Echoes of Pemberley
“Sometimes he would notice her gaze and return it. Other times he was busy, engaged in conversation with various, curious guests. More than once she tried to be excused from the mind-numbing discussions of shooting and fishing, politics and farming, but wasn’t successful. Ben, it seemed, was determined to keep her by his side. Eventually she was asked to dance by a boy whose name she couldn’t recall, but jumped at the chance of escape from her brother.From the dance floor, she inconspicuously bu...t frantically searched the crowd for Sean but could no longer find him. Several different dance partners later, she assumed he had left.As afternoon gave way to dusk, Sean headed back to the cottage. His headache from the morning had returned and the lackluster party could no longer hold his interest. On his way he passed several guests, who clearly preferred the outskirts of a party rather than the midst.Only yards from his door, Sean heard a noise that brought him to an abrupt stop. He was still close enough to hear the orchestra and first assumed that was probably what he had heard.MoreLess
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