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"That, too," he grurowled in sympathy "We haven't any extras," she said

Jane looked at her suspiciously "You didn't eat anything, Lizzie"

"I eat breakfast with Lady Danbury," Elizabeth lied

"Have mine" Jane pushed as left of her breakfast--two bites of egg and a wad of bread so led that Elizabeth would have had to have been far, far hungrier even to sniff at it--across the table

"You finish it, Janie," Elizabeth said "I'll eat at Lady Danbury's I pro fish," she heard Lucas whisper to Jane

And that was the final straw Elizabeth had been resisting this husband hunt; she hated howit But no ht-year-old boys worried about catching fish, not because of sport, but because they worried about filling their sisters' stomachs?

Elizabeth threw her shoulders back and marched to the door "Susan," she said sharply, "a ith you?"

Jane and Lucas exchanged glances "She's going to get it because she forgot to cook the toast," Jane whispered

"Raw toast," Lucas said griainst the very nature of man"

Elizabeth rolled her eyes as she walked outside Where did he cos?

When they were safely out of earshot, she turned to Susan and said, "First of all, I want no mention of this-- this husband hunt in front of the children"

Susan held up Mrs Seeton's book "Then you're going to follow her advice?"

"I don't see how I have any choice," Elizabeth muttered "Just tellto herself as she entered Danbury House thatto herself the entire walk over She had promised Susan that she would try to practice Mrs Seeton's edicts on Lady Danbury's new estate er, but she didn't see how she could do this without i Edict Number Two:

NEVER SEEK OUT A MAN ALWAYS FORCE HIM TO COME TO YOU

Elizabeth supposed that was one rule she was going to have to break She also wondered how to reconcile Edicts Three and Five, which were:

YOU MUST NEVER BE RUDE A HIGHBORN GENTLEMAN NEEDS A LADY WHO IS THE EPITOME OF GRACE, DIGNITY, AND GOOD MANNERS

And: