The Knights of Derbyshire by Marsha Altman

Author:Marsha Altman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: jane austen, darcy, pride and prejudice, austen, elizabeth bennet
Publisher: Marsha Altman

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Pemberley was still lit up when Dr. Maddox was returned, and the horses galloped away with Hatcher and his man. Hatcher was in no mood to talk but said he would return in the morning. Dr. Maddox could not see his timepiece, only the lights of Pemberley in front of him, and a bright red, unmistakable figure that came rushing out and grabbed him, and if she had any strength, would have lifted him right up and throttled him instead of hugging him fiercely.

“How dare you!” Caroline Maddox cried into his shoulder, not loud enough for the others that were approaching to hear. “How dare you put yourself in danger! What would I have done without you?”

“I wasn’t in danger.”

“You – I couldn’t – ” But she muffled her own tears by snuggling into his arms, and he returned the embrace.

The first man to arrive, carrying the lantern, was Darcy. He couldn’t see precisely, but he guessed that it was, from his stature and how he was dressed.

“I’ve seen to him,” Dr. Maddox said in answer to the unasked question. “I think we’d best discuss the rest inside, but he is alive, Darcy. Concussed, but alive.”

“Thank God for that,” Darcy said, and led them inside.

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