Jane's Fragile Façade: A Pride and Prejudice Variation (Bennet Ladies Liberation Series Book 4) by Jaime Marie Lang

Author:Jaime Marie Lang [Lang, Jaime Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms, Sequels
ISBN: 9798989344062
Goodreads: 212679153
Publisher: Idle Musings Publishing
Published: 2024-06-14T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

It had taken some time for Jane to become accustomed to driving the dogcart, but now she enjoyed it. Pemberley was so much larger than Longbourn had been that it was impossible to check on the tenants on foot. At first, she had tried riding to the various homes on one of the mares that Darcy kept, but she soon found that she could not carry what she needed to with her.

Thus, she had started using the dogcart. It was easier to transport food and supplies that way. At the moment, though, she had nothing left to dispense. Everyone she had seen today had sick members of their family. There was definitely something going around, and she had quickly run out of the medicine she had brought.

On a normal day, Jane would decide who to visit, maybe two or three families, and then return to Pemberley. This was not a normal day. She was concerned about finding so many people sick. The Russell family was the last on her list, and what she found made her glad that she had come. Mrs. Russell had been run off her feet, exhausted, caring for all her ill family. Her husband, oldest son, and daughter were confined to bed with how unwell they were. Her two little ones had been trying to help, but at five and three, there was not much they could do. Mary Russell had been afraid to leave them to go to Lambton for supplies, so Jane had sent the footman who went with her to the homes back to Pemberley for medicine and provisions.

When Mrs. Russell mentioned that she was concerned for the McGregor family, Jane knew that she would have to check on them before she returned to Pemberley. Apparently, they had become ill before the Russells, and though they were normally out and about, no one had seen or heard from them. So here she was, making her way to the McGregor farm. She had met them before and had found them to be quite nice.

The trail was pleasant, providing easy transport and lovely views, but Jane’s mind was not on the scenery. Her mind kept wandering back to Mr. Bingley. It had been two weeks since that conversation with Mr. Bingley over breakfast, and it still hovered in the forefront of her mind. It was as if that one conversation had opened a door between them to allow for their relationship to develop more fully. She had slowly come to understand that he was the kind of man that she had been hoping for.

He had more than proven himself equal to her list of requirements and had shown on several occasions capable of seeing her through the mask she wore. Mr. Bingley had completely surprised her by knowing how much pain she had been in that first night. None of the other dandies who had been interested in her would have seen it. They could not even tell when she was unhappy with their actions, and yet Charles had seen her pain.

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