To Have His Cake (and Eat it Too) by P. O. Dixon

Author:P. O. Dixon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Regents and Cotswold Book Group

Elizabeth woke up very early the morning after the ball. She barely slept at all, as she recalled her moments in the library with Darcy. She imagined how it might have felt to share her first kiss. She wondered. Owe it to the mystique of Twelfth Night... the costumes, the whimsy. Soon she thought about Darcy’s puzzling behaviour. When he chose, he was charming, attentive, caring, and affectionate. At other times, he was haughty and officious. However, he treated her with deference in his home, far better than a paid companion might reasonably expect. She asked herself, Is his preferential treatment towards me solely to placate his younger sister? Might he have deeper feelings for me than those of friendship? Are those feelings of a long duration?

Questions in her mind persisted. What is the point of dwelling on this line of thinking? Is anything beyond our friendship and my role as Georgiana’s companion really important? If just a matter of the disgrace that had befallen her family the year before, perhaps in time that might be forgotten, but the difference in their social classes had always been wide. Now, it was even more so, with her status in his household. Moreover, even if Darcy himself had not expressed his obligation to his family to make an excellent match, certainly her close association with the Matlocks provided a strong affirmation. It was clear to Elizabeth that they would accept nothing else of him.

When she went down for breakfast, Elizabeth did not mention having seen Mr. Darcy to Georgiana. He had obviously left the ball after their encounter without making his presence known. Elizabeth was not at all surprised when she heard from Lord Matlock that they were to stay at Matlock House a while longer. She considered that Darcy was trying to maintain distance between them after what had occurred the night before. She thought that perhaps it was for the best, for even she could not say with certainty how far things might have progressed had he not stopped when he did. One thing was abundantly clear to her… it would never happen again. She would be the one to make certain of that. Regardless of how she may have felt about him, Elizabeth would not let her guard down with Darcy again.

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