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Post by Anne on Oct 6, 2008 18:09:01 GMT -5
"I do," *she said.* "There is always so much going on...though I confess spring to be my favourite season. Everything bursting with the promise of new life, the world is just so fragrant and green..."
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Post by Mr. Darcy on Oct 6, 2008 18:14:09 GMT -5
"I like spring, too," Darcy said with a smile. "Does that surprise you?"
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Post by Anne on Oct 6, 2008 19:40:04 GMT -5
"Do you wish me to say yes so that you may know the pleasure of anticipating me, for once?" *laughed Anne.*
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Post by Mr. Darcy on Oct 6, 2008 22:01:14 GMT -5
"Perhaps," he said. "But one day, I shall. I hope it will not pain you too much."
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Post by Anne on Oct 7, 2008 1:44:23 GMT -5
"I should imagine it will not," *said Anne.* "Despite your best efforts to the contrary, you're agreeable, in your way," *she teased.*
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Post by Mr. Darcy on Oct 7, 2008 10:20:14 GMT -5
"Oh, I'm trying extremely hard to be agreeable," Darcy said with a straight face.
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Post by Anne on Oct 7, 2008 15:32:41 GMT -5
*Anne nodded with a comically doubtful expression.*
"Try not to overdo it...I'd hate to have to send for the doctor."
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Post by Mr. Darcy on Oct 7, 2008 15:39:04 GMT -5
"Nothing a good rest won't cure," he said. "But I am careful to only be agreeable on alternating days."
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Post by Anne on Oct 7, 2008 17:15:15 GMT -5
"Then I am glad I did not put off my call until tomorrow," *said Anne sagely.*
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Post by Mr. Darcy on Oct 7, 2008 17:22:11 GMT -5
"A fair point," mused Darcy, "but it's possible I wouldn't have found anyone to expend my agreeableness on today. You see, I'm quite mercurial."
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Post by Anne on Oct 14, 2008 9:26:07 GMT -5
"I'd rather you expended your agreeableness on everyone--you're quite capable of it; and churlishness for economy's sake is despicable."
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Post by Mr. Darcy on Oct 14, 2008 9:56:31 GMT -5
"Ah, but if it is in limited supply, would you not rather I expended it upon you? We are not all blessed with your endless bounty of spirits. Some economy is, I fear, necessary."
Churlish? He?
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Post by Anne on Oct 14, 2008 10:13:32 GMT -5
"You, Mr. Darcy? Whatever may be in limited supply, it ought not to be a warmth of expression. Everyone ought to be so--it costs nothing but a bit of imagination."
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Post by Mr. Darcy on Oct 14, 2008 10:45:54 GMT -5
"Imagination, Miss Shirley?" Darcy smiled, enjoying himself despite the subject and showing no lack of his own quiet warmth at this time. "Imagine, then, being of a more quiet, taciturn disposition by nature, and then being forced to join whatever society is assembled, regardless of prior acquaintance or interest, and moreover being expected to be vivacious and entertaining in your turn. Such problems are hardly dire in a more worldly sense, but can you see where it might indeed be an issue for a soul much more inclined to small groups and intimate conversation?"
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Post by Anne on Oct 14, 2008 10:51:32 GMT -5
"Hm..." *she gave him an appraising look, leaning her chin on her hand briefly.* "Yes, I suppose your tendency towards being a wallflower is a problem...but it may be overcome. I once knew someone even more inclined to solitude and brooding than you, and she's come out of her shell in the most fascinating way..."
*Something sparkled in her gray-green eyes.*
"You and Katherine would suit very well, I think."
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