{"id":3018,"date":"2021-12-17T13:27:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T18:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/?p=3018"},"modified":"2021-12-17T13:27:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T18:27:52","slug":"chapters-28-30-the-whisky-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/readingroom\/chapters-28-30-the-whisky-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapters 28-30 The Whisky Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3018\" class=\"elementor elementor-3018 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-tzlwpqx elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"tzlwpqx\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-hpsvypa\" data-id=\"hpsvypa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fjyyk18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fjyyk18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\">This is the book that was never planned in this series&#8230; but when I sat down to write what I wanted Book 3 of the series to be, Elizabeth Bennet had other plans . . .\u00a0<\/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 Whisky Wedding, a Pride and Prejudice Variation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfyjbol elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1658 elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"bfyjbol\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">[swpm_protected not_for=\"3-4\" do_not_show_protected_msg=\"1\"]\n<center>\n<b>Advertisement<\/b>\n<\/center>\n[\/swpm_protected]<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-h8ltbwp elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1589 elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"h8ltbwp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">[swpm_protected not_for=\"3-4\" do_not_show_protected_msg=\"1\"]\n<center>\n\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300 x 250 Google Ad For Chapters -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7008164687543724\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5583540785\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/center>\n[\/swpm_protected]<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-rhiemlj elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"rhiemlj\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">NOT\u00a0FIVE\u00a0MINUTES\u00a0had passed for the Bingleys, Richard, Miss Bennet, and Miss Darcy before another visitor was announced by the butler.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Richard&#8217;s mother, Lady Matlock, stood in the doorway of the parlor inspecting the motley gathering of souls in her nephew&#8217;s parlor with a look of dismay. Her niece and son she recognized, but the other inhabitants, one appearing utterly foreign and the other two vaguely familiar, were\u00a0\u00a0not the situation she intended to find when she left her house to track down down her wayward son for a tongue lashing.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Mother!&#8221; Richard swiftly left Jane\u2019s side to greet her with a peck on her cheek. &#8220;To what do we owe the pleasure?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I thought I should like to speak to my son, as I have learned he has taken leave but not moved back home. And so where do I find you, at your cousin\u2019s home. By the by, where is Darcy?&#8221; Lady Matlock looked around to confirm\u00a0\u00a0that her nephew was indeed missing.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;He is in Scotland, Aunt. He left to check on the house at Broadmeadow and has not returned as it appears he also found a wife.&#8221; Georgiana giggled until the gasps of both Lady Matlock and Caroline Bingley when she abruptly ceased, confused over the negative reactions.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;You mean Darcy has married?&#8221; Mr. Bingley asked Georgiana and Richard, before finally resting his eyes upon Jane with a look of great longing. &#8220;And who is the lucky bride, do I know her?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;My sister,&#8221; Jane said quietly, looking down at the golden striped upholstery of the settee on which she sat . Her answer attracted the notice of Lady Matlock who closely inspected the demure woman, finding her fashion and styling to be rather plain but beautiful in a classical sense. Lady Matlock compared the sister of Mr. Darcy\u2019s bride to the other mysterious woman in the room. But she did not tarry long on the other woman\u2019s attire; the bright satins and gaudy jewels and feathers clashed in a manner unbefitting a day dressing. With a slight sneer from the fashion assessment, she returned her attention to a woman declared her relation now by marriage.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Excuse me, but who might you be?&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Jane Bennet, my lady. Of Longbourn in Hertfordshire.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Caroline Bingley snorted at Jane Bennet\u2019s declaration of her heritage, drawing the ire of Lady Matlock.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Is there something amiss with where Miss Bennet is from?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">No, milady, only that her cousin is to inherit the entire estate upon their father\u2019s death.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Is this true, Richard?\u201d Lady Matlock began a more in-depth interview with both her son and Miss Bennet as Caroline Bingley plastered a false smile of innocence on her face. She received a sharp elbow from her brother as he stepped forward to defend the Bennet family to the distinguished lady.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">After some time, Lady Matlock appeared placated that the Bennet line was an ancient barony stretching back to the Tudor years and only the recent generation suffered a dearth of sons. Feeling panicked that the conversation again began to go in Jane\u2019s favor, Caroline wondered how that upstart, Elizabeth Bennet, had even been in Scotland to marry Mr. Darcy?\u00a0\u00a0Since no one had addressed what she considered a very salient point, Caroline decided to bring the subject up herself.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">However was Miss Eliza in Scotland? I was not aware your family held any holdings there, up north.&#8221; Caroline Bingley spoke, and all eyes turned to Jane.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Richard held his breath as he hoped that Jane would not reveal the actual nature of Elizabeth\u2019s journey. But he need not worry; the eldest Bennet sister held more than her fair share of wits.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;My sister accompanied my aunt on a trip to the Lake District and beyond. She met Mr. Darcy again in Scotland and we have been told that they decided to marry over the anvil.\u201d Jane said, unable to put hope into the last part of her statement. The room remained quiet as the more senior members of the party realized the ramifications of such an elopement, but Georgiana, in her youth, sighed audibly.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A secret marriage? It is all so romantic, and I know Brother has admired Miss Elizabeth since last autumn.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Since last autumn?&#8221; Lady Matlock said in an exasperated tone as she finally took a seat in a chair by the fire. &#8220;Richard, what do you know of this business? Has Darcy been enamored all this time with no mention to his family?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Richard felt ashamed for what he was about to say, but he had to lay the groundwork\u00a0\u00a0of a misdirection if there was to be any hope for Miss Lydia.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Indeed, my cousin proposed marriage to Miss Elizabeth in the spring and I am not so sure they did not make their plans then.&#8221; Richard lied as Jane pressed her lips into a fine line. She did not wish to reveal that even she knew her sister Elizabeth had rejected Mr. Darcy&#8217;s first proposal. Deep in her soul, Jane worried as to the circumstances under which Elizabeth accepted Mr. Darcy&#8217;s hand. She hoped it was a match Elizabeth found joy in and not something she entered into as an act of desperation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">OHO! Darcy has loved Elizabeth Bennet, you say, and yet he told me \u2013&#8221; Mr. Bingley stopped speaking as he caught Jane\u2019s fierce stare, &#8220;that is I listened to, and, well it&#8217;s just unbelievable he would not speak a word of this to me.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Perhaps Miss Elizabeth did something to trap him. She was always taking unchaperoned walks and finding every reason to argue with Mr. Darcy when we were at Netherfield.\u201d Caroline Bingley&#8217;s tongue spewed the vitriol that routinely filled her thoughts, but she forgot her audience.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Do not speak ill against my sister.&#8221; Jane Bennet&#8217;s threat did not require her to raise her voice. The sharp tone so drastically contrasted with her usual\u00a0\u00a0peaceful manners that the entire room felt the icy promise laced within those words.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Well, I have not said anything untrue, none of us in this room know how the marriage came about. And it is quite shocking, to say the least.\u201d Caroline Bingley attempted to cover her overstep.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Do you mean to say you do not believe my son&#8217;s word on this matter?&#8221; Lady Matlock challenged Caroline Bingley, who began to stutter as she had no words for the great lady. Realizing there was an undercurrent to her son and this Jane Bennet, Lady Matlock touched her hands to her temple and claimed a headache. Surreptitiously, she winked at Georgiana, a signal she had taught the young woman about company. Thankfully, Georgiana Darcy took up the hint and regained control of the situation as hostess.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Well Miss Bingley, Mr. Bingley, it was so good of you to call. It would appear that our plans to go to Pemberley have changed. As soon as I hear more from my brother I will be happy to pass the information along to you. But I believe you have another engagement?&#8221; Georgiana expertly declared the Bingleys were no longer welcome without insult. Mr. Bingley began to make his expressions of gratitude as he walked towards the door, practically dragging Caroline by the elbow. When he came to Miss Bennet, he paused and addressed her directly.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I am so very sorry that I must leave so soon after seeing you once more. I often think fondly of my time in Hertfordshire.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In another time, Jane\u2019s heart would have beat wildly at the thinly veiled compliment from Mr. Bingley. But he did not know the perilous situation the Bennet family lingered in and hearing his sister&#8217;s vulgar accusations against Elizabeth further hardened her heart.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;If you miss that country as you say, sir, perhaps you will find reason to return.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;And will you be finding a reason to return soon?&#8221; Mr. Bingley asked,his voice cracking from hope.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jane pursed her lips in a slight pout of sympathy. Just barely, she shook her head in the negative.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I believe I will be remaining in London at least until my sister and Mr. Darcy return.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Caroline Bingley felt so affronted that they were summarily dismissed but not Jane Bennet, she barely took leave of anyone in the room. &#8220;Come, Charles, Louisa will be waiting for us.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Georgiana followed the Bingleys to the entryway to ensure their carriage had been called.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Once the Bingleys had left the room, Lady Matlock grasped the worsted wool sleeve of her son\u2019s jacket so that he had to pay her direct attention.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Do we need to send Georgiana to her room or can we all speak as adults?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Richard winced. \u201cIt\u2019s best if we all speak together, I believe. There is a much darker part of this tale, and as her guardian, I would not deny Georgiana the truth. 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Distinguished in a fine cut of cloth, superbly coiffed gray hair, and the aquiline nose of many a noble, she was remarkably spry for her fifty years of age. Her acquaintances would attribute Ginny&#8217;s physical prowess to her love of a hobby she shared with her second son: horses.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">When Georgiana returned to the room, Lady Matlock wasted no time in practically ordering her niece back out of it.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Georgiana, please order us some refreshments and Miss Bennet, dear? I do not care to shout across the room. Come sit over here and let us figure out what vexes you and my son.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jane Bennet immediately complied with her request , but she tried to assure her ladyship that all was well.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In fact, my lady, I am finding my visit to Darcy House very pleasant.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lady Matlock laughed. \u201cChild, you are a beauty, I will grant you that. But you are a wretched liar, now tell me more about your sister, Elizabeth. And once the refreshments have arrived, Richard can explain what that wicked man Wickham has to do with all of this.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr.\u00a0\u00a0. . .\u00a0\u00a0Mr. Wickham?\u201d Georgiana stuttered as she dragged her slippered feet across the floor, the door closed once more as she had informed the staff to make tea.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lady Matlock waved her arms and the jewels on her fingers flashed in the afternoon sun. \u201cDo not play maudlin, young lady, or I shall send you to your room like a child.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Georgiana Darcy stiffened her upper lip and nodded.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mother, how do you know Wickham has anything to do with this?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lady Matlock furrowed her brows at her son as she pointed a long, slender finger to the chair across from her now that Jane and Georgiana sat on the sofa next to her. \u201cLady Digby called at the earliest fashionable hour, in a panic about her nephew. Said her husband had placed the charge in your hands.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But that was just this morning!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And bad news travels faster than good. So what would you have me do?\u201d Lady Matlock frowned at her son as a knock on the door announced the refreshments had arrived. Once the table in their small seating arrangement was filled with platters of sandwiches and biscuits, Georgiana served the tea in the correct order of precedence: first her aunt, then her cousin, and then her guest, and finally herself, the conversation continued.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I am not certain this topic will aid in digestion, but you leave me with no choice, Mother. Jane and Elizabeth\u2019s youngest sister is the young woman Lady Digby is so concerned about. I have a lead on where we might find her, but I need to confirm the information with a contact.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Then do so! The Digbys are annoying, but we cannot run the risk of irking the Duke!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jane\u2019s head whipped back and forth between Richard Fitzwilliam and his mother. She understood some of what he had said, but why was this Lady Digby concerned, and how had a Duke come to be involved?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Pardon me, but I am afraid I am terribly lost. Why is her ladyship concerned about my sister?\u201d Jane\u2019s stomach lurched as she feared far too many knew the truth of her family ever to allow this scandal to remain hidden or fade away.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lady Matlock placed her spoon on the side of her cup just so and smoothed her hands across her serviette. \u201cYour sister was staying with Lady Digby\u2019s nephew and his wife when she was kidnapped.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jane began to correct the notion that Lydia was an unwelcome participant but the grand lady shook her head.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It is not a critical point. Wickham will hang for his crimes of desertion.\u201d Picking up her teacup, Lady Matlock drank the hot beverage as if she had been mildly discussing the weather.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">So he will die?\u201d Georgiana fretted, and Richard reached over to grasp his cousin\u2019s hand.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">He is a scoundrel and a cad. He did not have to desert his post, but he chose to do so, and the Devil be too good for a coward.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Richard . . . language.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Richard offered his mother the small concession of appearing guilty for a moment.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Now, what is your plan? I gather that you have a plan. When do you go see this contact of yours?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Richard Fitzwilliam flashed his mother a smile he reserved for the moments when he most needed her benevolence. As a child, it would earn him an extra treat over his brother and sister. As a man, an extra pound or two in his allowance, or invitation to a ball he fancied.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Miss Bennet, did you bring a gown suitable for a trip to the theater?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The color drained from Jane\u2019s face, and for once, Georgiana realized she could help instead of merely be the child in the room. \u201cOh, do not worry, I have many that my maid can take up an inch or two and will fit you splendidly!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Honestly, Richard. You wish to go to the theater? You despise the theater, and I must always jostle you awake lest your snores embarrass the entire family.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ordinarily, yes, Mother, but tonight there is a particular woman I must meet. And she never misses a performance of Henry Garrick.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The actor? Yes, he is to play Hamlet tonight, if I am not mistaken.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Then to Darcy\u2019s box we go, I do not think the old man will mind.\u201d Richard lifted his teacup and took a drink, scowling as he wished it held something a might stronger.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Nonsense. We shall sit in the Fitzwilliam box and Miss Bennet, dear, you shall sit next to me.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jane thanked Lady Matlock for her consideration and Georgiana for the loaned gown. She expressed that she would need to write of her change in plans to Gracechurch Street which brought little more than a nod from any of them.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Forcing herself to put on a good show and eat, Jane remembered her promise to the colonel that if he found information about Lydia, she would follow him to the house to rescue her. But she didn\u2019t dare bring up that plan as Richard and Lady Matlock discussed arrangements for a dinner to provide a united front about Mr. Darcy\u2019s marriage.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">When Jane spared a look to her right and Georgiana Darcy nodded her head with a broad smile, she began to feel stronger. All of the moving parts of their scheme, the plan to rescue Lydia, the need for legitimacy to Mr. Darcy\u2019s elopement, and the intention to mask Lydia\u2019s \u2018kidnapping\u2019 with the story that she left in aid of Elizabeth in Scotland, felt tedious and tenuous at best when individually considered. But the manner in which Lady Matlock and her son discussed every point with military precision gave Jane hope. Somehow, this great collusion and revision of the truth was going to happen. Jane paid closer attention at the mentioning of the Bingleys.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I apologize, but I did not follow. We shall dine with the Bingleys?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Yes, Miss Bennet, after Richard recovers your sister, we shall begin the dissemination of information that she left the Forsters to aid Elizabeth in her elopement.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I understand the reasoning, but why the Bingleys?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Because Miss Bingley will tell everyone!\u201d Georgiana Darcy answered, looking to her aunt for approval. The elder woman tucked her lower lip below her top and beamed at a younger version of herself.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And my daughter, Olivia. Lady Olivia will spread the word as well as Lady Digby. Then we reveal Lydia only once Mr. and Mrs. Darcy have returned, and voila, the truth will have nary a chance to catch up.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jane nodded and finished her tea now cold from the lengthy discussion, not willing to counter either strategist at the table. But in her calculations, there was one variable she had not yet heard mentioned, and that was the capture of Mr. Wickham.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><br \/><br \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bqckbar elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bqckbar\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-zhngqtw\" data-id=\"zhngqtw\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9frbyfv elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1594 elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9frbyfv\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NEW RELEASE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-vvcemc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"vvcemc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-zc80rua elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1596 elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"zc80rua\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/wip\/for-the-love-of-a-bennet-chapter-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/for-the-love-of-a-bennet-ociwlxbbz8lig0exwxhsw59r5tzz1k63m60yqyx2fo.jpg\" title=\"for the love of a bennet\" alt=\"for the love of a bennet\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-sdicxgm\" data-id=\"sdicxgm\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-unkota7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1598 elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"unkota7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>For the Love of a Bennet<\/strong><\/p><p><span class=\"a-text-italic\"><em>What if Elizabeth Bennet traveled with Lydia to Brighton<\/em>?<\/span><br \/><br \/>A reimagining of Jane Austen&#8217;s most beloved tale,\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">Pride &amp; Prejudice,\u00a0<\/span>join author Elizabeth Ann West as she writes the romantic adventure story she always wanted! When Lizzy and Lydia arrive in Brighton, it&#8217;s very clear that the younger Bennet sister came with very serious plans towards Mr. Wickham. Thankfully, an old ally is also in town, with problems of his own to solve. After Mr. Darcy, himself, is summoned to Brighton to hopefully solve two dilemmas with one wealthy member of the gentry, the whole militia is thrown into an uproar by Wickham&#8217;s most dastardly deed, yet. Together, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy have to save Lydia from her own undoing, or it will mean more than just mere reputations are ruined.<br \/><br \/><span class=\"a-text-italic\"><em>For the Love of a Bennet<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>is a novel length story, currently being posted chapter by chapter on Elizabeth&#8217;s author site. 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desire for the menu to remain the same, Mrs. Darcy? The lads would not mind slaughtering another lamb.\u201d Mrs. Aldridge attempted to persuade Mrs. Darcy in her first interview with the mistress of the home regarding the operations of Broadmeadow.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mrs. Darcy, being all that was kind and hospitable in a lady of the house, entertained her housekeeper in a sitting room she discovered just that morning. Furthermore, Elizabeth would brook no disagreement with the housekeeper about ordering refreshments. The upstairs sitting room that attached to her rooms cast a calming hue of blue, from the decor of Ming vases, watercolor paintings, and the soft fabrics on the walls and upholstery. Starkly contrasting with the decor of the rest of the house, this room could just as easily be transplanted to a fashionable country home in England or a town house in London.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Thus far, Elizabeth had bent to the opinions of her housekeeper on the topics of an increase in the maids\u2019 cloth allowances and the need to hire extra staff for an ambitious maintenance period in the autumn that Mr. Darcy had already devised. On the last topic, though, Elizabeth believed she more agreed with her husband than her housekeeper, though the man was not present and she felt his absence acutely.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Still, she had to assert herself somewhere.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I have enjoyed every meal so far, and I believe my husband would say the same. I do not wish to trouble you or the Cook. It is my hope we will be leaving for London in the morning.&#8221; Elizabeth sighed as a new feeling of dread began to cloud her ambition to hasten for London as soon as she could convince Mr. Darcy to load the carriage.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Her interview with Dr. Rowley went well earlier in the afternoon, and she distinctly heard the man tell her husband that if they both wished to leave in the morning, he could see no reason why she must rest further if her only symptoms were now a loss of memory after a night of drinking. She had wished to pursue the point with Fitzwilliam, but the two men made plans to ride together after she was declared well. She understood Fitzwilliam so dearly loved to ride and had curtailed the habit due to her illness, but she still worried after him riding out with Dr. Rowley as far as the edge of the estate.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mrs. Aldridge looked down briefly at her notes that she had brought to her meeting, a safeguard against her anxieties of once more answering to a mistress.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Should you like me to write to Mrs. Martin then? Are there any comforts or considerations you would like the London staff to begin in anticipation of your arrival?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth paled at the completely ordinary question for a wife of Mr. Darcy, but an enormous reminder to the once Elizabeth Bennet that she had married more than slightly above her head.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">What kinds of preparations are you thinking?\u201d As Mrs. Aldridge began to list a number of changes any lady of the house might change, from draperies to schedule, Elizabeth reflected on her instruction to run a home from her mother. Never at Longbourn had there been instruction to do so with fiscal responsibility. And the changes Mrs. Aldridge explained began to sound more and more expensive the longer Elizabeth listened.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Luckily a Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy had no need of frugality. But Elizabeth also remembered the arguments and raised voices her parents exchanged over the household budgets and with so much already standing between her and Mr. Darcy, she never wished to disappoint Fitzwilliam in that area.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;The London staff, yes, that is a consideration.\u201d Elizabeth bit her lower lip and stirred her tea as she willed her mind to work faster than it was wont to oblige. Her interjection had caused Mrs. Aldridge to quiet. \u201cTo be perfectly honest I cannot think of any comforts or considerations we might need. I can speak to Mr. Darcy to confirm such an outcome, but apart from instructing Mrs. Martin that we will soon arrive within the week, I cannot think of any additional lines to add.&#8221; Elizabeth swallowed as she tried so hard to sound confident as Mrs. Darcy and yet not offend the kind woman aiming to help her find her way.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mrs. Aldridge frowned as she wrote down the notes prompting Elizabeth to ask her to speak her mind. Closing the small red leather book that served as a distinction of her housekeeping position, Mrs. Aldridge blew out a breath.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe your family is expected to be in London when you arrive?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth sipped her tea and then replaced the cup in\u00a0\u00a0the saucer with an audible clink as it nearly slipped from her fingers. &#8220;My father will be staying with my aunt and uncle. But my aunt and uncle do live in London.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Yes, ma&#8217;am. Do you not think you might have them over to dine when you and Mr. Darcy return home? I only ask because Mrs. Martin is likely very much of the same mind as I am and that is\u2026&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Yes?&#8221; Elizabeth prodded the housekeeper to tell all.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The gray-haired woman who could still make a bed in less than two minutes\u2019 time looked at her mistress with a twinkle in her eye. &#8220;We have all enjoyed watching the master and young miss grow from childhood and your marriage to the master is a great cause for celebration.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mrs. Aldridge frowned as she recalled the pale, unconscious woman brought to Broadmeadow that first evening who now sat across from her, mistress of all. \u201cWe may not have celebrated your nuptials as we ought here at Broadmeadow due to the circumstances of your\u2014of the accident,\u201d she paused as she adjusted the assignation of blame. \u201cBut the staff in London will love you, madam!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mrs. Darcy blushed and looked down at her hands as she closed\u00a0\u00a0her eyes at the housekeeper&#8217;s strong praise.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;And if you don&#8217;t mind me saying so, the master has needed a bonny lass by his side to keep him steady.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth scowled as she cast off her embarrassment and misunderstood her housekeeper. &#8220;Do you mean to say that Mr. Darcy is not steady?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mrs. Aldridge frantically shook her head. &#8220;Forgive me, I misspoke. Only that you seem to provide a side to the master he has not had these many years without his parents. And there was a spell, a brief time, when it was the drink he fancied above all\u2013&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Mrs. Aldridge,\u201d Elizabeth Darcy interrupted her housekeeper, &#8220;I am thankful for your wise counsel in regards to Broadmeadow and your assistance in communication with the other households. But I cannot condone such a conversation about my husband, your employer, now or ever. Do you understand?&#8221; Elizabeth&#8217;s fierce loyalty to Fitzwilliam is what the housekeeper chose to see as the young mistress took her to task for speaking about the master\u2019s difficulties since leaving his aunt&#8217;s house in Kent.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Perfectly understood, Mrs. Darcy. I apologize.\u201d Both women allowed a spell of time to calm their nerves as the conversation reached a point of disharmony. The moment\u00a0\u00a0soon passed, and Mrs. Aldridge returned to her previous topic.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">So, would you like for me to ask Mrs. Martin to order some finer cuts of meat from the butcher in anticipation of hosting your family and friends when you return to town?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth felt guilty for scolding her elder but knew she sat in a very precarious situation, perhaps more precarious than even Mrs. Aldridge understood. She should be the one to write the housekeeper in London, but it was also within her purview to delegate such tasks to the housekeeper, and she would honestly prefer such a delegation as she had never met Mrs. Martin. It was a very strange thing to consider writing a letter to someone you have never met. Elizabeth also reasoned if she allowed Mrs. Aldridge to send a letter, perhaps the housekeeper would explain that Mrs. Darcy would listen to no abuse of her husband&#8217;s good name from any staff member saving her from a similarly unpalatable situation as she just experienced.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Write to Mrs. Martin. And let her know that she might order one or two nights\u2019 worth of finer cuts as I expect at the very least we shall host my aunt and uncle,\u201d Elizabeth finally relented.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;And what about any balls? If you plan to hold a ball, Mrs. Martin will likely need some weeks\u2019 notice to secure extra staff.&#8221; Mrs. Aldridge did not look up from her notebook as she awaited her Mistress\u2019 answer and therefore missed the look of abject horror on Elizabeth Darcy&#8217;s face.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The mere mention of a ball to celebrate her wedding made Elizabeth realize how very unlikely such an event was to happen. Aside from her husband&#8217;s disinclination to dance, she had not married in the Church! She had eloped with Mr. Darcy!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth&#8217;s mind reeled from the social implications of her marriage until her silence became noticed by the housekeeper and Mrs. Aldridge finally looked up at Mrs. Darcy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Mrs. Darcy?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;The short notice of extra staffing is just an inconvenience Mrs. Martin will have to bear if we should decide to hold a ball. I believe our plans are not to remain in town very long. My husband had already intended to summer at Pemberley. Could you also write a letter to the housekeeper at Pemberley? Mrs.\u2013&#8221; Elizabeth touched her temple as she closed her eyes and tried to remember the name of Mrs. Aldridge&#8217;s counterpart at the Derbyshire estate. But the name eluded her from earlier in the conversation when Mrs. Aldridge detailed all of the different properties and staff in Mr. Darcy&#8217;s domain that she was now equally responsible for as his wife.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Mrs. Reynolds. Oh, she will be the most pleased of all to meet you! I would so dearly love to see the new Mr. and Mrs. Darcy situated at Pemberley . . .\u201d Mrs. Aldridge gave a sigh and seemed lost in a far off thought as Elizabeth changed the subject from writing to the other housekeepers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Have you ever been to Pemberley? I thought you were born and raised here.&#8221; Elizabeth finished her cold tea and allowed the housekeeper to talk to her about the time that she traveled to the family&#8217;s estate in Derbyshire as a young maid. The previous Mrs. Darcy&#8217;s personal maid had fallen ill, opening a need for a Miss Miriam Aldridge to assist her mistress.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth listened to the story with good humor and believed she had done a promising job of asserting her position as mistress and coming to an understanding with Mrs. Aldridge. But as the interview concluded, Elizabeth Darcy no longer felt a mind to speak about meal plans and comforts or accommodations at her husband&#8217;s many homes across the kingdom. She came to realize that by being so preoccupied with finding Lydia and then rescuing Lydia, Elizabeth Bennet forgot how dangerous it was to be an Elizabeth Darcy without so much as a marriage contract or consummation.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">One matter she had no hope of reconciling that night, but the other matter she could address without delay. Just as soon as her chatty housekeeper would return to her duties and allow Mrs. Darcy to seek out her own.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><br \/><br \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-vwgeihj elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"vwgeihj\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You&#8217;ve been reading <i>The Whisky Wedding<\/i><\/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-whisky-wedding-final-o04p7k8mdnmyjnt8r73u3opohm5snn9t67rdezxxuc.jpg\" title=\"the whisky wedding final\" alt=\"the whisky wedding final\" 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>When Elizabeth Bennet of Jane Austen&#8217;s Pride &amp; Prejudice learns of her sister&#8217;s elopement before leaving for the Peaks District, she and her aunt are off to Scotland to chase the wayward couple. Inn after inn, there is no sign of Lydia or Mr. Wickham, but Elizabeth won&#8217;t give up. A foolhardy decision to continue to search on her own lands Elizabeth right into the arms of a familiar face . . . Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy.\u00a0<\/p><p>Join author Elizabeth Ann West in a tale of carriage accidents, amnesia, and a forced marriage, but happy endings for all. Well, maybe not Mr. Wickham!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-tgyeejl elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"tgyeejl\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>The Whisky Wedding<\/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<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1.625rem; background-color: transparent; color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Release Date: December 28, 2016<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span 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