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21 " Good Lord, when? Does her mother know? "
― , The Darcy Monologues
22 " I have already been once refused.” “By Elizabeth?” Mr. Gardiner cried incredulously. Pursing his lips into a thin, hard line, Darcy merely inclined his head. “Good Lord, when? Does her mother know? "
23 " Am I too early?” she whispered, placing her hands in mine. “You are quite late for my impatience. "
24 " My heart quickened as she brushed one chestnut tendril aside then rested her gloved hand only a heartbeat from my own. "
25 " Take me home,” she said. “To Pemberley.” And I obeyed my wife, my Elizabeth. The beauty who had tamed the beast of Pemberley. "
26 " She carried a bouquet of borage and dahlias in her hands. For courage and dignity? "
27 " Show me Elizabeth.” The mirror flashed and she was there. "
28 " Go, you beautiful girl. Go before I cannot let you leave. "
29 " When her pink tongue slipped out to taste her swollen bottom lip, I nearly cried out with sudden want again. "
30 " Even now as she smugly arched her brow at me, her neck curving up to my inspection as she anticipated my reply—God in Heaven, but she was temptation personified! "