Chapter 2
Georgiana took out a book to read on the journey, so Lizzy did the same. She feared that peppering the girl with questions would only rouse suspicion. Besides, Lizzy could not trust anything Georgiana said.
Was the girl truly so in love with Wickham that she had undertaken this rash journey? Or had something else precipitated the trip? Lizzy could not imagine what that might be. Darcy was a devoted brother—he would have done all in his power to ensure her welfare.
And there was little a man in Darcy’s position could not do.
Lizzy had never had that kind of security in her life. As a small child, she had sensed the disquiet in her parents’ relationship. She could not imagine a couple more ill-suited to one another—in temperament, in intellect, in daily pursuits.
As she got ol
