{"id":3160,"date":"2021-12-17T13:09:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T18:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/?p=3160"},"modified":"2021-12-17T13:09:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T18:09:37","slug":"chapter-8-to-capture-mr-darcy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/readingroom\/chapter-8-to-capture-mr-darcy\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 8 To Capture Mr. Darcy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3160\" class=\"elementor elementor-3160 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 8 - 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 21, 1811<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Her second day\u00a0home allowed Elizabeth to resume\u00a0her familiar routine. Coming in from her morning walk, she found the dining room held her entire family, plus Mr. Collins. Feeling guilty as she took her seat, Elizabeth wondered if she had taken too long in her morning constitutional when discussion arose between her mother and her two younger sisters.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But tis\u00a0unfair, Lizzie and Jane already went to Netherfield! Why should Miss Bingley only invite you and Jane for tea, and not the rest of us?\u201d Lydia whined.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tis a better thing she did not invite all of us. No, no, this is Miss Bingley\u2019s opportunity to know Jane better.\u00a0I am relying\u00a0upon you, Kitty and Lizzie, to find the best ribbons and shoe flowers in Meryton. Invitations for the ball shall go out this afternoon, and it is of vital importance that you girls look the best. For Jane\u2019s sake.\u201d Mrs. Bennet smiled with the power of a thousand candles at her eldest daughter who glanced away\u00a0shyly from the attention.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You know I abhor shopping. Why do Kitty and Lydia require\u00a0my supervision to go into Meryton?\u201d Elizabeth asked in earnest as she suddenly found herself quite ravenous from days of little eating and her first day of routine activity.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bennet set\u00a0his paper aside\u00a0to address his daughter. \u201cYes, I insist upon it. And take Mr. Collins and Mary with you as well. They could use the exercise.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Papa, I was hoping to ask Mr. Collins to discuss the particulars of a few sermons.\u201d Mary used all of her courage to make her request, leaving none at all to look her father or Mr. Collins in the eye as she made her request.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I should be pleased\u00a0to visit Meryton. And perhaps this afternoon, Cousin Elizabeth could join us, Cousin Mary, in reading sermons.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">No, I am afraid I cannot. I do not enjoy studying Scripture and sermons like Mary, they are her forte.\u201d Elizabeth stated.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Then we shall set aside the Scripture for one day and I am happy to hear of a hobby you enjoy. Cards, perhaps? The weather appears fine and we might stroll in the gardens again.\u201d Mr. Collins attempted\u00a0to sound sensible, but his one moment of polite discourse became marred by a nasally hacking of phlegm for an exaggerated moment.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I really should spend the afternoon with my father. I am certain there are accounts and correspondence he would like for me to accomplish. Papa?\u201d Elizabeth looked to her father for support, and he nodded his head, winking at her.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Indeed, indeed. The clerical work piled up knee high whilst you were away, traipsing about in some big house.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Collins coughed. \u201cForgive me, but I must not have heard you clearly. Are you to mean you do sums and provide your father with the work of a secretary?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth jutted out her chin, prepared to offend her bumbling oaf of a cousin. \u201cYou ask such a question when you already know the answer. Shall you truly offend your host and family with critique?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Collins squinted his eyes and moved uncomfortably\u00a0in his chair as he felt conflicted. Lady Catherine was quite clear for him to stay away from any bluestockings and heavily impressed upon him that a parson\u2019s wife ought to be demure and obedient. His cousin Elizabeth was none of the latter, much of the former, but to him, the most pleasing daughter to look upon\u00a0next to the eldest, Jane, who was already spoken for. \u201cLady Catherine is most particular in her beliefs of how\u00a0a young lady is to comport herself. I am afraid she would not approve of such pastimes as\u00a0accounting and writing letters of business. No, letters of conversation, if a lady writes well, are a triumph. But to write the letters a gentleman should, no, that is too far, I should think.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bennet stood from the table and lifted his cup to take with him. \u201cMr. Collins, I do not take offense at your sentiments, after all, I can hardly scold a man incapable of an original thought of his own. Feel free to send along my apologies to your esteemed Lady Catherine, meanwhile enjoy Meryton, you lot. I shall be in my study.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The rest of the breakfast meal continued with little more than mundane discussion until near the end when Jane took an opportunity to corner Elizabeth about Mr. Darcy.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Shall I send your regards to Mr. Darcy if I should see him at Netherfield?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Darcy?\u201d Elizabeth sputtered on the words, frustrated her vow to never think or speak of the man again was already broken less than twelve hours after it was made. \u201cNo, do not. He is a busy man, and he hardly needs to be bothered with regards from a mere acquaintance.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Busy man? Lizzie where do you get\u00a0these assumptions of yours? I am sure Mr. Darcy would be happy to know\u00a0you send your regards.\u201d Jane wondered about her sister\u2019s odd reaction, as it appeared to lend credit to Mr. Bingley\u2019s concern something occurred between the two of them when his friend refused to join his call yesterday.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jane, please. I do not wish to send any message of any kind to Mr. Darcy. He shall be fine without my regards, and I am sure I shall be fine not sending any.\u201d Elizabeth pushed away\u00a0from the table and excused herself to prepare to leave for Meryton. One day she would have to tell Jane about her strange and utterly false courtship with Mr. Darcy, but not today.<\/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;\">The walk\u00a0to Meryton allowed Elizabeth to forget her troubles for a brief time and answer Mr. Collins\u2019s numerous questions about the surrounding countryside. Every house had to be explained by the inhabitants in it, every cross road examined for where it led.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And this lane? When the post-chaise brought me from London I confess I did not pay much mind as I only prayed for the wheels to not get stuck another time.\u201d Mr. Collins shuddered over the dirty business it was to help push the mammoth vehicle out of every muddy rut.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">La, that is the road to Lucas Lodge. Charlotte Lucas is Lizzie\u2019s good friend and her sister, Mariah, is mine.\u201d Lydia said as she kicked a pebble down the road in front of them.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mariah is more my friend than yours,\u201d Kitty bickered.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">She is not! She is my dearest friend and only comes to our home to discuss fashion with me.\u201d Lydia stuck her tongue out at her sister before Elizabeth intervened.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I do not care what Mama has charged us with, if you two cannot comport yourselves\u00a0we will turn around and go home.\u201d Elizabeth purposely increased her gait and walked between Lydia and Kitty to stop the squabbling. Mary remained behind with Mr. Collins.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But she started it, always claiming everything is about her!\u201d Kitty pouted.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oh, Kitty, be the older sister. If Lydia is behaving as a child, do not lower yourself to her level.\u201d Elizabeth offered gently, glaring at Lydia who did not like being described as childish. A young woman of fifteen, Lydia resented mightily her position as the youngest of five daughters and fought fiercely for any and all attention she thought her rightful due.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Cousin Lydia, how do you enjoy church services in Meryton? I assume the parish is well led?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lydia wrinkled her nose at her parson cousin. \u201cThe bonnets are always the most fresh each Sunday, as nearly everyone who is anyone reworks their bonnets for new trimmings during the week. I have a lovely ribbon of sky blue to trim my bonnet for next week\u2019s service, and I hope to find a sprig of flowers to match!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">William Collins furrowed his brow, confused by the vapid response of\u00a0his younger cousin who equated church with a fashionable event. \u201cBut surely the sermons and hymns speak to you and bring you closer to our Heavenly Father for the week ahead.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lydia shrugged. \u201cI suppose, but most of the sermons\u00a0baffle me no end. I would just as soon ignore them rather\u00a0than be vexed.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As Mr. Collins appeared taken aback, Elizabeth rolled her eyes and attempted to repair the poor impression her sisters were displaying. \u201cMy youngest sister often says things she does not mean to get a rise out of someone. She is a natural instigator, your best course of action is to ignore the behavior.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I am all astonishment your parents would allow such an immature lady to be considered appropriate for grown company. To say she ignores her church services! Why, Lady Catherine would be appalled by such blasphemy!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Further discussion about the role of church attendance in a lady\u2019s life was cut short as they neared the edge of Meryton and the younger girls skipped ahead, spying a regiment of officers marching in formation in the distance on the green.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Girls! Lydia! Kitty! Do not run!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Both sisters glanced\u00a0back at Elizabeth, giggled, and hurried on. Not wishing to be stuck alone with Mr. Collins and Mary, Elizabeth giggled herself.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Come, Mr. Collins. Mary! We had better quicken our pace!\u201d Elizabeth took to a swifter step, enjoying the freedom of such a speed, leaving the fat and slow Mr. Collins behind her. She hoped Mary would thank her for the\u00a0time alone with their cousin since she appeared to be the only sister with a mind to enjoy his attention.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth reached her youngest sisters in a thrice, being a great walker and not only when she fancied new ribbons. The girls stopped when they recognized their Aunt Phillips standing and talking with\u00a0two young officers on the walk outside the butcher.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And as I was just telling you gentleman, I am the proud aunt of five lovely nieces, and here three of them appear!\u201d Aunt Phillips greeted Elizabeth, Lydia, and Kitty, introducing them to a Lieutenant Denny and Lieutenant Wickham. Denny was not much to look at, slightly a few inches taller than Kitty with dark features. But Lieutenant Wickham wore his uniform with an air of superiority one is either born possessing or spends a lifetime attempting to learn. His blue eyes, sandy brown hair, and commanding presence wasted no time in locking on the eyes of Elizabeth Bennet.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Aunt, there is to be a ball! Mr. Bingley is\u2014\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lydia, the invitations have not yet gone out,\u201d Elizabeth scolded in a hoarse whisper.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Leave off, Lizzie! Jane is to marry Mr. Bingley, and he is throwing a ball. Everyone shall be invited. It will be an absolute credit to the countryside!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">How lovely, a ball! And Jane is engaged? I had not heard from Franny,\u201d Aunt Philips frowned, but Elizabeth set her right again.<\/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 8 (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;\">Mama has not yet told anyone. The engagement was just announced last night at dinner. She and Jane are to take tea at Netherfield this afternoon, and we are sent for provisions.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ah, yes, I suspect with the prospect of a ball, the young ladies will soon be shopping for the latest accessories and accoutrements.\u201d Lieutenant Denny addressed his observation to Kitty, who could only blush and giggle.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Collins reached the group, huffing and puffing, and producing an inordinate amount of perspiration. Mary appeared unaffected by the brief exercise. As he stood too close to Elizabeth, the faint whiff of his personal odor reached her nose, causing her to step to her side and nearly bump into Mr. Wickham.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Forgive me,\u201d she said, looking up at the tall man\u2019s face who could only offer her a kind expression\u00a0in return.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">There is nothing to forgive. One cannot hold a grudge against everyone who nearly bumps into their person, what would the world come to?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth laughed in spite of herself, then stopped as she realized she might appear to be flirting. But something about the easy manner and kind expression\u00a0of Mr. Wickham seemed so refreshing after tangles with the liar, Mr. Darcy and the odious, Mr. Collins.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">When Lydia announced they should begin shopping, with Lieutenants Denny and Wickham offering to accompany them, the ladies plus Mr. Collins began to farewell Aunt Phillips.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oh, before I forget. I want you all to come to my house this evening for a game of cards. I have invited the Lucases, and insist on my parlor being filled with the verve and vitality of young people. Say you shall come and bring Jane as well!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Will you invite Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley, then? Look, there they are!\u201d Lydia pointed to the two great men just entering town on horseback. Spying the familiar party of Bennets and friends, Mr. Bingley happily trotted his horse over but\u00a0Mr. Darcy remained somewhat slower to approach.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">What a lovely, I say, lovely day! Never in my life have I seen the weather change so drastically on such a whim.\u201d Mr. Bingley continued his effusions and greetings to the party at large and\u00a0Elizabeth could not help but smile at the poor man giddy in love.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bingley, please do\u00a0invite the officers to your ball. Why we have just met Lieutenants Denny and Wickham who have agreed to join us on our mission from Mama!\u201d Lydia sang her demand in a happy\u00a0way, thus reducing the abject rudeness of inviting people to another person\u2019s ball in front of all parties involved.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Certainly, they should come. I am extending the invitation to all of Meryton!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth\u2019s eyes opened wide at his generosity, but then she considered with his father being in trade there was unlikely to be a prejudice against the middle class in\u00a0a small, market town.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Behind her, Elizabeth felt Mr. Wickham slowly move away from her as Mr. Darcy approached the group. Another round of curtsies and bows commenced, and Elizabeth refused to look up at the man who might very well push her to tears if she was not careful.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You are looking quite well, today, Miss Elizabeth,\u201d Mr. Darcy offered.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Thank you, sir.\u201d Still, she could not look him in the eye and her heart raced as a sudden desire to flee the area set upon her nerves. \u201cMr. Wickham, would you join me in this shop? I should like to look for a new pair of slippers for the ball.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lydia hurried\u00a0to join Elizabeth and Wickham, which meant that Kitty and Denny joined as well. Only Mary and Collins remained speaking with Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingley, and Aunt Phillips.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Once inside the darker shop, Elizabeth\u2019s eyes adjusted to the dim lighting as Mrs. Pilkington came forward to wait upon their needs.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Did I hear correctly there is to be a ball?\u201d The plump and friendly Mrs. Pilkington complimented her most true customers and asked for the latest gossip she had already overheard.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Yes! Jane is to marry Mr. Bingley and a grand ball is being held in her honor!\u201d Lydia swooned. \u201cI wish I might marry a man who would throw a ball in my honor.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As Mrs. Pilkington encouraged the theatrics and ego of Lydia Bennet in an attempt to sell even more of her accessories, Elizabeth addressed Mr. Wickham.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And now that you are aware of the ball, do you think your superiors will allow the militia officers to join us in our night of merrymaking?\u201d Elizabeth asked earnestly, remembering she was indeed available for the first two sets.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">How long has Mr. Darcy been in residence with your sister\u2019s intended? I take it he is staying at the estate?\u201d Mr. Wickham perused an array of fancy buttons and hair pins in a case to his right as he asked his harmless question.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Forgive my impertinence, but are you acquainted with\u00a0Mr. Darcy?\u201d Elizabeth frowned as something about the smooth manner in which Mr. Wickham deflected her question, and asked for a deeply personal piece of gossip in return, appeared odd. Unfortunately, Lydia distracted Elizabeth with requests for funds to pay for the many purchases she and Kitty selected outside of the list\u00a0their mother gave them. As Elizabeth began to argue, Lieutenant Denny announced he and Mr. Wickham must return to the regiment and they exited the shop as Mary and Mr. Collins entered.<\/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;\">By the time\u00a0their purchases were negotiated and made, with an enormous amount of unhelpful advice from Mr. Collins, both Mr. Wickham and Mr. Darcy were not to be found as the party walked home. Kitty and Lydia skipped with high energy, swinging the proof of their purchases with gay indifference to their duller sisters. Mary walked with Mr. Collins, attempting\u00a0to engage the man in conversation to no avail. And Elizabeth counted her steps to keep her mind clear of any thoughts about Mr. Darcy or Mr. Wickham and which man\u2019s smile disconcerted her more.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">When Elizabeth arrived home from Meryton with her sisters and cousin, an odd sort of energy seemed to fill the house. It was quiet. Too quiet. The younger girls began to flit about and talk about their purchases as Mary finally gave up talking with Mr. Collins and opened the pianoforte. Remembering she was to escape Mr. Collins by aiding her father, Elizabeth\u00a0knocked and opened the door of his\u00a0study at his answer.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">We met\u00a0Aunt Phillips in town\u2014\u201d Elizabeth\u2019s words faltered as she found\u00a0yet\u00a0another man sat in her favorite chair by the window, none other than Mr. Darcy! \u201cWhat has brought you to Longbourn, sir?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lizzie! Mr. Darcy has come to call upon me and share some interesting news about your visit to Meryton. Did you and your sisters engage in conversation with two militia officers during your excursion?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth slanted her eyes at her nemesis, the proud and haughty Mr. Darcy who would dare to come behind her back and tattle to her father. \u201cWe were introduced to them by Aunt Phillips.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And was one of the men a Mr. George Wickham?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth nodded, watching Mr. Darcy\u2019s doleful face suddenly appear angry at the man\u2019s mention, only to dissipate once more. \u201cYes, he was perfectly amiable and quite the gentleman in his regards.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You are never to speak to him without my presence.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Papa! We are to play cards at Aunt Phillips\u2019s tonight! And she has invited the officers.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bennet picked up his quill and scratched a few lines on a piece of paper. \u201cThen you will not be going to the card game and I shall send word to your aunt.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth turned on her father\u2019s guest and accused him of interfering. \u201cThis is your doing. If I am not simpering at your feet I must be barred from any other man I might speak with? Will you have my father cast out my cousin as well? He seems quite keen to make an alliance.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Darcy\u2019s sad expression returned as her father admonished her for the\u00a0outburst, a rare occurrence for both father and daughter.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I am sorry, Father. But Mr. Darcy is not a man I would trust in any regard.\u201d Elizabeth glared at the man in the chair before her, seeing his face change to one of pain at her words.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I see that Wickham\u2019s lies have already begun to spread. No matter what he told you about me, I have offered your father evidence that my accounts of our dealings are true.\u201d Mr. Darcy offered Elizabeth a patronizing excuse for her behavior.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth placed\u00a0her hands on her hips and scoffed at Mr. Darcy\u2019s dismissal. \u201cMr. Wickham said not a word about your past dealings with him. I am calling out that in all of our conversations and interactions, you, sir, failed to mention you were betrothed to your cousin, Miss Anne de Bourgh.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bennet, for his part, leaned back in his chair and thoroughly enjoyed the battle of wits before him, wondering what on earth had stirred his Lizzie\u2019s passions so deeply. Many a boy had teased her for her ways, but a stranger from London refusal to dance a set with her and her hatred and vitriol grossly exceed what should have been the normal weight of the slight.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And what conversation and interactions have you had with this man, Elizabeth?\u201d Mr. Bennet chose to throw a log on the fire to see further crackling and pops.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth stuttered, looking to her father and back at Mr. Darcy, then\u00a0back to her father once more. \u201cWe, that is, Mr. Darcy and I . . .\u201d Her eyes fell to the chess board behind the visitor, sitting on a shelf out of the way. \u201cWe played a game of chess, father. Two actually.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Two? And what was the score?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">One to one, sir.\u201d Mr. Darcy answered tersely.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Well, then you two are due a rematch.\u201d Mr. Bennet moved to recover\u00a0the set from the shelf but Elizabeth\u00a0stopped his progress.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I will not play another game with this man. He is a liar and a cad. I once enjoyed his compliments, but now they remind of an ungrateful thief.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Darcy stood, his full height scaring Lizzie none. \u201cUngrateful? Ungrateful? I have followed your every command, my lady, and still never quite met\u00a0the ever highly placed bar of Miss Elizabeth Bennet.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Enough!\u201d Mr. Bennet raised his voice reminding them\u00a0he was indeed still in the room. Both of them breathing hard as a result of their anger, Mr. Bennet commanded a silence in the room until he saw\u00a0them settle\u00a0before he spoke again. \u201cElizabeth Bennet, explain to me now why you call this man a cad and a liar, and be direct, young lady, or you will find your freedoms suddenly curtailed in my household.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The tone of her father\u2019s voice did scare Elizabeth, as it was a register of his voice she had never heard. Not when she had ripped petticoats by climbing trees, not when she stole from the kitchens, and not even the time she lost track of her day\u00a0and came home from a walk after dark. Swallowing the pool of saliva threatening to choke her where she stood, she finally spoke.<\/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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[]).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-pjnefyy elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"pjnefyy\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chapter 8 (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-mjwddnm elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mjwddnm\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I began a game of chess with Mr. Darcy, not knowing he was my opponent. Then when he did learn it was me, he spoke about his cousin\u2019s marriage being a trap laid by the young woman and in other conversations made note of my lack of dowry. Then he suggested we spend afternoons playing chess at Pemberley, which I took to mean he wished me as a mistress, just as you have warned me rich men do.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I did not ever intend\u2014\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Patience, sir, you too shall get your say.\u201d Mr. Bennet held up his hand and nodded to his daughter. \u201cContinue.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth took another deep breath. \u201cJane advised\u00a0me to see a better side to Mr. Darcy, and I did. I enjoyed dancing with him the following afternoon and we even played another game, this time face-to-face, and he won. But then, the more I came to find myself alone with him, the more confused I became. He disliked me the first he set eyes on me. And then, the last night, the last night he . . .\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bennet leaned forward upon his desk, dreading his daughter\u2019s next words, fearing the worst.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">He came to my room and wished to talk, but I sent him away. He said he wished to speak about my becoming his wife but I told him he should never speak to me again until he . . .\u201d Elizabeth suddenly realized what Mr. Darcy meant about following her every command and looked at the man she had just called the most vile names.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Until he what, Elizabeth?\u201d Mr. Bennet prompted.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Until he spoke to my father,\u201d she whispered.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bennet, sir, I can explain, though some of the situations are difficult to fully explain \u2014\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Once more Darcy was silenced by a wave\u00a0of Mr. Bennet\u2019s hand and being a visitor in the man\u2019s home, the great Fitzwilliam Darcy worth multiples of the man before him, stopped talking.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bennet leaned back in his chair and stroked his chin. \u201cAnd what is your opinion of Mr. Darcy, now? Do you like the man?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth was shaken at such a direct question by her father in front of the subject himself, too embarrassed to answer.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lizzie, I am awaiting your answer patiently.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Slowly Elizabeth nodded but then shook her head, but then nodded again, eliciting deep laughter from her father.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ever true to your sex. Fine, that will suffice. Now, you sir, are you betrothed to this cousin in Kent?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">No.\u201d Mr. Darcy frowned as he had been promised to share his side of the story, but appeared to only be getting an interrogation from a man more keen to mock his daughter and his guest than attempt a peaceful resolution.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And you did not propose to my daughter as\u00a0a suitor ought? Nor come to me before embarking on this haphazard sham of a romance?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It was raining, torrential downpours, as it were,\u201d Mr. Darcy reminded Elizabeth\u2019s father.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Careful, sir,\u201d Mr. Bennet wagged his finger at the man, \u201cor you will insult me with a claim that my daughter is not worth a small amount of trouble\u00a0for the sake of claiming her honor.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Darcy\u2019s eyes flicked to Elizabeth as he noticed a small smirk on her face. Suddenly, it became apparent to him\u00a0where his Elizabeth learned to find double and triple meaning in words when none were intended.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Back to the salient points, did you formally offer your hand to my daughter?\u201d Mr. Bennet asked his question in a light-hearted tone, but his direct gaze\u00a0belied serious intention behind the query.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I did not, yet. At least not as I should.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Good! Then we are all in agreement.\u201d Mr. Bennet clapped his hands and rubbed them together. Elizabeth startled at the sound, but remained curious as to what conclusion, exactly, they had somehow all derived.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">No, father, Mr. Darcy and I can never seem to agree on anything, that is the problem. I do try to be as kind as I should, but I find my anger rises on every alternate occasion we speak!\u201d Elizabeth looked to Mr. Darcy with a slight frown of regret for being so honest, but it was the truth.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Bennet waved his hand at his daughter\u2019s concern. \u201cMy dear, you will soon understand your behavior much better than I might\u00a0explain it to you. As you are clearly enamored with this man, whether you wish to admit so or not to him or myself, and he is clearly keen on winning your hand, I see little choice but to accept that my eldest daughter is engaged and my second-eldest daughter is courting.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But, but he has not\u2014\u201d Elizabeth began to speak but Mr. Darcy caught Mr. Bennet\u2019s drift when he tilted his head sharply towards his daughter and then found something enormously interesting to inspect on a shelf behind his chair.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Darcy reached down and clasped Elizabeth\u2019s hands, the same hands just days before he had seen injured in his clumsiness. \u201cMiss Elizabeth, please, I beg you end my suffering, and I suspect a small amount of your own, and accept my humble request to address you as a gentleman should, with the permission of yourself, your parents, and your family.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The deep chasms of emotion that captured Elizabeth\u2019s eyes every time this man looked at her halted\u00a0the negative reply she meant to give. She needed to come to know this man, and she needed to know she would be granted such\u00a0time.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Do you promise to give me time, sir, to fully know who you are and how we might find a happy future together?\u201d Elizabeth asked her question earnestly, for she did not want Mr. Darcy to again think she was certain of him when she was absolutely not.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds. Or bends with the remover to remove.\u201d Mr. Darcy recited gallantly, a couplet from his preferred sonnet.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth giggled at the sweet dimple in the man\u2019s cheek as he offered a warm smile to boast his cleverness. \u201cI am afraid Shakespeare is one of the reasons we arrived\u00a0at a misunderstanding\u00a0in the first place. I ask you to speak plainly, sir.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I promise to give you the time you might require, Miss Elizabeth. And if I should propose a marriage in too soon of a time than you shall require, then I shall accept your rejection and offer you more time to consider my suit.\u201d Mr. Darcy mimicked Elizabeth\u2019s penchant for deadpan delivery of ridiculous explanations.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth gently squeezed Mr. Darcy\u2019s hands, a sign of affection that surprised him and sent a shiver of delight down his spine. \u201cWell then, it would appear I cannot be rid of you. Father?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">What, oh yes, daughter?\u201d Mr. Bennet beamed his happiness at the young couple before him who would surely find their way if their tempers and tongues stayed out of the fray.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I accept Mr. Darcy\u2019s request for a courtship. Now, shall I tell mother or will you?\u201d Elizabeth smiled mischievously, though her father noticed she still held Mr. Darcy\u2019s hands.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I believe you ought to go tell your mother to add another for dinner, and I shall discuss a few finer points with this Mr. Darcy of yours.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elizabeth experienced\u00a0a sudden wave of melancholy as she had to drop Mr. Darcy\u2019s hands and leave him in her father\u2019s study. Perhaps it was the finality of accepting the man\u2019s suit, but in her heart she did not feel the burden of confusion lingering any longer.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Once Elizabeth left, Mr. Bennet began his conversation with Mr. Darcy\u00a0to make clear it was true none of the Bennet women possessed dowries of significant means.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">My wife needs to bring nothing to our marriage save\u00a0a good heart and a love for me. I am guardian to my younger sister, but apart from that, my extensive holdings both here and abroad would make her want for nothing.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I am happy to hear it, though I will tell you the same as I told Bingley. I will not request the banns be read without the signing of a full marriage contract.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mr. Darcy nodded slowly at the sudden shrewd business sense coming from a man who played a very convincing laissez-faire master and patriarch. His host opened a side cupboard and retrieved a decanter and two glasses, pouring both of them a healthy dose.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Now, begin with your insult at the assembly and walk me through your interactions with my daughter until this day. I so dearly love to laugh.\u201d Mr. Bennet made good on his promise to give Darcy a chance to tell his side of the story. And without further prompting, the younger man provided a whole year\u2019s worth of folly and mirth over a mere month long acquaintance.<\/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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