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 SIXTEEN

A FORLORN FIGURE

A respectable harvest was brought in. Carts piled high with hay, pumpkins, and sacks of barley rumbled towards the larger market towns. Youngsters picked apples, women boiled vats of their favourite compotes, pigs were slaughtered, and the hams salted and hung to cure. This was a busy time in the country, and the general air of industry provided some distraction for our neighbours. Just as I had hoped, my improprieties seemed to fade into insignificance when there was so much to be done.

The leaves then turned brown and fell off the trees, the lanes turned to cold mud, and we began to make plans for the festive season at home.