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Chapter One January 10, 1815, London “Elizabeth, Elizabeth!” No, please, just a little more sleep. A heavy, warm hand weighed on her shoulder, shaking her firmly enough to dislodge the dream from her head. Botheration! That one seemed worth remembering. Where was she? She rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand. Vaguely warm …

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Chapter One   Early June 1814 Anne glanced right and left down the long hallway tiled in black and white marble squares, the portraits of long forgotten ancestors staring down—disapproving, for they disapproved of everything—upon her. Yes! No sign of Father or Elizabeth, only Mrs. Trent, the sturdy, grizzled housekeeper, trundling the recently delivered post …

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Chapter One May 1809 The sounds of animated conversation filtered into the corridor as Anne slowly approached the morning room. One did not rush about, even if she were quite hungry, or so Father insisted. Pleasing and graceful movements and a columnar posture were always necessary and appropriate. Morning light poured through the doorways, painting …

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Chapter One April 1801  The front door creaked open. “Jane! Lizzy!” Mama shrieked, her skirts swishing and shoes scuffing as she walked. At least it was a happy sounding shriek, not the one she used when she was displeased. Elizabeth looked up from her sewing just as Mama appeared in the parlor doorway. Perhaps it …

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Chapter One   Nippy March air scoured Elizabeth’s face as the mews’ uneven paving stones assaulted her feet in her dash to Darcy’s carriage. She pulled her green cloak tighter around her shoulders, her fairy dragon, April, safely nestled amongst her hood’s folds. The sun’s first rosy rays barely peeked over the horizon, not yet …

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