Category: Nicole Clarkston

Jane Austen’s Advent – Day 14 – A Most Respectable Elopement – Chapter Seventeen

George Wickham and Lydia Bennet are safely billeted in the home of the notorious Mrs Younge – but for how long? Because Lydia and Wickham’s courtship seem be a puzzle in itself, you can click on any of the images in this week’s chapter and enjoy a little L and W picture puzzle too! Catch …

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A Most Respectable Elopement: Part Sixteen

Lydia Bennet has spent a whole night beside a very naked George Wickham. Sadly for both, brandy and Wickham’s bruises put paid to any less than noble intentions and what should have been an evening of scandal has instead been an evening of slumber. Now it is the morning after, and London is within their …

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A Most Respectable Elopement: Part Fourteen

Lydia Bennet and George Wickham have escaped a villain on the road by the skin of their teeth and the strength of Lydia’s cunning. Yet who was the man and why was he so intent on doing harm to the erstwhile Mr Wickham? Catch up on previous adventures here: One, Two,  Three, Four, Five, Six, …

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A Most Respectable Elopement: Part Thirteen

All may not be sunshine and roses as our joyous couple had expected. What began as a delightful journey full of teases, anticipation, and longing, has just taken a frightening turn. Someone has followed them, and they know George Wickham by name. Catch up on previous adventures here: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part …

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A Most Respectable Elopement: Part Twelve

Our eloping couple are on the road once more, but what new surprises await for Lydia Bennet and George Wickham? -Catherine Curzon and Nicole Clarkston Catch up on previous adventures here: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six, Part Seven, Part Eight, Part Nine, Part Ten, Part Eleven. “My dear …

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A Most Respectable Elopement: Part Eleven

It is the morning after… but after what? It seems that Miss Lydia has learned from the best when it comes to beguiling. Though head over heels in love with her soldier, she is  not quite through teaching George Wickham that she is not a lady to underestimate. Find out what our daring couple is …

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A Most Respectable Elopement, Part Ten

We last saw Lydia and Wickham as they made their bed for the night in a coaching inn on the road to Gretna Green. Who were the mysterious figures in the darkness who caused Mr Wickham such concern, and how will our eloping couple fill the hours until dawn now the bedroom door is closed? …

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A Most Respectable Elopement, Part Nine

We rejoin our nefarious couple as they seek lodgings on their first evening from Brighton. Lydia is determined to provide her love all the entertainment a gentleman might require, but Mr Wickham seems a little preoccupied. Could he, perhaps, be concerned about some mysterious personages? Or is he more thoughtful about what the remainder of …

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A Most Respectable Elopement, Part Eight

Can there be a tale more outrageous than that told of George Wickham and Lydia Bennet. Our much maligned couple fell in love, or something very like it, and have now fled along the road to Gretna Green. Will they ever reach the anvil? For previous installments in this series, click here: One, Two, Three, …

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A Most Respectable Elopement, Part Seven

Welcome back to the most scandalous story of the season! George Wickham and Lydia Bennet have fallen head over heels for one another, but a proper marriage is out of the question. What, then, is a young couple to do? Will hearts on fire chart their course, or will cooler heads prevail? Find out the …

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