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Post by Mr. Darcy on Dec 14, 2007 21:27:43 GMT -5
*AFTER THAT APPALLING SCENE IN THE CAFE*
"Good lord, Bingley," *Darcy said as they settled around the fire.* "What sort of life are you leading here, anyway? Your sisters would be scandalized. That woman..."
*He shuddered.*
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Post by Mr. Bingley on Dec 14, 2007 21:31:11 GMT -5
"Which one?" *He asked, a little hurt. He had liked Miss Kimberley.* "The one who accosted you? It's Paris." *He said nonchalantly.* "Things like that aren't as removed from general society as they are in London."
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Post by Mr. Darcy on Dec 14, 2007 21:33:16 GMT -5
*Darcy felt chagrin at the look on his friend's face.*
"Sorry, old boy. Which one do you think? The language she used! Surely you are not immune to shock, Charles."
*Good-natured Bingley might be, but Darcy hardly expected him to be used to the sort of display they'd witnessed that afternoon.*
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Post by Mr. Bingley on Dec 14, 2007 21:36:03 GMT -5
*He chuckled.*
"Egh. Did you hear her ask for tobacco? Tobacco? Honestly, I thought only old men in the club smoked tobacco." *He shuddered.*
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Post by Mr. Darcy on Dec 15, 2007 1:12:23 GMT -5
"Quite."
*Darcy looked into the fire for a moment.*
"Still... she was some sort of unfortunate. I suppose it behooves us to be charitable. To a degree."
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Post by Mr. Bingley on Dec 15, 2007 8:40:24 GMT -5
*He shrugged.*
"I don't suppose we'll see her again; what does it matter now?"
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Post by Mr. Darcy on Dec 15, 2007 12:17:41 GMT -5
*Somehow Darcy felt that rehashing the experience, and the woman's lack of breeding, would be something Bingley's sisters would do.*
"It doesn't. I say we move on to more fitting topics. Such as what you've been up to here in Paris, all alone."
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Post by Mr. Bingley on Dec 15, 2007 14:21:21 GMT -5
*He shrugged.*
"Not much, to be honest. Looking for a house, watching my ailing father's finances, reading my sisters' letters and grudgingly replying, seeing the Operas, and sometimes just wandering. There isn't much by way of society here."
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Post by Mr. Darcy on Dec 15, 2007 15:22:56 GMT -5
*Darcy raised an elegant eyebrow.*
"Indeed? I would have thought Paris would offer much in that regard. Though I suppose... there's society and then there's society."
*He sighed and moved to the mantel to fiddle with some knick-knacks. It was so difficult to find people with which one could really consider oneself among friends. He turned and smiled warmly at Bingley.*
"I'm here now, though. So perhaps we will both benefit from improved company."
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