{"id":2836,"date":"2019-06-18T10:43:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T14:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/?p=2836"},"modified":"2021-12-17T12:23:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T17:23:37","slug":"chapters-28-30-the-trappings-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/readingroom\/the-trappings-of-marriage-readingroom\/chapters-28-30-the-trappings-of-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapters 28-30 The Trappings of Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2836\" class=\"elementor elementor-2836\" 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;\">Fly fishing with Mr. Darcy? YES PLEASE! By the way, Book 1-3 in this series are being released June 20, 2019 as a boxed set! \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/h2><h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\">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 28 - The Trappings 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 align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As Jane Bingley\u00a0continued to recover from the birth of her children, visitors poured into Netherfield to share their well wishes and to see the miracle of two children born at the same time. Aunt Phillips had come to stay for an extended visit to provide support, and Mrs. Bennet visited daily and rarely left before supper. An odd few weeks of dining with various members of her family gnawed at Kitty Bennet\u2019s thoughts about her future. Her mother never insisted that she returned with her to Longbourn, but she did not dwell too long on wondering if that meant her mother did not want her ever to come home, or if she merely did not care either way.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The twins were nearly three weeks old when Maria Lucas came to visit not to see the babies, but Kitty herself. The butler, Mr. Higgins, brought Miss Lucas up to Kitty\u2019s studio, a place Maria had been only a handful of times before. Regardless, Maria&#8217;s face lit up with complete joy every time she entered the sun-drenched parlor on the second\u00a0floor.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Kitty thanked Higgins as she pulled a drape over the easel she was working on, and walked across the room to greet her\u00a0friend.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;You are so lucky! If I had a room like this for my own use, I don&#8217;t think I should ever leave either.&#8221; Maria giggled as Kitty joined\u00a0her.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Did you wish to see the babies? Lynn smiles now, and Little Charlie has the cutest dimples.&#8221; Kitty took a few steps as if they were to leave the room, but Maria shook her\u00a0head.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;That&#8217;s all right. We don&#8217;t need to disturb them; I came to see\u00a0you.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Is your mother visiting with mine?&#8221; Kitty asked, and Maria nodded. Kitty\u00a0sighed.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A new source of competition between Lady Lucas and her mother had developed in the last week. Mrs. Bennet had won the most recent round with Jane giving birth, but Lady Lucas had slipped that her own daughter, Charlotte, was expecting a baby with Mr. Collins, the heir-apparent to Longbourn should Mr. Bennet die first. As a result, sitting in a room with the two women was not an exercise Maria or Kitty\u00a0enjoyed.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Kitty pulled out a second sketchpad and invited Maria to join her in taking a study of a rose in a vase. Although Maria\u2019s talent did not match Kitty\u2019s natural one, under her friend\u2019s instruction Maria\u2019s drawing skills had improved. They completed the rough outline of the basic shapes, when Kitty peered over Maria\u2019s shoulder to pay her a\u00a0compliment.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Your proportions are perfect. The vase and the table do not appear to be the same\u00a0size.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Maria wrinkled her nose and gently laughed as she considered her own\u00a0work.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Perhaps this sketch will be good enough I will show my mother\u2026\u201d Maria trailed off as the two friends exchanged a look, and then both burst out into giggles as Maria shook her head. Though Lady Lucas would likely support Maria in her efforts to be more genteel, the two friends had long discussed keeping Maria&#8217;s sketching a secret so that her mother did not interfere and therefore make Maria miserable with practice. The Lucas and Bennet families contrasted as one family on the rise and another family that had long been considered falling, but the second\u2019s status grew more complicated with the advantageous marriage of Jane to Mr. Bingley and the disastrous scandal of Elizabeth running off with Mr.\u00a0Darcy.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jane has had a letter. Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth were married in Scotland,\u201d Kitty shared, and she began working on the details of the petals.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">How\u00a0exciting!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The girls traded in lower voices what it might be like to elope, with Maria finding the notion entirely dangerous and Kitty rather romantic. When that subject matter became exhausted with a return to wondering what Elizabeth might have worn for her wedding, Maria began to grow bored with drawing. She sketched much more slowly than her friend, and thus grew frustrated with her\u00a0progress.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I know Charlotte wished her well, and had planned to go to Pemberley for the summer, but I believe everyone\u2019s plans have changed.\u201d Maria did not elaborate to again talk about her sister being with\u00a0child.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Is Charlotte\u00a0happier?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Maria\u00a0nodded.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I think so; she writes that Mr. Collins treats her much better, especially since she is with child. What about you? I&#8217;m surprised Lizzie did not want anyone to join her now that she&#8217;s\u00a0married.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Maria&#8217;s wistfulness belied her personal disappointment. Her sister had not responded to Maria&#8217;s last inquiry about another visit this autumn to Rosings. Being the youngest and only daughter left in the house, Maria held the uncomfortable position of constantly remaining under her mother&#8217;s eye and without a\u00a0companion.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Kitty looked at the room around her, silently inventorying her sketches and paintings in various states of completion on nearly every surface available to\u00a0her.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I think it would be rather rude for me to leave Jane and Mr. Bingley when they&#8217;ve been so kind to me. And Lizzie helps me! She is the one who supports my purchase of supplies.&#8221; Kitty rose from the sofa to pull out a set of watercolors, and held up two paintbrushes for Maria&#8217;s approval. But her friend shook her head and cast her sketch aside, signaling that she wished to do what she often did when she visited Kitty, which was to begin a drawing and then feel content to watch her friend work. Kitty shrugged and brought both paintbrushes over to the table with a jar of water and paints. She dipped the tip into the water and then pressed the bristles together with her lips, before delicately touching the darkest red as a base wash for the\u00a0rose.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Will you soon return to Longbourn? I&#8217;m sure you could still use the studio as you\u00a0pleased.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Kitty said nothing as she finished painting the red of the rose and then swished the brush in the jar of water. Maria began to speak of details in the gown her mother purchased for her intended for the upcoming assembly before Kitty answered her first\u00a0question.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;To be perfectly honest, I haven&#8217;t thought of returning home. I know I have not lived here for long, but it feels as though I&#8217;ve always been with Jane and Mr. Bingley that I don&#8217;t have any plans to\u00a0return.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Not even after the christening? What if they make you\u2014&#8221; Maria Lucas lowered her voice, and her eyes flicked to the door before she continued, &#8220;what if they make you the spinster aunt who has to take care of the\u00a0children?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Kitty laughed at her friend&#8217;s mysterious nature before calming herself, then losing herself to giggles once more. The very idea that she would be placed in charge of the children had never crossed her mind, as neither Jane nor Charles had ever asked her for any assistance since the babes were\u00a0born.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;It could happen, you know. We\u2019re young now, but if too many years pass, well, I just don&#8217;t want you to forget to find a husband for yourself.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Maria&#8217;s warning reminded Kitty of how she used to be just a year ago. Lydia, Maria, and Kitty forever talked about finding husbands, working out ways to make sure they were included in all of the dinners, teas, and other social engagements their mothers attended. But it all seemed so foolish now when Kitty thought about\u00a0it.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I suppose seeing Jane and Elizabeth so happily settled, that when the right man crosses my path Providence shall see to my needs. Besides, your sister did not follow the common path, and she will become mistress of Longbourn!&#8221; Kitty\u00a0reasoned.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Maria agreed, and the subject matter returned to the assembly. Kitty offered to sketch Maria in her gown if she would wear it the next time she came to\u00a0visit.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The two friends parted when Higgins came to knock on the door and beg his forgiveness from Miss Catherine. He had sought to bring the girls refreshments, but Lady Lucas had already declared for the Lucas carriage to be\u00a0called.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;That is fine, Higgins. Miss Lucas will be visiting me again soon for a more extended visit.&#8221; Catherine beamed at the old butler, as she enjoyed the manners of the staff at Netherfield Park far more than the Longbourn staff that barely paid her any mind. Hill was very devoted to her elder sisters and her parents, but as the fourth daughter of five rarely were Kitty\u2019s needs even a\u00a0question.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Leaving each other with an embrace Kitty offered the sketch that Maria had begun, but her friend shook her\u00a0head.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alone in her studio once more, Kitty abandoned the sketch of the rose on the table and walked back to the far corner where her easel stood. Picking up her charcoal, she lifted the drape and stared thoughtfully at the scene she had begun. Staring back at her were the half forms of five Bennet women in the gowns Kitty could remember from the last assembly before anyone married and her family life had been much simpler. The tricky part remained filling in her sister Elizabeth&#8217;s expression, as it had been some months since Kitty had seen her. But like all great portraitists, Catherine Bennet erred on the side of flattery where accuracy became a\u00a0challenge.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-th06tu2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1658 elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"th06tu2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">[swpm_protected not_for=\"3-4\" do_not_show_protected_msg=\"1\"]\n<center>\n<b>Advertisement<\/b>\n<\/center>\n[\/swpm_protected]<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-jnd4jmm elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1589 elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"jnd4jmm\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">[swpm_protected not_for=\"3-4\" do_not_show_protected_msg=\"1\"]\n<center>\n\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300 x 250 Google Ad For Chapters -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7008164687543724\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5583540785\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/center>\n[\/swpm_protected]<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-nljoldv elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"nljoldv\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-nhayecn\" data-id=\"nhayecn\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-uvlbhdm elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"uvlbhdm\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chapter 29 - The Trappings 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 align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The blunt pen\u00a0knife mocked Fitzwilliam Darcy from the top of his desk. He had spent so much of the last few weeks in the company of his Elizabeth that, once again, his correspondence had piled up. The surplus of post occurred with too much regularity, and vexed him greatly ever since Georgiana first ran away with Wickham. Before her elopement, before meeting Elizabeth, before all of it, he had always been a reliable correspondent for his businesses and estates. A silver heraldic falcon, the symbol for generations of Carver House, still recognizable in the handle of the pen knife so dull as to only be used for breaking wax seals, received Fitzwilliam\u2019s focused gaze. He could not bring himself to look more closely at a letter in the stack lined with a black\u00a0edge.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">For a brief moment, he considered only opening the letter in Elizabeth&#8217;s company. Husband and wife for a short time, yet he suspected her comforts might make the news easier to handle. Alas, Elizabeth had left with Mrs. McSorley to visit the tenants on the property. They had both agreed it was best for them to spend slightly more effort addressing the duties that befall a Mr. and Mrs. Darcy over indulging in the many pleasures of being a Mr. and Mrs. Darcy. Fitzwilliam had known the day would come when their private wedding trip would be deemed complete, and a restoration of order would return to his life. He merely rued making the agreement, with work mocking him in the form a neat stack of\u00a0responsibilities.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Still, he could wait. There were plenty of other letters in the stack likely as important. But even that plan fell apart when he reasoned he held no inkling of who the death announcement honored. What if it was one of Elizabeth\u2019s family members and the staff placed the letter in his pile to spare her? She might have another letter of condolence that was not outlined as it should, and he would not wish to let her down with cowardice on his part. He would only know the contents of the black post if he gave the letter his full\u00a0attention.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Scowling, he finally lifted the pen knife and fetched the foreboding missive, tumbling a dozen letters to the top of his desk. The handwriting on the front appeared foreign, but it was addressed to him from the direction of London. His sister wrote her capital C like her capital G, with a distinctive flare. The C in Carver House could not have been penned by Georgiana. The rest of the letters did not match the strict penmanship both Darcy children had been instructed to use in their formative\u00a0years.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy&#8217;s hands began to tremble. If Georgiana had not sent the letter, who had? Did this mean that his sister had\u00a0perished?<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Guilt and anger washed over Fitzwilliam as he took out his frustrations on the wax seal, forgetting to be careful. Determined to learn the truth, he tore open the seal and barely salvaged the letter from ripping completely in two. The message inside remained legible. His eyes furtively glanced over the middle of the missive, and his heart seized when he noticed a capital G. Beginning to feel tears well in his eyes, he nearly laughed at his anxieties when he read the rest of the name to be George Wickham, not\u00a0Georgiana.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy let out a sigh of relief. His sister lived. And one of the biggest problems in his life had been solved. Georgiana Wickham the widow was infinitely better in his estimation than Georgiana Wickham the\u00a0wife.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The rest of the letter answered the question of the unfamiliar handwriting. The letter had been signed by Mrs. Louisa Hurst; he read the message a second time, though it imparted little more information than that George Wickham had been shot in the early hours of a July morning shortly after leaving a party at the Carmichael residence.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Dropping the penknife to his desktop with a clatter, Darcy began to gather as many letters as his hands would hold and quickly shuffled through them to find additional letters from family. One letter from his aunt and uncle and two from his cousin Richard were his only gain. Richard had sent one of the letters as an Express. It had arrived just that day, and been initially placed on top of all the\u00a0letters.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy opened Richard\u2019s letter next to learn he had gone to London to retire Georgiana to the care of their aunt in Kent. Darcy nodded his head to silently agree with his cousin\u2019s appraisal of the situation even though he was alone, at his desk, in his study. Darcy set it aside in a new pile, as it would require a response. He would not write back to Mrs.\u00a0Hurst.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The letter from his uncle and aunt were of a more peculiar nature. Darcy double-checked the date and found the information not to his liking.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Dear\u00a0Fitzwilliam,<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>I am pleased to announce that your cousin James is happily married to Lady Mary Louise and we have enjoyed a splendid time here at Alnwick Castle as His Grace\u2019s distinguished guests. However, your aunt and I have decided to make haste for London as, during one of the evenings in the many celebratory nights leading up to the wedding ceremony, Northumberland cornered me to ask specific questions as to the heritage of George Wickham. His Grace also let me know that you had visited him before you left London, and though you had put to him on a mission of great importance, he chuckled and said that he had found a more lucrative motive to be involved in the scheme.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Rumors swirl here I dare not commit to pen, and I was surprised to see Lord Strange and his father arrive as guests the very evening we began our preparations for departure. I am not satisfied that all is well with our niece and her husband, and so your aunt and I have elected to see to their welfare in\u00a0London.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>We hope this letter finds you and Miss Bennet well, and desire to convey our deepest wish for our family to reunite at the earliest convenience. Your aunt and I cast our support to you both, and encourage your counsel on all matters regarding this great family of ours. If you need to reach us, by the time you receive this letter we will have left Northumberland and likely reached Matlock House in London. Please send all correspondence with that direction.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Regards,<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Henry\u00a0Fitzwilliam<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Earl of\u00a0Matlock<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The particulars\u00a0of his uncle\u2019s letter unnerved Darcy, so he read it a second time. And a third. Finally, the situation became all too\u00a0clear!<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;That scoundrel!&#8221; Darcy exclaimed as he began to pull the letters from Richard, his uncle, and the death notification to line them in chronological order across his desk. His frustration had not been about George Wickham\u2014an unfortunate death, but not one he would mourn. No, his ire was directed at the Duke of Northumberland, a man more than a few had warned Darcy repeatedly to never engage. Stupidly, Fitzwilliam had miscalculated the duke\u2019s aims. He wrongly suspected the man would seek restoration to the good graces of the Court. Instead, Darcy realized the duke intended to embarrass the Prince Regent and frame the Wickhams, and by proxy the Fitzwilliam family, for the mining scheme in\u00a0Derbyshire!<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Flustered, Darcy shoved the other letters to the far corner of his desk. He pulled out fresh parchment to quickly pen responses to both Richard and his uncle. There remained precious little time for them to put in place additional safeguards for the family&#8217;s holdings away from the nasty business to do with Lord Strange. Additionally, he sent a letter to Elizabeth\u2019s uncle, Edward Gardiner, as Darcy feared they would need far more witnesses to the dealings at the docks than a single purser for a merchant ship. Darcy had underestimated his adversaries already once before, and he would not underestimate them\u00a0again.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As he finished his letters, a weary and sore Fitzwilliam Darcy began to consider how he would break the news to Elizabeth that they could not stay in Scotland, that they must hurry back to London. But as he practiced the words, a faint memory of him shredding up his sister&#8217;s letter requesting to go to Pemberley, and flashes of the many times he almost lost Elizabeth, made a different case to his conscience. The trappings of marriage were most certainly the family one married into. Yet, Darcy was not\u00a0powerless.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Both his uncle and his cousin were in London to handle the details; there was no reason his presence would add assistance. If this matter ever went before Parliament, there may indeed come a time when Fitzwilliam would be forced to prove how he had distanced himself from his sister and her husband, and had held no part in this scheme. He also speculated a larger chess game was afoot. Rushing to London may be another trap while the elder and junior Stanleys were in Northumberland instead of at their country estate in Derby. Fitzwilliam rationalized dashing to London would appear to be the actions of a guilty man, as he would most certainly arrive long after his sister was removed to\u00a0Kent.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A knock on the door interrupted Fitzwilliam&#8217;s vacillation and the bright face of his young wife, enhanced by her time spent in nature, appeared from behind the\u00a0door.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;You must not become a slave to your correspondence, sir. You&#8217;ve been here for many hours, and your wife demands your company.&#8221; Elizabeth teased her husband with a broad smile that swiftly melted into a concerning frown as she spied the flurry of letters across his desk and the immense worry painted upon Fitzwilliam\u2019s face. &#8220;My heavens! Whatever is the\u00a0matter?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As Elizabeth walked into the study, Darcy panicked. He had not fully processed the death of George Wickham and his family\u2019s precarious place to feel prepared to share the situation with his wife. Nor did he seek to burden her with such sadness. A new bride should never wear mourning, and especially not for a cad like Wickham. But he would not lie. And so he began with a small piece of the\u00a0truth.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;My sister has been removed from the townhome and taken to Kent by our cousin Richard.&#8221; Fitzwilliam gulped as Elizabeth practically threw herself into his arms, and he accepted her embrace without\u00a0hesitation.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Pressing her face against his chest, as was her favorite show of affection when they might be spied by others, Elizabeth\u00a0spoke.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;How awful! I knew that they were both troublesome creatures, but for a couple to live apart so soon after getting married, your family must be in an\u00a0uproar.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tentatively, Darcy responded. &#8220;Ye-yes, but my aunt and uncle have gone to London, and Richard is Georgiana&#8217;s other\u00a0guardian.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Then we must go to London. Surely they will need our help, and what will be done about Mr. Wickham?&#8221; Elizabeth asked as she pulled back and her eyes searched Fitzwilliam for further signs of his distress. But the man&#8217;s face had relaxed, and she vainly credited a restoration of his mood to her\u00a0presence.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">He shook his\u00a0head.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I do not wish to curtail our time in Scotland for yet another scandal of my family\u2019s doing. I trust that Richard and my uncle are more than capable of handling this mess.&#8221; Darcy realized he ought to tell Elizabeth about George&#8217;s death, but he worried that she might faint or, worse, insist that they leave their idyllic haven of Carver House. Selfishly, Fitzwilliam refused to give up his own happiness for the sake of his family that seemed keen to keep them both miserable. His heart broke for his sister becoming a widow at so young an age, especially as it sounded like she witnessed the murder in Mrs. Hurst&#8217;s account. But it all happened over a month ago, and it would take them at least another month to close the house and travel back to London with a stop at Pemberley. Darcy felt no inclination to take his wife back to Rosings while that parson still ruled the flock! No, he would wait and tell her the news after his shock wore off and he could provide her a firm countenance for her\u00a0reaction.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Perhaps we ought to write a letter in support of Georgiana? We can both sign it and send it to Kent? I would imagine she would welcome the kindness.&#8221; Elizabeth interrupted Darcy&#8217;s thoughts with a solution of her\u00a0own.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">After clearing his throat and finding his eyes beginning to water once more, this time at the magnanimous care his wife seemed to possess at even the darkest of moments, Darcy agreed with her. Elizabeth began to turn her head, but Darcy quickly grasped her cheeks to kiss her lips. He continued to kiss her as he carefully shuffled the black-embossed letter to a less visible place in the mess upon his\u00a0desk.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">When finally they parted, Elizabeth gasped for breath and had another solution for how she might comfort her husband. 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trip to the vibrant brook running along the northwest corner of the property. They saddled their horses, and two servants with a wagon of equipment followed them along the narrow road that lined the perimeter of Mr. Darcy&#8217;s holdings in\u00a0Scotland.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;You are ever a man of surprises. I do wish you gave me some indication as to our agenda for the day.&#8221; Elizabeth bristled at her uncomfortable dress of a pair of her husband&#8217;s old breeches with a not-so-old gown cut short and tucked in like a peasant\u2019s blouse. Carver House offered much privacy, but Elizabeth still feared to come across a stranger who might negatively judge her for such odd attire. Though the costume was similar to her fencing attire, bouts occurred entirely indoors; this new activity made her feel embarrassed from the exposure.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;When I married you, I thought you to be a woman of great sense and keen observation. I assumed you peeked at the equipment in the wagon before we began our journey.&#8221; Mr. Darcy smirked, as he knew for a fact that his curious wife had done such a thing while he was busy answering a question from his\u00a0groom.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I might have looked at the equipment conspicuously concealed in the wagon, believing we might be having a skirmish with our sabers in nature&#8217;s great cathedral. Finding no swords, but instead a healthy amount of angler\u2019s equipment, I can only surmise that we are to go bother the\u00a0fish.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;See, you did not need me to detail the surprise at all. You successfully ruined it all on your own.&#8221; Mr. Darcy laughed as Elizabeth clicked her tongue and encouraged her horse to go faster than his, only to pull back when she realized she still did not know where they were going. She had no choice but to let her teasing husband lead the way, and reconciled her pique with the memory that she still held his surprise from the silversmith, in her dressing\u00a0room.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Her patience was soon rewarded when, after a sharp bend, a glistening marvel appeared cutting through a copse of trees. The bubbling brook played a symphony of water music as the rocks and terrain permitted a vast shoal to extend nearly bank to bank. Sea trout swam in the crystal-clear waters, flipping and splashing out of the water to overcome the rocks in the shallower stretches of the river before continuing\u00a0upstream.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oh!&#8221; Elizabeth\u2019s excitement made her entirely forget about waiting for her husband&#8217;s assistance, and she slid down off of her horse. Mr. Darcy bumped gently into her as she practically landed in his arms. He took his wife&#8217;s hand and squeezed it lightly, as fewer things in the world delighted him more than watching Elizabeth&#8217;s first reactions.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">There is an abundance of beauty on this estate, sir. I&#8217;m beginning to believe we might need to start an inventory,&#8221; Elizabeth remarked as the servants unpacked the blankets and fishing equipment while the horses found a nearby place to\u00a0graze.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">My great-uncle brought me here as a boy, one of the last Carver men. Have you ever been fly-fishing,\u00a0Elizabeth?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth shook her\u00a0head.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;My Uncle Gardiner is fond of fishing, but I&#8217;m afraid I&#8217;ve never had an opportunity to try the sport. I have heard it requires a good deal of patience.&#8221; Elizabeth scrunched up her nose as she enumerated one of her worries for their afternoon of\u00a0fun.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Yes, indeed. Ordinary fishing on backwater is an exercise of frustration I also do not enjoy. But fly-fishing\u2026&#8221; Fitzwilliam trailed off as he accepted a long, willowy pole from a servant, &#8220;I believe you will find it involves far more excitement and\u00a0activity.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Although Darcy intended to be the one to teach Elizabeth the intricacies of casting and running her line, he suddenly worried his own memories faded from time might hold gaps. This fear, as opposed to Elizabeth&#8217;s, proved true. Thankfully, the gamekeeper of Carver had accompanied them for the afternoon. After gently reminding Mr. Darcy of some of the finer points of catching one&#8217;s dinner from a moving stream of water, Fitzwilliam delighted in helping his wife to wade out into the shoals. Together, within a half hour\u2019s time, they hooked her first\u00a0bite.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s pulling! It&#8217;s pulling!&#8221; Elizabeth shrieked as Darcy fumbled to hand his line off to a servant and step behind his wife to assist\u00a0her.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Reel, woman. Reel!&#8221; Darcy urged; Elizabeth misunderstood, and began pulling the rod with such great strength her elbows flew backward, directly into Mr. Darcy&#8217;s ribs, who lost his balance and fell into the stream. Hearing the splash behind her, Elizabeth panicked and turned around to look, nearly losing the rod and tackle completely out of her hands, before she remembered to hold\u00a0tightly.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Fitzwilliam! Oh, dear!&#8221; She stopped as another strong pull reminded her of the very real fish at the end of her line. She furrowed her brow and refused to\u00a0yield.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Thankfully, she remembered the water was extremely shallow, as she was standing in it and it was scarcely up to her knees, so Mr. Darcy could not be drowned behind her. Besides, he could swim, she reasoned, as her nerves focused solely on the\u00a0fish.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;How do I pull the fish in?&#8221; Her desperation grew as she followed the creature\u2019s movements left and right, afraid to loosen her grip so that her hands began to\u00a0ache.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As one servant rushed out to help Mr. Darcy right himself in the river, the gamekeeper waded out to assist Mrs. Darcy in reeling in her first big catch. Fitzwilliam watched sourly from the bank, as there was little he could do but let the gamekeeper, Mr. Rexford, take the place he had hoped to fill. Elizabeth returned to the bank in a few moments with Mr. Rexford, holding a sixteen-inch sea trout. She kept her rod straight up and down with pure\u00a0pride.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Do we keep it or do we release it?&#8221; Elizabeth asked earnestly as finally Fitzwilliam, drenched from his torso down, could not remain cross at the twist of fate when his wife was so exuberantly\u00a0charming.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A monster that size?&#8221; His compliment reassured his wife, who began to worry he was cross with her. &#8220;Why, we shall have it on our dinner table tonight!&#8221; Fitzwilliam pronounced as Elizabeth squealed in her triumph and accepted her husband&#8217;s assistance to ready her line for another\u00a0go.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As Elizabeth began to take her first careful steps across the slippery stones, she turned back to beckon Fitzwilliam to join her. At first, he tried to say he would watch her from the bank, but Elizabeth would not allow him to become\u00a0melancholy.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I have no idea how Mr. Rexford caught that fish. I merely held onto the rod. Leave your line, Fitzwilliam, for it is I who shall hook the fish, and you can reel them in.&#8221; The grand mistress of one of the largest estates in the county steeled the tip of the rod against her hip so that she could hold it with one hand as her other waved fervently to encourage her husband to join\u00a0her.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Realizing he would be mad to turn down the invitation of such a lovely lass, Fitzwilliam gave permission for a groom to take a go with his line, while he stood and helped his wife, ever mindful now of her elbows.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Four catches later, and hungry from the activity, the Darcys retired to the idyllic bank for a picnic of cold meats and cheeses. Both of them were still quite wet from the knee down, but most of Mr. Darcy&#8217;s clothes above his knee had dried since his tumble into the\u00a0brook.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As Fitzwilliam tore into a chunk of soda bread, Elizabeth looked around and tilted her head to one side as she leaned her weight back on her\u00a0hands.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I have a confession to make, husband, and I hope you won&#8217;t find it too\u00a0ungrateful.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Darcy swallowed, and assured Elizabeth that whatever it was that she wished to tell him he would listen to it with all judgment and bias\u00a0aside.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;This time, alone with you,&#8221; Elizabeth involuntarily raised an eyebrow at the irony of such a statement as they were surrounded by servants. &#8220;It has been blissful and more than I could have ever imagined. But\u2026&#8221; she took a deep breath and prayed she would not offend him, &#8220;I fear that I miss\u00a0people.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy nodded, and took another bite of his meal to silently encourage his wife to\u00a0continue.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;And so I was wondering,&#8221; Elizabeth couldn&#8217;t bear to hold his gaze and reached over her side of the blanket to pluck a purple harebell from the patch running almost to the water&#8217;s edge. &#8220;If we are to remain in Scotland for the foreseeable future, might we consider entertaining? Perhaps a house party of the local gentry?&#8221; Elizabeth watched as Fitzwilliam\u2019s expression changed negatively at his wife&#8217;s request, and she gently rolled the flower between her palms. Looking down at the droopy petals, she laughed and pointed the wilted excuse for a saber at him. &#8220;You, sir, owe me a\u00a0dance.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I do? However have you come to that conclusion, Madam?&#8221; Darcy asked, genuinely interested in his wife&#8217;s\u00a0logic.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;The night before you ran me over with your horse, you were late. Mr. Bingley had assured all the local townsfolk that a number of his friends would be joining him at Netherfield Park. You were supposed to be in that assembly, and we might have danced and met under normal, ordinary\u00a0circumstances.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Or I might have been shy, and spoken out of turn, offending you for all of eternity,&#8221; he countered her fantastical\u00a0supposition.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;You could not offend me, sir. I am far too pleasant in disposition to take the foibles of others\u00a0seriously.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Still, Darcy shook his\u00a0head.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I am afraid to disappoint you, but I had not responded to Charles&#8217; invitation, and therefore he spoke out of turn in assuring the presence of his friends at the assembly. I cannot agree with you that I am in your\u00a0debt.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But Elizabeth Darcy refused to be dissuaded. She sighed, pretending to feel conquered by her husband\u2019s superior logic when she tucked her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around the soggy breeches and stockings to rest her head upon the fold. She dropped the flower to the blanket and turned impishly in the direction of her\u00a0husband.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;And I suppose next you will say we cannot entertain our neighbors because you do not wish to dance with your new\u00a0wife.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy&#8217;s mouth dropped as he realized he had been caught, much like the poor sea trout in the\u00a0river.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy took another bite of his bread in consternation, and considered his wife most carefully as she refused to break his gaze. After swallowing the dry morsel, he leaned forward and pecked the tip of his wife\u2019s nose, causing her to blush and flinch at his sudden movement.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Madam, I humbly bow down in awe of your angling skills. You have hooked me; your every wish is my pleasure to deliver. Now, would you like to return to the house so that we might begin our plans, or would you care to harass the trout some\u00a0more?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth looked to their horses and then back at the river, and found herself unwilling to give up her new hobby of catching fish. But this time, she said that Mr. Darcy should work the reel and she would hold the net, rather than the gamekeeper, for any of their\u00a0catches.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Two hours later, Mr. and Mrs. Darcy rode back to the main house as Mr. Rexford returned to his duties along the property. Elizabeth rode sitting upright, confident from a victorious day in great contrast to the self-doubt she felt on the way to the fishing\u00a0spot.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Darcy, unfortunately, tired under the difficult task of assuaging his disappointments. Not only did he not catch a single fish in the afternoon, although Elizabeth did her best to claim it was novice luck, but he had also allowed his wife to convince him to throw a house party for complete strangers from the area. Despite still not wishing to leave Scotland and return to London, Fitzwilliam began to feel Fate exacting a higher price to preserve his sanity than he had originally\u00a0calculated.<\/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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