Courtship at Rosings by Rose Fairbanks

Author:Rose Fairbanks [Fairbanks, Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-13T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Elizabeth smiled as she looked at the stream before her. Darcy had arranged another outing for her in the surroundings of Rosings. She laughed to herself. She really ought to have known better than to think he would wait until she arrived in London to court her. He was a man used to getting his every whim and pressing his advantage.

Over a week had passed since their last formal conversation. However, Darcy communicated with her daily. Elizabeth still refused to write to him directly, and she was far too private a person to give any secret messages to Anne. He would simply have to bear the burden of not knowing the change of her heart for a few more days. It was a pain of his own making, after all. Elizabeth shook her head, thinking of how she would tease him about it when they were reunited.

She had not wanted to fall in love with Mr. Darcy and certainly did not dream it would happen so fast. Once free of her false perceptions and seeing proof of his superior character and ardent love, it was all too easy to let her heart begin to hope. In truth, he was the sort of man she had always wished to someday marry. Mr. Darcy was intelligent, thoughtful, sensitive, loving, and well-respected. She even saw his flaws in a new light. His once hideous pride was now proof that he cared for his family legacy. His interference with Jane, although she had not entirely learned to justify or excuse him, was proof of his extreme loyalty.

“What surprise do you have for me today, Fitzwilliam?” Elizabeth had taken to calling Darcy by his Christian name when alone and speaking aloud as though he were present.

Shading her eyes from the morning’s rays, Elizabeth saw a glass bottle in the stream. She followed the rope around it to the low branch of a nearby tree and eagerly pulled forth her treasure. Popping the cork, she found a tightly rolled piece of paper in the now familiar hand of Mr. Darcy.

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