{"id":2967,"date":"2020-06-09T06:38:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T10:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/?p=2967"},"modified":"2021-12-17T12:53:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T17:53:38","slug":"chapter-9-a-winter-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/readingroom\/chapter-9-a-winter-wonder\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 9 A Winter Wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2967\" class=\"elementor elementor-2967\" 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<p>I genuinely LOVE scenes where Mr. Darcy is the worried father-to-be, and he and Elizabeth are romantically making decisions for their family&#8230; together.<\/p><h1>XOXOXO Elizabeth Ann West<\/h1>\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 9 - A Winter Wonder, 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-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=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mrs. Darcy? Time to open your eyes. Mrs. Darcy?\u201d A husky male voice tickled Lizzie\u2019s ear, and though her subconscious knew it to be her husband, she moaned and rolled over, giving him his answer.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lazy are we? Well, lazy wives do not keep blankets!\u201d He ripped the covers away to his wife\u2019s shrieks. Poor Hannah scurried out from the dressing room only to turn right back around and disappear once more, horrifically embarrassed to have interrupted her employers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">There! See? You\u2019ve frightened my maid! And I am ever so fond of her.\u201d Elizabeth Darcy admonished her husband as she outstretched her arms to accept his looming figure as a blanket substitute. Nuzzling their noses, the Darcys shared a passionate kiss before his hands were once more roaming about her midsection. \u201cOh, Fitzwilliam, he\u2019s not moving around right now. You\u2019ll have to wait.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But it\u2019s been weeks since you\u2019ve felt the quickening. All of the books say I should be able to feel the babe from the outside by now.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And you shall. When the time is right I will make sure you can feel his strong little kicks. In the meantime, please do not wake him with your pokes and prods before I\u2019ve even dressed and broken my fast.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ah, there is no need, I have summoned a tray.\u201d Darcy pushed up from his wife\u2019s bed and steered a cart over to her bedside table. Proudly presenting her favorites of warm chocolate with toast and jam, he smiled as she delighted in the pampering.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And what occasion is this that I am to be spoiled?\u201d Elizabeth pointed her face up prettily at him, welcoming another kiss, chaste this time.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You are my wife,\u201d he paused to kiss her, \u201cyou carry my child,\u201d he kissed her again, \u201cand it\u2019s Christmas.\u201d He finished off with one last kiss on her forehead.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Christmas Eve, dear husband.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Yes, but your present is ready today, so make haste and eat, dress, and together we shall discover it!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth cocked her head to one side, wondering what sort of mischief her husband was up to. With Fitzwilliam and his surprises, there was no telling what was in store for her today. As she bit into her toast, feeling odd to eat in front of him while he had already done so, she decided to take the few moments they were alone to address family business.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I\u2019ve received a letter from Lady Morpeth with excellent advice concerning our mother.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oh, she is to be our mother now? Just yesterday, you most clearly claimed her singularly.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Yes, she is to be our mother for ever more, as she is our collective problem to solve,\u201d Elizabeth wiped the last of the jam onto her second piece of toast, her mouth salivating Cook\u2019s perfect balance of raspberry\u2019s tartness with the refreshing zing of lemon.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And the Duke\u2019s sister has a solution?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">An excellent one, as I said before. She said why not set my mother to redecorate the Dowager\u2019s House and have her set up there with a small staff?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy rose from where he had been lying prone across Elizabeth\u2019s bed as she ate. His wife did not know the state he had found her mother in the morning he threw out that Mr. Maxwell from her bed. \u201cI don\u2019t know that your mother would be happy with her own household. We saw how depressed she was the last time we set her up with her own establishment.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Yes, but that was different. This way she would be close, but not so close as to bother us.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And what about callers? I am afraid your mother had some callers in Hertfordshire that you would not approve.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">What sort of callers?\u201d Elizabeth slanted her eyes at her husband, curious about how he would describe his mother\u2019s relationship with the sleazy bookstore owner, Mr. Maxwell. Anyone with an ounce of experience could see plainly when a widow was being taken advantage. The difference was that in Elizabeth\u2019s opinion, her mother rather liked it.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy coughed. \u201cGentleman callers.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And is my mother to spend her remaining years friendless?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">No, that is-&#8221; Darcy seemed confused as the exact opposite opinion he thought came flying out his mouth, \u201cthere are processes one goes through before calling on a widow. 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But I\u2019ve already met with Mr. Hampton and he will oversee the spring plantings. We are clear to go to London for the Season for Georgiana and Catherine\u2019s debuts.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Yes, I was meaning to speak to you about that,\u201d Elizabeth frowned, wondering how best to explain her observations. Finally, after chewing her words for a moment, she gave up any semblance of delicacy. \u201cI find neither of them mature enough for husbands, and wish them to spend another year, here, at Pemberley. We can hold balls and soirees this summer, coax them into their roles as young women. It\u2019s far more than place settings, despite what others might feel.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And when did you come to this conclusion, Mrs. Darcy?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth\u2019s cheeks blushed as she hated to admit it had been some time since she worked up the nerve to speak ill of his sister to her husband. \u201cA few weeks ago, I caught them sliding down the bannister.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And the babe? I thought you wanted to be in London for your time?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth shook her head. \u201cAfter living here, I cannot imagine the heir of Pemberley being born anywhere else, can you?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A lump formed in Darcy\u2019s throat and it was some moments before he spoke. \u201cI believe your plan to be a superb one and I shall write to the London house this week with our change in plans.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">That was swift agreement, no argument that I call your sister immature?\u201d Elizabeth attempted to relieve the strong emotions she felt overcoming them both.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy took the empty cup of chocolate from his wife and placed it on the tray. Offering his hands to help her rise from her bed, he kissed her, tasting the last remnants of the luxury on her lips. The kiss deepened sending a tingle all the way to her toes when her husband abruptly broke away.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Who do you think caught them the first time they slid down the bannister?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In a repeat of her apartment reveal upon arrival, Elizabeth Darcy soon found herself walking with her eyes closed and nothing but her husband&#8217;s arm to guide her. Thankfully, this walk was not too far and her sense of direction, despite not having the benefit of sight, understood the orientation to be down the hall from her husband&#8217;s apartments.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Stopping once more before a set of double doors, Elizabeth reflected that she had never found need to inspect the corridor past Fitzwilliam&#8217;s apartments. She knew a set of stairs for the staff resided in the corner, but she was not prepared for what lay concealed inside. Her husband grinned, this time allowing her to view the unveiling as he turned the door knobs behind his back.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I did not say so earlier, but I, too, wish nothing more than to stay at Pemberley next year. I took the liberty of planning this small sanctuary for no one but the three of us.\u201d He tenderly looked down as Elizabeth involuntarily cradled her midsection. \u201cI hope you do not object to my officiousness.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth Darcy scowled that he used the very term she had complained about him and his incessant rides to visit the tenant farms when she and the girls were about making their rounds. No more was said on the term, and the doors opened to reveal a sanctuary indeed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The room offered a cackling fire and warm tones throughout from the rugs to the wallpaper. A touch masculine, the decor lightened in areas of white cloths over tables and the addition of a rocking chair, bassinet, and shelves of books. Elizabeth wandered the room, most intrigued by the titles housed within and felt a shiver of delight that the shelves contained fairy tales and comedies of Shakespeare. The room felt cozy, yet the far wall held another door.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-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-cujgi6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1706 elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cujgi6b\" 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\">WHAT A DEAL!<\/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-kpqclyn elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1708 elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"kpqclyn\" 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\/final-garden-n2ov1skyozd7q39bri3b63osik2tqhk5713ss952fo.jpg\" title=\"final garden\" alt=\"cover for the book 3 Dates with Mr. Darcy\" 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-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-sz5x6rf elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1710 elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"sz5x6rf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A kiss at the Netherfield Ball . . .<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><em style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Three Dates with Mr. Darcy<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"> is a bundle of: An exclusive story, <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Much to Conceal<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">, a novella that imagines what if Elizabeth confessed to Jane in London that Mr. Darcy proposed in Kent?&nbsp;<\/span><br><\/p>\n<p><em>A Winter Wrong,<\/em> the first novella in the Seasons of Serendipity series that imagines what if Mr. Bennet died at the very beginning of Pride and Prejudice?<\/p>\n<p><em>By Consequence of Marriage,<\/em> the first novel in the Moralities of Marriage series that wonders what if Mr. Darcy never saved his sister Georgiana from Wickham\u2019s clutches?<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Ann West\u2019s Pride and Prejudice variations have enthralled more than 100,000 readers in over 90 countries! 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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-nxywfrn\" data-id=\"nxywfrn\" 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-pjnefyy elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"pjnefyy\" 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 9 (cont'd) - A Winter Wonder, 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-mjwddnm elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mjwddnm\" 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=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">To my own apartments. I know that traditionally we retire to yours, but I thought with the babe, perhaps you would like to retire to my rooms more often? The nursery proper is just above stairs, and nurse can bring young Fitzwilliam to us here.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth wrinkled her nose, not wishing to spoil the moment. \u201cDear, I thought we decided to neither follow your naming tradition nor the spirit of such?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Then what name do you propose?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Hmm,\u201d Elizabeth ruminated as she felt herself enveloped once more in her husband\u2019s arms, \u201cwhat of Alistair?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alistair? Where the devil did that name come from?\u201d He released her so she might turn around.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth stammered, seeing a stormy expression cross her husband&#8217;s face. \u201cI-I read it on one of the portraits in the gallery the night the Duke visited. Is he a scandalous relation?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy swallowed and looked sternly at his wife before realizing his emotions were frightening her. Taking great effort to school his gestures, he attempted to smile, but it registered more as a grimace. \u201cHe is my uncle on my father&#8217;s side. I do not know him well, only that once he brought great shame on the family and my grandfather sent him to look after the families&#8217; holdings in India. I receive a yearly letter from him, but our agents in the territory keep him on a tight leash.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Pardon me, you own holdings in India?\u201d Elizabeth asked, astonished.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Fitzwilliam flashed his handsome dimpled smile. \u201c<i>We<\/i>\u00a0hold interests in India.\u201d He placed his hand once more on the burgeoning crest in his wife&#8217;s abdomen. Feeling pity for her husband, Elizabeth wished her little companion, as she had come to think of the babe, would kick most fiercely for his Papa, but she felt nothing. And consequently, her husband felt it as well.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">So perhaps Andrew?\u201d She changed the subject, trying to cast off his melancholy before it took too great a clutch.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Are we consigned to the letter &#8216;A&#8217;? And what of Amelia, Anne, or Alice?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You may choose the name if it&#8217;s a girl, and I shall choose the name if it&#8217;s a boy.\u201d Elizabeth offered, nodding her head as if the agreement was set.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oho! When did I agree to such a lopsided division of responsibility?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Just a moment ago.\u201d She giggled and sashayed her way out of the lovely personal nursery and family sitting room before her sentimental side could bring tears. Her husband was too kind and too thoughtful; it began to gnaw at Elizabeth&#8217;s conscious she may have indeed married a saint. Feeling his presence behind her, she took a quick detour to the left and opened the door to his apartments. Some gratitude was best expressed in actions, not words.<\/span><\/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 <em>A Winter Wonder<\/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-xwpycdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"xwpycdc\" 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\/a-winter-wonder-o04p65hc4lph4puyzl5zd1iset3z3zoaz8j5i2176c.jpg\" title=\"a winter wonder\" alt=\"a winter wonder\" 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>Confronting her first trials at Pemberley, Elizabeth takes on the tenant Christmas party, sidestepping her mother\u2019s meddling, and finding a way to support the needs of all of her family members. But finding time alone with her husband, Mr. Darcy, in a house full of people is a challenge, even at an estate as large as Pemberley! As old secrets bear fruit, Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth stand united and find support in each other. With a babe on the way, and surprise visitors, there may just be more than one winter wonder to behold.<\/p><p>The fifth season in the Seasons of Serendipity, a historical family saga that imagines how the story of Pride and Prejudice might have changed had Mr. Bennet died of illness before Mr. Collins arrived.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>A Winter Wonder, Seasons of Serendipity\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">a Pride and Prejudice novella variation series<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Release Date: July 3, 2015<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif;\"><span 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