Chapter Five
The next week, at breakfast, Elizabeth’s two younger sisters, Lydia and Kitty, were highly excited at the news that the militia had been quartered in the nearby town. The two giddy girls could never resist a uniform, and later that morning took themselves off to satisfy their curiosity. Venturing into town later to do some shopping for her mother, Elizabeth saw her sisters walking down the street in the company of two officers. They greeted her with squeals of excitement, highly embarrassing to their older sister, and introduced her to the two men. One of them, named Wickham, was tall, lean and undeniably handsome. He addressed Elizabeth politely. In the course of the conversation the name of Mr Darcy was mentioned.
“Please do not speak that name in my presence,” Wickham sai
