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Darcy settled back in Bingley’s carriage, pleased. While the neighborhood appeared sparsely populated, the estate of Netherfield Park itself seemed pleasant enough. Furthermore, the steward with whom they’d met, who showed them about the house and grounds, gave every indication of being both capable and honest. As did the housekeeper and butler, who were to be kept on. That meant Bingley would not be required […]

Steven sat back, rubbing his neck. He’d been bent over the Bow Street Runners’ notes on the Peacock thefts all morning. And the whole of the day before. And the one before that. And… He let that thought trail off with a sigh. “We must be missing something.” Where he sat across the table in the cramped, windowless room the Runners had allotted him, Sergeant […]

Kitty Bennet slid out of her bed, careful not to wake her younger sister Lydia, with whom she shared a room. Not that much care was required, for Lydia snored contentedly, burrowed in blankets despite the summer heat. Experience made dressing in the near dark easy, and soon Kitty eased her little journal and a pencil from under a loose floorboard beneath her bed. Sticking […]

Steven Hurst glanced about as he descended the steps of his carriage, his slightly stoop, disinterested demeanor calculated to cover how carefully he searched the street about him. General Padgett would have men watching the street outside his home, but Hurst’s habit of care was too ingrained to be denied, and another pair of eyes never hurt. Not that there was anything suspicious about a […]

Fitzwilliam Darcy trudged up the front steps of his Aunt Catherine’s town home, trying to ignore the stickiness of the overly warm air that had settled into London of late. He did not wish to be here. Cared not at all to enter. Aunt Catherine had summoned him, however, and disobeying a summons from Lady Catherine de Bourgh generally resulted in more aggravation than obeying. […]