{"id":2821,"date":"2019-05-15T08:24:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T12:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/?p=2821"},"modified":"2021-12-17T12:25:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T17:25:18","slug":"chapters-16-18-the-trappings-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/readingroom\/the-trappings-of-marriage-readingroom\/chapters-16-18-the-trappings-of-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapters 16-18 The Trappings of Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2821\" class=\"elementor elementor-2821\" 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;\">So I have a new cool thing. 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Mr. Darcy&#8217;s valet held little interest in keeping conversation with Betsy throughout the many days of travel they endured in the service of Mr. and Mrs. Darcy. Betsy could only stare at the intricate stone fa\u00e7ade that looked almost as if it touched the clouds with Gothic features in every arch, when a sudden bump to her shoulder jostled her from admiring the house\u00a0further.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Look alive there; they ain&#8217;t paying you to look at the\u00a0windows.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A young lad Betsy did not recognize spoke in a heavy Scottish burr, taking her to task after perceiving she was not seeing to her duties. As a personal maid of Mrs. Elizabeth Darcy, the breach of protocol incensed the promoted housemaid from Netherfield\u00a0Park.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;They told me this place was called Carver\u00a0House?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The boy lifted a trunk of Mrs. Darcy\u2019s and hoisted it right to his shoulder, displaying the strength of a\u00a0Scotsman.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Careful with that; it holds delicate items,&#8221; Betsy\u00a0admonished.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The young man tipped his cap and gave the maid a quick wink. &#8220;Aye and, yes, this be Carver House. You\u00a0daft?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The bustle of activity swarming the carriages added an element of confusion to Betsy as she realized she held no idea where she was to go. The master and the mistress made a great show of crossing the threshold in a typical fashion for a married couple, and it was quite clear that they intended to retire for the afternoon with no interruptions. Ordinarily, upon arrival Betsy would follow Mrs. Darcy\u2019s things up to her rooms and see that they were unpacked with great diligence. But this new need for privacy for Mr. and Mrs. Darcy usurped her normal schedule, and she looked around for Simmons, as if her head was on a\u00a0swivel.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Timidly, she began to explain to the boy who still stood there holding the\u00a0trunk.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Yes, I know; I am not daft. I am Mrs. Darcy&#8217;s personal maid. Pray, could you show me which way I should go? I believe I have lostSimmons.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A sharp voice interrupted the exchange of information between the two\u00a0servants.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;There is to be no lollygagging in the drive. Duncan!&#8221; A tall woman, with her gray hair pinned tightly behind her and dressed in a plaid frock of cleanly pressed calico, marched down the steps of Carver House&#8230;which Betsy still felt looked more like a castle than a home. She stalked straight to them and looked expectantly at the young man, silently demanding him to answer her with her mere presence.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;This here be Mrs. Darcy\u2019s maid. She\u2019s lost. I best be off to take this to the back.&#8221; Duncan nodded his head and joined the rest of the footmen unloading the carriages as Mrs. Dolina McSorley inspected the fair-haired English maid. Not finding much to be impressed about, the housekeeper of Carver House sniffed and turned around with her nose in the air, expecting the maid to follow\u00a0her.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Betsy missed the expectation, and stood for bit longer before Mrs. McSorley yelled out to\u00a0her.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Remembering her place in the structure Betsy quickly curtsied, and followed the housekeeper into the house through the large wooden doors with the Darcy crest painted in the\u00a0middle.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;What shall we call you?&#8221; The housekeeper continued to walk on as Betsy stumbled upon her own two feet, admiring the mixture of medieval decor and modern sensibilities inside of the\u00a0home.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Mrs. Darcy calls me Betsy. So Betsy, if you\u00a0please.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The housekeeper shook her head and clucked her tongue. &#8220;No, that will not\u00a0do.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Pardon my impertinence, but if the name is good enough for Mrs. Darcy and what she wishes, then perhaps \u2014&#8221; Betsy ceased talking when the housekeeper came to a sudden halt, nearly bumping into the woman. Mrs. McSorley turned on her\u00a0heel.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I am not certain what types of houses you are accustomed to serving in, but Carver House keeps traditions above the whims of a new bride who is still learning her way. I&#8217;ve had letters from Potter and Reynolds, and it shall be my task to guide the new Mrs. Darcy in the ways of the Master\u2019s\u00a0ancestors.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Betsy felt utterly confused, as the last name Darcy did not sound particularly Scottish to her, but perhaps French in origin. As if reading her thoughts, the housekeeper continued her walk and began explaining about the ancestry that lined every wall around\u00a0her.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Carver House began as a castle, as you might have gathered. Originally a garrison against the English, in the mid-1600s the Carver family, in great service to the Crown, was awarded the garrison away from the shamed\u00a0Armstrongs.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Betsy gasped as Mrs. McSorley detailed a bloody history filled more with strife than safety in the home\u2019s earlier\u00a0centuries.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;And so, it is Mr. Darcy\u2019s great-great-grandfather on his paternal great-grandmother\u2019s side who lends the name to the house, but his daughter\u2019s marriage to a Darcy that brings the house to the current family. Not the title, however. The earldom died with\u00a0him.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Betsy nodded and tried to remember all of the information she had been given, as she knew Mrs. Darcy would be most happy to learn about the home&#8217;s history and how it came to be in her husband&#8217;s family when they were in\u00a0private.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;And so I ask you again, girl, what is it we shall call you? This Betsy business is for a housemaid. So long as Mrs. Darcy sees fit to employ you as her personal maid, I need your\u00a0surname.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Such a simple question brought a wave of homesickness over Betsy. She had grown up in Surrey, but entered service when she was but barely old enough to carry a bucket of ashes. It was only thanks to her uncle taking a position at Netherfield Park that young Betsy Higgins found a position and promotion to housemaid at a small estate in\u00a0Hertfordshire.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Higgins. My name is Elizabeth\u00a0Higgins.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The old housekeeper smiled, as the name suited her just fine. They did not have another Higgins on the estate and, as Mrs. McSorley pushed open a well-worn wooden door with plenty of scuff marks on the bottom and more scratches around the knob than any other door on the hall, Betsy Higgins of Surrey, England received her first taste of the servants area of Carver\u00a0House.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Follow me, Higgins, and we will get you some refreshment and rest while your mistress is not in need of your services. And I shall introduce you to the rest of the upstairs\u00a0staff.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Betsy smiled. Though the decor had made her expect a kitchen frozen from sometime a few centuries ago, like Mr. Darcy&#8217;s other houses he had taken great pains to update and modify even his least-visited home. Realizing now that she was beneath the housekeeper, as Higgins she would be second in command of the maids, a position she had not thus far needed to take as Mr. and Mrs. Darcy rarely remained in one household longer than a few\u00a0weeks.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But Scotland was to be different. 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She had sent letters to Mrs. Reynolds and to Mrs. McSorley, detailing the dreadful news of the death of George Wickham. She used the household accounts to pay for an express. She had considered sending a letter directly to Mr. Darcy himself but thought such liberty might overstep her bounds as the butler already had, though her heart ached for the utter chaos enveloping the\u00a0house.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">She watched the streets carefully and more than a few passersby turned their heads directly to look at the townhome, as if news of the murder outside the Carmichaels\u2019 party had already traveled quickly. Gasping in relief, she wiped her hands on her skirt as a black carriage pulled up in front of the house and two elegantly-dressed women were helped down from the vehicle. She nearly ran into the butler as he opened the door to allow entry for Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley, and she waved away the formalities as she happily welcomed them into the\u00a0home.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oh, thank you so much, both of you, for coming so soon. We have her resting comfortably\u00a0upstairs.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Caroline Bingley, the most familiar with Darcy House, nodded pertly in the housekeeper&#8217;s direction in a way that had once grated on Mrs. Potter&#8217;s nerves. &#8220;Of course we should come right away; this is the most dreadful news. Has Mr. Darcy been alerted?&#8221; Caroline immediately jumped to her chief concern, despite her sister placing a hand upon her arm as a reminder for Caro to remain calm. Caroline looked sharply at her sister, and pursed her lips before turning back to the housekeeper with an expectant\u00a0look.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mrs. Potter did not miss the exchange between the sisters, and she stumbled over her next words. &#8220;I am afraid, that is, it is not my place, you see, to send word to the Master unless Mrs. Wickham instructs me to do\u00a0so.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Caroline nodded she agreed with the housekeeper\u2019s assessment and did her best to hide her glee that it was she who might write the letter to Mr. Darcy herself. As Caroline already began to think of the words and turns of phrases she would use, with any luck he would leave that baggage Elizabeth Bennet in Derbyshire and come rushing home to\u00a0London.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Both Mrs. Potter and Mrs. Hurst watched Caroline&#8217;s dreamy expression in the silence, creating an awkwardness before Mrs. Hurst spoke\u00a0up.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;We shall go up now and see to Mrs. Wickham. Thank you, Mrs. Potter.&#8221; Louisa practically grabbed Caroline&#8217;s arm to drag her up the stairs, reminding her to focus on their task at\u00a0hand.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Leave off, Louisa!&#8221; Caroline\u00a0hissed.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;What has come into your mind? Mr. Darcy is gone. He is forever cut off from you. Why, they have likely already left for\u00a0Scotland.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;But you do not know that. My spies at our brother\u2019s house have said that Mr. Darcy wanted it to be known they would languish at Pemberley for at least a month\u2019s time. You tell me, Louisa. When have you ever known Mr. Darcy to be reluctant in his decisions?&#8221; Caroline explained the source of her hope as the two sisters conspiratorially whispered before reaching Mrs. Wickham\u2019s door. As Caroline reached forward for the knob, Louisa grabbed her wrist and held Caroline at bay.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Do not tell me, Caroline, that you had anything to do with this?&#8221; Louisa\u00a0charged.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Caroline made an expression of utter repulsion and yanked her hand away from her elder sister, making a great show to rub where her hand grabbed as though she were significantly\u00a0injured.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Whatever can you mean? How on earth would I have anything to do with any of this?&#8221; Caroline set her shoulders back and opened the door before descending into the playacting of complete despair as she called out in distress, rushing to Mrs. Wickham\u2019s\u00a0side.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The great sound of a moaning Miss Bingley awakened Georgiana, and she groggily blinked her eyes to make out the form of her\u00a0friend.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Caroline?&#8221; The sixteen-year-old girl\u2019s voice called out softly from her\u00a0bed.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Oh, Georgiana, I am here. I am here!&#8221; Caroline abandoned her real sister to collapse near the bed, and grasped Georgiana&#8217;s hand. &#8220;How are you, dearest? It must&#8217;ve been incredibly hard to endure what you have. Do you wish to speak about it?&#8221; Miss Bingley played the caring friend as Louisa Hurst watched on, still suspicious of her younger sister&#8217;s\u00a0motives.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Effortlessly, Caroline Bingley extracted from the half- asleep, half-cognizant Georgiana Wickham that, after the death of her husband, an entire crowd of men grabbed George and her and dragged them into the Carmichaels\u2019 house. There, George&#8217;s personal effects were searched despite her insistence that he receive medical attention, as George moaned and sputtered in pain. But none of the men seemed to care.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Two men had held her back, while she watched George choke for his last breath before lying on the table, motionless and still. The men had yelled amongst themselves about the documents they found but Georgiana kept screaming and screaming, until finally the two men who were holding her dragged her out of the room entirely and she was forced to sit in Mr. Carmichael\u2019s study as more men she did not recognize came into question\u00a0her.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;And what kinds of questions did they ask? Do they have a suspect?&#8221; Miss Bingley\u00a0pressed.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Georgiana seemed to come out of a fog as she looked more coherently at Miss Bingley. &#8220;No; have you not been listening to anything I have said? They did not care that he was killed. None of them. No one fetched the doctor, no one cared for my comfort. All they cared about was the\u00a0papers.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Caroline sighed, and reached up to brush Georgiana&#8217;s hair back off of her forehead as Mrs. Hurst approached the bed. Louisa Hurst knew the behavior Georgiana described was the customary response to the death of a common criminal. She knew Mr. Wickham involved himself in various nefarious schemes, but for such behavior to be done so brazenly in their social group, as much as the Carmichaels might be described as such, worried Louisa. Gently, she asked a question of her own.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Do you remember them saying anything about the papers they found on your husband? Anything at all that we might ask Mr. Hurst to follow up\u00a0on?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Georgiana bit her lower lip, and winced as a sudden pain shot across her abdomen. She cried\u00a0out.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Caroline and Louisa looked at each other in great alarm as Louisa realized Georgiana was with child. Louisa brushed Caroline aside, and took her younger sister\u2019s place as she comforted Georgiana and ordered Caroline to find a glass of\u00a0wine.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Another pain came across Georgiana and she sucked in her breath, but then relaxed as it was not so severe as the last\u00a0one.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Less?&#8221; Mrs. Hurst inquired as she noticed the second pain, and Georgiana nodded her head. Louisa handed Georgiana the goblet of wine after helping her to sit up in the bed. Louisa&#8217;s eyes traveled down to the burgeoning bump in Mrs. Wickham\u2019s midsection, and she breathed a sigh of\u00a0relief.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;You must rest. With any luck, these pains are just in passing and will ease as your distress\u00a0calms.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I will not lose the babe?&#8221; Georgiana asked, suddenly fearful of losing the one possession she cared the most\u00a0about.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mrs. Hurst shook her head. &#8220;It is unlikely in the state you are in, but these pains, shocking as they are, sometimes are a good sign of the babe&#8217;s health and yours. Still, you should remain in bed and let Caroline and me address your\u00a0needs.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Yes, Louisa, will you send notes to the house for my things to be brought here? I could not dream of leaving Georgiana in her time of need.&#8221; Miss Bingley invited herself to stay at Darcy House, much like she had in the past, and again the young woman appreciated her friend\u2019s\u00a0forwardness.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Caroline, are you sure that&#8217;s such a good idea?&#8221; Louisa tried to caution her younger sister, but Caroline would have none of\u00a0it.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Mr. Darcy himself placed me to oversee the care of his sister when he left this town with our brother. Did you forget?&#8221; Caroline snapped, and Louisa backed off, never one to endure conflict as comfortably asCaroline.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Louisa left Georgiana and her sister to their own devices and decided a better use of her time would be to ask Mrs. Potter what she knew of the situation before writing to her husband. The news of George Wickham&#8217;s death was entirely dreadful, but the manner in which his murder happened in practically broad daylight, without so much as a care for his survival, made Mrs. Hurst wonder if his widow was even\u00a0safe.<\/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-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! 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Darcy included waking up each morning next to the man. Elizabeth rubbed the sandy remnants of slumber from her eyes. She stretched her form as the new business of being a wife meant also waking to a delightful soreness reminding her of the passions they shared in the evening. Blinking her eyes, she startled to see Fitzwilliam sitting up in the bed and gazing down upon\u00a0her.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;How long have you been awake?&#8221; Elizabeth asked as she turned to her right side and took a deep\u00a0breath.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve always been an early riser. It makes for a rather fatiguing afternoon.&#8221; Mr. Darcy leaned forward to kiss Lizzie upon her temple as she closed her eyes and\u00a0smiled.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Then she\u00a0yawned.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Pardon me; I am, too. I&#8217;m often an early riser, but I&#8217;m afraid you have seen me only at my\u00a0worst.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Her husband shook his\u00a0head.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;No, it is true! First I was recovering, and then suffering nightmares, and now&#8230;&#8221; she tilted her chin down as she began toblush.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Now you have a tiresome husband to wear you out at\u00a0night.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The happy couple shared a laugh before Fitzwilliam pushed away and left the bed. Elizabeth sat up to follow his lead, but he held up his hands to indicate for her to\u00a0stay.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I have a gift for you. I meant to give it to you last night, but I&#8217;m afraid most of my plans for the evening went by the\u00a0wayside.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth remained seated in the bed, but pulled the sheets up to her chest as she thoroughly enjoyed the view of Mr. Darcy walking bare-chested in her suite of rooms with nothing but his breeches on. She admired the angular structure of his muscles as he bent down to pull something in a velvet case out of a low\u00a0drawer.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Though they did take a break to enjoy a dinner in her rooms, their time since arriving at Carver House had been full of activity. Mr. Darcy had paused after carrying her over the threshold and offered a quick tour of the home, but Elizabeth declined. A claim she needed a rest was all the inducement the newly-married man needed to take his wife to\u00a0bed.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Despite his unwavering love for his bride he could not spare her slight discomfort the first time they joined, but with a bit of rest and refreshment, they both found the second and third coupling much more to their mutual\u00a0satisfaction.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy approached the bed and held the folded velvet case out for Elizabeth&#8217;s acceptance. She felt surprised at the weight of the gift as she carefully placed it upon her lap and untied the white ribbon holding the two sides together. When she unrolled the velvet fabric from the center, a sparkling set of sapphires and a teardrop pendant with matching earrings and combs lay in a perfect presentation. Elizabeth\u00a0gasped.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Fitzwilliam, these are beautiful!&#8221; She jerked her head to look at her husband, who grinned\u00a0sheepishly.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;If you remember the last time, I was not able to be present for you to find your gift. But if you are to react like that each time,&#8221; he leaned over the bed and supported his upper body with his arms to give his wife a kiss, &#8220;I believe I shall feel compelled to give you a gift every morning.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth laughed at his boast, privately hoping he would never do such a thing. A wedding gift from her husband on the first morning of their marriage perfectly suited her. But daily gifts? That was an extravagance she did not feel she could\u00a0bear.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Let&#8217;s see if it fits,&#8221; he suggested, and Elizabeth panicked as she realized she must look a fright. Still, she assisted him by lifting her long tresses that she imagined to be hopelessly tangled into a\u00a0mess.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">This set belonged to my great-grandmother, the first Carver to become a Darcy, and they are the rightful jewels for the mistress of this\u00a0home.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As he clasped the heavy necklace to lay fetchingly across her breastbone, he could not help but feel a surge of emotion that made his face as still as stone. Elizabeth knew the man well enough to tell when his silence derived out of self-preservation, much like his nostril twitched when he told a falsehood. She took pity on him and gazed down at the\u00a0stones.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The blue is so remarkable, I\u2019ve never seen a stone with so many hues, from the color of ink to\u00a0indigo.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Just like the sea, as they were designed to depict. The jeweler almost refused to part with these sapphires.\u201d Darcy\u2019s finger delicately stroked the golden filigree cresting like waves over the smaller stones around the large pendant in the\u00a0middle.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">This must have been a favorite of your mother\u2019s.\u201d Elizabeth recalled the painting of Lady Anne Darcy in the private sitting room, but Fitzwilliam\u00a0frowned.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">She never wore\u00a0them.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">She did not? But why?\u201d Elizabeth\u2019s curiosity was innocently meant, but she still realized how rude it might sound after the words tumbled from her\u00a0tongue.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Her husband rocked back to sit further away and looked up at the ceiling, as if reading the intricately casted plaster up there would give him\u00a0answers.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Do you know the dowry of Miss Caroline\u00a0Bingley?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth scowled, not finding a mention of Miss Bingley to be at all a person she wished to speak about on her first morning as a married\u00a0woman.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">How on earth should I know such a detail as that?\u201d she\u00a0retorted.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mmm, pardon me.\u201d He returned his gaze to his wife, embarrassed as she arched an eyebrow for explanation. \u201cIn London, everyone seems to know all about everyone.\u201d He cleared his throat. \u201cSuch as\u00a0my\u2014\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ten thousand a year,\u201d she finished, looking away with a blush. Of course, in his society, the subject of money and worth was shared as freely as the hindquarter measurements of a racing\u00a0horse.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">My sister\u2019s dowry is \u00a330\u00a0000.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And Miss Bingley\u2019s\u00a0is\u00a0. . .\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a320\u00a0000.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oh.\u201d Elizabeth tried to piece together this intelligence, rather confused as she knew her husband\u2019s net worth to be considerably more than Mr. Bingley\u2019s. \u00a0Then, with that thought, suddenly she began to understand. Her mouth dropped slightly as she pulled the sheets even tighter around her for comfort as she prepared herself for Fitzwilliam\u2019s\u00a0tale.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">When his own grandmother had been Mistress of Carver House, there had been need to replace the sapphires with paste stones. The many wars of the Crown had decimated the coffers of the ever-loyal Carver and Darcy families, to the point of near ruin. It was the shrewd business sense of his father that his family even held on to Pemberley and Carver, the house in Grosvenor Square bought from another family that was not so\u00a0lucky.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And so your father gave your sister a modest\u00a0dowry.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy\u00a0laughed.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Well, not so modest as mine.\u201d Elizabeth again felt her cheeks begin to\u00a0burn.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">No, no, do not fear that I meant to judge your family. But, yes, for my sister\u2019s status as my sister, her settlement represented my family\u2019s holdings at the time of her birth; before our success in India, and based primarily on my mother\u2019s own\u00a0settlement.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth\u2019s head began to ache as such dreary talk of finances before she\u2019d had even a proper meal took its toll. Her stomach grumbled in agreement, and Fitzwilliam began to\u00a0panic.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">What a brute am I, holding my wife captive in bed!\u201d he exclaimed to lighten the mood, which made Elizabeth lean forward and meet his person with affection. He accepted her surprise invitation in an affable way, and listened as she whispered how much she loved his\u00a0gift.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">When at last they realized neither one could possibly forgo food any longer, they reluctantly dressed and left her\u00a0rooms.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">After we break our fast, I believe I would like to take you up on that tour of the house. I wish to learn more about your\u00a0family.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You mean you will not insist on discovering each nook and cranny for yourself?\u201d Mr. Darcy led his wife down the stairs to the ornate entryway\u00a0below.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oh no, I\u2019m certain the staff here have been warned of my mischievous ways. I must be sure to behave properly in all things, so as to catch them off\u00a0guard.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">He smiled at his wife\u2019s logic, and sighed in complete happiness when she looped her arm in his and waited for him to show her the way to the dining\u00a0room.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-vwgeihj elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"vwgeihj\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You&#8217;ve been reading <i>The Trappings<\/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\/the-trappings-of-marriage-n2gxi1cy195lxx6fbirptnvezxos0un1iym7j11cwk.jpg\" title=\"the trappings of marriage\" alt=\"the trappings 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>Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet are off to Gretna Green!<br \/><br \/>In Book 4 of the Moralities of Marriage series our dear couple have survived accidents, forced marriages, and meddling relatives. After a short stay at Pemberley where the future Mrs. Darcy comes to terms with the kind of wife Fitzwilliam Darcy will need on his arm, they take off for the border to marry over the anvil. When Mr. Darcy plans an idyllic wedding trip to his family estate just outside of Dumfries, the newly married Mr. and Mrs. Darcy discover the trappings of marriage have yet to relinquish their hold.<br \/><br \/>The Trappings of Marriage delivers the highs of the Darcys\u2019 love and devotion in spite of the lows of scandal and destruction they left behind in England. Join author Elizabeth Ann West and the thousands of readers who read this book as it was posted chapter by chapter for a unique visit into the world of Jane Austen&#8217;s Pride and Prejudice.<\/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 Trappings of Marriage, Book 4 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; 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