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“We should like to view some muslin.” Lydia looked to her companions, Kitty and Georgiana, who both nodded. “And Miss Darcy would like to see what sorts of music might be acquired here in Meryton.” She glanced at Mrs. Annesley. “If that would be acceptable to you.”
“I think those are fine items for which to look,” Darcy replied.
Elizabeth was quite impressed by her sister’s demeanor until they were just about to go in search of their first store.
[from Loving Lydia, book 3 in the Marrying Elizabeth Series]
Leenie Brown fell in love with Jane Austen's works when she first read Sense and Sensibility followed immediately by Pride and Prejudice in her early teens. As the second of five daughters and an avid reader, she has always loved to see where her imagination takes her and to play with and write about the characters she meets along the way. In 2013, these two loves collided when she stumbled upon the world of Jane Austen Fan Fiction. A year later, in 2014, she began writing her own Austen-inspired stories and began publishing them in 2015. Leenie lives in Nova Scotia, Canada with her two teenage boys and her very own Mr. Brown (a wonderful mix of all the best of Darcy, Bingley and Edmund with healthy dose of the teasing Mr. Tillney and just a dash of the scolding Mr. Knightley).
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2 thoughts on “Harding, Howell & Co Premises”
It is a good thing Lydia and her mother don’t get to go to London very often. What an impressive building. I can’t imagine how they managed those huge rolls of cloth.
Oh, dear… what has Lydia done? Poor Lizzy and Georgiana if she saw a group of officers… or thought one of them was our dear Colonel. Guess I’ll have to wait to see.
It looks beautiful in there, and I know that through the doors there are other goods to be purchased besides just cloth. I actually used some of the info I read where this store was mentioned to visualize that scene in Henry’s story where he confronts his sister. I’m certain Lydia would love to shop here!
What has Lydia done? I’m almost positive that no one will guess what is happening in this scene from those few teasing lines. 🙂
It is a good thing Lydia and her mother don’t get to go to London very often. What an impressive building. I can’t imagine how they managed those huge rolls of cloth.
Oh, dear… what has Lydia done? Poor Lizzy and Georgiana if she saw a group of officers… or thought one of them was our dear Colonel. Guess I’ll have to wait to see.
It looks beautiful in there, and I know that through the doors there are other goods to be purchased besides just cloth. I actually used some of the info I read where this store was mentioned to visualize that scene in Henry’s story where he confronts his sister. I’m certain Lydia would love to shop here!
What has Lydia done? I’m almost positive that no one will guess what is happening in this scene from those few teasing lines. 🙂