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I hope this works. I'm going to try and keep everyone in character as much as possible. Let me know what you think!
The three sisters strolled leisurely through the woods and fields neighbouring their humble home that was Longbourn estate. The youngest sister, Miss Rin, often darted here and there off the path to pick flowers. Presently she squeezed in between her two elder sisters, and gazed up at them with her usual joyful smile.
"Who shall I give my flowers to, Kagome?" she asked brightly.
Miss Kagome, the middle sister, smiled down at her and then appeared deep in thought. For a moment she considered teasingly suggesting to Rin that she give the flowers to a boy in town that she was friends with. However, knowing that Rin had no concept of propriety, and would more than likely take her seriously, she decided not to.
"Grandpa has been a bit down recently, so I think you should give them to him. I'm sure they'd cheer him up!" she replied, cheerfully.
"Great idea!" squealed Rin.
She ran off ahead to deliver the flowers, as they were now almost back to the house of Longbourn, whose once cheery but now faded orange façade could now be seen peeking through the trees ahead. Kagome turned to smile at Miss Sango, the eldest sister, who had been in deep thought about the subject they had been discussing before Rin had interrupted. They had been discussing the apparently gloomy state of Grandpa's finances.
The sisters live with their mother, Mrs Higurashi, and their Grandpa, who has lived an extraordinary long life by the standards of the time. They are not rich, but not destitute either. However, as Mrs Higurashi has no son to inherit the estate of Longbourn, it will unfortunately be entailed away to the nearest male relative of the family, who we shall meet later.
Sango returned Kagome's kind smile, and they approached the house in a companionable silence. They were surprised to see Mrs Higurashi beaming at them from the doorway, and waving for them to hurry into the house.
Once the whole family was present in the sitting room, Mrs Higurashi told them all the exciting news.
"Netherfield Park has been let at last!" she pronounced.
"Really, by who?" asked Grandpa, sitting up with interest.
"By a man of good fortune from the north of England!" replied Mrs Higurashi, eagerly. "His name is Miroku, he will arrive within the week and he's single!"
Mrs Higurashi clasped her hands together and smiled happily at the ceiling. Kagome and Sango shot each other I-know-what-she's-thinking looks while Rin stared dreamily out of the window, the phrase 'and he's single' having been lost on her.
"Ah, how romantic it would be if he turned out to be really handsome and he fell in love with one of you and you both lived happily ever after…" sighed Mrs Higurashi.
"I hope you're not talking about me!" interrupted Grandpa.
They all laughed but Mrs Higurashi continued to look wistful, and glance fondly at her three girls.
Later on, as Kagome sat on the edge of her bed she heard a familiar soft knock on the door.
"Come in, Sango."
"I didn't think you'd be in bed yet," said Sango, as she came in with her candle and shut the door.
She sat on Kagome's bed and hugged her knees. Kagome shifted her weight and turned to face her.
"Kagome?"
"Yes, Sango?"
"I know it's not likely, with our poor situation, but… I should so much like to marry for love," she said, agitatedly. "I can't stand the idea of marrying a man for his money."
"I'm sure you won't have to," offered Kagome, always the optimist. "And besides, we're not very poor, are we?"
"With Grandpa's estate entailed away from the female line, we have little but our charms to recommend us," explained Sango, gloomily. "And since I'm the oldest, I fear it will be my task to marry well and increase our fortunes."
"I'd hate to see you suffer in an unhappy marriage, Sango, even if it did help our family. Your sense of duty is too good," insisted Kagome earnestly, and then continued in a more light-hearted tone. "And besides one of us may fall in love with a man of good fortune anyway!"
Sango couldn't help but smile at Kagome's irrepressible cheeriness.
"We shall just have to see what this Mr Miroku is like," sighed Sango, staring doubtfully at her feet.