Imogen
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Post by Imogen on Jan 1, 2008 20:41:20 GMT -5
*Imogen alighted her carriage, dressed in a black gown with glittering jet ornaments and matching fashionable bonnet, suitable for being a widow. She rang the bell and gave her name to the footman to announce. He had to practice it several times before he had committed all of her surnames to memory. Her second husband, Johnston Ford, had had business interests with this Mr. Darcy's father. She'd been married to a Mr. D'Arcy herself, recently.*
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Post by Mr. Darcy on Jan 1, 2008 20:43:42 GMT -5
*The curtain twitched as Darcy let it fall. The lady looked familiar. All the same, it was a bother, being At Home for visitors. Still, it wouldn't do to let Charles face her on his own. She looked like trouble.*
"Looks like you have a guest, Charles," *he said, moments before the butler arrived with the lady's lengthy name. Ahh. One of those.
He thought she might have been married to someone who'd dealt with his father. He remembered the name Ford from the paperwork he'd had to examine after the late Mr. Darcy's death.*
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Mr. Bingley
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Post by Mr. Bingley on Jan 1, 2008 20:45:19 GMT -5
*The aforementioned Charles was busy attempting to compose a letter to his sisters, and had to throw out most attempts, as his handwriting was nearly illegible anyway. Ink was spattered on his forehead and his fingertips were stained black. There was a growing pile of rejected letters in the wastebasket.*
*He looked up.* "Oh?" *He listened to the name.* "I don't think I know her..." *He said, frowning.*
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Post by Mr. Darcy on Jan 1, 2008 20:47:21 GMT -5
*Darcy sighed, and wordlessly held out his handkerchief so that Bingley could scrub ineffectually at the ink stains.*
"I know her vaguely. By reputation, mostly. My father and one of her husbands had some shipping interests together. Might as well get it over with, eh?"
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Imogen
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Post by Imogen on Jan 1, 2008 20:49:50 GMT -5
*A moment later, Imogen was shown into the drawing room.*
"Gentlemen," *she said with a cool smile, immediately going to Darcy and stretching out her hand at a fashionable angle.* "You must be Mr. Darcy. My late husband...my poor Johnston Ford...he had business interests with your father for several years, I understand..."
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Post by Mr. Darcy on Jan 1, 2008 20:51:32 GMT -5
*Darcy frowned slightly. It was proper to greet the resident of the house first. But he took her hand and nodded.*
"Yes, indeed. My condolences."
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Mr. Bingley
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Post by Mr. Bingley on Jan 1, 2008 20:52:01 GMT -5
*Bingley stood and bowed politley, hoping Darcy would take over because he was terrible at taking house calls.*
"A pleasure, Madam." *He said awkwardly, not remembering all of her names.*
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Imogen
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Post by Imogen on Jan 1, 2008 20:58:38 GMT -5
*Imogen beamed brightly at him.*
"Indeed, sir," *she said, bowing to him.* "I believe I had the pleasure of meeting your lovely sister Mrs. Hurst last summer in Bath."
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Mr. Bingley
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Post by Mr. Bingley on Jan 1, 2008 21:01:08 GMT -5
"Ah, yes, I do remember her letters mentioning a few new acquaintances." *He said, wracking his brain for what Louisa may have said.*
"Do sit down." *He said, motioning to a chair. This was mostly because he couldn't get back to his letter unless she sat down and began talkin with Darcy.*
((Yeah, I named her Emma.))
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Imogen
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Post by Imogen on Jan 1, 2008 21:02:39 GMT -5
((Louisa.))
"Thank you," *she said, sitting down on one side of a small sofa.* "Mr. Darcy, will you not join me?"
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Post by Mr. Darcy on Jan 1, 2008 21:04:05 GMT -5
*How could anyone who so loved people be so inept at entertaining them, Darcy wondered. Bingley definitely had his element, and this was not it.
Not that it was Darcy's either. But he sat opposite Mrs. D'Arcy and arranged his features in something resembling polite interest. Yes, she seemed just the type to attract the Bingley sisters' fancy.*
"What brings you to Paris, M'am?"
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Post by Mr. Bingley on Jan 1, 2008 21:04:34 GMT -5
((Whoops. I'll edit. Silly me, forgetting.))
*He sat back at his desk and began working on another letter.*
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Imogen
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Post by Imogen on Jan 1, 2008 21:10:30 GMT -5
"Well you see I've retained my residence here despite the recent...demise of my...my husband...his name was D'Arcy as well--perhaps you read of it in the papers?" *She dabbed a lacy handkerchief at her dry eyes.* "Dreadful business, all that."
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Post by Mr. Darcy on Jan 1, 2008 21:18:49 GMT -5
"Yes, of course," *Darcy said automatically.* "You must feel quite bereft."
Or careless.
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Imogen
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Post by Imogen on Jan 1, 2008 21:23:32 GMT -5
"Well, naturally. D'Arcy left me feeling so...alone. It's terrible. You cannot imagine how empty my life is, now."
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