Pride, Prejudice & Pleasure by Georgette Brown

Author:Georgette Brown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: regency romance, Jane Austen, classic literature, steamy historical romance, sexy historical romance, British historical romance
Publisher: Wind Color Press
Published: 2017-10-26T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

IN THE QUIET OF HER bedchamber, Lizzy, in her mind, travelled often to Trenwith House, reliving her ‘lessons,’ though such recollections often incited an itch that rattled her sleep and made her restless. She could ease the worst of it with her own ministrations, but at other times, they relieved the edges only to prolong and incite the crux of her desire. She longed for his touch, and to her great surprise, she longed for his presence. As strange a man as he was, and though she knew him but little—they could not have spent much beyond a whole of ten hours in each other’s company—she felt a bond with him. She found herself wondering what he might be doing at the moment and if he had taken another student? What sort of man was he by day? She had not forgotten Abby’s warning that the attachment resulting from intimate physical contact and from the nature of the relationship between mentor and student should not be construed as true affection. Rather than insist her situation was unique, Lizzy was inclined to chagrin that she so easily satisfied Abby’s sage prediction.

How she missed her friendship with Mrs. Trenwith, and with great delight, received a letter from her mentor inquiring into her health, asking after her family, and reiterating that she would always be welcome at Trenwith House. The letter alluded to the shame, regret, or even horror that time might afford the reflection of her ‘education’ at Trenwith House and once more owned all blame for whatever sorrow the final lesson may have occasioned. Lizzy quickly penned a response that she would not cry over spilt milk and, insisting that she cherished her lessons as a rare gift, acquitted Abby of any blame. Lizzy almost considered inquiring if Abby had heard from Mr. Darcy but ended her letter with anticipation of their being reunited in the summer.

The quality of her conversations with Abby could not be replicated at Longbourn, but the first week home passed quickly enough. The second began. It was the last of the regiment's stay in Meryton, and all the young ladies in the neighbourhood were drooping apace. The dejection was almost universal. The elder Miss Bennets alone were still able to eat, drink, and sleep, and pursue the usual course of their employments. Very frequently were they reproached for this insensibility by Kitty and Lydia, whose own misery was extreme, and who could not comprehend such hard-heartedness in any of the family.

“Good Heaven! what is to become of us? What are we to do?” would they often exclaim in the bitterness of woe. “How can you be smiling so, Lizzy?”

Their affectionate mother shared all their grief; she remembered what she had herself endured on a similar occasion, five-and-twenty years ago.

“I am sure,” said she, “I cried for two days together when Colonel Miller's regiment went away. I thought I should have broken my heart.”

“I am sure I shall break mine,” said Lydia.

“If one could but go to Brighton!” observed Mrs.

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