{"id":2717,"date":"2019-03-19T11:17:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T15:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/?p=2717"},"modified":"2021-12-17T12:23:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T17:23:42","slug":"chapters-34-35-the-blessing-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/readingroom\/the-blessing-of-marriage-readingroom\/chapters-34-35-the-blessing-of-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapters 34-35 The Blessing of Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2717\" class=\"elementor elementor-2717 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;\">I needed to read the ending of this book this morning. Sigh. I still have days that I am saddened by how my marriage fell apart&#8230; but the beauty of stories is they can make us believe again in the power of love. I know one day I will find a REAL Mr. Darcy&#8230; and not fall for a Wickham&#8217;s charms again.<\/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 34 - 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 night air provided stillness for Elizabeth as she sat in her bed at Netherfield with her arms wrapped around her knees. Her tears had long since stopped, her anger and devastation over her father&#8217;s willful ignorance no longer remained as a heavy yoke over her shoulders. The part of her mind reserved for her parents had severed connection to her heartstrings; her reflections upon their persons returned only numbness.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The moonless sky permitted her to imagine the meaning of solitude. She dwelled in it, she welcomed it. If she had learned nothing over the last six months it was incorrect to say she overlooked the power of her inner strength. Gone was the girl who ran through the fields of her father&#8217;s land with a carefree security. Gone was the girl who waited for her mother&#8217;s approval that she never gave up hope receiving. Gone was the girl who would let the men in her life dictate her happiness.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wiggling her toes to partake in the cool air versus the warmth produced by her own body if she tucked them up underneath the edge of her nightgown, Elizabeth giggled. No, her life was not perfect, but as she resolved to make her own happiness, her mind immediately traveled to one place: a man&#8217;s room just down the hall.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Bounding from her bed to fetch her wrap that Betsy had laid along the foot of the bed, Elizabeth fumbled in the dark to light her bedside candle. Managing a quick spark with the rushlight, Elizabeth left her slippers behind and walked barefoot out of her room with her nervousness increasing in each step. She had never gone to Fitzwilliam in the middle of the night, but if he felt even a portion of the devastation plaguing her heart, she had to rescue him. The man had done nothing but protect her and support her and it was undoubtedly her fault they were not three days closer to their goal across the border.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Standing face-to-face with his closed door, Elizabeth held her breath. There was still a chance to turn back now and go back to her own bed\u2014not risk his rejection of her wanton behavior. But the emptiness sinking deep into her belly made her swallow her pride and test the handle. To her surprise, it was not locked and she hurriedly slipped in and latched the door behind her a little louder than she intended. She worried that he might be asleep, and he may indeed have been. But when she took notice of his bed her most handsome Fitzwilliam sat upright, bare-chested, with the sheets covering his legs and puddled around his midsection.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Elizabeth?&#8221; he whispered.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">She nodded, pressing her lips together and not trusting herself to move a muscle as she understood now her heart had carried her down the hall to this very room with the pure intention of giving herself to him.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Are you unwell?&#8221; Darcy asked with more of an alertness to his voice.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth began to walk towards his bed and Darcy noticed she was barefoot, a rare glimpse at her non-stockinged feet made him smile. When she could walk no further, she slowly reached out her hand to touch the small tuft of black hair otherwise disrupting a masculine plane of sharp angles and firm, toned muscles. Darcy sucked his breath between his teeth as her petite hand inflamed his senses as it tenderly explored his skin. Feeling that familiar tightness in a place he did not wish to expose and frighten her, Darcy reluctantly put his hand over hers to stop her.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201d<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">We do not, that is \u2013&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But I wish to. I need to.&#8221; Her eyes locked with his and she stared at his soul, offering innocence she only had to give to one man.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy gulped. The movement of his Adam&#8217;s apple broke the spell of intensity in Elizabeth&#8217;s gaze. She placed her candle on his nightstand and blew out the flame as his hands gently pulled her into his bed. She started to pull the ribbon at the top of her nightgown but his hands stopped her once again. Pulling her close to his side, with only a few thin layers a fabric separating their naked forms, Elizabeth\u2019s heart began to race. She did not wish to, but her body shook with nerves, still slightly fearful of the act she had decided to accomplish before her wedding vows.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">He kissed the delicate bone that framed the distance between her shoulder and her spine. Moving his kisses up a little higher along the edge of her neck, he swept her loose curls to one side. The heat of his affections steadied her nerves and Elizabeth sighed. An entirely new feeling, one of immense need, began to throb in an area she had been told was utterly disgraceful.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Fitzwilliam, please, please do not send me away.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy stopped mid-kiss and took a deep breath himself. There was no question as to where his ardor stood, Elizabeth most certainly could feel it pressed against her backside. But he was not an animal and capable of self-control. Nor did he wish to offend her at this very sensitive moment.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy rolled back slightly and used his hands to encourage Elizabeth to roll towards him so they might face each other. She complied, and without hesitation raised her hand to feel his rugged growth along his jawline. She giggled at how many subtle, but stark differences there were between their bodies. Of course, he was much larger than she was but more than that he felt sturdier, more durable then her own soft and curvy form.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;It was my family&#8217;s scandal and stupidity that robbed you of a proper courtship.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;You mustn&#8217;t blame \u2013&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ssh,\u201d Darcy gently placed a finger to her lips so that he might continue. He removed the finger very quickly when she kissed it, sending a jolt of arousal through his body. He forced his mind to concentrate on how beautiful life would be once they were married and not trip upon the self-denial of the current moment. &#8220;I should perform a Herculean Labor, an errand or task of the most extreme difficulty if you should only ask it of me. The first moment I held you in my arms my greatest fear was that I would lose you.\u201d He waited a moment before he continued, \u201cand we had not even properly met yet.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy&#8217;s romantic words made Elizabeth\u2019s heart feel as if it might burst inside her chest. She tried to wiggle her body closer to his for an embrace, but he used his forearms and hands to keep a small bit of space between them to her consternation.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I should love nothing more than to connect my soul with yours in this very room, on this very night, but it would not be our wedding night. Perhaps it might sound old-fashioned or inconvenient, but what small amount of honor and respect I can give to you, my bride, is my deepest desire.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I do not need such honor, I do not want to continue to pain you as I have. Silly that I was to make us wait already, we ought to have driven straight to Scotland from Rosings,\u201d she pouted.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy chuckled. \u201cYou forget your condition when we left my aunt\u2019s house, another of my failings to protect you, I might add.\u201d Before she could protest again, his voice dropped to a more husky timbre. \u201cWhen we leave at dawn, you can depend upon not a moment&#8217;s rest as Mrs. Darcy.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Fitzwilliam allowed the space between them to close as he pulled her into an embrace and kissed her forehead. He felt her hot tears on his bare chest but knew they were not the tears of anger or sadness. They were the same tears of unadulterated love that welled at the corners of his own eyes as he tucked his chin upon the top of her head.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Do you wish for me to leave your company this evening? I do not want to impose on you if laying beside me makes it harder.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Both of them burst out laughing at her not so subtle pun and broke their embrace. Fitzwilliam casually rubbed his eyes with his thumb and middle finger to remove the evidence of his sentimentality.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Gently nudging her shoulder so that she rolled over away from him, Elizabeth began to swing her legs around when he snatched her midsection and pulled her close, back into a nesting spoons position.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;You, my dear, have offered your services as a companion this evening and I would be a fool to reject them. I should love nothing better than to wake with the sun&#8217;s arrival with this beautiful woman in my arms.&#8221; Darcy kissed her shoulder in a chaste, loving manner. Elizabeth gently squeezed his arms as a sign of her appreciation of his compliments.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Realizing she was still agitated from the closeness of his person and not sure how she was ever going to fall asleep, Elizabeth made a request that Darcy happily obliged.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Tell me again about Pemberley? I confess it&#8217;s become a kind of safe haven in my mind, a fantasy place where none of our troubles shall bother.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy sighed. &#8220;I&#8217;m beginning to believe it just may be. The house is situated in a valley of rolling foothills, in an attitude that it has been a part of Mother Nature for all these years instead of ostentatiously built . . .&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth slowly felt her own ardor cool as his rich voice washed over her heart. It was not until Darcy heard his beloved\u2019s gentle snores that he stopped his recitation and prayed fervently for morning\u2019s swift arrival.<\/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 35 - 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;\">Leaving at first light ended up becoming mid-morning as the number of tasks and packing surprised all involved. Finally receiving word the carriages were ready, Elizabeth made her last stop her sister\u2019s chambers as Jane had taken to her bed.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The fair-haired former Bennet sister smiled as Elizabeth appeared fully dressed for a proper, long journey. Gretna Green was no easy day\u2019s distance like London, though they would break at inns and the illustrious Pemberley. Elizabeth\u2019s bonnet appeared lovely trimmed in the same lavender as her gown, with a shimmery ribbon around her waist and lining her sleeves. She walked taller, more confident, with a return of the sunny disposition Jane recalled from their years growing up at Longbourn. And Mrs. Bingley knew the improvement in her sister was the direct result of Mr. Darcy\u2019s love and attentions.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I had a most distressed Betsy come to my chamber this morning worried about you. It appears you were not in your bed when she came to assist you?\u201d Jane patted her bed to signal that it was safe for Elizabeth to sit as her sister turned a deep shade of red.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I did not, that is, we did not\u2014\u201c Elizabeth faltered at explaining to Jane her sleeping arrangements while also not disclosing any confidences of her romance with Mr. Darcy.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Fret not, I explained to Betsy the entire ordeal of what has happened to you and Mr. Darcy. I think you will find her most eager to serve you well on your trip.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Thank you, I am forever grateful that you are sending me with a familiar maid. My stomach would not allow me to eat a crumb I am so anxious and yet excited to leave.\u201d Elizabeth frowned as her sister looked away. The babe had become a very serious situation for her sister and there was no way for her to travel as was originally planned. The pains and fatigue worried all, but there was nothing to do but to allow Jane to rest.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I am sorry you are not to come with, but Charles has promised as soon as you and the babe are safely delivered, we shall all meet at Pemberley for autumn and winter!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jane nodded. \u201cWe have decided to give up the lease on Netherfield this autumn. We are considering Derbyshire or a neighboring county for a home.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth beamed. She only met Mr. Darcy, by diving out of the way of his horse, in her misguided attempt to remain close to her favorite sister after marriage. Elizabeth appreciated the irony of her original aim would now be accomplished with a much more pleasing alliance to Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy than the crude and backward John Lucas. \u201cBelieve me, I am aware. Fitzwilliam has already listed the number of properties his agents will see before you and Charles join us.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">So you plan to remain in Scotland after the wedding?\u201d Jane swallowed as the question was already one they both knew the answer. After last night\u2019s argument with their father and the breach in the family, there was no hope of the Darcys returning to Hertfordshire in peace for the next few years. The wounds created by prejudices and meanness were of the type only time and distance might heal.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Indeed. There is so much he and I wish to escape and just live our lives. But we will see each other again, soon.\u201d Elizabeth grasped Jane\u2019s hands and squeezed. Neither sister wished to cry, but the prospect of spending another five to six months apart felt too heavy to contemplate.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A knock on the door caused both sisters to turn their heads. Mr. Darcy stood in a finely cut suit of dark slate, with a faint bluish tint to his beaver. He was ready and it was time to go.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oh,\u201d Elizabeth struggled with her reticule to remove a few letters. \u201cI wrote to all of our sisters if you would try to get them the messages? Especially Kitty. It broke my heart to deny her request to join us this morning, but I acutely feel she would regret leaving home without our parents\u2019 blessing and it should be unfair of me to tangle her in my rift with them.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jane agreed and accepted the letters. \u201cCharles and I shall keep a close eye as we are destined to remain for the time being here at Netherfield.\u201d Jane patted her stomach and Elizabeth smirked.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">He is such a saucy little scamp already, causing so much trouble for his mother.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jane laughed. \u201cYou know, I thought the very same thing this morning when I was so very ill again! But he will be beautiful and wonderful when this passes. Aunt Gardiner assured me that by next year, I won\u2019t recall any of the pains or maladies until the next time I suspect myself to be with child.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Darcy cleared his throat and then waved his hands in apology as he had once more attracted the notice of the ladies. \u201cI beg your pardon, I do not intend to rush you, my dear.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">No, no, Jane and I would sit and talk all morning and day if we are permitted.\u201d Elizabeth turned to Jane and leaned down to kiss her sister\u2019s cheek. Her coloring was so terribly pale, but Elizabeth pushed the guilt of leaving her behind and worries over her condition to the back of her mind. Jane was in the care of Mr. Jones and Mr. Bingley. Jane was safe. \u201cYou will be in my thoughts and prayers and you have fun with your Mr. Bingley. I shall write to you as often as I can.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The two sisters embraced as much as they could with Jane sitting in bed. \u201cLove that man. Do not conceal your feelings. Ever,\u201d Jane whispered in her sister\u2019s ear.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth accepted Mr. Darcy\u2019s arm and they walked out of the house to find Mr. Bingley waiting outside for them. The farewell to Charles was much less dramatic as Bingley and Darcy were not brothers by blood though both laughed that next occasion they would meet, they would be brothers by deed. Elizabeth relished their fraternal teasing and pretended not to understand the gentle ribbing passing between them. Although they had many miles of both good and bad road ahead of them before making it to the altar, it felt as if they were being sent off by the two people they loved best after a wedding breakfast.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy bowed and shook hands with Bingley, then appeared taken aback when the younger, more cheerful man pulled his tall frame into an embrace. \u201cI may not be acquainted with my sister Elizabeth longer than you, but I am in awe of a such a divine fate that would match two perfect people. She is strong and intelligent, and I dare say, the only wife in the kingdom that will keep you on your toes. Take great care of her, Fitzwilliam.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Emotion pooled up in the back of Darcy\u2019s throat as he accepted Bingley\u2019s words of wisdom and tacit threat at their face value. It was an utter shame that they could not be married from the Meryton parish and for the first time, Darcy lamented the loss of that familiarity for not just Elizabeth, but also for himself. A marriage ought to be a blessing and source of good cheer for a community, not a slinking off to a foreign border.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You be nice, Charles. Or I shall tattle to Jane.\u201d Elizabeth stepped forward to farewell him, too. But Charles was not finished.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I am immensely proud of your character and honored to be your relation by marriage. This friend of mine is a complex character, prone to brood if you let him. But I know you shall always drag him out into the sun\u2019s rays, won\u2019t you?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Indeed. Perhaps even to play in the raindrops as well!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The three friends laughed as Darcy and Elizabeth finally entered the carriage. The carriage wheels had scarcely turned a full circle before the happy couple settled into an embrace.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Gently bobbing and leaning to the staccato beat of an imperfect road, Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth were finally on their way to their happy ending. Few words passed between them due to exhaustion from a night of reduced sleep and early rising to accommodate their travel plans. Scarcely a half mile along the way to the first inn, Darcy, and his Lizzie fell into a light sleep, ensconced in the comfort and security of one another. It was the blessing no other could provide for them.<\/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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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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