Mr. Darcy's Honour: A Pride and Prejudice Variation Novel by Kitty Unwin & A Lady

Author:Kitty Unwin & A Lady [Unwin, Kitty]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-03-09T16:00:00+00:00

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Elizabeth walked slowly around the rose garden at Pemberley. As always it was a picture of beauty with the bright colours of the different varieties so carefully tended by the gardeners, but they gave her no pleasure.

She wandered around the paths smelling different blooms, taking in their heady scent with a basket deciding which ones to cut, but she could not make up her mind. She was feeling restless and unsettled. The flowers meant nothing to her. There were too many other things to occupy her mind.

They had been back at Pemberley for four days and she had not been able to get out of mind the sights she had seen on their return. She’d been disturbed by some of the sights she had seen as they grew close to Pemberley. There had been some farm workers marching along the lanes with their families, shouting and protesting.

“What is happening?” she asked.

“Drive on, Thomas,” called out Mr. Darcy, swiftly tapping with his cane on the roof of the carriage.

“Yes sir.”

“What is happening?” asked Elizabeth, peering out of the carriage window.

“Elizabeth sit back. It is nothing…”

“How can you say it is nothing?” she asked incredulously. “Where are they marching to?”

“I am not sure, but I suspect Lord Wilmington’s land. There has been a recent dispute with his Lordship and some of them have been moved off their land.”

Elizabeth was appalled. “But where will they live? What is being done?”

“It is not of your concern. Pemberley continues to run as it has always done.”

“I am not worried about Pemberley. But if there are people suddenly without homes.”

“Elizabeth, you must not concern yourself with this business, there is nothing you can do.”

“But you, sir. What are you doing about it?”

Mr. Darcy had looked annoyed at her question. “Myself and other landowners are trying to settle the disputes, but it takes time.”

Elizabeth had asked no more, but she had been unable to forget, the angry faces of the men and the tired faces of the women and children. Mr. Darcy had said she should not be concerned, but she was.

And it had not been the only thing that worried her. It was only when they arrived back at Pemberley that she discovered Georgiana was not at home.

“You never said she was going away,” said Elizabeth as they ate dinner that night.

“I spoke to Colonel Fitzwilliam. We both thought through all this business that it was better she was away from home.”

For a moment Elizabeth could not think what he was alluding to, and then she thought of Wickham and his arrest for murder. Georgiana still harboured some affection for the feckless Mr. Wickham.

“But Mr. Darcy, you cannot protect her from being hurt. Georgiana is growing up and she will read about it, and hear people talking about it.”

“That is why I sent her away. She is much better in the care of my cousin.”

Elizabeth could not help feeling a little hurt. She was going to miss Georgiana dreadfully. “I thought her place was with us. You said after what happened you wanted her to experience a happy home.

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