The Unexpected Miss Bennet by Patrice Sarath

Author:Patrice Sarath [Sarath, Patrice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Historical
ISBN: 9780709092803
Goodreads: 11389112
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Published: 2010-12-31T23:00:00+00:00

WHEN AT LAST they reached the entrance hall, they found that all was in uproar. Darcy and Georgiana were waiting for Lizzy so that they could all leave for Pemberley. Mr Collins paced anxiously with his wife, looking up at the staircase and wondering what could have kept Lizzy and Mary. And Lady Catherine was in a deep displeasure. She held an opened letter in her hand and when eventually she saw them, she shook it at Lizzy.

‘I cannot understand what it means,’ Lady Catherine said, and it was clear that she had been saying it for some time. Both Lizzy and Mary looked at her with astonishment and confusion. Lady Catherine thrust the letter at them as if they would learn its contents just by gazing upon it. She looked reproachfully at Lizzy as if it were her fault. ‘What can your parents mean by coming here with your sister’s things? For she will want for nothing while she is here, and I do not propose to support a houseful of her possessions. She will have to be satisfied with what she brings. And now, Mrs Darcy, your mother is bringing a trunkful of belongings? I cannot understand such a thing. And what do your parents mean by coming? It puts me out, Mrs Darcy. It puts me out indeed.’

Mother and Father coming here? Mary looked at Lizzy, astonished.

‘I think, ma’am, that my parents mean to bring Mary her books and other things because they are hers and she should have them,’ Lizzy said. ‘I cannot think that there is any other intention.’

‘But it does not suit me, Mrs Darcy. It does not suit me. And they are already on their way, so I cannot tell them not to come.’

Mary gave a small smile that she hid by bowing her head. That was her father, she thought. He must have known that he would be unwelcome to Lady Catherine and rather than wait for permission had decided instead to seek forgiveness.

But she herself was pleased by their decision. To come themselves, rather than sending her trunk, made her realize that she missed them and they her.

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