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“Mrs Collins is desperate to see you. I had not thought so staid a woman could cry so hard when she learnt you had not eloped”
― Heather Moll, Rising Courage

“Can any words of mine delight you After what I’ve done to slight you? Aside let all your fears be laid I regret the unkind things I’ve said. I love and court a fond return, My heart it does with ardour burn, I hope you feel an equal flame And burn with ardour just the same. With your love and as my wife I wish to share all my life And make it my continual care To render you happy beyond compare. On you depends my future peace And bid my every trouble cease. Yet one word from you and I’ll resign, But I beg you to be my Valentine.”
― Heather Moll, Mr Darcy's Valentine

“Is it beneath me to conceal from him that a woman he still admires is five miles away?”
― Heather Moll, Mr Darcy's Valentine

“Thy boast of birth I must deride, My family is as good as thine— I detest such empty pride, And refuse to be thy Valentine. Thy hope to flatter is in vain, There is insult in every line; Reform, if e’er you hope t’ obtain, A worthy woman as your Valentine.”
― Heather Moll, Mr Darcy's Valentine

“Elizabeth, I would not be able to outlive the loss if you died and I might have prevented it.”
― Heather Moll, Rising Courage

“Can any words of mine delight you After what I’ve done to slight you? Aside let all your fears be laid”
― Heather Moll, Mr Darcy's Valentine

“His sister gave him a strange look and then laughed at his stupidity. What man would speak that way about his intended bride?”
― Heather Moll, An Affectionate Heart: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“I have never been more aware than I am right now of what I lost when I refused your affections,” she said through the emotion in her throat.”
― Heather Moll, Rising Courage

“Darcy read the poem. “The rose is red, the violet’s blue The honey’s sweet and so are you. Thou art my love and I am thine I drew thee to my Valentine. The lot was cast and then I drew And fortune said it should be you.”
― Heather Moll, Mr Darcy's Valentine

“Darcy placed his hands on his wife’s shoulders. When she did not pull away, he slowly put one arm and then the other behind her. He looked the question, and she nodded before closing the short distance between them. He wrapped his arms around her more tightly while Mrs Darcy brought her arms around his waist and rested her cheek against his chest, pressing him just a little closer. He knew that a few tears escaped her eyes. He rested his chin atop her head, and they held one another for a long time.”
― Heather Moll, An Affectionate Heart: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“To appreciate a book like this, you must acknowledge the worst of it in order to admire the best of it.”
― Heather Moll, An Affectionate Heart: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“Doubt not my love for you is quite sincere And be assured its change you need not fear. I can’t say more, ’tis you that must decide Whether or not I am to be your bride. In giving judgment let me tell you mine I’m now eager to be your Valentine.”
― Heather Moll, Mr Darcy's Valentine

“Hempseed I sow, hempseed I mow, He that will my true love be Come rake this hempseed after me.”
― Heather Moll, Mr Darcy's Valentine

“She had no money to tempt a worthy suitor, her father would not take her to where she might mix more with the world to find one, and her mother would throw her at any man with a purse and a pulse.”
― Heather Moll, My Dear Friend: A Pride and Prejudice Variation