Chapter 8
Lizzy smiled as Darcy helped her into the carriage, followed by Georgiana. He sat on the bench opposite them, his back to the horses.
Seth was about to close the door when Georgiana said, “Oh dear, I’ve forgotten the reticule Miss Lydia lent me. I’m sorry, brother—I’ll be but a moment.”
Seth helped her out, and she rushed back into the house.
Lizzy and Darcy sat in the coach with the door open, waiting for Georgiana to return. Silence passed between them. There were so many things Lizzy wanted to say, but could not. Not in Seth’s hearing, and with Lydia and the Forsters gathered by the front door to see them off.
At last Darcy spoke. “I hate to be indelicate. But you must let your father know what this journey has cost you, that I might reimburse him.”
The trip had, in fact
