{"id":2518,"date":"2018-07-18T09:06:05","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T13:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/?p=2518"},"modified":"2021-12-17T12:25:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T17:25:22","slug":"chapter-10-a-summer-shame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/readingroom\/chapter-10-a-summer-shame\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 10 A Summer Shame"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Richard James, you dolt! Indeed, Lady Matlock, indeed. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/p>

XOXOXO<\/p>

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Chapter 10 - A Summer Shame, a Pride and Prejudice Variation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Jane Bennet lounged on the chaise placed in her suite especially for her use, bundled up in a spectacular quilt of ruby red and evergreen stars. She traced the delicate stitches that bound the layers of fabric together and shivered as a maid stoked the fire.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

“Thank you, Millie.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>

The maid curtsied. “Anna, ma’am. I’ll be Millie all the same if it pleases you.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Jane touched her fingers to her forehead then shook them away. “No, no, I apologize. One should never change their name to suit another. I have lived in so many houses over the last year, I confess I don’t know if I’m coming or going half the time.” Jane laughed, nodding to the wisp of a girl with plain brown features until the young girl smiled just a touch on the left side of her mouth. “There now, I’ve thoroughly embarrassed myself, but your work for my comfort is much appreciated.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Mrs. Darcy entered the room and the young girl immediately dropped her head into a curtsy. “Please allow us some privacy, Anna?”<\/span><\/span><\/p>

“Of course ma’am. Will there be anything else?” The maid asked looking to both sisters before Mrs. Darcy shook her head no. After the sturdy wooden door latch clicked, Elizabeth dragged an armchair from the far side of the suite to bring it closer to Jane by the window. Her older sister shrugged herself into a sitting position, waiting for Elizabeth to convey the reason for her presence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

After looking at her hands and wringing them, Elizabeth finally sighed and delved into the issue that was troubling her most. “Jane, are you unhappy here?”<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Shocked, Jane sputtered for a moment then heartily convinced her sister she was not unhappy at all, and far from the feeling entirely.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

“I only ask because I so rarely see you. At least, I never see you when Mr. Darcy is present. Last night at dinner, you barely said two words to our host, Mr. Hamilton. It is so unlike you . . . I worried that perhaps I had done something to offend. Or perhaps the staff?”<\/span><\/span><\/p>

“Starvet House is a dream, Lizzie. A pure dream! The fields, the kindness, I never imagined loving another place so swiftly and deeply as I feel when I think of our own home, Longbourn.” Jane frowned and corrected herself. “Our former home.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>

“I am so pleased to hear it, but still, I know we’ve been separated lo these many months. My heart is heavy for you. Was it the business with the Bingleys? Oh, that I were there for you! Had we honeymooned in London, I’m sure Mr. Darcy would not have minded.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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