{"id":3156,"date":"2021-12-17T13:09:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T18:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/?p=3156"},"modified":"2021-12-17T13:09:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T18:09:38","slug":"chapter-7-to-capture-mr-darcy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/readingroom\/chapter-7-to-capture-mr-darcy\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 7 To Capture Mr. Darcy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3156\" class=\"elementor elementor-3156 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 7 - 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 20, 1811<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">After a restless night\u00a0and early breakfast, with a conspicuously absent Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth endured the sweet speech and surfeit of smiles between Jane and Mr. Bingley. It was not that she wished her sister less than the joy she was feeling, but Elizabeth\u2019s visit to the home could not compare with the elation of Jane\u2019s where she was leaving intended for Mr. Bingley.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Recalling\u00a0her conversation with the missing guest from the night before, Elizabeth could not help her curiosity.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I have not seen your friend, Mr. Darcy, this morning Mr. Bingley. Does he not usually take his meal in the earlier hours?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bingley paused in his attentions to Jane and addressed Elizabeth. \u201cDarcy is out riding. He is much like I have heard you described by Jane, eager to rejoin Nature after a long spell of being stuck\u00a0indoors.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oh, I hope the terrain treats him well.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mmm.\u201d Charles took a bite of his quiche and nodded, dismissing any further conversation with Elizabeth to look upon\u00a0Jane.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth frowned and picked at her own meal. Her appetite fled and her head began to ache. Mr. Darcy\u2019s remark about becoming his wife still rang in her ears\u2014a frightening, exhilarating, and yet impossible notion all at the same time. What an odd sort of man he was to so often stand stoically and silently in a room, only to blurt out the strangest ideas when pressed.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And she shook her hands like leaves\u2014\u201d Caroline\u2019s shrill voice faltered when she and Louisa Hurst entered the dining room to find their brother and both Bennet sisters sitting at the table. \u201cOh, good morning. I did not know you would still be here for the morning meal. I had instructed the carriages to be called first thing. I am sure you are anxious to return home.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Caroline\u2014\u201c Bingley warned.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As you have asked, I am happy to declare I am elated to return home and enjoy a properly kept house. You do make an admirable attempt, Miss Bingley, but it is painfully obvious running a house this large is still out of the range of your limited skills.\u201d Elizabeth dropped her fork with a clatter and released every pent up ounce of anger from her breast, aimed fully at Miss Bingley.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lizzie!\u201d Jane chastised as Caroline\u2019s face fell into\u00a0abject shock as she looked to her sister, Louisa, for a confirmation of the outrageous behavior.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You need not pretend shock. Mr. Darcy is not present to see your petty playacting,\u201d Elizabeth muttered as she looked down at her plate, tears tickling her nose with the threat of falling unbidden.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">If you have found your stay here to be so lacking, Miss Eliza,\u201d Caroline addressed her ungrateful guest as she glided to a chair next to Jane, \u201cI wonder why you did not speak up before now. I fear your discontent is merely sour grapes, and the stinging bite of rejection you had to have known would come when you were no longer a guest here.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Caroline!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Please, do not scold her on my account, Mr. Bingley,\u201d Elizabeth said. \u201cIf we are to become family, you must accept that all sisters bicker at times.\u201d Elizabeth flashed Caroline a toothy smile, making the woman scowl in return. A shadow crossed the landscape in the windows behind Caroline and Elizabeth\u2019s eyes widened. Pushing herself from the table, she made her excuses. \u201cPardon me, I shall finish my packing so we might not tarry home.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As Elizabeth crossed the threshold of the\u00a0dining room, she heard Caroline again begin to criticize her to the continued warnings from Charles to mind her tongue. Sighing over the undesirable prospect of becoming related to the woman, Elizabeth hurried up the stairs to avoid seeing Mr. Darcy. She knew she would eventually have to face him, but not until she knew her own mind and heart on the matter did she wish for the event to happen.<\/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;\">Chaos, confusion, and chatter greeted Jane and Elizabeth on their first steps into their home of Longbourn. Great fuss descended upon Jane by not just their mother, but also their two youngest sisters who interrogated Jane about Netherfield. Elizabeth stood in the entryway relieved they had all forgotten she was present at the home, too, and saw a great deal more than Jane, when a familiar voice called her name.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth turned and rushed into her father\u2019s arms for a proper greeting, the man taken aback from the sudden show of emotion in his normally steady daughter.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lizzie, Lizzie, you were only gone for a week. And but three miles down the road.\u201d Her father attempted to settle his daughter to no avail.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oh, Papa, it was awful. Completely awful! Jane had a lovely time once she was well, but I will leave her to tell you her news.\u201d Elizabeth followed her father into his study to find a squat, sweaty little man sitting in her favorite chair. Spying the intruder, Elizabeth\u2019s steps faltered\u00a0and she forgot her manners in\u00a0staring at the oddly faced man.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth, meet your cousin, William Collins, who is to inherit Longbourn after my death. Mr. Collins holds the living at a place called Rosewell\u2014\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Rosings, my dear cousin, Rosings. The home of the illustrious and magnanimous Lady Catherine de Bourgh.\u201d The stranger interrupted and corrected her father, an immediate poor first impression in\u00a0Elizabeth\u2019s estimation.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Yes, I do apologize. I was not aware the name of the estate was so dear to you.\u201d Mr. Bennet rolled his eyes to Elizabeth\u2019s stunted giggle before continuing. \u201cRosings, and he has paid us a visit to acquaint himself with the Bennet side of the family.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And to select one of my fair cousins as my partner in life and sanctity in hopes of healing the breach between our two families with the olive branch of matrimony.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth\u2019s stomach lurched as her father said nothing against Mr. Collins\u2019 bombastic declaration of claiming her or one of her sisters.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Yes, well, a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Collins. I believe I shall see to my unpacking.\u201d Elizabeth began to walk out when her father stopped her.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Your items will still be there in a few hours. Sit, tell me about your visit. You say it was dreadful and I am all ears to hear of the foibles and follies of the London visitors.\u201d Mr. Bennet offered his daughter the chair on the other side of his desk, away from the window and Mr. Collins.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Obliged to obey her father, Elizabeth sat and began to heavily edit her recounting of the Netherfield Park inhabitants, much to Mr. Bennet\u2019s\u00a0dismay. But as her cousin kept interjecting daft advice over every activity, such as how to best debone a roast duck, Elizabeth knew\u00a0the interview was better managed\u00a0with care than with the giving of\u00a0full truth she would offer if she were alone with her father.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And the following day, Miss Bingley thought we should sketch Mr. Darcy\u2014\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Forgive me, but you keep referring to this Mr. Darcy, is he the same Mr. Darcy of Pemberley in Derbyshire?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Her lips twisted in annoyance, Elizabeth nodded in order to maintain her composure in the presence\u00a0of the puffed up peacock her cousin now resembled.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ho! Ho! He is the nephew of my esteemed patroness, Lady Catherine and betrothed to her daughter, Miss Anne de Bourgh.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Betrothed?\u201d Elizabeth exclaimed, clamping a\u00a0hand over her mouth at how odd her shout sounded. She gulped and restored a calmer demeanor. \u201cI am surprised, I mean, as he made no mention of his cousin.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Was there a conversation in which you would have expected him to discuss his future marriage plans, Elizabeth?\u201d Her father asked his question in an amused tone, but his steely blue eyes flashed a protective spark towards his daughter.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth chose her words carefully, knowing she was a terrible liar. \u201cThere was not one conversation in particular, no. I just, well, you will understand why I find it odd later once you speak with Jane.\u201d Elizabeth deflected further scrutiny with a weak smile.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Her father groaned. \u201cI suspect that beau of hers, Bingley, will be here shortly?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth nodded, tucking her lower lip beneath her upper one.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alright, then scamper off with you. I am certain you must have unpacking and other duties to see to.\u201d Elizabeth hopped up from her chair to peck her father on the cheek.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">My first order of business is a walk!\u201d she exclaimed.<\/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 7 (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>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Well, take Collins here with you, show him the gardens and the outbuildings. You know my old legs are bothered with activity and I promised him once you were home, you were the great walker in the family to take him on his tour.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Papa!\u201d Elizabeth admonished her father\u2019s dismissal, not entirely keen on taking a cousin she had just met on a walk by herself. She would ask Mary to tag along, as Mr. Bingley should be arriving soon and she could not possibly ask Jane.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I should be most delighted to take a stroll with you, Cousin Elizabeth.\u201d The squat, sweaty man suddenly became simply tall and fat when he stood a whole head higher than Elizabeth.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I need to change my shoes. I wonder if you might wait for me in the parlor?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">At your command, madam.\u201d The bumbling parson stumbled for a moment, unsure of what to do, and then he made a half bow. Elizabeth giggled at his awkwardness, earning a stern look from her father.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Come along, Mr. Collins. After enduring four days of rain, I do not wish to wait a moment longer in case Mother Nature changes her mind about the day.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The weather front that had trapped Elizabeth and Jane at Netherfield Park left the air chilled and gray, a common November afternoon for the English countryside. The Bennet gardens were a far cry from the illustrious blooms and vistas of colors they could boast at Summer\u2019s height. And with the company of Mary and her cousin, Collins, Elizabeth walked the paths and rows in a state of numbness.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">How could Mr. Darcy be engaged in heart to another and never once speak of the matter to her? Is that what he had come to explain the night he had knocked on her door? Her conflicting thoughts about the handsome man from Derbyshire were incessantly interrupted by the incessant chatter of\u00a0\u00a0William Collins.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I am so happy to have met you, cousin Elizabeth, and I did see briefly your elder sister, Jane, who appears to be very sweet and kind.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jane is all that is sweet and kind,\u201d Elizabeth said flatly.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oh, indeed, indeed. She reminds me of the daughter of my patroness, Lady Catherine de Bourgh.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth smiled at the ridiculous way in which her cousin managed to say the lady\u2019s full name every chance he caught. Collins took his cousin\u2019s grin as a sign to continue expounding on Miss de Bourgh\u2019s virtues.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Miss de Bourgh is very demure, but she does drive the phaeton and ponies past my humble cottage. It was Miss de Bourgh\u2019s suggestion to her mother I ought to visit Longbourn and attempt a reconciliation with the Bennet side of the family.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth\u2019s heart burned from the rise of bile in her throat\u00a0at the mere mention Mr. Darcy\u2019s future wife. And now it appeared to be the lady\u2019s fault her pompous cousin was suddenly foisted upon them in search for a mate, with no lack of vulgarity to his behavior. If Elizabeth had been in a kinder mood she might have wondered if this Miss de Bourgh was as aggravated by her cousin as she and therefore quite clever to devise a plan\u00a0to send him away and procure a wife for his future distraction.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">What is the name of your cottage? I should love to hear more about your home.\u201d Mary Bennet attempted to direct Mr. Collins\u2019 attentions on her, but the bombastic man answered her by addressing Elizabeth.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">They had rounded the far corner when Elizabeth thought she might scream from hearing about every stick of furniture in the Hunsford cottage and what Lady Catherine had to say about each maker, design, and position. Mary Bennet, for her part, had encouraged Mr. Collins by reminding him to then speak about the grounds surrounding Rosings and the Hunsford cottage.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Spying a single rider coming down the lane, Elizabeth held her breath as a late afternoon sun poured from behind the rider\u2019s back, obscuring his face. Mary nearly bumped into Elizabeth as she halted her steps and waited to see who the visitor might be.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As the horse trotted around the bend, the sun\u2019s position came more from the rider\u2019s side, and the cheerful disposition of Mr. Charles Bingley could be clearly made out by the party walking in the garden.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You and Jane were correct that Mr. Bingley would come to call today. I should wonder why he would so soon after you have left his home.\u201d Mary was often left out being the middle of five daughters. Where Jane and Elizabeth enjoyed their confidences, Kitty and Lydia, most assuredly enjoyed theirs. And the one in the middle, that\u2019s often forgotten, was none other than poor Mary.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I suspect it quite obvious that Mr. Bingley visits with only one aim and that is to speak to father.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Collins cleared his throat but his voice came out in somewhat of a squeak. \u201cThe eldest Miss Bennet is so soon to be engaged? If I am to catch your meaning, that is, cousin Elizabeth.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Feeling a surge of jealousy and anger, Elizabeth channeled those snarling feelings into a fake smile and a hollow laugh of joy.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jane and Mr. Bingley are all that a couple could ever hope to be in a matching of minds, charity, and beauty. I was present to see their brief courtship, and I suspect our household will be a flurry of activity preparing for the wedding, a small inconvenience for your visit I\u2019m afraid, Mr. Collins.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">They say weddings beget weddings, and a double wedding for two sisters should be very fine, indeed.\u201d Mr. Collins beamed at Elizabeth with a lopsided grin causing the lady to turn away as she made a face in disgust. But Mary Bennet happily smiled back at Mr. Collins and gently touched his arm to invite him to inspect another side of the garden.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Collins appeared confused for a moment as to how he might resist Miss Mary\u2019s invitation, but could find not a reason. As Elizabeth could see her father spying on them from the window of his study, she\u00a0pointed to Mary and Mr. Collins walking away from her and waved at her father. The old man in the window sighed but nodded, and that was all the encouragement Elizabeth needed.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Breaking off into a brisk step, the second eldest daughter of the Bennet family slipped from the gardens and headed towards her favorite place for a calm reflection. If she hurried, she would make it to Oakham Mount for at least a quarter hour of peace before returning home.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Her first dinner back home at Longbourn involved\u00a0the rare inclusion of two gentlemen to the table. As Elizabeth sat in her customary seat next to her father, Jane moved down so that Mr. Bingley might also sit next to Mr. Bennet, at the head of the table. Elizabeth merrily laughed and enjoyed the pleasant conversations with Jane and her beau. All parties agreed that afternoon Mr. Charles Bingley of London was to marry Miss Jane Margaret Bennet of Hertfordshire as soon as the banns could be read.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But to marry by a special license, could you imagine, Mr. Bennet? I do not see why we should have to wait for weeks and weeks when it is so plain. Mr. Bingley and our sweet Jane are simply made for each other.\u201d Mrs. Bennet continued her arguments from the afternoon to the dinner table, causing Elizabeth to slouch in her chair from embarrassment. She rather regretted Mr. Darcy did not come with Mr. Bingley to offer even so much as an explanation for his conduct towards her. Yet she also felt equally relieved he\u00a0had not come to visit Longbourn and witnessed her family\u2019s crude manners over the alliance between his best friend\u00a0and her sister.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bennet ignored his wife\u2019s comments for a moment and continued to eat his meal and sip his wine.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bennet?\u201d Mrs. Bennet refused to relinquish her right to an answer for her query.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">For my part, I believe cousin Bennet\u2019s decision to disallow\u00a0a wedding by special license a sound one. A young couple has much to reflect upon and learn about one another before taking vows in our great church and forsaking all others before the eyes of God. I have brought along with me a copy of Fordyce\u2019s sermons, and I should be happy to recite his feelings on the matter for the edification of my newly engaged cousin and her sisters after dinner.\u201d Mr. Collins accepted a bowl of potatoes from Mary, sitting on his right, and heaped a healthy portion onto his plate before passing the vegetable to his cousin Elizabeth, on his left.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I am ever so grateful for your approval, Collins.\u201d Lizzie\u2019s father said with a sardonic tone but Mr. Collins took it as a straightly meant compliment. \u201cMy dear, the reason I have rejected your insistence on a special license is by far a more practical reason than you have considered. Your first daughter is to be married from this house and I should think you would enjoy not just an engagement ball, but other festivities as appropriate for the location.\u201d Mr. Bennet smirked as Mrs. Bennet\u2019s eyes widened in excitement over his argument she be afforded a healthy budget and portion to celebrate the marriage of her eldest daughter.<\/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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You are truly to hold a ball, Mr. Bingley?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bingley gulped as he looked to Jane and sweetly clasped her hand in\u00a0a gentle squeeze before releasing it. Elizabeth sighed at such a sign of affection, remembering the blissful warmth she had felt on the rare occasions her person touched Mr. Darcy\u2019s. But Elizabeth frowned just as quickly and remembered Mr. Darcy had never been hers, not truly. The man had played the cruelest game, and she was the fool in\u00a0falling for his charms. A man of his status pretending complete ineptness in conversation, the veracity of such a personality trait for Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy seemed painfully obvious to be unlikely. She wondered how she had been so foolish as to believe the man\u2019s awkwardness.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As Mr. Bingley confirmed the ball and shared the date, the younger girls squealed in delight and began arguing about all the finery\u00a0they would need to be ready for such an illustrious event of a ball held in Jane\u2019s honor. Elizabeth happily ignored the absurdity of her family when Mr. Collins leaned much too close to her person.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I should wonder, cousin Elizabeth, if you do me the honor of the first two sets?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth\u2019s face paled as she turned to her cousin but leaned back so as to put some space between them. Just beyond Mr. Collins, Mary sat, looking crestfallen and Elizabeth felt saddened for her. Thinking quickly, she\u00a0came up with a solution, and smiled at her own brilliance.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Collins, my dear sister Jane and Mr. Bingley are certain to open the ball on the first set and I would be heartbroken to miss that first dance between them as a betrothed couple. I should be happy to accept another set from you later in the evening, but why do you not stand up with Mary for the first two sets? You would be doing me an extreme kindness for I confess I am a sentimental sister.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oh, certainly, certainly. I should have considered your closeness to the eldest Miss Bennet would naturally endear you to see to her happiness.\u201d Mr. Collins turned in his other direction and haphazardly offered the same invitation to Mary, who readily accepted that any man would be willing to dance the first two sets with her.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The younger girls, Kitty and Lydia, began to argue about who they might dance with, when Mrs. Bennet reminded both with the militia in town, they were sure to be officers aplenty for this ball as there had not been at the assembly in the previous month.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth ate the rest of her meal in peace as Mr. Collins and Mary talked quietly next to her. It was some time before her father leaned forward and congratulated her very softly on parrying an advance, but he still held a warning for his second eldest daughter.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I am not so sure the hound will give up a fox for a mole.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Slanting her eyes at her father, as she worried that Mary might hear and understand his slight, Elizabeth asked if she might be excused since she had completed her dinner and wished to rest.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">No, Miss Lizzie, you shall join us in the parlor and help serve the tea. Jane cannot be expected to take on such a task.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But Mama, I am truly exhausted and my head is beginning to hurt something fierce.\u201d Elizabeth was not lying about the second matter, finding herself a victim of too many conflicting thoughts and feelings fulfilling one moment in time that it would drive any person mad.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Do not take me for a fool. You traipsed all about the countryside this afternoon, and you\u00a0shall do your duty by your sister. If your headache should remain at the end of Mr. Bingley\u2019s visit, then I shall be the one to personally administer a powder so you might rest.\u201d Mrs. Bennet rose from the table as dinner was complete. The few staff members of Longbourn would clear the table as the party moved into the parlor for Mr. Collins\u2019s recitation of Fordyce\u2019s sermons. Elizabeth looked to her father for help but he shrugged his shoulders.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Give your mother some consideration, Lizzie. She is very likely overwhelmed and knows you possess the most sense among her daughters.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Allowing herself to be the second to last to leave the dining room, Elizabeth Bennet put on a brave face for the sake of Jane. It was not Jane\u2019s fault she\u00a0was in such bad spirits. It was that rascal Mr. Darcy\u2019s fault, a man she resolved to neither think nor care about again.<\/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;\">It was quite late\u00a0when Charles Bingley finally returned to Netherfield Park, having to enlist the aid of Mr. Bennet\u2019s carriage as he had never planned to stay for dinner after meeting with the man. Surprisingly, Caroline pounced upon her brother almost as soon as he walked in.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I was so worried about you, those Bennets held on to you for such a spell. It is rather unfashionable is it not, to invite someone for dinner the very evening it is to take place?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bingley was truly exhausted from his evening at the Bennet\u2019s, but not one ill word would pass about them to his sister. Besides, it was not so much the Bennets taxed his patience but that cousin of theirs, Collins, who expounded upon the spiritual duties of a husband and wife to the point of twice the material of a church service.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Unfashionable or no, I was delighted to accept the invitation to break bread with Jane\u2019s family. The die is cast, Caroline. We shall hold the ball in six days\u2019 time and I shall need you to complete the invitations tomorrow so we might deliver them in the afternoon.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Six days? Why that is utterly ridiculous, Charles. I cannot do it.\u201d Caroline pursed her lips and shook her head. But her brother did not placate her petty tantrum as he would have in years past.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Instead, Charles used the rivalry between his sister and the Bennets to his advantage. \u201cYes, Mrs. Bennet did caution me it was a great deal to ask\u00a0of my unmarried sister. She and her daughters are more than happy to come tomorrow first thing and help you and Louisa. I need only send a footman to collect them.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Caroline fumed and attempted to yell at her brother, but the words would not come out. As Charles walked cheerfully to his study for one last look at his affairs before heading to bed, Caroline sputtered she would not require\u00a0any help from the Bennet family to plan a ball.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I thought you might change your mind, sister. Good night.\u201d Charles Bingley abandoned Caroline to her own devices to open the door to his study, startled to find his friend, Fitzwilliam Darcy, dozing in his chair.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Charles closed the study door with more gusto than necessary so that the sharp sound startled Darcy awake.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Charles, thank goodness you have returned. This is the only room in which Caroline would leave me in peace.\u201d Darcy reoriented himself as his own business papers lay scattered on the desk before\u00a0him. Collating the letters from his sister with those\u00a0from his stewards and solicitors, Darcy tapped the papers against the desk into a neat pile and stood for Charles Bingley as master of the house.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">No, friend, there is no need to get up. I find I\u2019m not really in the mood to review the figures for the accounts.\u201d Charles raised an eyebrow as Darcy looked relieved to be able to sit back down. \u201cYou know, I believe you would be far less vexed if you had simply come with me to Longbourn. I thought you and Miss Elizabeth were well on your way to a similar understanding.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I am afraid I was mistaken in the lady\u2019s interests. She made it quite clear to me no offer of mine would be welcome.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Bingley blinked and shook his head. \u201cAre you certain she told you she would never accept your hand?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy scowled at Bingley, frustrated a man four years his junior would question his\u00a0ability to know his own business. But he would not reveal his visit with\u00a0Elizabeth on her\u00a0last night in the home and provide proof\u2014it was a confidence he would not share only to\u00a0risk the lady\u2019s reputation. \u201cI can assure you she was quite plain.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Bingley shrugged and stretched with his arms wide above his head. Whatever new misunderstanding stood between his friend and Jane\u2019s sister would likely work itself out in due course as the two could not avoid each other between now and the ball. \u201cWell I am knackered! If you plan to sleep in my study, I shall leave you to it.\u201d Bingley began to walk towards the door swiftly followed by his friend.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Did she\u2013\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Bingley turned and considered his friend for a moment prompting him to continue. \u201cDid she what?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy swallowed and asked his question in a very soft, contrite voice. \u201cDid Miss Elizabeth mention me or ask about my absence?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Charles took pity on his friend, but he would not lie. \u201cI am afraid she did not, but the evening was rather chaotic. Between the engagement announcement and the arrival of her cousin, the man who is set to inherit the estate I am to understand, she did not appear to be herself.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy accepted the answer and followed his friend upstairs to retire for the evening. Unsure of why he was even remaining in Hertfordshire, other than to support Charles in his new connection and impending nuptials, Fitzwilliam Darcy accepted Arnold\u2019s help to undress. As he fell asleep in the grand fourposter bed, his dreams were fitful as his mind replayed variations of Elizabeth mocking him and rejecting him, over and over throughout the night.<\/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. 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