She reached out with her finger and ran it over his written name. When she finished, she folded the letter back and held it close to her heart.

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