Darcy's Blunder: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Francis Robert

Author:Francis, Robert
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-20T00:00:00+00:00

“She is a proper exemplar and you could benefit from her instruction. I am in a position to increase your dowry and will do it if you demonstrate that you are worthy of my help.”

“How did you get so much money?”

“I will tell you when I can be sure you will not tell anyone else.”

After trying to instruct her sister, Elizabeth had another conversation to engage in. She must speak with Mr. Darcy. She needed to apologize and assure him that she had rid herself of Mrs. Younge. He would not allow his sister to continue their friendship with that woman in her home. Elizabeth valued Georgiana’s friendship and did not want to lose it because of the protective actions of her brother.

She sent a note to Darcy House indicating that Lady Susan and herself would be pleased if he would call on them at his convenience. Then she sat down to pen a letter to her father, explaining their close escape.

When Darcy arrived, accompanied by Colonel Fitzwilliam, they were again ushered into the cheerful sitting room.

“I love this room,” Fitzwilliam exclaimed after the greetings. “It elevates my mood.”

“I have to admit that my mood is elevated by seeing you gentlemen this morning,” admitted Elizabeth. “Yesterday was a difficult day for me.”

“I hope the information I conveyed to you was helpful,” Darcy said.

“Very helpful. I have dismissed Mrs. Younge. I am embarrassed to have defended the woman to you.”

“She and Wickham are masters of deception. You could not have known of their duplicity.”

“Regardless, I want to thank you for coming to our rescue. It could not have been easy for you to humble yourself in order to provide me with the facts.”

“Humble is not a word I use often to describe Darcy,” the Colonel said.

“Jealous is a word he uses often to describe you,” Elizabeth teased.

“A hit, Miss Bennet,” Fitzwilliam admitted.

“What is to be done about Mr. Wickham? The last I understood, by way of a letter from my father, he was ingratiating himself with Mary King. She has a dowry of ten thousand pounds.”

“He most likely has racked up debts with the local merchants. I will send an express this morning to Colonel Forster to alert him to Wickham’s proclivities. The usual pattern is for him to flee his obligations once they become a burden.”

“Will he not take up his usual practice of charming and deceiving in his next locale?”

“I am in favor of ‘gang pressing’ him into the navy. It is about time he provided service to the crown. It might save him from being hanged for desertion,” observed the Colonel.

“We will have to act quickly because I feel that his desertion is imminent,” Darcy said. “Perhaps you would be willing to act as courier and deliver my letter to Colonel Forster. I will give you the receipts for the debts I have purchased. You can give Wickham the choice of certain death in Marshalsea or service in the navy.”

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