Unexpectedly Mrs Darcy by Marianne Fournier

Author:Marianne Fournier [Fournier, Marianne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: McFlynn Books
Published: 2017-07-28T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

The return to Longbourn brought with it a return to normality in as much as normality existed in a family like the Bennet's. After a few weeks spent tossing through the night thinking in circular patterns about Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth almost welcomed the cacophony of her household like the dulcet tones of a Sunday hymn.

If Elizabeth had any concerns of being left alone with her thoughts, she needn't worry. The house was all a ruckus with the ensuing departure of Lydia to Brighton. It seemed the militia regiment, of which Mr. Wickham was a part, had plans to move on to Brighton, and Lydia had been invited to accompany Colonel Forster and his wife. No amount of discussion on Elizabeth's part managed to convince her father to rescind his permission for the trip, and Elizabeth hung her head in distress and exhaustion.

They were to be off the day after tomorrow and Elizabeth felt certain they were headed for disaster if her father did not put a stop to Lydia's reckless behavior.

Shortly after the din of Lydia's arrangements settled, the Lucas' called upon the Bennet's with news of a party to be held in honor of Maria's return. Elizabeth couldn't help but think of Mr. Darcy, at the last gathering of Sir Lucas, but then that malady seemed to be a permanent one, and she, therefore, decided upon looking forward to the event with some small matter of excitement.

The matter of Lydia's departure, however, sent the entire household into a flurry of cries and slamming doors, as the party was scheduled for two days after Lydia was to depart with the Forsters. Tears and histrionics filled the hallways for the better part of the afternoon and well into the evening, giving Elizabeth little peace to ruminate on her feelings.

When the household finally settled Elizabeth finally had the privacy of her thoughts and she held her hand to her bosom where she'd kept his letter for nearly three weeks, willing the words to reform. Every night in the privacy of her chamber when Jane had fallen asleep, she carefully unfolded it hoping against hope that its contents would magically appear. The large smear of black ink somehow moving about the page to form into the words that Mr. Darcy had felt he so needed her to know. Alas, it was gone, and with her reproach and subsequent departure, she felt certain she would never know what that letter had held. Perhaps the answers to all her questions and the reasons, oh heavens, the reasons she so desperately craved. Answers that would allow her the slightest bit of peace. She so desperately wanted to be wrong about her opinion of Mr. Darcy, and yet that desperation only brought her more pain. Thus as she had every night since that fateful day, she fell into a fitful sleep, full of dreams of a life with Mr. Darcy that seemed to slip further from her grasp as each new day began.

The next few days were spent settling back into the routine of daily life and preparing for Lydia's departure.

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