{"id":2109,"date":"2017-12-11T13:23:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T18:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/?p=2109"},"modified":"2021-12-17T12:42:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T17:42:14","slug":"chapters-16-18-virtue-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/books\/chapters-16-18-virtue-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapters 16-18 A Virtue of Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2109\" class=\"elementor elementor-2109 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-tzlwpqx elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"tzlwpqx\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-hpsvypa\" data-id=\"hpsvypa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fjyyk18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fjyyk18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>The villains in this series are most evil! I forgot how evil they are and the pain of separation between Darcy and Elizabeth. Le sigh.<\/h1><p>XOXOXO Elizabeth Ann West<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cmvpllr elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cmvpllr\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-jtxlnev\" data-id=\"jtxlnev\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-trjgule elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"trjgule\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chapter 16 - A Virtue of Marriage, a Pride and Prejudice Variation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfyjbol elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1658 elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"bfyjbol\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">[swpm_protected not_for=\"3-4\" do_not_show_protected_msg=\"1\"]\n<center>\n<b>Advertisement<\/b>\n<\/center>\n[\/swpm_protected]<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-h8ltbwp elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1589 elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"h8ltbwp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">[swpm_protected not_for=\"3-4\" do_not_show_protected_msg=\"1\"]\n<center>\n\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300 x 250 Google Ad For Chapters -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7008164687543724\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5583540785\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/center>\n[\/swpm_protected]<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-rhiemlj elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"rhiemlj\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>A<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ll of Meryton society seemed to enjoy the first dinner party thrown by the Bingley\u2019s. So much so, it felt as if the wedding festivities merely continued five months after the couple&#8217;s nuptials in the small village. Despite her mother&#8217;s strongest attempts, her well-practiced eldest daughter appealed to her father for assistance in sending the Bennet family home at nearly two in the morning.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Exhausted, the two Bingley women agreed to Charles&#8217; invitation to the parlor for a quick nightcap. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Charles, you cannot be serious to consider another year here. Please tell me you will give up the lease.\u201d Caroline accepted a glass of sherry from her brother and wrinkled her nose after her brief sniff of the odor.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Caroline, this is Jane&#8217;s home. We&#8217;ve spoken about your attitude. Why did you come to Hertfordshire? I thought you wished nothing more than to remain in London.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oh, well . . .\u201d Caroline avoided her brother&#8217;s question by trailing off with her eyes resting on the tired Jane Bingley. Sensing weakness, Caroline attacked. \u201cWhat say you, dear Jane? Do you wish to keep Netherfield as your home?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Startled, Jane struggled to remain tactful. \u201cThat is, I do love our home. But . . . I . . .\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Concerned, Bingley reached down for his wife&#8217;s hand. \u201cDear, what is it? Tell me and I shall make you happy.\u201d He kissed her hand gallantly as Caroline rolled her eyes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jane sighed. \u201cMy father and mother are so angry at Lizzie, and I worry for her. She will be alone in London as soon as she returns from Kent. And I have not had one letter from her since I sent my news.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Caroline Bingley carefully inspected the finishing on the chair she sat in, intently tracing the floral pattern with her finger. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You&#8217;ve had not one letter?\u201d Charles cocked his head to one side. Elizabeth&#8217;s letters arrived like clockwork when they were in Bath. It was strange indeed for no post to arrive in almost a month since they had left Bath and begun to travel; though with all of the shuffling it was possible the letters were lost.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Not one in weeks. And . . .\u201d Jane looked down at the carpet, ashamed to admit her distaste for her own mother. \u201cOnce my mother knows, she will become most unbearable. I should very much like to be in London when Lizzie returns from Kent.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Charles Bingley frowned. He would not tell the ladies of the abuse he endured from Mr. Bennet that evening when the sexes separated after dinner. The elder man&#8217;s rant and accusations against his closest friend, Fitzwilliam Darcy, did not sit well with the affable Bingley. Like his Jane, he desired peace. He saw no reason why the family ostracized one daughter, for no worse sin than refusing a suitor, and fawned over another.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Setting his empty glass on the table like a judge&#8217;s gavel sounding a decision had been made, the young man of not yet eight and twenty puffed his chest. \u201cRight, so to London we go. Shall we leave on the morrow or the next day?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jane laughed and covered her mouth, smiling beguilingly at her husband above her. \u201cYou did always say as soon as your mind was made up you&#8217;d just as soon leave as stay.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Indeed.\u201d He bowed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But let&#8217;s not throw the entire house into an uproar. Besides, I don&#8217;t fancy sharing rooms at an inn and the Hurst town home might be a bit, imposing,\u201d Jane said, gently. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Charles blanched. He had never before had to consider travel at a moment&#8217;s notice with a wife, and it jarred him that the two did not mix well. Of course he could not expect Jane to move from a large estate house to a suite of rooms! How silly she must think him!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I shall send a letter to my solicitor to inquire about a home to lease. You are correct that I, too, have no desire to stay with the Hursts.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And you Miss Bingley? Do you plan to remain with us or go back to your sister? I understand how sisterly affection might pull your heartstrings in that direction and would not feel offended if you leave us in London.\u201d Jane smiled sweetly to her sister-in-law.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Caroline left her glass for a servant to manage instead of returning it to the sideboard, and rose with a yawn. \u201cOh, pardon me, I am so utterly fatigued. I should hate to make you feel unsupported, Jane, in your new marriage. I suspect I shall remain with you and Charles.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The two ladies exchanged smiles; each knowing the other did not mean it. Bowing her head slightly as she announced she would retire for the evening, Caroline caught the movement of her brother&#8217;s hand to Jane&#8217;s midsection. Another brat was surely on its way and Caroline needed to move fast if she was to make her move on Darcy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After locking her bedroom door and dismissing her maid, Caroline pulled a treasured teakwood box her father presented her on her sixteenth birthday from one of his business contacts. Inside held an odd assortment of items that Caroline cherished \u2013 a letter from Darcy to her brother she had managed to pilfer from his office with a compliment on her hosting, a handkerchief he had once given her when she cried at a play \u2013 and also items Caroline wished to protect. Moving the Darcy items to the side, Caroline pulled the letters from Elizabeth Bennet to her sister Jane and read them once more, memorizing the details, word-for-word of the plans for Elizabeth and Darcy to travel to London in a week&#8217;s time.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-th06tu2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1658 elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"th06tu2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">[swpm_protected not_for=\"3-4\" do_not_show_protected_msg=\"1\"]\n<center>\n<b>Advertisement<\/b>\n<\/center>\n[\/swpm_protected]<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-jnd4jmm elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1589 elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"jnd4jmm\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">[swpm_protected not_for=\"3-4\" do_not_show_protected_msg=\"1\"]\n<center>\n\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300 x 250 Google Ad For Chapters -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7008164687543724\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5583540785\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/center>\n[\/swpm_protected]<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-nljoldv elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"nljoldv\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-nhayecn\" data-id=\"nhayecn\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-uvlbhdm elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"uvlbhdm\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chapter 17- A Virtue of Marriage, a Pride and Prejudice Variation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ncyljeg elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ncyljeg\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>C<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">igar smoke lingered in the foyer of White\u2019s Gentlemen\u2019s Club on Chesterfield Street as George Wickham worked his charm on the doorkeeper.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I tell you again, I&#8217;m his brother-in-law! Darcy and I grew up together, he is away in the country because his wife is sick, but I am keeping watch on the family house in London with my young wife. She&#8217;s perfectly lovely, but it&#8217;s been a bit too many tea parties to talk about society and dresses if you know what I mean, old man. Darcy wouldn&#8217;t deny me the company of gentlemen, this is merely an oversight.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m most sorry, sir, but you are not listed as one of Mr. Darcy&#8217;s guests.&#8221; James Thorpe seethed through his teeth, as he grew tired of this dandy&#8217;s presence. He knew Mr. Darcy personally, as he was always a great tipper, and to hear this man&#8217;s claims of marriage to Darcy&#8217;s younger sister made his blood boil. He would certainly make a note of this to tell Mr. Darcy upon his next visit. &#8220;Can you give me your name once more?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Wickham. George Wickham. I came here as a youth with old Mr. Darcy. I must be in the guest logs somewhere.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Mr. Wickham, we don&#8217;t grant access to the illustrious White\u2019s to former guests of members, but to members only. Now, if you can furnish a letter of introduction in your brother-in-law&#8217;s hand, outlining your privileges in his absence, then our membership committee may consider you a candidate\u2014&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Bah!&#8221; George&#8217;s frustrations overcame him and he interrupted the doorman&#8217;s explanation of policy. Darcy would never purposely grant him access to his club. It was time to deploy his alternate plan, with hope that Serendipity would shine on her wayward son once more. Spinning around with a flounce of superiority, George left the club but didn&#8217;t go far. No, instead of calling for another hack chaise to go back to Darcy House, he casually walked down the lane gripping his new, more stylish cane with his right hand. His ploy paid off as not more than two minutes passed before he physically bumped into an old Cambridge acquaintance.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I say, watch where you&#8217;re walking, sir.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">George turned back and raised his hat to acknowledge the faux pas and then broke into a wide grin. &#8220;Robert! Robert Landry?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The other man, a few inches shorter than Wickham, and with a touch of ginger to his hair inspected George with slanted eyes of suspicion. &#8220;Have we met?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s Georgie! George Wickham!&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Robert&#8217;s face lit up and George thanked his lucky stars that one of the few men he hadn&#8217;t owed money to when he was kicked out of Cambridge would cross his path when he needed it most. &#8220;Wickham, where have you been hiding yourself? It&#8217;s been what, six years since we last took a pint together.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Oh, you wouldn&#8217;t believe me if I told you the adventures I&#8217;ve had. But now that I&#8217;m a married man, I&#8217;m settling down and living the quiet life in London.&#8221; George tapped his cane on the sidewalk a few times to reinforce his jibe.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;The quiet life in London?&#8221; Robert laughed at his old friend. &#8220;You always have the best stories. Come, have a drink with me at White\u2019s, for old times&#8217; sake.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">George tipped his hat and followed Robert down the same path he had just walked. Robert signed them both in; George flashed James Thorpe a smug smile before climbing the well-worn wooden stairs to the lounge area above.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Two hours later, and Robert Landry well into his cups, George kept up a good disguise of being drunk as well. His eyes flicked numerous times to the two dark haired gentlemen in a far corner with heads bent close together. If he was a betting man, and he was, from the frequent toasts and not so frequent handclasps, the two men had a most interesting scheme afoot.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">He nudged Robert and motioned towards the duo, asking if those jolly men should join their own merry party. Without hesitation, Robert stood up and belched to the laughter of the men around them.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Thomas Stanley! Don&#8217;t be so dreary in a corner my man, join us in a drink!&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lord Thomas Stanley, heir to the earldom of Derby frowned and picked up his gloves from the small card table they were using to look over documents. With a nod to his mystery guest, the other man rolled up the parchment between them, which looked to be a ledger of some kind to George&#8217;s well-trained eye. &#8220;You jest Robert to speak of only one drink, from the looks of you. What will that taskmistress of a wife say when you stumble home?&#8221; Though sharp tongued, Thomas Stanley, fashioned as Lord Strange, walked over to the haphazard semi-circle of men all drinking beer.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Twitching his nose slightly at the strongly sour odor, Lord Strange ordered a fine wine from the club&#8217;s man waiting to assist its patrons. As he neared the group, a younger member rose from an armchair to find another place for respite, and Stanley took the better chair without comment.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Speaking of wives, did you hear this fox plucked the juiciest fruit of Derbyshire before the rest of us knew she was ripe for the taking?&#8221; Robert clapped George on the shoulder making him sputter his drink.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lord Strange\u2019s face remained unchanged as he worked out the wife&#8217;s identity and after a few moments realized there was only one candidate. The youngest sister of his northern neighbor, Fitzwilliam Darcy. &#8220;No! Not\u2014&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;The lovely, talented, and small Georgiana Darcy.&#8221; Wickham flashed his overconfident charmed smile as the men chuckled and repeated his toast to Mrs. Wickham&#8217;s smallhood.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;How furious was Darcy?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">George shrugged and then nodded. &#8220;Raging like Hades&#8217; loss of Persephone.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;To the steward&#8217;s son marrying the Master&#8217;s prime jewel!&#8221; Robert raised another toast. The wording annoyed Wickham, but he couldn&#8217;t play the poor sport now. He reluctantly raised his glass and finished the cup.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Seeing Lord Strange and the mysterious man trade looks, George decided it was now or never to play his hand. Wickham rose and offered a hand to Robert. &#8220;It&#8217;s been a rousing good time, but I must return to my new wife and her delights.&#8221; This brought yet another loud laugh from the group and they added their own insults to roast Wickham for his damn good luck.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As Wickham started towards the front of the club, the heir of the other half of Derbyshire blocked his path.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Mr. Wickham, as the Darcy&#8217;s nearest neighbor, you must join me in a drink to celebrate your nuptials.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wickham pretended to mull over the invitation, but secretly applauded his perfect timing to illicit just the introduction and invitation he so much desired.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;You are most generous, my Lord. I&#8217;m sure my marriage bed will stay warm for another quarter hour or so.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As Lord Thomas Stanley led Wickham back towards the more boisterous group they had drank with before, he took a sharp left away to lead Wickham in the area of the private lounges afforded to the most prestigious members. &#8220;How do you like rum?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wickham made an involuntary flinch, as rum out in town was typically the most watered down spirit served at the pub. Lord Strange noticed and chuckled. &#8220;This bottle, I assure you, is as potent as poison and goes down like honey. My family owns land in the islands and one privilege of the trouble is a cellar stocked with the finest dark rum in all of England.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Stanley\u2019s companion poured the drinks and offered a short glass to both. Wickham obliged with a taste as the smooth, dark liquid stung his taste buds before replacing the bark with a pleasant caramel endnote. &#8220;Indeed my Lord, you are much mistaken. This is the finest drink in all of England.&#8221; Wickham smiled and took another deep draft.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As Thomas Stanley sampled his own glass and then closed his eyes in appreciation, he opened them with a new spark behind the bright green irises. &#8220;I hate pretense, Mr. Wickham.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wickham nodded assent, slightly weary this meeting was moving faster than most of his marks.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;My associate, Mr. Bullington, and I have a business proposition for you. The world is changing and mining is the future. I won&#8217;t let my family languish under my father&#8217;s misguided rule while he clings to life.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I was unaware your father was so frail. I hope he isn&#8217;t ill.&#8221; Wickham remembered the slight from the Earl of Derby well whenever he visited Pemberley to work with old Mr. Darcy on matters of their shared border to the south.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;You&#8217;re brash, Wickham. I like that.&#8221; Lord Strange laughed and his associate joined him for the first time in Wickham&#8217;s presence.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;My Lord?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;You speak to the heir of the fifth largest land holdings in the kingdom and hope it is longer before he claims his birthright.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The edge to the greater man&#8217;s voice made Wickham uneasy, so he opted to enjoy more of his rum and wait for a cue to make his next move.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Tell me, your marriage settlement must have brought you into quite a small fortune at your sudden disposal. Have you given any thought about how you will invest those funds?&#8221; The Viscount ran his ring finger, heavy with the signet of the Stanley family, around the rim of his empty glass. Mr. Bullington offered the bottle to pour more rum, but Thomas waved off with his hand.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wickham gulped. He wanted the heir of Derby to think he knew nothing about proper investing, to play the perfect patsy. It wasn&#8217;t difficult to portray since he also knew he had no access to Georgiana&#8217;s funds. &#8220;I have given it a little thought. My brother-in-law of course has his own ideas.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lord Stanley made another slight movement with his hands and Mr. Bullington unfurled the parchment from earlier.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;These are the profits from the last six months of our operation. You can see that the mine brings a profit of 200% to its investors.&#8221; Wickham&#8217;s eyes widened as he read the totals before him in many columns. The names were disguised, Lord A. T.; Lord S. N; Hon. G. K all the way down in the left-most column. &#8220;Unfortunately, the recent drought has required some of our landed investors to withdraw their funds, with half of their profits, and we are looking for new investors to help us expand even further into the valley.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wickham saw the investment totals ranged from \u00a3500 to upwards of \u00a310 000 pounds. He needed another drink so he finished off the last of his rum. &#8220;How much capital are you gentlemen looking for?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lord Strange looked directly on Wickham and held eye contact as he named a figure.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wickham stood and thanked both men, leaving with assurance that the family lawyers would draft a bank note on the morrow. Lord Strange shook Wickham&#8217;s hand, as did Mr. Bullington, and they remained in the private lounge room as Wickham headed home.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Pouring them both a fresh glass of rum, Mr. Bullington spoke first. &#8220;I thought Darcy was against your plans from the very beginning of building the mine.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;He is. And I doubt very seriously he put Georgiana&#8217;s dowry in the hands of that man with no strings attached.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;So we won&#8217;t get the money?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Thomas Stanley held his glass of rum and drank the entire contents in one swig. &#8220;Oh, we&#8217;ll get the money. That snake would sell his own mother for a taste of riches. We&#8217;ll have the \u00a32 000 pounds we need to make crabby Cecil Tindrell happy and an extra three for our own coffers. The night, I believe, is ready for more lovelier companionship than White\u2019s can offer.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bullington snatched the fake ledger from the table and rolled it up again. 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#000000;\">o matter how he ignored it, the tip of Fitzwilliam Darcy&#8217;s nose grew colder and colder with each moment he scratched quill to paper. Completing a thought in the letter for his Derbyshire steward, the master leaned back and stretched. Exhaling breath he didn&#8217;t recognize he had been holding, he rose to attend the dwindling coals in the fireplace of the Rosings library. After a warm winter, this sudden cold snap had come from seemingly nowhere and he was surprised to find himself musing that Spring most certainly needed to return to her previous position.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Although the study of the late Sir Lewis was available to him, and much easier to regulate temperature-wise, Darcy preferred the open familiarity of his long time refuge. He poked the coals to illicit a brighter effort on their part before lowering and heaving two large logs from the pile into the fray. A few more pokes and readjustments, he was pleased to see feeble flames lick the new additions. He wasn&#8217;t surprised Lady Catherine never had the fireplaces upgraded to coal burning.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy, man, I know the situation is dire, but surely you haven&#8217;t dismissed all of the housemaids already.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy, still crouched near the hearth, turned his head to see his brother in heart, but cousin in fact, standing in the doorway with a smirk on his face. Darcy dusted off his hands, despite their earlier ink stains, and stuck one out to Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam, the second son of the Earl of Matlock, his uncle on his mother&#8217;s side.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Richard pretended to demure at Darcy&#8217;s rustic state, before grabbing the man&#8217;s hand and clasping his forearm in warm greeting. The men silently moved to the sideboard and Darcy poured them each a drink with Richard motioning for just a touch more in his glass. Darcy nodded and obliged.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Settling into the two chairs near the fire, Darcy swirled the thick liquid in his glass and watched the reflection of flames in the glass rim.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I did not dismiss all of the housemaids, not that Aunt Catherine would sustain such a purge. I merely weighed the consequences of waiting for assistance over the state of my cold nose and decided the strongest course of action was to rectify the situation myself.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Hear, hear, the master decided and acted.\u201d Richard gulped a large swig down after raising his glass in mockery.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">To those who didn&#8217;t know the master of Pemberley and Rosings well, his stony expression would appear to be one of censure. But Richard saw the twinkle in his cousin&#8217;s eye, not that Darcy&#8217;s reception ever diminished his desire to tease.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy matched Richard with an equally large gulp, just as a maid entered with a curtsy at the door. He motioned with his fingers for her to approach, and she handed him a simple folded note, before curtsying and leaving the room.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy flipped the missive open:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Cousin-<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><br \/><br \/><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>It is not in my habit to make silly requests as a woman on her deathbed, but my friend, Mrs. Collins, has not visited in two days. Please make inquiries if there are any means we could assist her in returning? Her company and reading is a small light in the darkness I am facing.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><br \/><br \/><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Anne<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Without much interest, Darcy commanded the note to the flames and returned to his chair. He mulled Anne&#8217;s request and tried to weigh how controlled he would be to visit the parsonage. The Archbishop was to arrive in just three more days and while difficult, he had managed to endure not seeing his Elizabeth in that time.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You are frowning. A penny for your thoughts?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Do you have such penny to pay?\u201d Darcy said dryly, not above his own manner of provoking Richard&#8217;s ire.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Two! But come; come what note has you so out of sorts? Has Aunt planned venison pie for dinner?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">That venison pie was the least favorite of Darcy&#8217;s was a well-known family fact, after a disastrous time of him running from the dinner table at the age of ten when his mother and father attempted to make him eat it. Since that thrashing for poor manners, Darcy no longer ran from any unpalatable meal, but limited such cuisine to three drawn out mouthfuls and no more.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Anne worries that Mrs. Collins has not been to visit her in a few days and she has requested I inquire into the matter.\u201d Darcy took a final drink from his glass before rising to refill his and take Richard&#8217;s to do the same.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">So you would deny a dying woman her harmless request?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It&#8217;s not that light of a decision. She is asking me to tell the parson to send his wife for your future wife&#8217;s comfort.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And that is not within the realm of work for a parson?\u201d Richard said more as a statement of irony than as a question.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy frowned further and returned with fresh beverages. He took a deep breath and resolved that as always, he would hold his own control and not let his passionate affections shake him. It would be wonderful to see Elizabeth and inhale her delicate lavender scent.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alright Richard, you have persuaded me. Let&#8217;s saddle our horses and ride to the parsonage.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wait, I must go as well? This sounds to be estate business.\u201d Richard hoped for a private audience with Anne while Darcy was gone. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy finally gave his cousin an elusive smile. \u201cAs the chief proponent of the scheme, it seems only fitting you see it through. Unless His Majesty&#8217;s Finest is fearful of a lowly parson\u2026,\u201d Darcy said, trailing off and collecting his post from the desk to drop off in town. Richard had yet to fully appreciate the idiocy of Mr. Collins since their last visit was cut short.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Afraid of a parson? I should think not.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Darcy returned his inkwell and quill to its rightful drawer. \u201cOh, somehow I think you will find this parson quite extraordinary.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-vwgeihj elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"vwgeihj\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You&#8217;ve been reading <em>A Virtue of Marriage<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-hicuziy elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"hicuziy\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-mwdsbpf\" data-id=\"mwdsbpf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-xwpycdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"xwpycdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/a-virtue-of-marriage-n3vlv56t0u5vhzim5b8aarv8mtl9hx76ygfsoexqxg.jpg\" title=\"a virtue of marriage\" alt=\"a virtue of marriage\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-uwugwnl\" data-id=\"uwugwnl\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wurbwit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"wurbwit\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Book 2 of The Moralities of Marriage, continuation of the saga from By Consequence of Marriage.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>With Fitzwilliam Darcy hopelessly tangled in his family&#8217;s lies and deceit in Kent, reinforcements are on the way in the form of his cousin, Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam, and his secret fiancee, Elizabeth Bennet. Two generations of the Fitzwilliam family clash at Rosings and the matrimonial futures of both Darcy and Richard hang in the balance. When Lady Catherine goes on a rampage, and the Bennets become swayed by the vicious gossip swirling the Darcy family, both Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam learn you inherit each other&#8217;s family drama by virtue of marriage.<br \/><br \/>A full-length novel, A Virtue of Marriage continues the three-part Moralities of Marriage series.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-tgyeejl elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"tgyeejl\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>A Virtue of Marriage, Book 2 of the Moralities of Marriage<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif;\"><span 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