Billingsgate, 1720

Billingsgate Ward in the City of London. Surveyor John Stow; cartographer, Richard Blome, 1720. Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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“Do we go up this one?” Darcy nodded toward Fish Street Hill. One street was beginning to blend into another as the men searched for Lydia and Elizabeth. A fear that they had already been found by someone unsavoury had settled into Darcy’s heart.

[from Delighting Mrs. Bennet]

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Fashion Plate (Morning Dress) 1826, Rudolph Ackermann

Los Angeles County Museum of Art [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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The woman tipped her head and looked at Lydia. “You are the very image of your mother.”

“You remember her?” Elizabeth asked.

Sally nodded. “I know it would seem nearly impossible for one to remember a lady twenty-some years after meeting her especially since our meeting was not long in duration, and, well, I do meet a good number of young women.”

[from Delighting Mrs. Bennet]

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Wordless Wednesday: Horse and Two Dogs in a Landscape, Henry Ossawa Tanner

Horse and Two Dogs in a Landscape by Henry Ossawa Tanner, Public Domain, via WikiArt

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“I think he wishes to help,” Richard said with a chuckle as Dash took his eyes off the horse to once again growl at the approaching footman before barking and running forward and then returning to stare down Richard’s mount once again.

[from Delighting Mrs. Bennet]

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On The Road To Gretna Green, Heywood Hardy

By Heywood Hardy (oil on canvas) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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“Did Miss Lydia tell you what she was going to do?” Darcy asked gently.

“She was supposed to meet Mr. Wickham and tell him that she did not wish to marry him.”

“They were going to Scotland,” Georgiana added in a whisper.

[from Delighting Mrs. Bennet]

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Wordless Wednesday: Fashion Plate Manteau 1823

Fashion plate from Costume Parisien, 1823 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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“How ‘bout you?” His hand remained on Elizabeth’s shoulder as he leaned toward Lydia.

“A shilling for one cheek and a half crown for both,” Lydia replied.

“A shilling for a peck on the cheek?” he exclaimed.

“Or a half crown for two,” Lydia repeated.

“And if I do not wish for you to kiss my cheeks?”

“Then you must do without.”

[from Delighting Mrs. Bennet]

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