Only One Choice (The Gentleman Mr Darcy #7)

Only One Choice (The Gentleman Mr Darcy #7)

Author: Julie Cooper Listening Length: 8h 48m
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For the sake of a most beloved sister, and for their father’s dying wish, Elizabeth would make herself submit… When her dying father demands one daughter marry the heir to Longbourn and the other wed a wealthy elderly widower, Elizabeth makes the hardest choice of her life. She becomes the wife of sixty-year-old Mr. ...

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CAPABLE OF A TURN

“Iinformed you already, Collins, that your wife was reported much improved this morning,” Darcy said, aggrieved, and Mrs Ashwood’s eyes snapped at once to his in slight surprise. She had not noticed him before he spoke, evidently.

She addressed the trembling oaf in her usual calm, kind and dignified fashion.

“I am certain, my brother, that you wished to be apprised directly from the one who has most often attended her. It is true that Jane had a bad night, but a couple of hours ago, it became obvious that her illness has begun to weaken. She is, finally, and for the first time in several hours, sleeping peacefully. I expect that is how she will remain for the rest of the day. I know you would not wish to disturb her, that your greatest desire is that she might recover fully and as soon as is possible.”