Chapter Nine
I woke in the morning and went to go find Amanda as Mr Bennet had refused to let us be thrown out that night. However, morning had come and we had to leave. Manda wasn't in her room. I followed a strange banging noise coming from the servants' quarters. I walked up the stairs to find Manda attacking the door that brought us here with a heavy duty pick-axe and shouting for Elizabeth. I simply watched silently until she became exhausted. I watched as Mr Bennet also followed the noise and came across Amanda. I decided to leave him to talk to Manda in private and so nodded politely at him and then went back to my room.
I decided to fold all the clothes that I had borrowed from Lizzie and replace them in the dresser. As I folded one of the dresses a small piece of paper fluttered to the floor. I put the dress away and then looked at it. It was the stupid address that George had given me when he told me to visit him if I was looking for excitement. I folded the paper and put it in my bra; after all it was a happy memory that I had of him.
I went back to Amanda's room and found her changed back into her modern/otter-hunting clothes. However, Mrs Bennet entered behind me as Amanda quickly put away a copy of Pride and Prejudice in her jacket that I didn't even know she had with her.
'On your departure, my daughters may seek to gage you in conversation. I would prefer it if they weren't successful. Your parting words of wisdom are treasures my girls can live without.' Mrs Bennet told the both of us. I simply nodded, however Amanda stepped forward.
'You really do think I'm some sort of disease don't you?' she said quietly. I knew she had taken what Mrs Bennet had said to her to heart. We left the house quickly and quietly and were soon alone on the road.
'Are you ok?' I asked her.
'She really hates me and I understand why. I've mucked up so much in this story and I can't put it right. She only hates you because of Wickham but she doesn't really hold that against you. It's mostly just because you are my sister. She hates me with a passion. I deserve it. Now, I've got us kicked out and stranded in Georgian England' Manda started to cry.
'There is one place we could go' I said very reluctantly as I pulled out the address from my bra.