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Pemberley fic, Ch 3
Feb. 10th, 2019 03:42 pmtitle: tolerably well acquainted (3/?)
verse: Comforts and Consequences
characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy; Mr Gardiner, Mrs Gardiner, Miss Mortimer (OFC); Darcy/Elizabeth
stuff that happens: Elizabeth survives her Pemberley conversations, and pays very little attention to anything else.
previous sections: one, two
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verse: Comforts and Consequences
characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy; Mr Gardiner, Mrs Gardiner, Miss Mortimer (OFC); Darcy/Elizabeth
stuff that happens: Elizabeth survives her Pemberley conversations, and pays very little attention to anything else.
previous sections: one, two
Elizabeth dared a glance at him, which thankfully went unnoticed. Darcy had turned his head away, exposing little beyond a handsome profile. It seemed a softer one than heretofore—perhaps. At the moment, she felt sure of very little with him.
She would take the gesture for what it was, Elizabeth decided: a compliment of the highest order, from a man who had very little reason to offer one. The thought did not set her at ease; nothing could do that, in the circumstances. But it pleased both her rational mind and her vanity.
She would take the gesture for what it was, Elizabeth decided: a compliment of the highest order, from a man who had very little reason to offer one. The thought did not set her at ease; nothing could do that, in the circumstances. But it pleased both her rational mind and her vanity.
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