{"id":7228,"date":"2022-07-12T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/?p=7228"},"modified":"2022-07-22T13:39:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T17:39:47","slug":"for-the-love-of-a-bennet-chapter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethannwest.com\/author\/wip\/for-the-love-of-a-bennet-chapter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"For the Love of a Bennet Chapter 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Author’s Note: Okay, I don’t think I can record can post chapters every single day, but I am trying to get into a rhythm. \ud83d\ude42 And yep, this has a video too!<\/p>

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Chapter 2 - For the Love of a Bennet a Pride and Prejudice Variation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A small family of two bachelors, a young lady, and her companion reunited at the Darcy townhouse in Grosvenor Square, London. The tall, Ionic doorcase at No. 45 boasted the genius of architect Samuel Wyatt behind its opening. But very few had seen the inside of the home in over a decade.<\/span><\/p>

The new master of the house, Fitzwilliam Darcy, refused to entertain as his parents had delighted all of high society. Instead, one of the richest men in England chose to keep a quiet life of raising his young sister with the aid of his cousin, Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam. The two men finished their obligatory visit to Kent for Easter at their aunt’s estate, Rosings, and returned to town to see that their charge, Georgiana Darcy, focused on her lessons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

The previous summer they had allowed Georgiana to visit Ramsgate alone, with only a companion. The first test of her own household proved to be a near disaster as she narrowly escaped the charms of an old friend of the family: Mr. George Wickham. Destitute and penniless, the man preyed upon the young girl’s loneliness, convincing her to elope with him. When Darcy arrived a day early and she confessed the entire plan to him, both he and Richard decided it would be some time before they allowed her to live alone, again. They also resolved to lavish her with more affection and attention, at the advice of her new companion, Mrs. Annesley, so a repeat of the seduction could not occur. As both men preferred to show their affection to the young lady of the house through gifts, neither returned to London empty-handed.<\/span><\/p>

Richard bestowed Georgiana with new sheet music from a composer she had never heard before, Maria Frances Parke. Astonished that a woman had her compositions published, Georgiana was assured that if she continued her practice and made her own compositions, they also could be published, under a false name. Her brother, Fitzwilliam, commissioned a new charm for her bracelet that was a custom of the D’Arcy family from as far back as anyone could remember. Once she married, her bracelet would be put away for her daughters. While she remained a maiden, Georgiana loved collecting the small trinkets that jingled when she shook her wrist. The newest addition was of a tiny bird in a gilded cage.<\/span><\/p>

Grateful for her gifts, three weeks after the men she loved best returned to her, she performed the Parke piece for them before dinner. Not wishing to upset his youngest cousin, Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam waited until after the small concert to relay his newest orders.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cBeautiful! I wondered how the piece would sound,\u201d Richard said, complimenting his young cousin\u2019s playing. After both men ceased their applause, Richard cleared his throat to garner their attention. He offered Georgiana his arm to lead her into the dining room, with Darcy close behind.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cI am not long for London, I\u2019m afraid\u201d he said, in a regretful tone. He pulled out Georgiana\u2019s chair, and kissed the top of her head as he had since she was first eating with them as an adult.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cYou cannot continue to do that. It\u2019s unseemly,\u201d she said, with a laugh.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cStill,tonight\u2019s dinner will be one of my last,\u201d he said, after taking his seat on the other side of the table. He made a great show of pulling his serviette in an exaggerated, swift motion, and laid it across his lap. \u201cI\u2019ve been assigned to a new post.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

“Must you go? You and Brother just arrived!” Georgiana Darcy reacted poorly to the news of her cousin, and guardian, Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam accepting a temporary duty assignment to Brighton. She had hoped they would all remain together until they left for Pemberley with the Bingleys in late summer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

“You would not miss me so much if you had come with us to Rosings,” Richard pointed out, before lifting his small wine glass and draining the red contents in a single swallow. A footman stepped forward to refill the delicate stemware in a silent choreography of service as Richard trimmed off a dark bit of crust on his slice of pheasant pie. He looked over at Mr. Darcy, the owner of the town home he preferred over his parents’ when he stayed in London, but Fitzwilliam Darcy ignored the conversation around him. His melancholy since Rosings had yet to lift, and only Richard was privy to the full details of his cousin’s rejection by Miss Elizabeth Bennet in the garden paths of Rosings.<\/span><\/p>

Conspiratorially, he caught Georgiana’s eye as she, too, looked at her brother for support of her position, only to also be ignored. She sighed and Richard winked. Then Georgiana brightened and sat up in her chair.<\/span><\/p>

“I was remiss in rejecting the invitation to Rosings, but is there an invitation to come to Brighton?” she asked innocently and tried her best to keep her hope in check. She knew it was too soon to ask for permission once more to visit a seaside town on her own. But surely with both of her guardians in residence, such an endeavor could hardly be more dangerous than a summer in the crowded streets of London.<\/span><\/p>

Richard mulled his charge’s request as he tried a forkful of pie. To his dismay, the filling inside was quite dry, matching the overcooked pastry shell. To avoid coughing, he again reached for his red wine, as he did not care for white, and downed the contents. With food this poor, a condition his cousin Mr. Darcy would never have abided before, he would find himself in his cups far earlier than planned. Richard put his fork down and prayed the next course held not the issues plaguing the first.<\/span><\/p>

“A family excursion, on the back of my orders?” He explored her aims and she nodded enthusiastically.<\/span><\/p>

“We might see the King! Pardon me, the Prince Regent!” she continued, and Richard nodded slowly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Brighton was a playground for the dandiest of dandies of London, a side-effect of the Prince Regent and his many mistresses, making the seaside town their home away from court. Richard waited for Darcy to chime in at some point and put his sister off, but he received no such aid. Georgiana pounced on his weaker position.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

“Brother, wouldn’t you love such a trip?” she asked, slyly, looking directly at her elder brother.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Fitzwilliam Darcy was too embarrassed to confess he had not been attending to the conversation.<\/span><\/p>

“A trip? Yes, you know how I hate London,” Mr. Darcy added, vaguely pushing his meat pie around on his plate.<\/span><\/p>

Richard frowned, then remembered his wine. “You wish to go to the seaside, eh there, Darcy?” Richard watched as Georgiana held her breath.<\/span><\/p>

“The shore? Heavens no, full of smugglers, vagrants, and the unprincipled.”<\/span><\/p>

“But you just said yes!” Georgiana pouted. “Richard must go to Brighton, and I so dearly wish for us to go with him!”<\/span><\/p>

Fitzwilliam Darcy blinked a few times as he took in his suddenly demanding sister. She had always been so pliable, reasonable, even. He would have to speak to Mrs. Annesley about Georgiana’s conversation skills when he next took an interview with her companion. Unfortunately, Mrs. Annesley’s sister had fallen unwell, and so Georgiana’s care was left to her brother and cousin, though to Mr. Darcy’s perspective, Richard was running off for army diversions, and leaving him with a sixteen-year-old woman who knew too much of her own mind. Thankfully, the woman would return to her duty the following week.<\/span><\/p>

“Perhaps a compromise can be struck. Hmm?” Richard tested as neither man ever denied Georgiana a desire they could deliver. Both pitied the young woman as the lamentable orphan she was at eleven.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Georgiana stuck out her lower lip just enough to appear sympathetic as she waited for her cousin’s proposal.<\/span><\/p>

“Why don’t I leave first and make arrangements for the two of you? Should take no more than a fortnight and then you can join me?” Richard offered, enjoying Darcy’s scowl. At first, he had not been keen on the idea of his cousins tagging along, but on second thought, their company would spare him some of the most boring social events such a large camp of officers attracted. He was going to relieve a disgraced Colonel who had lined his own pockets with monies for the cavalry units in Brighton. While Richard was never one to turn up his nose at many of the benefits of being such a senior officer in His Majesty’s Finest, he abhorred outright theft. He detested even more that punishment for such irregular books was a reassignment for the guilty, and extra work for the innocent to bring the battalion back in line on an economy of resources.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

“But why can’t we just all go together? Surely it cannot be too difficult to make travel arrangements for a seaside town?” Georgiana asked, impertinently.<\/span><\/p>

Darcy coughed and Richard squirmed uncomfortably in his seat.<\/span><\/p>

“Georgie, your cousin is not taking a holiday, he is going for the needs and necessity of the army.”<\/span><\/p>

“Quite right.”<\/span><\/p>

“And for us to tag along with him as he arrives for duty is unseemly,” Mr. Darcy finished.<\/span><\/p>

Georgiana furrowed her brow in thought. “But if we arrive later, then it is just one big happy coincidence that our family chose to holiday in the same location our cousin was stationed.” She placed her pointer finger to her lips as though the plans were a grand secret and the two men laughed at her childish antics. Feeling bold, Georgiana pushed a point about her brother.<\/span><\/p>

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For the Love of a Bennet<\/strong><\/p>

What if Elizabeth Bennet traveled with Lydia to Brighton<\/em>?<\/span>

A reimagining of Jane Austen’s most beloved tale,\u00a0Pride & 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’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’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.

For the Love of a Bennet<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>is a novel length story, currently being posted chapter by chapter on Elizabeth’s author site. This story was originally conceptualized in 2019 as a part of the All Go to Brighton challenge.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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“I am not sad,” Mr. Darcy countered.<\/span><\/p>

“He is disappointed,” Richard offered.<\/span><\/p>

Georgiana watched the two men spar with words like a great tennis match.<\/span><\/p>

“Richard,” Darcy said with a tone of warning in his voice.<\/span><\/p>

“Our aunt was especially stern that Darcy ceases sowing his wild oats and settles down to marry her daughter,” Richard finished, not entirely lying, but not telling the truth, either.<\/span><\/p>

Georgiana gasped.<\/span><\/p>

“See? You speak too coarsely, Cousin,” Darcy’s sadness had turned to outright anger.<\/span><\/p>

“But Brother never goes out! Aunt has it wrong; he doesn’t marry our cousin because he loves another,” Georgiana said, to the amazement of those at the table.<\/span><\/p>

Mr. Darcy looked pained as three of his footmen stood in service for the table and pretended to not have an interest in the conversation. He would not suffer such disclosure in front of the staff of his own home. Quickly, he motioned for the meal to be ended, after just one terrible course, and suggested they retire to the drawing-room.<\/span><\/p>

“Only if your staff will bring a tray of cold meats and cheese. I’m afraid I couldn’t digest anything cooked this evening,” Richard demanded.<\/span><\/p>

When at last they were in the drawing-room, Darcy had hoped to change the conversation back to Brighton, but his sister was not having it. Nor was Richard.<\/span><\/p>

“So tell me, young one, why are you so confident your brother loves another?” Richard asked as he made a big show of leading Georgiana to the divan settled in front of the fireplace. The evening air still brought a damp chill in late May.<\/span><\/p>

“Well, in his letters to me over the autumn he spoke frequently about a young woman named Miss Elizabeth Bennet,” Georgiana began thoughtfully and Richard made a face of a mock surprise to his cousin. Darcy groaned and walked over to the sideboard to pour himself a drink. He would not offer any spirits to the two against him in the room, on principle.<\/span><\/p>

“A Miss Elizabeth Bennet you say?” Richard asked and Georgiana nodded.<\/span><\/p>

“Yes, they met when he was with Mr. Bingley in Hertfordshire. According to Brother, Miss Elizabeth loves to read and take walks. And he saw her again at Rosings! Did you?” Georgiana asked, earnestly, and Richard laughed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

“My, your brother has been rather transparent, hasn’t he?” Richard asked, and Georgiana blinked, feeling slightly confused.<\/span><\/p>

“Do not speak on matters that do not\u2014 ” Mr. Darcy started, but Richard cut him off.<\/span><\/p>

“You’re the one writing about your lady to your sister. Would you prefer her to know the truth or guess the truth and meddle?” Richard asked, and again, Darcy groaned.<\/span><\/p>

“What happened? Is Miss Elizabeth unwell?” Georgiana began to worry as there was obviously something both men knew that they were not telling her.<\/span><\/p>

Mr. Darcy pressed his hands into the sideboard and hunched over his drink, speaking without facing either of them.<\/span><\/p>

“Your brother is a fool, Georgie. I insulted Miss Elizabeth most egregiously, and I’m afraid she will never wish to speak to me again,” Mr. Darcy explained. Georgiana rose to comfort her brother with a gentle pat on his shoulder blade.<\/span><\/p>

“You must apologize, Brother. That is all. We all speak out of turn at times,” Georgiana encouraged her brother as Richard howled with laughter from the divan.<\/span><\/p>

“Oh, he is weaving a pretty story, there! He insulted her, her family, and her favorite sister,” Richard counted the insults off upon his fingers, “as he asked her to marry him!” he exclaimed as he finished off the coup d’etat.<\/span><\/p>

Darcy growled in his shame as Georgiana felt him tense under her hand.<\/span><\/p>

“Oh no!” she cried and Darcy turned around, his expression a mixture of shock and sadness.<\/span><\/p>

“I did,” he confessed, quietly.<\/span><\/p>

For a few moments, not a word was said as a tray of cold meats and cheeses, plus bread was stationed on the large table between the sofas. Mr. Darcy led his sister back over to the seating area, and she tugged on his arm so that he sat next to her, offering her comfort to his mortification.<\/span><\/p>

“No one can know, Georgie,” he began and she nodded.<\/span><\/p>

“Of course not,” she replied.<\/span><\/p>

As Richard helped himself to the second, more palatable supper, Georgiana slightly lifted from her seat to twist in an angle more towards her brother instead of simply beside him.<\/span><\/p>

“We must go to Brighton, then. We must. The sea air will lift your spirits and we shall figure out what to do about Miss Elizabeth,” Georgiana proclaimed and her brother shook his head.<\/span><\/p>

“We shall go to Brighton, but please do not ever mention Miss Elizabeth to me again. I have shared with you so that you would not meddle, and I must insist upon that. The mistakes I made in her quarter are too grave for another apology. And I must ask that you respect this,” Mr. Darcy said and reluctantly, his sister agreed, making a note in her mind that he said <\/span>another apology<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>

Richard helped himself to the strong spirits from the sideboard and brought a small glass of brandy for Georgiana. As Darcy already had his glass, he raised his in a toast.<\/span><\/p>

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What if Elizabeth Bennet traveled with Lydia to Brighton?<\/span>

A reimagining of Jane Austen’s most beloved tale,\u00a0<\/span>Pride & 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’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’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.

<\/span>For the Love of a Bennet\u00a0<\/span>is a novel length story, currently being posted chapter by chapter on Elizabeth’s author site. This story was originally conceptualized in 2019 as a part of the All Go to Brighton challenge.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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