JA quotes and intro

"I should infinitely prefer a book." -- Chapter 39, Pride and Prejudice
"...I wish my collection were larger for your benefit and my own credit..." -- Chapter 8, Pride and Prejudice
"I shall be glad to have the library to myself as soon as may be." -- Chapter 20, Pride and Prejudice

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Saturday, December 2, 2023

Miss Bingley's Megrim, Part 10


~ Louisa ~


Louisa roused herself reluctantly. As she listened to the comfortable sound of the bed linen shifting about her, a sudden thought arrested her movement. “Do you hear that?” she whispered to her husband.

“What?”

“Hush!”

“But I heard nothing.”

“Exactly!” she murmured. “Caroline must be asleep. We don't want to wake her. You know what a handful she would be in such a state.”

“I have no objection to a handful in certain circumstances,” Hurst drawled, filling his hand in a way that pleased them both.

“In that case, neither can I have any objection,” Louisa breathed out while her utterings were still intelligible.



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