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 SIX

A STONE IN THE SHOE

I found a cottager boy to help in the stables, but ultimately, he was not handy on the back of the Zephyr. Charlie Boyle attended to my instructions with a look of earnest understanding.

“When I am taking a heavy curve,” I said, “you must throw your weight in the opposite direction, but,” I added, “I do not mean like a sack of potatoes. I mean you must measure your effect.”