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me and go from it as he pleased what what am i to do he stuttered how how can i possibly remain when my home is given into the hands of another lord disley s expression was not unsympathetic the way i see it fitzwilliam you have three options one you might finally take me up on the offer to come and live at disley court two you remain as you are on your four acres in a secluded corner of the park and continue to hide away from the world or or what we could set you up as pemberley s steward his uncle replied then raised his hand as darcy opened his mouth to object hear me out fitzwilliam no one knows pemberley park better than you i daresay not even that scoundrel albert wickham or his worthless offspring could best you in knowledge of the grounds or the tenantry especially given you ve spent the last five years living amongst them you could stay in the cottage you have now or we could move you to a farm closer to pemberley it would be your choice so long as we are careful in our selection of the tenant darcy scowled pray tell me you do not intend to advertise lord disley scoffed certainly not i would not blaze your degradation to the world any more than has already been done i do however intend to make some discreet inquiries will have to if we re even to find anyone to let the place to i know you abhor disguise of any sort especially in light of how your poor father was duped but you may have to use an alias if you choose the third option it may be wise to remove your most recent portraits from the gallery so that you re not recognized as belonging to the darcy family that owns the house looking over the papers in his hand again darcy had to admit albeit reluctantly that his uncle s plan was sound thank goodness he d had a first class education to help him understand the minute details as well as the layman s terms his uncle had just laid out and aside from locating the stolen money there is no other way to pay father s remaining debts he was compelled to ask the earl shook his head i m afraid not fitzwilliam not unless you re willing to deprive georgiana of her dowry and you know how bloody difficult it was to get your father to part with the thirty thousand and pemberley s deed before he lost those as well as himself no uncle you know i could not bear to strip my sister of the last shred of dignity our father has left her even if you practically had to wrestle it from him darcy said indeed so nephew what will you do darcy drew a breath and blew it out i do not know i must have some time to think on it his uncle inclined his head i expected as much i would suggest attempting to put it from your mind as i know georgiana intends to go riding with you this morning she spoke of missing your rides together while we awaited your arrival last evening but i also know it will be difficult to do i ve given you a great deal to ponder and deciding on how little or how much you wish to be involved with pemberley s tenant will be a weighty decision indeed in that much at least we are in agreement sir darcy quipped before sighing and handing the papers back to his uncle then he stood and took his leave giveaway i feel like darcy was channeling persuasion s sir walter elliot for a moment there tell me what you think in the comments below to enter for a chance to win an ebook copy of the reintroduction of fitzwilliam darcy but wait there s more because today is release day there s a bonus prize available continental us commenters on today s blog must comment by 11 59 p m are not only entered to win the ebook but also a signed paperback copy in a second drawing international readers i m sorry i cannot offer you a signed paperback at this time if a non us resident is drawn for the paperback i will send you an ebook contest open until august 14 2021 good luck christine like many a jaff author before her is a long time admirer of jane austen s work and she hopes that her alternate versions are as enjoyable as the originals she has plans to one day visit england and take a tour of all the grand country estates which have featured in film adaptations and often dreams of owning one christine lives in ohio and is already at work on her next book thank you so much for stopping by christine i wish you all the best with the new release by lizzie august 07 2021 23 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday june 29 2021 blog tour mistress of netherfield by julia winter with giveaway about the book i t is a truth universally acknowledged that on escaping an unhappy marriage a young widow will be delighted to remove to the dower house and lease the marital abode to a single man in possession of a good fortune provided he looks elsewhere to fulfil his want of a wife five years after being forced into an unwanted marriage at the age of sixteen and freed six months later by the death of her abusive husband elizabeth grayson née bennet has finally found a measure of peace the inheritor of her husband s estate netherfield park elizabeth is now a wealthy young widow independent and self reliant with an eye always on improving her four sisters woefully small dowries and providing for her mother who will be homeless when her father dies elizabeth is pleased to lease out netherfield to the bingley family making her home in the dower house in meryton and vowing that she will never remarry fitzwilliam darcy of pemberley in derbyshire is rich and well connected but reserved in company with anybody outside the very few he counts as friends towards those friends he is loyal and steadfast the staunchest of supporters so when a young man comes to him with a tale of the clandestine marriage and mysterious death of darcy s old schoolfriend james grayson and begs darcy s help to investigate the widow s role darcy agrees visiting charles bingley the new tenant of netherfield darcy is very soon torn between his loyalty to his dead friend and his burgeoning attraction to the widow throw two unprincipled rogues and an elopement into the confines of meryton and how will darcy s dilemma over elizabeth ever be resolved and is she willing to put aside her misgivings and trust again excerpt oh where is mama demanded lydia i have such news oh yes said her faithful echo such a wonder quiet kitty i shall tell mama where is she lizzy she went to her room for something elizabeth glanced up from her embroidery she will be back when tea is brought in i expect papa is in his study and mary is practising hmmph i can hear her she pounds that poor pianoforte as if she were a blacksmith beating out horseshoes elizabeth attempted to quell lydia s spite with the observation that mary was most diligent in her practice and that was to be commended oh if you say so we shall tell you the news then you should have joined us and lydia plumped down hard onto the sofa beside elizabeth bouncing her against the springs elizabeth who had her work tilted towards the candles so she could see to set her stitches sucked on her needle jabbed finger just as well for lydia the linen had not been blood spotted is our aunt well oh yes i suppose so she was vastly glad kitty and i went to keep company with her while mr phillips was out was she not kitty kitty had come to lean against the sofa s high back ye he was still at dinner with the officers of course when we walked home but she set uncle s clerk to escort us lydia pulled her face into a disdainful pout he is a paltry sort of fellow i care for none unless he wears a red coat nor do i kitty said you both astonish me but you should have come with us did you see the gentleman with denny he is to join the regiment tomorrow he came today to speak to colonel forster and sign his papers but he will not have a uniform until tomorrow and well i do not understand it perfectly but it means he is not yet properly a redcoat and so did not attend the officers dinner i told him that it was little loss to him since he went to aunt phillips s house with kitty and me instead and he went to her house astonished elizabeth jabbed her finger again and with a smothered exclamation she bundled the abused handkerchief away into her silk workbag he did not dine there surely he went to the house despite the master of it not being there to accept an introduction you must be jesting lyddie oh no one cares about such old fashioned notions you are far too fastidious sometimes i may be fastidious but you are not nearly as fly to the time of day as you think you are you little ninny what sort of true gentleman does such a thing uninvited lydia dismissed elizabeth s disbelieving stare with a wave of her hand no no you do not understand aunt leaned quite out of her window to invite him so far that i feared she might topple into the street how i should have laughed would not you have laughed kit oh yes prodigiou well she did not fall and she was delighted to invite him in make his acquaintance and welcome him she loves company as you know he did not dine he said it would not be proper without uncle s sanction although he was very grateful for aunt s attention he sat with us only a quarter hour then betook himself to the inn the red lion i fancy rather than the hart promising to return with the other officers when uncle is there and make his apologies for imposing lydia beamed there was that not very gentlemanly and proper enough to satisfy even your notions of good conduct it has improved my opinion a little lydia sighed far too fastidious is she not kitty his name is wickham he is very handsome and charming and shall be even more so when he is in his regimentals she swayed a little in her seat her expression rapt and her eyes half closed she clasped her hands below her bosom oh i cannot wait to see him in his red coat nor i kitty sighed and clasped her hands in imitation elizabeth contemplated using her own hands to box two pairs of ears but that office was not her responsibility though she doubted her father would shoulder it as he ought pish kitty he will want nothing to do with you when i am there to engage with him you may forget him entirely lydia abandoned her melting looks and dreamy expression to glare daggers at her sister why should he like you better that is all because i am prettier than you and livelier and the gentlemen all do like me better that is why oh do stop crying you are such a watering pot oh mama mama there you are mama i have such news mama entered into lydia s feelings quite as fully as her youngest daughter might wish and for the next half hour the room reverberated with their joyous chatter elizabeth huddled into her corner of the sofa and sipped the tea hill brought in a moment or two after mama had joined them not for the first time she contemplated abandoning the drawing room for her father s study and the chance of sipping something stronger something much stronger about julia once julia was a communications specialist with several uk government departments these days she s thankfully free of all that and writing full time she lives in the depths of the nottinghamshire countryside with her husband and the deputy editor aka molly the cockapoo who s supported by mavis the assistant editor a yorkie bichon cross with a bark several times bigger than she is but with no opinion whatsoever on the placement of semi colons contact julia email website twitter facebook universal link to digital stores https books2read com mistressofnetherfield amazon store links amazon com amazon co uk between 21 june and 3 july enter this rafflecoptor for the chance of a first prize of a copy of mr darcy s hunsford letter complete with seal and tied in red ribbon and a copy of the ebook or one of two second prizes of an e copy of mistress of netherfield giveaway here thank you so much for stopping by julia book sounds most interesting i wish you all the best with the new release by lizzie june 29 2021 11 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday march 23 2021 blog tour five daughters out at once by jayne bamber with giveaway hello dear janeites it is a pleasure to be back at laughing with lizzie to share more details of my new release five daughters out at once available on kindle april 7th the novel centers around the premise of the bennet sisters re entering society and encountering heroes from across austen s other works after mourning the loss of first their father and then their mother with lady catherine de bourgh as their unlikely champion and ally against mr collins things begin with a shaky start we discover that the bennet sisters have not been idly awaiting some rescue but making plans of their own which leads me to today s excerpt the sight of mr gardiner entering the room instantly put the young ladies at ease for his jovial manners were tempered with a degree of solicitude and curiosity that gave elizabeth some hope he would not dismiss her careful planning out of hand well jane lizzy mary good morning miss lucas what is all this about then your letter has given me no little concern have you heard from him this collins fellow not yet but we expect to presently jane said with a placid smile elizabeth added to this with a petulant grimace if he is at all like his sister he may arrive without notice any day now that is what i expect sir mr gardiner nodded evenly i will confess i had shared my poor sister s hope that these collinses were content enough with their own lot that they would not disturb you that is what i had wished as well elizabeth replied quirking her eyebrow up with wry humor as she tried to dispel her own bitterness i hoped for the best but have prepared for the worst the two ledgers one blue and one red sat before her on the desk and she opened them both with triumphant pride come and see uncle mary had checked the numbers meticulously the night before she moved that way and began to show mr gardiner her work i reviewed our father s accounts going back to 1806 here in the blue ledger from there we simply duplicated all the monthly expenses as if we had continued to live the same these past two years as we ever had before a slight reduction was logical with fewer fewer of us jane joined them at the other side of the desk here in the red book we have recorded how we have actually lived these two years much more frugal you see we have reduced the staff limited unnecessary spending and our income has increased a little lizzy has seen to the tenants that were in arrears and gotten them to pay some if not all their rent which papa never paid much mind to the harvest last year was far beyond what it had ever been jane added pointing to a sum that elizabeth was particularly proud of well lizzy i must venture a guess that you have been the mastermind behind all this though lizzy sat in her father s chair looking and feeling every bit in command of the household she had never been easy with taking all the credit of it no indeed not entirely jane and mary have 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