Unexpected Friends & Relations by Jayne Bamber

Author:Jayne Bamber [Bamber, Jayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-20T04:00:00+00:00

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Lydia was full of self-importance and satisfaction with the turn of events that night. Finally she was leading the sort of life she ought to have done as soon as Elizabeth had married Mr. Darcy – mixing in fine society, and getting her fair share of attention.

Though she still rather resented Caroline’s proclivity to lecture her, she found she could bear it tolerably well, so long as she remained focused on the rewards to be gotten – tonight, it was Caroline’s finest jewels. She was sure they looked better on her than they had ever done on Caroline, for she had a much finer bosom for one to look upon, once one had gotten past the grand spectacle of the diamond necklace around her neck!

The necklace and matching headpiece, which was rather uncomfortable but well worth it, and even the pink silk gown, were finer than anything she had ever worn in her life. They were on loan, but Lydia had every intention of losing them – by hiding them at the bottom of her trunk.

She received Harriet and Georgiana’s compliments in good cheer, and found it much easier to be kind to them when they showed her such respect as she felt her due. After all, was Georgiana not practically her own sister? She had found little to like in Elizabeth and Kate’s new family, when first they had gone to Pemberley – most of Mr. Darcy’s relations, including the man himself, were rather stuffy, fearfully imposing, and a great deal too inclined to remind Lydia how much better they were than she Georgiana was the only one of them who was not terribly frightening, but she was so very reserved! So determined to be prim and proper all the time – it was unceasingly dull. Georgiana disliked gossip, had little interest in men, and was unwilling to share any of her fine jewels and gowns with Lydia – what could Lydia like in a companion who was always so determined to hammer away at her pianoforte, or hide her face in a book?

Seeing Kate so very changed had been a shock, for she was rather prone to act more like Elizabeth now; at first Lydia had not liked it, and then her abhorrence had turned into jealousy, when she began to understand how much her new brother Robert doted upon Kate. Caroline had explained it all, and though it made sense, Lydia thought it the hardest thing in the world that she should have to change her very essence in order to be accepted by society, and find a proper husband. Still, she was determined to try. While she was disappointed that she would not have the distinction of being the first of her sisters to marry, at least she would not suffer the indignity of being the last!

Her first object would have been Mr. Willoughby, for he was both handsome and rich, and very interesting besides. His manners seemed to be everything charming, though she had not enjoyed much of his attention, for he was so very fixated on Georgiana.

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