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 TWENTY-EIGHT

IN THE FLUSH OF A HARD-WON FIGHT

I did not harbour any illusions that Mr Darcy would be there the day after he had likely waited for me for the Lord only knows how long, but I drove briskly down the lanes and up the rise that led past the old mill, and soon my ponies slowed as they began to pull me to the top of Oakham Mount. My mind was mostly still, intensely so, for I felt such a strong pull of yearning to see a place where he had lately been, nothing could intrude upon my single-minded purpose.

As we rounded the last bend, I spurred June and July to the point of strain, and we flew upwards and over the rise to the small plateau at the top.