{"id":2689,"date":"2018-12-19T19:10:20","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T00:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/?p=2689"},"modified":"2021-12-17T12:25:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T17:25:27","slug":"chapters-13-15-the-blessing-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/readingroom\/the-blessing-of-marriage-readingroom\/chapters-13-15-the-blessing-of-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapters 13-15 The Blessing of Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2689\" class=\"elementor elementor-2689 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<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\">When you read the first two books in this series, you realize how utterly delicious these 3 chapters are to read! I LOVED writing Georgiana and Caroline&#8217;s comeuppance&#8230;.<\/span><\/h2><h2><span style=\"color: #993366;\">XOXOXO Elizabeth Ann West<\/span><\/h2>\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 13 - The Blessing 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;\">Long rolls of parchment lay extended across the desk of Fitzwilliam Darcy in the study of his London town home. A timid knock on the door interrupted his careful examination of the final settlements for his soon-to-be bride, Elizabeth Bennet.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Enter,&#8221; Darcy replied with more annoyance than usual in his voice.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The door handle clicked and the dainty Georgiana Wickham pushed the door to her brother\u2019s study full open, but she did not enter. Instead, the impeccably dressed young woman waited with her gloved hands clasped in front of her until her brother turned his head to give her his full attention.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Georgiana? How may I be of service?&#8221; In a previous time, Darcy would find his sister of sixteen to be highly amusing when she played the part of a grand lady. But finding his town home in a state of utter emptiness two weeks ago had ceased all recollections of the girl he used to lift and twirl upon every arrival home. The girl he knew became lost just a year ago during her summer in Ramsgate when she chose to run off with the son of their father\u2019s steward.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;If you are to leave once again so soon, I should like to discuss a few matters of the household with you.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy absently ruffled the careful grooming at the nape of his neck. He now held a new appreciation for the idiom of tearing one\u2019s hair out.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">With her carefully gloved hands, she began to tick the items off her fingers, one by one. \u201cAnd the kitchen staff has become a true bother in lack of respect for my needs. Routinely my requests for prepared trays go unfilled or purposely misapplied. I order tea and they bring me drinking chocolate. It is appalling and unbearable. Miss Bingley was made to wait over an hour for a repast just yesterday in my sitting room!\u201d Sucking in her breath to move on to the availability of the carriage, her brother began to speak.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;And I believe I have told you the matters of the household should be discussed with Elizabeth. It is her role to play as Mistress.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Oh there is little to no doubt she is your mistress,\u201d Georgiana retorted with the superiority of a hundred society mavens, \u201cbut she is not yet Mistress of this household. If the staff shall not listen to me, your sister, there is no hope for a small country lass. Really, Fitzwilliam.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;She is the Mistress of this household if I say it is so!\u201d Darcy&#8217;s anger began to rise as a duo of maids passed in the hall just behind his sister. It was no secret the discord in Darcy house ran deep among its inhabitants. And yes, the staff had become disrespectful to all in the house aside from himself, but he had no desire to correct the issue at the moment. His needs were met and after he and Elizabeth were married, there would be no room for disrespect for anyone with the last name of Darcy.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Forgive my intrusion. I suppose I shall just continue to do my best in your absence, Brother.&#8221; Georgiana attempted a smile, but the look of superiority on her face registered no kindness to her once guardian and closest living relative.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Agitated, Darcy dramatically rolled up the lengthy settlement papers and strolled confidently towards his younger sister. Brash to the brim, she kept her position blocking the doorway. Standing nearly nose-to-nose with the fair-haired, slightly shorter version of his stubborn self, Darcy&#8217;s voice could barely be heard by a passerby.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;You hold precious little opportunities, Sister, to recommend any sort of kindness in your quarter.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;What kindness? Shall you toss me with George out on the street? Imagine what the papers would say!&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I remember the bedraggled, hollow young woman your cousin and I rescued from those London streets. If that is where you would choose to live out your days, I believe you hold intelligence as to the location of the back door.&#8221; Darcy barely nudged and pushed his way through the obstacle of his sister, closing his study door tightly behind him and locking it with a key. The action was unusual and piqued Georgiana&#8217;s interest, providing more than enough incentive for her to remain for her brother\u2019s continued abuse.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;The back door? I suppose you mean to say the society outside the front door is too good for me?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy took a few steps down the hall and felt a physical satisfaction release in his tense shoulders from verbally sparring with his spoiled sister.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;On the contrary, the back door is merely where all the rubbish leaves this house.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Georgiana scoffed and play-acted in taking a great offense as her brother chuckled and dashed off toward the stairs. There was little doubt in Georgiana&#8217;s mind that he was on his way for an audience with that baggage, Elizabeth Bennet. After a few moments of listening, she felt secure that he would be occupied for more than a short spell.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Quickly looking around for any more signs of staff and seeing none as the household prepared for the Master\u2019s departure, Georgiana Wickham withdrew the carefully sculpted key she had copied from the housekeeper\u2019s ring at her friend Caroline\u2019s suggestion. The key slipped into the lock with little trouble, and swiftly Georgiana found herself alone with her brother&#8217;s business laid out in particular vulnerability before her.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Being careful to hide any signs of her disturbance of the papers haphazardly arranged on her brother&#8217;s desk, Georgiana&#8217;s eyes flitted furtively over the information concerning his holdings in Scotland, the steward\u2019s report for Pemberley, and even found reference to the tea plantations she did not know that they owned in India. Feeling flustered, she clenched her jaw as she did not entirely know what her husband wanted her to find, only that he asked for her to learn all that she could about the family&#8217;s holdings when her maid delivered his brief letter.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">George Wickham promised her if he held enough knowledge against Fitzwilliam, he would have the leverage to convince her brother into allowing them their own residence. And her own residence is what her wise friend Miss Caroline Bingley declared paramount to finding her own footing in London society.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Moving a letter from their uncle, the Earl of Matlock, to the side so that she might more carefully inspect the information of the India properties, the mentioning of her surname stood out among the carefully penned lines. Curious as to the dastardly vitriol her relatives had to say about her husband even now, months since their marriage, the contents of the letter severely disappointed her. Instead of criticizing and denigrating her husband George, Georgiana Wickham found herself mesmerized by a single line in the letter.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The marriage documentation is satisfactory and we are still working on preventing claims against Rosings by the Wickhams.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The sound of another door slamming on the same hallway startled Georgiana from her puzzled thoughts. On what grounds could her husband have ever made a claim against her aunt\u2019s estate? And why had her brother aided in trying to remove his claim as the letter implied?<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The last ounce of respect and admiration for her brother rushed out of Georgiana&#8217;s heart \u2014 left behind stood no greater cause than to abet her husband in orchestrating Fitzwilliam\u2019s downfall. Taking the letter with her as it was already open and presumably read by her brother, Georgiana carefully creaked the door and peeked into the hallway around her. Finding it again deserted, she felt a surge of anticipation that tomorrow when she met her husband before his nightly gaming and gentlemanly pursuits, he would reward her diligent work with a showering of affection.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As she closed her brother&#8217;s study behind her, Georgiana Wickham forgot to turn the lock as she walked away with her prized possession. The letter lay carefully concealed in the very same pocket as the key that granted her entrance.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><br \/><br \/><\/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 14 - The Blessing 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;\">Above stairs, Darcy knocked on the door jamb of the mistress\u2019 suite in use by his intended.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Fitzwilliam, come in! I wonder if you might take this down for the post?\u201d Elizabeth\u2019s eyes lit up as her champion stood gallantly just inside her bedroom. He awaited her clear invitation to enter further. She held up a letter with directions to Kent.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy cleared his throat as merely the direction increased his burden of shame. \u201cYou write to Mrs. Collins?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth nodded. \u201cI invited her to visit Pemberley this summer when her sister Maria comes with Kitty. I hope you were genuine in that invitation?\u201d Gingerly, Elizabeth stood up from the small desk and used what would be a very fashionable walking stick if she were old and infirm to maneuver to the sofa. Doctor Matthews hypothesized the head injury she suffered in her accident with Fitzwilliam\u2019s horse last autumn compounded with the injuries she endured in Kent were to blame for the lingering dizziness and feeling faint when she stood too quickly. But her hope relied upon the more she willed her body to heal and subsequently move, the sooner she would indeed be well again. Even if it meant sacrificing her dignity with the continued use of a walking stick she resented.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Here, allow me to assist.\u201d Fitzwilliam shook out of his stupor over the letter and attempted just a few seconds too late to catch Elizabeth\u2019s elbow. Still, she shook her free arm in his general direction to resist the aid and flashed him a smile.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">We have discussed this, sir. How am I to become well if you play nursemaid all the time? I am quite capable of shuffling my slippers a few feet between furniture.\u201d Elizabeth turned and devilishly considered collapsing for the delight of being in his arms, but she ignored the temptation. Her personal effects were all packed and she did not wish to delay their journey another day with needless worrying from her soon-to-be husband.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy sniffed. \u201cI do not recall you arguing against my assistances yesterday afternoon.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth blushed and looked down at the impeccably spun wool carpeting the room. On a handful of occasions she and Fitzwilliam had flouted propriety, and yesterday she had enjoyed a number of his kisses when her sister Jane had left them alone.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You do not play fair. If I am to be responsible for our reputations, then I must summon my Brother Bingley at once and demand removal to the Hurst town home. Or perchance the loaded carriage might take me to Cheapside? My aunt and uncle should be in earnest to receive me!\u201d Elizabeth grinned until her merriment faltered at Fitzwilliam\u2019s knitted brows that relaxed too suddenly into his mask for social occasions.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">What is it? What are you keeping from me?\u201d Elizabeth asked guardedly, shirking back from his tall form as he placed the roll of parchment and letter on the small table situated before the sofa.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Nothing dearest, I merely run through the list of preparations in my mind.\u201d Darcy tapped his forehead to emphasize his point, but he overplayed his hand.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You speak a falsehood, Fitzwilliam. Your left nostril made a movement and I demand to know what you conceal.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">My nostril, madam? You stake your claim of blackening my honor upon my nose?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Do not aim to distract me, I shall know all.\u201d Elizabeth bit back a smile as her Fitzwilliam began to make dramatic faces of shock at her accusations. He was never like this in the company of others. Only her.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">When his theatrics did not please her, Darcy sighed. Grasping the hand that had just moments before pointed most forcefully at his nose, he looked up at the ceiling and wished that silly game of cards he had played all those months ago had not armed his intended with his tell. Gently, he squeezed her hand before releasing.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You are not welcome to return to your aunt and uncle\u2019s home, Elizabeth. And neither Charles nor I wished to be the one to tell you.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth held her breath and stared intently at the papers on the table, refusing to meet his eye.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I\u2019m dreadfully sorry, my dear. Your father wrote, the gossip, I fear it lost your uncle an account with one of Lady Catherine\u2019s connections.\u201d Darcy did not continue when Elizabeth surprised him with her own intelligence about the situation.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The papers ran a bit about your family every week while I was away. First, mostly about your sister. But by the end of March, it was about us and how I had run away to Kent to warm your bed as you wedded another.\u201d Tears began to form at the corners of Elizabeth\u2019s eyes and she clenched her fists to keep from crying. Unfortunately, this upset the deep sprain in her wrist and physical and emotional pain became one. Her tears began to pour.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oh, my darling, my darling!\u201d Darcy waited for no approval to embrace Elizabeth to his chest, holding her as sobs wracked her small frame. \u201cI had no idea you knew and carried this burden.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jane apprised me . . . and Caroline,\u201d Elizabeth sniffed and suddenly remembered her bedroom door was open for all of the staff to see and jolted away from Fitzwilliam. Quickly, she wiped her eyes and lacking a handkerchief, used her sleeve as ladylike as she could to restore her visage. \u201cMiss Bingley elected to share with me the clipping of my infamy shortly before she was removed from your home.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">That woman will never cross this threshold again. How<i>dare<\/i>\u00a0she upset you in your condition.\u201d Darcy\u2019s threat did not bellow out in a lion\u2019s rage, but in the cold, calculating tongue of a dragon. A threat utterly without backbone as Miss Bingley was to install herself in the house once more to keep an eye on his sister while they eloped to Scotland.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Peace, I do not blame her. She is jealous and nearly friendless.\u201d Elizabeth touched Fitzwilliam\u2019s arm as he tugged the misbehaving sleeve of his coat in aggravation. The sudden bosom friendship between Miss Bingley and Mr. Darcy\u2019s only sister coupled with the fact that Elizabeth\u2019s own sister married Miss Bingley\u2019s brother left no hope of excising the harpy from their lives.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">What parchment do you bring, Mr. Darcy?\u201d Elizabeth attempted to relieve the dark cloud surrounding the late morning visit. Any moment the Bingleys were to arrive to begin their trek to Scotland.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It is your marriage settlement. That is . . . the terms of all that I have to bestow should we wed since you may not legally consent,\u201d An uncomfortable lump settled in Darcy\u2019s throat as he attempted to speak nonchalantly of their union. \u201cI\u2019m afraid the terms are not set until after the wedding.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth motioned if she might read the document and Darcy nodded earnestly. Gently unrolling the lengthy document, her eyes began to blur once more at the utter care and protection Fitzwilliam had instructed penned into each line. Reaching the end of a brief perusal, as a lengthy inspection felt crass and rude, she looked up to her host as he now stood slightly away from the sofa to give her privacy.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Fitzwilliam?\u201d she asked in a smaller voice than he was used to hearing.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alarmed, Darcy took a step towards his beloved and accepted the papers from her.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I need to request a rather large favor.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Confident there was nothing she could ask that was outside of his power to grant, Darcy happily agreed to anything she wanted.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I should like for us to visit my father at Longbourn before we travel north.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy stumbled on his next step but quickly recovered by taking a seat in the place he was before. \u201cTo Hertfordshire?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth nodded as commotion from downstairs drifted up, sounds of an arrival that was likely the Bingleys. \u201cI am so terribly sorry, but truly, I must see my father. If we can have his blessing, I would surely hate to spurn it with a hasty retreat. Please?\u201d Her eyes opened wide with fear that he would actually deny her request.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy did not wish to tell her the situation was hopeless. He did not wish to explain to her that Mr. Bennet despised the very name of Darcy, even though it mostly stemmed by his estimation from the accident last autumn. And so he did not.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I will inform the Bingleys of our change in plans and I expect we will leave on the morrow to give his staff an opportunity to reopen Netherfield.\u201d Darcy stood and bowed, ignoring the small, but sharp, pain in his chest that Elizabeth indirectly asked to delay their marriage. His intelligence ruled all, and he refused to entertain fanciful notions that perhaps she no longer wished to become Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy. As he reached the door, she again called out to him.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You forgot the letter . . . to Charlotte? And might you ask Jane to come up?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy gave a small smile and fetched the letter. He held his breath as Elizabeth rose from the sofa, taking deliberate steps gingerly to her bed. The woman might say she felt healed until the next full moon, but even he could spy she concealed a great deal of her misery.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A strong pull of the bell cord allowed Darcy to summon the maid from the adjoining dressing room. The pale, wisp of a girl nodded to her master and began quietly fussing over her future mistress. Satisfied she was in good care, Darcy worried too much on pushing the lovely image of his Lizzie reclined in a bed to reflect on passing his sister, Georgiana, on the stairs. With his manners in place, Darcy greeted the happy couple standing in the entryway and placed the letter to Kent on the silver tray for outgoing post.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><br \/><br \/><\/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-bqckbar elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bqckbar\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&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-zhngqtw\" data-id=\"zhngqtw\" 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-9frbyfv elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1594 elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9frbyfv\" 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\">NEW RELEASE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-vvcemc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"vvcemc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/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-zc80rua elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1596 elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"zc80rua\" 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\t<a href=\"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/wip\/for-the-love-of-a-bennet-chapter-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/for-the-love-of-a-bennet-ociwlxbbz8lig0exwxhsw59r5tzz1k63m60yqyx2fo.jpg\" title=\"for the love of a bennet\" alt=\"for the love of a bennet\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\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-sdicxgm\" data-id=\"sdicxgm\" 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-unkota7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1598 elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"unkota7\" 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><strong>For the Love of a Bennet<\/strong><\/p><p><span class=\"a-text-italic\"><em>What if Elizabeth Bennet traveled with Lydia to Brighton<\/em>?<\/span><br \/><br \/>A reimagining of Jane Austen&#8217;s most beloved tale,\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">Pride &amp; Prejudice,\u00a0<\/span>join author Elizabeth Ann West as she writes the romantic adventure story she always wanted! When Lizzy and Lydia arrive in Brighton, it&#8217;s very clear that the younger Bennet sister came with very serious plans towards Mr. Wickham. Thankfully, an old ally is also in town, with problems of his own to solve. After Mr. Darcy, himself, is summoned to Brighton to hopefully solve two dilemmas with one wealthy member of the gentry, the whole militia is thrown into an uproar by Wickham&#8217;s most dastardly deed, yet. Together, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy have to save Lydia from her own undoing, or it will mean more than just mere reputations are ruined.<br \/><br \/><span class=\"a-text-italic\"><em>For the Love of a Bennet<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>is a novel length story, currently being posted chapter by chapter on Elizabeth&#8217;s author site. 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escorted to the drawing room, but the delay of his wedding ran over and over again in Darcy\u2019s mind. Jane Bingley watched carefully as her sister\u2019s intended began to hunch his shoulders and respond to her husband&#8217;s queries in shorter snipes. She had no doubt that Fitzwilliam Darcy loved her sister Elizabeth, body and soul. Perhaps if Lizzie knew the torture she was putting the man through she would have to relent her request to delay their marriage further?<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Forgive me, gentlemen?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Both Darcy and Bingley ceased their plans for the opening of Netherfield Park and looked up at the radiant Jane Bingley.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;With your permission, Mr. Darcy, I believe I should like to speak to my sister. Before you send the summons to open the great house?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Janie? It is no trouble if our sister Elizabeth should like to see her family before absconding with this rogue.&#8221; Bingley looked up at his friend only to see a darkened mask of indifference, his friend\u2019s ever companion of protection in awkward situations. Bingley&#8217;s jovial manner waned as he began to see the effects of Elizabeth\u2019s request on his oldest friend, sensitivity his dear wife picked up on well before himself.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;What I mean to say is, though it is no trouble, perhaps a meeting of the minds between the ladies is wise before we utterly change our travel plans. But it must be quick, for Caroline is packing as we speak to install herself here and if we are not to leave until tomorrow, I fear there shall not be any room.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">To be truthful, Elizabeth asked for you. It slipped my mind in relaying the change of plans.\u201d Mr. Darcy cleared his throat and looked intently at his future sister by marriage with a gaze of pleading. Jane offered him a small smile and shake of her head in sympathy.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Let me speak to her. I am not certain she considered the ramifications making a stop in Hertfordshire would naturally incur.\u201d Jane nodded and rose from the sofa to begin walking out of the door just as a footman entered carrying a message on a silver platter for Mr. Darcy.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jane disappeared out of the room while Darcy carefully read the missive and groaned. \u201cWrite those letters, Bingley. I must go out.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Out? But, but, Jane is to speak sense to her!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I cannot leave today. I shall explain in a moment.\u201d Darcy gave instructions to the footman to tell his valet to prepare for him to go above stairs.&#8221;It was a long shot, but I&#8217;ve been afforded an audience with His Grace, the Duke of Northumberland. If I&#8217;m to put my family\u2019s business behind me once and for all, I must take this meeting. With any luck, I&#8217;ll be able to save the Darcy, Fitzwilliam, and Wickham names.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">That is bold \u2026\u201d Bingley\u2019s mouth remained open in shock, but he soon recovered. \u201cI fail to see how the man might assist you. He\u2019s quite dangerous, I should not like to deal with him.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy rubbed his temple and debated how many details to give his friend. While Charles Bingley knew most of the scandals involving his family, Darcy had been keen to keep the darker particulars close to his own chest. \u201cMy uncle is already entangled in the Perry\u2019s family\u2019s tentacles. It may indeed be a fool\u2019s errand, but an errand I must make before we leave. Please inform the ladies I shall be home in time for dinner.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Indeed, Bingley do this, Bingley tell the ladies that. I\u2019m beginning to feel more of a Darcy House servant than a guest!\u201d Bingley grumbled as Darcy pulled out the ink and parchment in the small writing desk usually reserved for a lady of the house to address invitations and correspondence.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Chin up, we shall be rid of London soon, though I am surprised to hear you so eager to leave.\u201d Darcy left his friend who cursed under his breath as his pen dripped a fat glob of ink to his first letter. \u201cAnd you\u2019d never cut it as a Darcy House servant, I would require any clerk of mine to have perfect penmanship.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy\u2019s dry humor left Bingley with a laugh, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, the Master of Pemberley, Darcy, and Carver House felt a bounce in his soles as he took the stairs with a quickness of youth. Loud, shrill voices stopped his jaunt in the hall just outside Elizabeth\u2019s rooms and he listened to gather the gist.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And how have you come to this information, Mrs. Wickham?\u201d Jane Bingley attempted to divert the screaming from Georgiana to her sister, Elizabeth.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">This is my home! The staff is very loyal to the daughter of their former Master. How should I not know what this upstart whore has done to the menus?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jane flinched at the vulgar language but calmed as her sister\u2019s tinkling laughter provided a stark contrast to the hateful words of the youngest woman in the room.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I warned that your comforts entirely rested in my hands. Your ally is Miss Bingley, and the two of you have had plenty of fun at my expense all over town with your dinners of gossip mongering. With so many invitations to dine out, why I saw no need for there to be high cuts of meat and lavish meals while we are away.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But Cook tells me there is nothing for the larders but bones to make stock and salted pork!\u201d Georgiana stomped her foot as Darcy stifled a laugh. Finding the time ripe, he made another step to enter the doorway and knocked on the jamb. All of the ladies turned towards him and Georgiana scowled. \u201cBrother, I told you she was unfit to manage this house. She has utterly ruined the meat orders and has lied to say she had your approval to refuse any deliveries for two fortnights!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Your tongue deserves scalding for the hellfire you spew forth. Miss Bennet has not spread any falsehoods. When she explained her plans to me, I heartily endorsed the removal of extravagance for a misbehaving, poor relation.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Georgiana\u2019s face darkened away from her customary pale, porcelain complexion. She opened her mouth to speak, but Elizabeth spoke first.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You are an insipid, spoiled child who cannot think one moment beyond herself. Do you know the worry your brother had while you were missing last year? Or the personal sacrifices he has made to keep you safe? No, you care not, you wish to play the grown woman,\u201d Elizabeth was standing and approaching Georgiana with her arms up in disgust, without the aid of a cane, \u201call without the burden of being a lady. Now, kindly remove yourself from my room, I have no desire to discuss this matter further.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Fitz-Fitz-Fitzwilliam!\u201d Georgiana stuttered her brother\u2019s name in a high pitch, but the man narrowly missed knocking her over as he swept Elizabeth up into his arms.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Embraced by her beloved, Elizabeth\u2019s breath became increasing ragged in his crush, over and above it\u2019s preexisting labor of releasing her pique at Georgiana.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You were superb. No one has spoken to her thus.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Well, it was long overdue.\u201d Elizabeth straightened her gown\u2019s right shoulder after Fitzwilliam released her as Jane coughed. Georgiana had stormed out of the room when it was clear her brother would not take her side.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Fitzwilliam looked his Elizabeth up and down, admiring her stronger form and loss of shaky gait. His Elizabeth was truly healed, in spirit at least.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Darcy, I have not yet had an audience with my sister.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy ignored Jane\u2019s voice as it reached his ears as if muffled. His eyes were locked with Elizabeth\u2019s and the two exchanged a resoundingly silent vote of confidence in each other. He had not thought Lizzie\u2019s plans to disrupt the household would bother Georgiana so much, but his clever lady was correct. She needed to establish dominance before they left for Scotland to set a precedence. He was only glad he held his temper when that worthless sibling of his spoke that vile word within his hearing.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Darcy?\u201d A light touch of his arm startled the great man from his distractions.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oh, yes, quite right. No, that is, I am afraid I must agree with Elizabeth\u2019s request to delay for entirely other reasons. I must away to Syon House this evening for some last bits of business before we depart.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth gasped, but Darcy did not allow her to needle him.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It\u2019s a necessary evil, I promise you. All shall be well, His Grace was a great admirer of my father.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth arched her eyebrow, \u201cIs the man dangerous?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy paused, puzzled. \u201cI thought you were concerned I was meeting with the Duke of Northumberland.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth looked at Jane, who looked back at her with a shrug. Elizabeth pinched her lips together and shook her head, feeling lightheaded from the ludicrous misapprehension so quickly after the drama with Georgiana. \u201cNo, I only know Syon House to be a wondrous home, said to rival the King\u2019s own.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy laughed openly, leaning forward to press his forehead against Elizabeth\u2019s before he took a deep, calming breath. Pulling away, he touched the side of his nose. \u201cI forget how refreshing it is to begin a life with a country miss.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You insult me, sir?\u201d Elizabeth\u2019s hands found a natural place at her hips to punctuate her accusation.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Nay, never!\u201d This time, Darcy pecked his beloved\u2019s cheek. \u201cI thank the Lord every day that you\u2019ve accepted me. Now I must away to make my meeting.\u201d He bowed and left the ladies to their own council, wisely closing the door behind him.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oh, Lizzie, once you are married, I\u2019m afraid you will never have peace!\u201d Jane announced shortly after Mr. Darcy\u2019s departure, waving her hands as her face warmed in an uncomfortable manner. \u201cHe was stricken I tell you, earlier, over your request for a delay. I was planning to beg you to reconsider though now it appears there is little choice in the matter. We must wait for tomorrow.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Are you feeling ill again?\u201d Elizabeth pulled a cord next to her bed to summon a staff member for refreshments. Her sister looked quite pale and Elizabeth worried for Jane\u2019s health. Surely the common ailment for women in her condition must be waning.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I\u2019m afraid everything upsets my constitution. I have seen Aunt\u2014\u201c Jane paused and rethought her words, \u201cI have faith the worst should pass before too long.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth twisted her mouth into an expression of sympathy for her sister\u2019s plight, not allowing her mind to fret if she would find herself in a similar predicament not long after her nuptials to Mr. Darcy. Jane had apprised her of the particulars of the marriage bed, and so far none of the stolen kisses or glances of bed clothes put her in any immediate danger.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Long after the refreshments were ordered and arrived, Elizabeth realized that rascal of hers had ultimately thwarted her question about his sudden need to rush to one of the grandest houses in the city. And now she faced another evening of worry with the Bingleys as her comfort.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/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 <i>The Blessing<\/i><em>\u00a0of 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-521a243 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"521a243\" 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\/blessing-of-marriage-1-n3vlu5gxt4sz8syhxvsgo0vq26hbdf9e5jncfwephw.jpg\" title=\"blessing of marriage\" alt=\"blessing 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 3 of the Moralities of Marriage. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet find nothing but a mess in London after they escape Kent. The town home bare and the Wickhams caught up in Lord Strange&#8217;s illegal business venture, Darcy has little choice but to make unsavory friends as Elizabeth heals from her cousin&#8217;s attack. With the support of the Bingleys, Darcy and Elizabeth are finally ready to secure their future at the anvil in Gretna Green when Elizabeth has one small request.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>A novel of 55,000 words, The Blessing of Marriage continues the rewriting of Jane Austen&#8217;s amazing story of Pride and Prejudice, wondering what might have happened if Darcy never saved Georgiana from the clutches of Mr. Wickham.<\/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>The Blessing of Marriage, Book 3 of the Moralities of Marriage<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span 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