These Three Remain
A Novel of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman
CHAPTER 1
Her Infinite Variety
Heigh-up, there!" James the coachman's voice rang out in its familiar timbre, urging the team pulling Darcy's traveling coach to put to in their harnesses and take them through the tollgate out of London and on to the road to Kent. Darcy relaxed into the green velvet squabs as the coach was pulled smoothly forward under James's expert whip. He flicked a glance at his cousin, who sat opposite him with his nose buried in the Post. The Peninsular War was heating up once more, with General Wellesley, now Earl of Wellington, again laying siege to Badajoz. This third siege of that crucial ciudad had commenced only a week before, and reports of the action were just arriving in London to fill the papers and the populace with new hopes and fears.
"Did you see this, Fitz?" Richard turned the paper over and vigorously poked a finger at one of the reports.
"Yes, one of the many articles I read while waiting for you to present yourself this morning." Darcy's lips twisted in sarcasm. Colonel Richa ... read full excerpt from: These Three Remain: A Novel of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman ebook
