The Best Part of Love (Happily Ever After with Mr Darcy #3)

The Best Part of Love (Happily Ever After with Mr Darcy #3)

Author: Amy D’Orazio Listening Length: 17h 50m
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Some might consider that time of heady infatuation to be the best part of love. For myself, I take comfort in having gained the latter. Elizabeth Bennet was meant to have a fairy tale. Her whirlwind marriage to the charming Earl of Courtenay brought her wealth, a title, and a love she had never dared imagine—until Hen...

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CHAPTER TEN

As the ladies gathered at breakfast the next day, with Mr Bennet behind his newspaper, Mrs Bennet apparently decided the time had come for some deeply felt chastisement of her eldest daughter.

“Jane, it is unkind of you to allow Mr Bingley to continue his attentions. Consider the other girls in the district for whom he could be a fine match. They have not your connexions, dear, and a wealthy man from trade will do well enough for many of them.”

Jane was agape at this astonishing speech, and Elizabeth interceded. “Mama, I believe Mr Bingley is a fine match for Jane, and they appear to like each other very much. I cannot imagine why you are not more pleased with him, but as long as Jane is, nothing else really matters.”