“Elizabeth,” he said. “Have you ever been to London?”
Elizabeth was ashamed to admit that she had not. She must appear such a country bumpkin in his eyes. “It has always been my fondest wish,” she said. “Well, almost.”
“I need to go up to town to see my lawyers. Marriages are such damn complicated things. But perhaps you would care to accompany me?”
Elizabeth gave a cry of delight, and kissed him. “What could be more enticing!”
Darcy made the arrangements. They were to drive themselves in a phaeton. Darcy said they might be gone for four or five days. Elizabeth got Nell to pack.
“Put in everything I have which is the least bit smart,” Elizabeth said. “Even so, I am sure I shall look so provincial in London.”
“Never mind about that,” Nell replied. “I am sure there will be none so pret
