Interlude: Bring Out All the Love You Hide
Pemberley
Derbyshire
August 24, 18__
My Dearest Brother,
Greetings from Pemberley. I miss you terribly, and I know that dear Elizabeth is pining for you, though she presents a brave face to me and to Kitty. Even Kitty misses you, I believe, since her sister is less fun now that you are not here, and Kitty adores fun, as you know.
I shall not let Kitty know that you think her sister more beautiful than she, however, for no matter how well she might understand rationally that of course you should find your wife the most becoming of ladies, yet no young woman of my acquaintance likes to hear such things, even about her beloved sister. (You flatter me excessively concerning my own looks, accomplishments, and intelligence, and so my own pride fee
