A Little Magic : A Pride and Prejudice Variation by S. Neha

Author:S. Neha [Neha, S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-05-10T17:00:00+00:00

As he neared the large rock on which Miss Catherine Bennet was sitting and sketching busily, his steps slowed automatically. While his ability to listen to thoughts had given him a new perspective on almost all the Bennets - it was Miss Catherine whose thoughts had left him very much surprised – thankfully not unpleasantly.

On their way to the castle, he had consciously refrained from listening to Elizabeth’s thoughts. But then, in the closed confines of the carriage it had become almost impossible not to hear the thoughts of the younger sisters sitting directly opposite. After listening to one petulant rant from Miss Lydia about her missing some sort of tryst with Captain Carter in the Meryton market, Darcy had avoided looking at her as well. Consequently, he had heard quite a few of Miss Catherine’s musings.

To be honest he had not noticed her much before the evening of the ball at Netherfield, and whatever he had observed that evening had left him with a very low impression of the youngest two Bennets. Although, now that he looked back on the events of that day, he could differentiate that it was Miss Lydia who was the more aggressively mischievous and Miss Catherine the passive follower. A few of her musings today had provided a probable reason behind her conduct. Very surprisingly, Darcy could even relate to it at some level. After all, quite a few times his father had been more sympathetic to Wickham than him. Despite the feelings of hurt and betrayal he had never changed his conduct, but he could not really blame a young insecure girl for trying to imitate her ‘more lively’ sister. Especially if liveliness was what was supposedly appreciated and rewarded by ‘Mama’.

Additionally, Miss Catherine’s musings had revealed her worry for the conduct of her younger sister and also solved the mystery of Wickham’s sudden disappearance from Meryton. The scoundrel had been sent to London for some official business and very thankfully would be staying there for a while longer. In Wickham’s case Darcy also found that Miss Catherine and he had similar sympathies – unlike her elder sister, the young girl was no admirer of the rogue. She had seen him pestering one ‘poor Molly’, who had been saved from further harassment only because Miss Catherine had fortuitously entered her Aunt Phillips’ morning room! She had been conscientious enough to warn Miss Lydia against the rake.

‘If only Miss Catherine had thought it worthwhile to warn her elder sisters also,’ Darcy thought with a wry smile. Although Miss Lydia seemed to have paid attention to the sisterly warning, it had apparently brought another set of challenges. The youngest Bennet, who had been vacillating between Captain Carter and Lieutenant Wickham for picking a probable beau, had since redoubled her efforts to gain Captain Carter’s attentions. And that young lady’s methods were not meeting with Miss Catherine’s approval. She was worried for Miss Lydia, even if she had not told anyone else of her misgivings, due to some sisterly code of conduct.

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