{"id":3134,"date":"2021-12-17T13:09:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T18:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/?p=3134"},"modified":"2021-12-17T13:09:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T18:09:39","slug":"chapter-2-to-capture-mr-darcy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/readingroom\/chapter-2-to-capture-mr-darcy\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 2 To Capture Mr. Darcy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3134\" class=\"elementor elementor-3134 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;\">One thing I love about this series is the devotion I get to write between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet! Can&#8217;t wait to start Book 5.<\/span><\/h2><h2><span style=\"color: #993366;\">XOXOXO Elizabeth Ann West<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cmvpllr elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cmvpllr\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-jtxlnev\" data-id=\"jtxlnev\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-trjgule elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"trjgule\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chapter 2 - To Capture Mr. Darcy, 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;\"><i>November 16, 1811<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Her fourth day\u00a0at Netherfield Park dawned, and Elizabeth Bennet stretched and yawned. Feeling genuine longing to keep the tightly roped bed and overstuffed mattress she had enjoyed in residence, she laughed out loud at the bright sunlight pouring into the lovely guest room. One brief stay at a large estate and she had become snobbish in her delights! Her familiar bed at home performed more than adequately if not as luxurious as the offerings of Mr. Bingley\u2019s income provided.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A knock on the door startled Elizabeth, and she involuntarily snatched the surrounding sheets.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Yes?\u201d she asked, unsure of who might\u00a0knock on her door at this early hour.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Miss?\u201d A maid gently opened the door no more than a few inches and popped in her head. \u201cDo\u00a0you require\u00a0assistance this morning?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth grinned and nodded, surprised that it had taken this long before the staff at Netherfield was\u00a0instructed to help the Bennet sisters. At home, there was one maid to share with all four of her sisters and most days, Elizabeth Bennet was content to dress herself. Mesmerized by the hairstyle the maid pinned on her head \u2014 a style she would only deign to wear to a special event with a few pearl pins or flowers tucked \u2014 she smiled at the young woman. The maid tried to hide her smile before quickly nodding a curtsy and leaving the room.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A grumble in her stomach twisted Elizabeth\u2019s lips into a most unflattering expression, and she decided to break her fast before her morning constitutional. She found the house eerily quiet but shrugged her shoulders at the still sleeping Londoners keeping town hours. She entered the breakfast parlor and carefully closed the door behind her, gasping as she turned to find Mr. Darcy happily sipping coffee and reading the morning\u2019s paper. Mr. Darcy hastily stood and nodded to her.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">He cleared his throat. \u201cGood morning. I trust you slept well, Miss Elizabeth?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Reminded of her heavenly thoughts about the quality of bed she enjoyed, she smiled. To her surprise, Mr. Darcy smiled back at her!<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Yes, quite well. Thank you for concern, Mr. Darcy.\u201d Elizabeth blushed as she busied herself making a plate. Once finished, she faced a dilemma. She did not care to sit next to Mr. Darcy, nor did she wish to offend the man by sitting too far away. Sighing, she resigned herself to sitting across from him, one chair down, as a compromise.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">For many long minutes the two did not speak. Elizabeth enjoyed her meal and Mr. Darcy, his paper. Kept in her thoughts, Elizabeth carefully planned her day. After breakfast, she would check on Jane and convince her they might still walk with Mr. Bingley and take the carriage home in the\u00a0afternoon. November was apt\u00a0to bring\u00a0nasty weather, and it would not please Elizabeth one bit to be stuck at Netherfield for more days than she had already visited. Her thoughts were interrupted by Mr. Darcy\u2019s laughter.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Quizzically, she arched an eyebrow at the man, surprised by his sudden deep baritone chuckles.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Pardon me, Miss Elizabeth, I merely read an amusing tale and lost my composure.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oh, I am afraid I cannot pardon you, sir. You must pay the penalty of sharing your joke for I dearly love to laugh.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The sweet challenge from her lips inflamed Darcy\u2019s sensibilities and once more he felt the magnetic attraction to this beautiful and witty Bennet creature. She was not docile; she was not timid. Both qualities spoke to his own proclivities and represented a rare form of the female in his experience. \u201cI should never suspend your pleasure, Miss Elizabeth. I laugh because my cousin played a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with a lady, and I believe he is shocked to learn that it was he who was the mouse the entire\u00a0time.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">That is amusing. But I worry, will your cousin suffer greatly for his mistake? Or is the lady in question an honorable one that will make him a good match?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy tilted his head to one side, surprised that a woman would worry about future felicity in a marriage beyond the capture. Perhaps she did not understand who his cousin was. \u201cMy cousin will be the future Earl of Matlock, and the lady is the\u00a0daughter of a wealthy baronet. I dare to say she will find the match amiable.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth shook her head slowly but said nothing, returning to her meal. Darcy did not let her off the hook. \u201cPlease, I am most eager to know your opinions. Fear not offending me.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth slowly chewed and then swallowed. Taking a moment to drink her chocolate, another luxury often available at home, but not every meal, she chose her words carefully. \u201cA man has little to fear from a poorly made match as he may seek an escape from his wife. But a lady must be very careful in choosing a husband, for riches and wealth do not always make for a happy life.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I wonder if your opinions are the work of true philosophy or merely a contradiction of your circumstances. You cannot say a young lady of a lower rank would not seize the chance at a title or wealth.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A flash of anger at his unfiltered honesty spurred Elizabeth\u2019s immediate response. \u201cNay, sir, they are the observations of a woman who has seen far too many a couple shuffle through life, miserable beyond measure, yet bonded in matrimony. For that reason, I shall only marry for true esteem and\u00a0respect or not at all.\u201d Elizabeth rose from the table, no longer finding herself hungry and scarcely curtsied before leaving the room.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/calibre-internal.invalid\/images\/svgimg0001.svg\" width=\"81\" height=\"40\" name=\"graphics1\" align=\"BOTTOM\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Marching\u00a0with more gusto than her usual gait, Elizabeth\u2019s aggravation manifested in pent-up physical energy. The nerve of that man to be so mean about her circumstances! Why, he should not even have brought up the subject, with his nonsensical laughter. And what man takes pleasure in a cousin\u2019s folly?<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">With half a mind to stalk out the front doors of the home, she belayed that desire from a lack of proper shoes and attire. To act rashly now, she\u2019d likely end up as sick as Jane. Remembering her sister, she took a few calming breaths and planned to follow through on checking on Jane when she spied the library door standing slightly ajar. A quick chess move might allow her to finish her game, should her opponent remain vigilant, before their opportune departure from this place.<\/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 2 (cont'd) - To Capture Mr. Darcy, a Pride and Prejudice Variation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ncyljeg elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ncyljeg\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">She ducked into the library feeling a small amount of joy from her anticipated victory. Not disappointed, the moment stood perfectly as planned. The mysterious opponent had played right into her hands.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">With a surge of power, she picked up her queen and placed her squarely in the sights of the rogue black knight. Considering the darker pieces were of a deeper rosewood, she supposed it ironic it would be a rose knight to take her queen. She replayed the conversation just moments ago with Mr. Darcy and could not help feeling amused at how her queen\u2019s sacrifice was much like the trap his poor cousin fell into with his lady.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A presence behind her compelled her to turn. She stared into the doleful face of none other than that infuriating man who alternated in complimenting and insulting her person.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Miss Elizabeth, I hoped to find you here. Please accept my sincerest and heartfelt apologies.\u201d The man bowed low, much lower than a simple greeting, and Elizabeth involuntarily rolled her eyes.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I accept your apology, Mr. Darcy. Now, please excuse me while I find more reading material before tending to my sister.\u201d She walked\u00a0away towards the sparsely populated shelves.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Were you not making a move in our chess game?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth paused and hunched her shoulders. Releasing the grimace on her face, she slowly turned around to look carefully at the face of Mr. Darcy for signs of falsehood. There were none.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Our chess game?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Indeed,\u201d Mr. Darcy made a dramatic readjustment of his coat and took a seat on black\u2019s side. He frowned as he looked at the board, then at her, then back at the board.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth, still shocked over the identity of her opponent, thankfully did not give the gambit away. Darcy stared again at the board, and for a moment he considered allowing her threatened queen to survive. As she\u00a0slowly took her seat at white\u2019s position, he reconsidered such a concession. If she saw he could have taken her queen, and chose not to do so, she would be more offended than him taking her most powerful piece as a result of her blunder.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It appears I must apologize once more . . .\u201d he trailed off as his knight took her queen. He regretted he had sought to checkmate her so early, now that they were sitting down together in privacy, he found himself very content.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">No, Mr. Darcy, I believe I am the one to owe apologies. It was a trap, you see.\u201d Elizabeth Bennet picked up her white knight, with no blood on its hands, and took one of his pawns. \u201cCheckmate.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy\u2019s eyelids blinked fiercely as he looked again and again. She was right, no matter what move he made, his king remained in jeopardy and his queen could do nothing to parry the attack. Drumming his fingers along the edge of the table, he gave the brilliant game play of his Elizabeth one last, mind-searing examination. Perceiving her rising, he called out.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It would be an honor to enjoy such a game every afternoon at Pemberley with a beauty such as yourself.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth\u2019s mouth opened wide, but she closed it again. What kind of woman did he think her? Did he think a woman in her position would take just any offer, even that of a word she could not bring herself to speak in her mind?<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Your offhanded and practiced cruel games are of no interest to me, Mr. Darcy. Good day to you, sir.\u201d Elizabeth did not curtsy before she picked up a random book from the shelf and quit the library. She cared not who saw\u00a0as she ran up the elegant stairs, nearly knocking Mr. Bingley down when she reached the top.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Good morning, Miss Elizabeth!\u201d The ever affable Bingley put his manners to good use, but the tear-streaked face of Elizabeth Bennet passed him by. She scurried to her sister\u2019s room and closed the door behind her.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jane slept peacefully in her bed, oblivious to her sister\u2019s horrid start of the day. Elizabeth held her sobs at bay, racking her brain for some sign of Mr. Darcy\u2019s proposition to be false. But the man had made conspicuous observations as to her family\u2019s status, and he appeared to enjoy manipulating her emotions at every turn.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wiping her eyes, she refused to cry for his caddish\u00a0behavior and instead walked over to the window where ominous clouds hung that were not there just one hour ago. Scowling at the vista before her of the rolling fields of Netherfield Park, the moody sky ripped a seam and poured showers of water on the surrounding area.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Checkmate to me,\u201d she whispered before tiptoeing out of Jane\u2019s room and, after making sure the hall was clear, escaping to the relative safety of her own room.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/calibre-internal.invalid\/images\/svgimg0001.svg\" width=\"81\" height=\"40\" name=\"graphics2\" align=\"BOTTOM\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Downstairs, Charles Bingley found his friend Fitzwilliam Darcy standing sentry at the large windows in the breakfast parlor.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Er, morning, Darcy. You\u2019ve not eaten?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I have. I planned to take an early ride when this broke.\u201d Darcy lifted one hand from where they were clasped behind his back, motioning towards the storm raging outside.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Did you happen to speak with Miss Elizabeth?\u201d Bingley tried to sound nonchalant as he loaded a plate with pastries and meats. \u201cShe was crying just now as I passed her on the stairs. You did not upset her did you?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Blast!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Charles dropped his plate to the table audibly as Darcy shouted out. The master of the house nodded to the servant waiting to serve him coffee.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy turned and walked towards the table, gripping the back of a chair with both\u00a0hands. \u201cWe were playing the chess game I told you about . . .\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And you beat her. Well, to play a game, there must be a winner and a loser.\u201d Bingley reasoned as he raised his cup.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You are mistaken; she bested me!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Charles sputtered his coffee, and it dribbled down his chin while the cup was still raised to his lips. He hastily put the cup down and dabbed his wet person with a serviette. \u201cYou lost? She won over you? Well, well, well, look how the mighty have fallen!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It\u2019s not about the game, Charles. I made a fool of myself and revealed my affections for her, and she spurned them. A more missish, coquettish bird I have never encountered!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bqckbar elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bqckbar\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-zhngqtw\" data-id=\"zhngqtw\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9frbyfv elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1594 elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9frbyfv\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NEW RELEASE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-vvcemc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"vvcemc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-zc80rua elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1596 elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"zc80rua\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/wip\/for-the-love-of-a-bennet-chapter-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/for-the-love-of-a-bennet-ociwlxbbz8lig0exwxhsw59r5tzz1k63m60yqyx2fo.jpg\" title=\"for the love of a bennet\" alt=\"for the love of a bennet\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-sdicxgm\" data-id=\"sdicxgm\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-unkota7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1598 elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"unkota7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>For the Love of a Bennet<\/strong><\/p><p><span class=\"a-text-italic\"><em>What if Elizabeth Bennet traveled with Lydia to Brighton<\/em>?<\/span><br \/><br \/>A reimagining of Jane Austen&#8217;s most beloved tale,\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">Pride &amp; Prejudice,\u00a0<\/span>join author Elizabeth Ann West as she writes the romantic adventure story she always wanted! 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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I inquired\u00a0gently from her sister about Miss Elizabeth\u2019s thoughts on you. As you requested . . .\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The two of them likely planned this, from the start! Beware Charles, I\u2019m beginning to observe these Bennet girls are much flirtation and little substance.\u201d Darcy scowled and stomped in frustration.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The doors to the breakfast parlor opened again even as the hour now neared noon. With no sign of the sun, the day appeared held captive in time by the rain. Louisa Hurst and Caroline Bingley entered the room giggling and carrying on their own conversation. When Miss Bingley spied Mr. Darcy, she stopped her inappropriate laughter and stood up a tad straighter. Instantly, she transformed from a genial sister to putting on the unaffected airs she thought a lady of high society should display.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Darcy, how lovely to break our fasts together! With you retiring so early last night, it\u2019s a wonder you too would rise\u00a0so late.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I\u2019ve already enjoyed my morning meal, madam.\u201d Darcy bowed and quit\u00a0the room, leaving Bingley to deal with his sisters. His pique over the expression on Elizabeth\u2019s face when he voiced a future of them together, raised his blood pressure even higher. The pure disdain and repulsion he read in her features pushed him over the edge as his mind began to torment him.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">He had ended up in the library, his room of last resort, mostly on habit. But the physical location only served to mock him further. With a great visceral growl, his eyes fell to the chess game standing just as it was left, with his checkmated king. His hand scattered the pieces to the floor, and he leaned forward against the window, his forehead pressed against\u00a0the cool glass. Huffing rapidly until a great fog obscured his view entirely, Fitzwilliam Darcy accepted the fact he stood as a rejected man and the pain felt far worse that what could be called a passing fancy.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">At Longbourn, the ancestral home\u00a0of Elizabeth and Jane Bennet, Mrs. Bennet breached\u00a0her husband\u2019s study with a broad smile on her face.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bennet, Mr. Bennet! Have you seen the weather? We are saved I tell you.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bennet, a\u00a0man in his late forties\u00a0and father of five daughters but no sons, did not look up at his wife as he continued to scratch the letter on his desk. He disliked the task of correspondence very much and felt cross that his Lizzie temporarily resided miles away at Netherfield Park, even if it was in the service of caring for her elder sister. For years, his second eldest daughter had shown great wit and interest in the affairs of the estate and become somewhat of a secretary for him. As his arthritis stung with each carefully crafted word, his irritation grew that Elizabeth was not present to fulfill this duty for him.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">However do you reason that, my dear?\u201d he asked tersely, not wishing to humor his wife, but also knowing the woman would not leave until satisfied.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mrs. Bennet happily hurried over to the window wiping her hands on her apron. \u201cIt is raining buckets outside, even if it should stop raining tomorrow; there is no hope of the carriage making it through the mud and muck for at least two days.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I still fail to see how a little fall\u00a0of rain and\u00a0muddy roads plays into your logic.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mrs. Bennet squinted her eyes at her husband and pursed her lips in consternation that the man could be so dense. \u201cThis means our sweet Jane will spend even longer at Netherfield Park and I \u00a0am certain Mr. Bingley will fall madly in love withherif he is not already!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bennet put down his quill and leaned back in his chair. A bubbling sense of mirth flooded his senses, but he stifled his laughs. \u201cYour means of marrying off our\u00a0daughters baffle me to no end. But, despite the\u00a0poor weather, I am expecting a visitor to arrive in two days\u2019 time.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A visitor? In this weather?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bennet shuffled papers around on his desk to retrieve a letter from the bottom of the pile. He held it up and pretended to read over it for a refreshing of the salient details, but it was not necessary. His feud\u00a0with his cousin Collins stretched\u00a0back decades, and now that his cousin had died of natural causes, being older than Mr. Bennet himself, his son and heir apparent of Longbourn\u00a0intended to stay a fortnight.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As Mr. Bennet related these details to his wife, he was not spared\u00a0her normal theatrics of nerves and palpitations over his unavoidable demise and therefore loss of the estate due to an entail\u00a0that followed only the male line.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I still see not why he should visit here. Shall I also allow him to inspect the silver and count the plates?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I do not believe we owe Mr. Collins an inventory of the home quite yet as I am both hearty and hale. However, my most intriguing cousin does come with the intention of marrying one of our daughters I suspect, and I leave that matter in your capable hands, madam.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mrs. Bennet\u2019s eyes widened in fear. \u201cOh no, not Jane! She is practically engaged to Mr. Bingley.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Yes, and we shall not trade a\u00a0prospective man of wealth like Mr. Bingley for a cousin of\u00a0known inheritance, for that would not be prudent.\u201d Mr. Bennet said in his normal sardonic tone, completely missed by his wife of more than one score.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Certainly not! He is what, a parson? What if you outlive him? See? What then? Shall one of our daughters be a lowly parson\u2019s wife while some other obscure male relation inherits this home and all the contents?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bennet rubbed his temples as his wife spun more and more hypotheticals. When she reached fever pitch about being thrown into the hedgerows, he held his hand up to signal he had endured enough.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">We shall see which one of the other girls he shows interest towards\u00a0and meanwhile,\u201d Mrs. Bennet\u00a0snatched the letter from her husband\u2019s desk\u00a0to review it herself for any information of Mr. Collins\u2019 tastes and preferences. \u201cI shall direct Hill to prepare\u00a0the guest room.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bennet waved his hand and returned to his odious task of correspondence while his wife fluttered out of the room. He stared at the torrential downpour falling nearly in solid sheets outside the window. A fleeting thought of sympathy for his poor cousin to travel in such a gale crossed his mind. Then he remembered the bombastic tone and\u00a0gross assumptions the man had made in his letter about the Bennet family and Mr. Bennet returned to his usual nature\u00a0of finding amusement in the most ridiculous of persons, until he remembered he must\u00a0continue writing letters, and then he cursed the rain under his breath.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/calibre-internal.invalid\/images\/svgimg0001.svg\" width=\"81\" height=\"40\" name=\"graphics3\" align=\"BOTTOM\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The gloomy afternoon\u00a0in the drawing room\u00a0at Netherfield Park dampened the spirits of most of the inhabitants. Elizabeth Bennet sat in one chair, doing her best to concentrate on the novel in her hands, but she, unfortunately, held no interest in it. Still, she suffered through the prose as it was the book she hastily retrieved earlier. Her sister, Jane, rested comfortably snuggled in blankets near the fire, with the undivided attention of Mr. Bingley bringing forth her soft tinkling laughter at regular intervals. Elizabeth was not close enough to overhear their conversation. She tried to muster happiness for her sister. Instead, her attitude remained flat observing Mr. Darcy standing stoically at the window out of the corner of her eye.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">My Louisa, is not this weather simply unbearable? And so inconvenient, why you and I planned to call on the Longs this afternoon.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth wondered if Caroline Bingley ever exhausted her energy in actively ignoring the Bennet sisters. She had never encountered such brashly rude behavior in a woman to regularly exclude the company around her in conversation. Miss Bingley had completed finishing school according to her boasts, but the opinion of Elizabeth Bennet asserted she must have ended her tenure before the education completed.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Such horrible weather makes one feel as if they might go absolutely mad.\u201d Louisa Hurst looked up with an air superiority from her knitting. \u201cAnd being cramped in one\u2019s quarters can make even the most pleasing company grating.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth slammed her book shut startling both of the sisters and attracting the attention\u00a0of Mr. Darcy. With the three of them looking expectantly at her,\u00a0she offered a plastered smile. \u201cForgive me, I find this book not to my liking. I shall find another.\u201c She rose from her\u00a0chair and walked confidently to the door with her shoulders back. The waiting footman hastily attended and Elizabeth offered the young man a nod in gratitude.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tension between her temples eased\u00a0as her fingers traced the spines along one line of volumes. Considering Don Quixote, a title she reasoned would allow her to read Cervantes\u2019 ridiculous parables and replace the names with her present company, or an older Gothic romance, she felt in no hurry to abandon her solitude. When Elizabeth turned and realized the room was entirely empty save the warm fire in the grate, she placed\u00a0the Gothic romance back on the shelf. She and the Cervantes hastened over to the most comfortable chair she could find. As a guest in the home, surely no one would have a problem with her reading in a room such as the library. After all, were not these comforts specifically here for persons interested in reading?<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Within half an hour the library door admitted one other, but Elizabeth sat so engrossed for the errant knight\u2019s ridiculous quest, she did not disrupt her reading. Mr. Darcy selected a title from the sparse shelves and took the seat across from Elizabeth, on the other side of the fireplace. This movement so close to her person did finally interrupt her concentration but still cross with the man for reasons even she was not entirely sure of, Elizabeth said not a word.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The storm continued its fury\u00a0outdoors; a stalemated silence raged inside. The clock on the mantel provided a metronome cadence that Elizabeth found echoed\u00a0in her mind as she read each word but failed to register\u00a0its meaning. Instead, her mind raced with every odd thought she had ever held about the mysterious man from Derbyshire who appeared not to care for the sensibilities of others around him so long as it pleased his wishes. Even at this very moment, he displayed his disdain for others by entering the room without even so much as greeting her! Between his insults, flatteries, and proud behavior on other evenings she observed, she could not find herself agreeing with Jane. Where her sister saw only the good in people, Elizabeth Bennet was less inclined to hold such optimism. Mr. Bingley\u2019s friend was haughty and snobbish and no matter how much it might please Mr. Bingley and Jane, Elizabeth Bennet held no interest in even remaining acquaintances with the man.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">No sooner had she made such a profound internal decision that she looked\u00a0up from her book at the same time as the man in question and their eyes met. Still no words passed, but the he\u00a0displayed a depth of feeling Elizabeth Bennet had never witnessed\u00a0before. Captivated by his expression, her heart ached for he\u00a0truly seemed\u00a0to be in pain, yet she knew not why. As guilt washed over her earlier imprudent behavior, a small sigh escaped her lips. No matter how ugly or rude Mr. Darcy or Miss Bingley behaved, it was no excuse for her\u00a0behavior. She would be the one to offer the olive branch.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I wish to apologize for storming out of the library earlier. If you intended your words to pay a compliment, I was ungrateful in the extreme. And if you meant to insult me, it still leaves me no credit to return such sentiments with an insult of my own.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy blinked. Then his eyebrows began to knit together. He wanted nothing more than to clean his ears with his fingers because surely he could not have heard her correctly. How on earth could his rash confession of affection for her be interpreted as an insult? His mind failed in working out the logic of such a situation so he came to the conclusion that this must be yet another game of arts and allurement by Miss Elizabeth. He was rather tired of playing games.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I fail to see how my words may\u00a0have insulted \u2013\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I assure you, sir, your insinuation was clear. A woman of my status, as you so emphatically pointed out at breakfast, could never hope for an honorable proposal from a man of your means. And I know of the fashions and fad of the London set. I may be a penniless gentleman\u2019s daughter, but I am still a gentleman\u2019s daughter.\u201d Elizabeth could not stop the passions of her anger returning to her heart and mind, and she closed her book and stood. She hugged the thick tome to her chest as if it might provide some magical defense against the agony of emotions she endured whenever she was near this stranger.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">When Mr. Darcy could offer no apology in kind, or explanation, Elizabeth nodded and pursed her lips. She turned on her heel and made for the door. The only safe place for her was her bedroom until dinner.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy gaped at the fiery passion in Elizabeth\u2019s face as she defended her position. Had she honestly thought he intended to offer her a position other than his wife? And how had a woman of her background come to know of such things? His mind reeled with the possibilities until she took\u00a0her leave.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth, please do not go.\u201d He called softly, saddened that calling her by her Christian name only caused\u00a0her to flinch\u00a0as she continued to walk away.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Fitzwilliam Darcy grew\u00a0despondent once more at her rejection. If one owned an instrument to suck all joy out of the air, it was Elizabeth Bennet when she was cross with him. Darcy noticed the chess board was once more restored. Surprised at himself, his shaky hand moved black\u2019s pawn two rows forward to begin\u00a0another game. And as he planned to spend the rest of the afternoon in the library\u2019s solitary comforts, his heart dared hope the chess board might beckon her downstairs once more.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Another evening of uncomfortable dining partners set Elizabeth\u2019s nerves on edge. Between the slings and arrows tossed her way by the stares of Caroline Bingley and Mr. Darcy, all punctuated by booms and crashes of thunder outside, Elizabeth\u2019s neck and shoulders ached from a permanently tightened position. The abundant roses resided in complete wilt making the candlelight appear sour. There remained little to interest her in the event.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The rain beat against the windows accompanied by the feral cry of the wind. The room felt chilled, though a roaring fire was just behind Elizabeth\u2019s chair. She shivered and continued to attempt an appetite by eating her cold meat one small bite at a time.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Miss Bingley,\u201d Darcy interrupted the shrew to his left who had assumed\u00a0her normal custom of a one-sided conversation with the man of Derbyshire, \u201cwhile I am sure your experiences at the ____ Ball last spring were most rapturous, I beg your pardon.\u201d Darcy did not take his eyes off the diminutive form of Elizabeth seated across from him. \u201cMiss Elizabeth, are you quite alright? I noticed appeared chilled just now.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth blushed that Mr. Darcy would be so bold as to admit he had been watching her. \u201cI am not at ease, only worried about Jane, you understand.\u201d She parried the personal inquiry.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Caroline Bingley sniffed and pressed her lips in a fine line. \u201cI should dearly hope you are not becoming ill yourself, Miss Eliza, as you\u2019ve been so dutiful in your sister\u2019s care, it would be a wretched manner of repayment.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I am quite well, thank you, Miss Bingley.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Blast, this weather be the dogs!\u201d Mr. Bingley piped up to the admonishment of his sister. But Charles Bingley offered no apology. \u201cI am only to mean that your poor sister might recover all the much sooner if the weather were of a drier nature.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">There is no evidence that one becomes more or less ill due to weather,\u201d Darcy said.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oh, I forget you are well read on every topic.\u201d Bingley motioned for his wine glass to be refilled as he drained it upon teasing Darcy.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy cleared his throat, looking up from his plate to see Miss Elizabeth giving him her full attention. \u201cI do not profess to be an expert in the medical arts, but all the treatises I have read\u00a0can find no justification for a person\u2019s illness as a result of the weather since others in the near vicinity are often well.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">So there you have it, if one is to become ill in bad weather, it is not a defect of Nature, but that of the person\u2019s nature.\u201d Caroline beamed as she tried to impress Mr. Darcy with her logic, only to receive abject gazes of horror from the rest of the table. \u201cWhat? I do not mean poor Jane has any such defect. No, of course not, she is beyond all that is sweet and good \u2014\u201c<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Yes, my sister IS all that is sweet and good and I think we might look for a change of subject. Mr. Bingley, how long do you plan to let Netherfield Park? Are we to expect you and your family to remain through winter and into spring?\u201d Elizabeth shut Caroline down and forced the conversation to focus on Charles.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Er . . . That is, I had not fully thought out our plans. I should like to stay very much, but just as swiftly as I took this property, I am just as easily pleased should our plans change,\u201d Charles made eye contact with Caroline as her face stretched and pulled expressions of incredulity. \u201cCaroline wishes us to return to London for Christmas,\u201d he finished flatly.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">For her part, Miss Bingley offered Elizabeth a wan smile and fluttered her eyelashes. \u201cWell, nothing is certain yet. What my brother will not tell you of is his\u00a0fickle nature when it comes to plans of any kind. He is the sort to agree to a picnic only to change his mind the day of to dining indoors and follow it with a horse ride. By the way, Miss Elizabeth, do you ride?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth offered Miss Bingley a wistful smile, relishing the joy bubbling up inside her once more that she would not offer this woman an ounce of satisfaction. \u201cNot in this weather, I\u2019m afraid.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Darcy laughed at the verbally sparring woman, the only person to do so, and swiftly covered his guffaw with a cough. \u201cForgive me, I merely found Miss Elizabeth\u2019s rejoinder rather comical.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Humor is no substitute for wit.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And neither is vulgarity.\u201d Elizabeth lifted her wine glass, thoroughly enjoying herself now that she might openly be rude to Caroline without her reinforcements of Mr. and Mrs. Hurst, who had elected to eat in their rooms.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">She has you there, Caro.\u201d Bingley loudly slurped the newly arrived soup course.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I apologize, my tongue ran away with me.\u201d Elizabeth offered her adversary an apology as she did truly feel guilty for stooping so low. A familiar throbbing began in the front of her head and Elizabeth wanted nothing more than to leave dinner and plead a legitimate headache to escape further discussion.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Caroline said nothing and resumed eating. The dinner table descended to a heavy silence until another loud crash of thunder startled most of them at the table. Elizabeth dropped her fork and hastily picked it up to cover her faux pas.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">No longer finding herself hungry in the slightest, Elizabeth appealed to Mr. Bingley\u2019s good nature. \u201cI wonder if you might excuse me? I do so wish to check on my sister and find my appetite has left me.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Of course, of course, please send our warmest wishes for Miss Bennet\u2019s speedy recovery.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth nodded and awaited a footman\u2019s assistance to leave the table. She made certain to avoid\u00a0eye contact with Mr. Darcy before she left the depressing dining room in case he rebuked her for the cut direct\u00a0of Caroline. She had no business being so rude to her hostess, and with a background in trade, of course Miss Bingley would stop at nothing for acceptance.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As Elizabeth climbed the stairs to see to her sister, she never questioned herself for caring so much about the opinion of Mr. Darcy.<\/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>To Capture Mr. Darcy<\/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\/to-cpature-mr-darcy-2-mph2jjcc1oia3nau0es7il99jcerzs2aafdbyz1das.jpg\" title=\"To Capture Mr. Darcy\" alt=\"a stand alone novel variation of Pride and Prejudice, To Capture 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-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>Nature&#8217;s a fickle thing. When four days of rain occur earlier in Jane Austen&#8217;s Pride &amp; Prejudice to trap Jane and Elizabeth Bennet at Netherfield Park, new romances, misunderstandings, and alignments are made. Volatile tempers never did well cooped up together. Not even when there&#8217;s a chessboard to help pass the time.<br \/><br \/>Fall in love with the romance of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet all over again in this new variation by author Elizabeth Ann West. A stand-alone novel of over 300 pages in paperback, this story is sure to make you sigh and swoon many times over!<\/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>To Capture Mr. Darcy\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 novel variation series<\/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 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