Chivalry & Chauvinism: A Victorian Pride and Prejudice Vagary (The Victorian Vagaries Book 2) by Caroline Cartier

Author:Caroline Cartier [Cartier, Caroline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cartier Classic Tales
Published: 2024-08-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Darcy stood with Richard as he watched his wife dance with Lord Matlock and Richard watched Mary dance with his brother. “I cannot help but be astounded, Richard, at the sight before me. This is what I always hoped for. That I would find such a worthy woman who would make Pemberley whole in a way it has not been since before my mother became ill. As I watch the scene before me, I almost cannot believe it is true.”

“It seemed like it would not come true for some time, Cousin.” Richard returned. “There were a number of weeks at Windmere when my father and I believed that you would never come to the point.”

“Speaking of coming to the point, young man, when do you plan to come to the point with my sister, Miss Bennet?” Darcy mocked, playing the intimidating protective brother. Richard had agreed with Elizabeth not to ask for more than two sets with Mary, the supper set and the final set, which was a waltz. In a few months, Mary would travel to London with the family to be presented at court. This would be followed by a grand ball, to celebrate both Mary’s debut as well as Darcy’s elevation. Mary would participate in the season, and Richard would court her quietly as was respectful.

At the end of the season, the party would go to the seaside until Mary’s birthday. As soon as Mary reached her majority, Richard planned to travel to Hertfordshire and propose, then immediately call for the banns to be read. Mary wished to marry from Netherfield, and to have the neighbourhood she grew up in about her when she married.

Elizabeth struggled to find ways to improve Pemberley with the rest of her dowry, for it was so well run already. She decided to assist the villages of Kympton and Lambton as well. The foremost issue the area faced was a lack of quality physicians. There was an elderly Mr Wilkes Elizabeth had not met, but she knew he bled his patients excessively. He stated his intention to retire quite often and he was the only doctor for more than an hour’s ride. The nursing school planned to bring a reputable modern physician to the area to work with the school. Elizabeth wrote to her contacts in London looking for recommendations. She arranged for two physicians, one a man in his early thirties, the other a recently widowed middle aged doctor, to come to Derbyshire.

Elizabeth purchased a comfortable house in Kympton, and a small building beside it to be a doctor’s surgery. The house and surgery were of course outfitted with proper plumbing and furnished with everything a modern doctor might need. She also selected another house on Pemberley’s estate, an older, smaller dower house that had not been used for some generations, but was comfortable and well maintained. After making the same renovations upon that house, the younger doctor, Mr Lloyd, would move into the house on the Pemberley estate and

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