{"id":2693,"date":"2019-01-03T09:56:45","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T14:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/?p=2693"},"modified":"2021-12-17T12:26:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T17:26:40","slug":"chapters-16-18-the-blessing-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/readingroom\/the-blessing-of-marriage-readingroom\/chapters-16-18-the-blessing-of-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapters 16-18 The Blessing of Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2693\" class=\"elementor elementor-2693 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;\">The plot thickens from Longbourn to London!!!!\u00a0<\/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 16 - 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;\">The post arrived at Longbourn in Hertfordshire at the regularly appointed time into the hands of Mrs. Bennet. Kitty Bennet craned her neck as her mother rifled through the letters, searching furtively for another note from her eldest daughter, Jane. Unfortunately, it was not Kitty&#8217;s eldest sister that wrote to the family that day but her youngest, Lydia, who had been away in Brighton for some weeks with Colonel Forster and his wife.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Oh, she writes! Lydia writes to her dear mama! She must have the best of news to share.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Kitty sighed and turned away from her mother so that she might not see her impertinent scowl over the display of gross favoritism towards her younger sibling. &#8220;She&#8217;s not been gone yet a month, I should hope she has not fallen for the first officer to ask her to dance.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;What a silly thing to say, Kitty. Of course, she should fall for the first man who offers her his hand. All of the officers are handsome and dashing, why should they not want my Lydia?&#8221; After this bit of matchmaking wisdom, Mrs. Bennet finally opened the letter and began to read.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As Kitty gazed out the window to watch one of the wagons heavy with greens roll into the main courtyard, her mother\u2019s shrieks startled her into turning around.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Oh, we are ruined! Utterly ruined thanks to that headstrong girl!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;What has Lydia done?\u201d Kitty held out for the letter to be handed to her but Mrs. Bennet continued to flap her arms with the missive pinched securely between her own fingers.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;No, not Lydia. That other sister of yours.&#8221; Mrs. Bennet snapped and Kitty knew immediately which daughter of Bennet her mother meant. It was the same sister no one mentioned after she was thrown out of the house the very evening the eldest Bennet sister married Mr. Bingley. And for Kitty, it was secretly her favorite sister, Elizabeth, who encouraged her artistic pursuits with no care for the cost.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mrs. Bennet pulled out her handkerchief as she bounded up from the sofa to stomp her way to her husband&#8217;s study. Banging on the door with significant power, Mrs. Bennet continued to cry out for her husband by his name.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Mr. Bennet! Mr. Bennet!&#8221; She reached down to jiggle the handle but the door was locked from the inside, a habitual protection her husband employed against unwanted visitors to his sanctuary of reading.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The head of the household&#8217;s muffled voice acknowledged his wife&#8217;s urgent needs and before too long the door was unlocked and opened for her to enter.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You appear distressed, my dear. Please, take a seat and whatever is in my power to correct, I shall.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oh, but you-you cannot fix this! That girl has ruined all of her sisters! Our Lydia writes that our family is a laughingstock. In Brighton!&#8221; Mrs. Bennet began to cry as the initial shock of the intelligence wore off and despair over the ruined reputations settled in her mind.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bennet frowned but refused to match his wife&#8217;s theatrics with his own reaction. Adjusting his spectacles as he accepted the letter from his wife, he read the lines very quickly and a hollow, empty feeling in his stomach attested his wife was correct. The exploits of his favorite daughter, Elizabeth, with Mr. Darcy had somehow reached the Forsters. As his wife carried on and on about the deficiency of character in Elizabeth, even imagined deficiencies, that lead to this single moment in time, Mr. Bennet reread the letter. Mrs. Bennet became quite emphatic that she had warned and warned her husband for many years about curtailing Elizabeth&#8217;s behavior.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bennet shook his head at his wife&#8217;s accusations and finally reached the point of the letter where the logical part of his mind felt satisfied. Lydia included a line where Colonel Forster was in line for promotion to the Regulars but that promotion was somehow affected by the marriage of a Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam. Recalling his Brother Gardiner&#8217;s letter of Elizabeth going to Kent under the protection of Mr. Darcy and his cousin, a Colonel, the seemingly unrelated portions of the kingdom suddenly were indeed quite small and connected.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Well? Whatever shall we do? Lydia is being packed for home as we speak and shall return as a disgrace!&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Lydia&#8217;s young, in a few years this trouble shall blow over and the girls will be as they ever were, glistening jewels of the countryside. You wished for me to send my Lizzie from our home and I consented. I warned you there might be consequences of cutting off our daughter, of turning her loose to the capriciousness of the world, but you would have none of it.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mrs. Bennet began to cry anew as her husband shifted the blame to her folly and plan. But he continued: \u201cThe only remedy for our situation is to remain as we are, cut off from our second eldest daughter as she lives her life publicly documented in sordid detail by the papers and put on a brave face.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mrs. Bennet&#8217;s jaw flapped unattractively as her husband&#8217;s plan to make no changes did not satisfy her concerns \u201cBut, Mr. Bennet, the gossip \u2014\u201c<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The gossip will die down eventually. Quicker if you and your daughters put on your prettiest frocks, attend the social events where you are invited, and hold your chins high.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Never one to miss an opportunity for new gowns, Fanny Bennet pounced on her husband\u2019s vulnerability. \u201cPrettiest frocks you say?\u201d She sniffed.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Yes, madam, and before you needle me further, take yourself and my purse to Meryton. Have new dresses made for Mary and Kitty . . . and Lydia might perhaps have one when she is returned home.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Nodding her head, finally in acceptance of her husband\u2019s plan to weather the storm, Mrs. Bennet began to enumerate the assemblies and dinners they might all attend. Mr. Bennet coughed and interrupted her.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Do not fill my calendar with social gatherings, I shall only attend what I normally do.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But, Mr. Bennet, that is only two dinners per month and no assemblies!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Indeed, my dear. I shall wear my bravest face, here, in my study, as my contribution.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Scowling at her husband\u2019s hard-headedness, Mrs. Bennet dropped the subject so as not to jeopardize the increase in pin money. Finding an excuse to tell Kitty and Mary of their plans to shop in town, Mr. Bennet happily waved his wife off so that he might return to his reading. But once the door shut, Mr. Bennet curled his hand into a fist and bit down on it to keep his emotions at bay. He had worried that Mr. Darcy had taken his daughter on as a companion, not a wife, and his greatest fears were true. His Lizzie was forever lost to him.<\/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 17 - 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;\">By early evening, Syon House in the heart of London loomed as imposing as its formidable owner. A decorated hero of the war with the American rabble, the Duke of Northumberland had a quiet power about him that influencing any gambling den or smoking room he patronized. For an aristocrat, the former general was a hard man, but a fair one. Acquainted with His Grace more through his cousin, Richard, than his uncle\u2019s disastrous business tactics, the younger property owner felt little trepidation as the staff of Syon House escorted Darcy to the duke\u2019s personal study.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Feeling at ease in the marbled hallways, Darcy fleetingly wondered how Elizabeth would react the interior design of Syon House as the internal dressings were much on par with his late mother&#8217;s tastes for Pemberley. His forward reflections were stalled as two thick, hand-carved oaken doors were opened and Darcy strolled in at his announced name. Well-mannered, Darcy politely stood in the center of the room until the duke addressed him first.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Thank you, Monty.&#8221; The Duke dismissed his loyal servant who bowed and closed the doors with a shuddering thud.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Silence punctuated the air in a test of wills, but Darcy&#8217;s patience won out. He waited and waited, with the stoic posture impressed upon him from his mother\u2019s tutelage, knowing fully the Duke was sizing him up. The mettle makes the man and Fitzwilliam refused to show any signs of anxiety or anticipation for the Duke\u2019s inspection, just in case any negotiations moved beyond his comfort.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I must say, it is not every day a nephew of your bloodlines writes to me with a request for an audience.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy waited. His Grace had not asked him a question. To volunteer information at this juncture would be a disadvantage. Darcy offered the greater man a pert nod to acknowledge he heard the observation.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Sighing, the Duke of Northumberland placed the glass of amber liquid swirling in his hand on the small consort table and rose from his chair. He approached Fitzwilliam but stopped before coming close enough for any sort of formal greeting.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;My men have looked into your affairs and I fail to see any area where you are floundering. The shades of Pemberley appear to be evergreen as they say, and my intelligence says that you are not mixed up in any of this bad business in Derby. So I must confess I am rather intrigued, Mr. Darcy, as to how I might assist you this evening.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Now it was time for Darcy to speak. &#8220;I&#8217;m afraid I am here to share rather sensitive information, my Duke, about the son of the Earl of Derby, Lord Strange.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;The mining hoax? I am well aware there is no silver to be had in the hills of Derby. If you&#8217;ve come to warn me off such a silly investment, you had no need.&#8221; Hugh Percy, the second Duke of Northumberland shook his head and began to walk away. His shoulders hunched as the man of three score and ten felt his age most acutely by evening, though began his days spry and energized.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I should not think I need to warn a man of your strategic experience, I come to you because my sister\u2019s husband, George Wickham, is entangled most desperately with Strange and his men.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I suspect many families are going to find themselves entangled in this nasty business before autumn.&#8221; The Duke lowered himself with a slight carefulness back into his chair.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy nodded. &#8220;Indeed, with the markets being as volatile as they are, I suspect many families will be looking for their payoffs if their harvests come up short. But my sister\u2019s husband is not a stupid man, my father educated him at Cambridge. Since I cut him off some years ago, he has been forced to live his life rather on the power of his wits. I should like nothing better than to see Lord Strange found responsible for his plot. Because if he is not, it is almost assuredly likely it will be my family\u2019s name caught with the bag or worse. I&#8217;ve heard there&#8217;s gossip the Prince Regent himself has invested in the scheme.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Duke of Northumberland snorted at Darcy&#8217;s bold accusation, but he overplayed his hand. It was no rumor that the Prince Regent had invested in the silver mining schemes, it was a fact. Darcy only learned of the royal involvement by accident as he was following the trail of money Wickham had left behind when he arranged the terms of Elizabeth\u2019s marriage settlements. His solicitor Ovi had not meant to show Fitzwilliam figures from other accounts, but Fitzwilliam hadn&#8217;t given him much of a choice when he had stormed into his office, desperate for the papers to allow them to abscond to Scotland.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;And so you are offering what? That I should believe in your ability to gather evidence against Lord Strange, but I turn it over to the Crown and take credit for implicating a peer in what might become the largest financial scandal the Court has ever seen?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The balls of Darcy&#8217;s feet began to ache as the Duke sat comfortably in his seat, but did not invite Darcy to join him.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I suppose that is one potential outcome, but not my aim this evening. I must leave town, it is unavoidable.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Duke raised his glass and took a sip. &#8220;The mistress\u2019 belly be growing, aye? Whisking her way to the country to give birth to your first bastard?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The sour taste of scorn filled Darcy&#8217;s mouth, but he swallowed it back. &#8220;Sorry to disappoint you, my Duke, but I am to become a married man just as soon as we cross the border. But in the meantime, my cousin, excuse me, my sister&#8217;s husband is running around like a desperate man. He&#8217;s cut off from my funds and I have no hesitation in believing that his next move will be to go after Lord Strange. I shall not be here to help guide his best efforts and I thought perhaps you should like the opportunity of dangling the mouse to capture the cat.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Duke of Northumberland licked his lips then squinted his right eye before pressing his mouth into a firm line. Darcy knew he intrigued the man, there were so many avenues this information could be used for the Duke\u2019s own gain.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I suppose you want me to forgive your uncle&#8217;s debts in exchange for this opportunity?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy shook his head and pulled papers from the inside of his coat pocket. &#8220;If Lord Strange is brought to justice and my sister&#8217;s husband finds a way to America or some other colony, I should like to offer you a thirty percent stake in the Darcy family holdings in India. I know your own plantations were seized in a rather unprecedented way,&#8221; Darcy trailed off and handed the paperwork to His Grace, lightly touching on the fact that he knew the plantation seizure was in retaliation for then Brigadier General Percy refusing to work under General Howe.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;They were not seized, I willingly turned them over to the \u2013&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Yes, my Duke. I know you willingly handed them over, but I also know a man with your shrewd business sense would not have done such a thing without great incentive to do so.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Hugh Percy, the second man in a family line on the rise, perused the letters of the Darcy India holdings quickly and found nothing out of place. Not that he expected to find any oddities, he knew enough of Fitzwilliam Darcy to recognize the man lived among the steady sorts.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I shall have to consider these holdings, but I should like a fifty percent stake.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m afraid thirty percent is all I can offer. Don&#8217;t forget the value of the pawn I&#8217;m handing over to your capable hands.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Duke tucked the paperwork into his own coat and finally poured Darcy a drink and motioned for him to sit down.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;About this pawn of mine, what sort of a man is he? What are his vices that I may use to keep them in line?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy took a seat with a small tug at the knee of his trousers to prevent creasing. He accepted his drink and took a sip of a very fine scotch. &#8220;You name the vice, George holds it. He&#8217;s a particularly dedicated gambler though he rarely wins. A large windfall to allow a significant loss and some heavy-handed guidance should place him on the correct path.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And women?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">He is more of a Lothario, his current mark is one Mrs. Younge. She aided him in his scheme to force marriage to my sister and I believe aids him now.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ah, the love match between the steward\u2019s son and pearl of Derbyshire. Between that, your dalliances and your other relations\u2019 debts, I\u2019m not certain I should embroil myself deeper with the Fitzwilliam and Darcy bloodlines.\u201d The Duke allowed his mulling to hang in the air and said nothing more, putting Fitzwilliam on the spot to offer some argument.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It is true that my family could not possess more scandal than if it had set out for that very aim, but I can say that some of what my family wrestles with is the ghosts of scandals from long ago. I should not be the one to say, but George Wickham is the natural son of Sir Lewis de Bourgh and \u2014\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Hold your tongue, the name need not be spoken. Not in this home.\u201d The Duke\u2019s rising blood pressure began to turn his skin a deep shade of scarlet.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy finished his drink and placed his glass back on the table. \u201cForgive me, I knew you were very kind to your wife\u2019s sister in her later years. I thought perhaps you\u2019d see to it her son avoided the gallows.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy stood and bowed to the Duke of Northumberland as the man pulled a bell cord strategically hanging from the corner. The heavy doors of the study opened as if by magic and Darcy dismissed himself. 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produce his wayward eldest son. Feeling affronted by the madame\u2019s brash language, asking him if he\u2019d need a poke, Henry Fitzwilliam considered his choices. A young guttersnipe ran past him with a letter in his hands and the Earl reached out to grab the boy by the scruff of his neck.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Let off! Let off!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A word, if you don\u2019t mind?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Henry released the boy who rolled his shoulders to remove any traces of bunching to his scraggly shirt.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I\u2019m looking for a man, who looks like me, but younger in the face. Blue eyes, fancy dress.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I ain\u2019t seen no one.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I can make it worth your while. I need to find James Fitzwilliam, he would be holed up in one of these houses, perhaps with friends.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The young boy slanted his eyes at the fancy man demanding information. \u201cHow much you pay?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Earl motioned to his man standing near the carriage who produced two shiny shillings and the boy licked his lips. As the Fitzwilliam servant handed the coins to the boy, he pointed with his grubby hands across the way.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">There are some Oxford boys, they call them, over there in that house. Been there all week, Miss Sally making a fortune. Only fancy men I sees.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Earl nodded as the boy darted off to complete his original mission. Sniffing his handkerchief doused in lavender water, the street had not been mucked in some time and crossing the mire did not appeal to the earl\u2019s finer senses.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Go see to it! If he\u2019s there, signal.\u201d The earl commanded his servant to cross the street. The man complied, avoiding the hustle and bustle of the new morning\u2019s business beginning to crowd the thoroughfare. The patriarch of the Fitzwilliam family entered his carriage to further remove himself from the early spring sun beginning to bake the day\u2019s dirts. He watched for a signal from the window.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Minutes ticked by as the carriage began to warm as well. The Earl of Matlock wiped the sweat pooling at the nape of his neck as a clear whistle and frantic waving of his man\u2019s arm. On command, the carriage began to wheel away to round the block, arriving in a few minutes just before the flop house pointed out by the street urchin.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The carriage rocked and swayed as two burly footmen left their perches upon the roof and the box on the back of the equipage was opened. Pulling a pinch of snuff from a jeweled box from his pocket, the great man waited. Finally, his own door was opened and the Earl of Matlock steeled himself for the pounce.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The first servant held the dilapidated excuse for a door and stench instantly assailed the senses of all who entered. An involuntary gag at the back of his throat caused Henry Fitzwilliam to take pause, as his eyes adjusted to the dimmer light inside the murky den of sin.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">There, sir. On the divan.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Henry Fitzwilliam looked beyond his servant\u2019s pointed hand to a pile of human beings in various states of undress. On the bottom of the pile appeared to be his heir and eldest son, the illustrious Viscount Brahmington, sprawled across the sagging daybed in a deep state of snoring.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Get the lout up by any means necessary,\u201d Henry Fitzwilliam ordered through clenched teeth to avoid breathing in any of the foulness.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The two burly footmen pushed past their master to begin moving the two whores to a swelling cacophony of screeching and whines. Still,\u00a0<i>his pampered elegance<\/i>\u00a0slumbered, oblivious to all.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The earl gave a nod to his footman Frank who picked up the rotting piece of furniture and unceremoniously dumped the future of the Fitzwilliam line in a swift clatter to the floor. Startled awake, James Fitzwilliam groggily flailed his arms at a quarter speed of a healthy man.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Do you know what I have been through to find you? And this is the life you choose apart from the luxury your mother and I can provide you?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The younger Fitzwilliam began to laugh in a maniacal manner.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You laugh as you sit, soiled and filthy.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">We all sit soiled and in filth. I merely choose my poison and portion.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The women of ill-repute began to argue more, demanding payment for their services. The earl gave another nod and a servant began to pay them off as the two footmen lifted and dragged the feeble heir to the Fitzwilliam fortune. Fortune, that is, if someone in the family made an advantageous marriage.<\/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-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 style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">a Pride and Prejudice novel variation series<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1.625rem; background-color: transparent; color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Release Date:\u00a0March 14, 2016<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">310 pages in print.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/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-gmxqeua elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"gmxqeua\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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