Such Peculiar Providence by Meg Osborne

Author:Meg Osborne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Love, Jane Austen Fan Fiction, Regency Historical Romance, Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
Publisher: Meg Osborne
Published: 2018-03-29T16:00:00+00:00

DARCY HAD HEARD THE door open and admit Georgiana’s guests, and whilst he knew the proper thing would be to join them in the hall, the notion of spending his afternoon surrounded by women made him shrink further into his chair. Instead, he checked that his study door was closed to interruption, and made a show of continuing with his work, in hopes that he would not be too sorely missed. He doubted it, for Georgina had been up with the lark, fussing about flower arrangements and plans for the afternoon’s entertainments. When he had trifled to mention, over breakfast, that he had not realised the Prince Regent himself was planning on joining the Bennet family on their visit to Pemberley he had been rewarded with a sharp look and an even sharper exhalation, and he had not dared to speak again. Privately, it had pleased him to see Georgiana so eager to please her friends. She was a homely little creature and he recognised, in just the past few days, how much being so often alone, or with merely her brother or his friends for company had done her a disservice. The newly arrived Bennets already provided Georgiana with enough interest that she seemed an altogether different person. He actually heard her bossing about the staff in a way that had made him stuff his handkerchief into his mouth in order to keep from laughing out loud and betraying himself. Where had meek little Georgiana gone to? And yet, she was still there, exerting herself on the behalf of friends, or people she dearly hoped would become friends. It was touching to see, and he would not, for all the world, destroy her happiness by getting in the way.

He glanced at the clock before him on his desk. He had made tentative arrangements to speak to his estate manager that day and consult with him on the nature of the works needing to be undertaken to repair the damages wrought by the storm. What had already been done was rapid and makeshift, and needed re-doing, and, with the guarantee of a year’s rent, he felt at liberty to begin it with all haste, for fear that to tarry would lead to it worsening.

Straightening his papers and returning everything to its proper home, he stood, striding over to the door and hesitating, momentarily. He strained to listen, unwilling to step out into the corridor until he could be assured of not being seen, and thus dragged in to join the feminine party. All was quiet, so he risked sliding the door open a crack. A furtive glance down the corridor, first this way, then that, reassured him that the coast was clear, so he walked quickly towards the front door, summoning his butler with a word as he did so.

“I am going to meet Jones, although I do not foresee being gone above an hour. Please send my apologies to Georgiana, should she miss me in that time, and assure her that I will return before our guests leave.

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