The Zephyr

The Zephyr

Author: Grace Gibson Listening Length: 8h 17m
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You are looking at the last man on earth who should ever find himself making love to a lady behind an old hay wain and offering her a clandestine promise upon some nameless day. And yet here I am. WHEN MR FITZWILLIAM DARCY RETURNS to Hertfordshire a year after last seeing Elizabeth Bennet, he is surprised to find that ...

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CHAPTER THREE

REFLECTIONS AT THE MILL POND

N ot until Tuesday of the following week did I have the opportunity to tool my little Zephyr about the neighbourhood. On account of a letter from Jane, Saturday morning had slipped away, and the afternoon was taken up with entertaining our aunt and uncle Philips. I did not go out on Sunday, which was proper, and on Monday, the day dawned too wet to be promising.

Tuesday morning, however, was warm though cloudy, and despite the muddy roads, I was anxious to be away. The Lindbury Wood, which was always a favourite route of mine, was out of the question, since the shade under the archway of trees made for great stretches of impassable mud pits. The lane up to Oakham Mount was similarly plagued, so I settled for the drier roads that sat high above the ditches and hedgerows encasing the fields around Meryton.