Think of me fondly: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by M. Pomegranate

Author:M. Pomegranate [Pomegranate, M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pemberley Publishings
Published: 2023-09-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

11th December 1812, Wednesday

Fanny Bennet was feeling more than a little put out. She had been hoping that Mr Bingley would come back to Netherfield by the time of the Goulding's Party, but the first set had already started, and there was no sign of him. If that was not bad enough, her beautiful Jane was dancing with that awful Lucas boy! Jane was so beautiful! Almost as beautiful as Fanny herself was in her prime, it would not do for her to attach herself to a man whose estate made less income than even Longbourn. God Forbid if Mr Bennet was to meet an untimely end, and that horrible Mr Collins threw her family to the hedge grows, How will she and her four daughters in addition to the Lucas family themselves survive on a mere a thousand pounds a year?

Just the thought of it was inconceivable!

Even now, she could see on the other side of the room where Mrs Goulding had assembled the cakes and the sandwiches and where all the older ladies were now gathered, that their dialogue was rife with gossip. No doubt they were tittering and giggling about Mr Bingley’s jilt. Their hushed tones and their rapidly moving lips could mean nothing else. Mrs Bennet thought about ignoring them, but curiosity got the best of her, and she walked over in high dudgeon, ready to defend her daughter who was at least ten times prettier than any of theirs!

Mrs Bennet’s nose was high in the air as she made her way to all the other ladies, ready to defend her daughter, even if it meant encouraging the suit between Jane and John Lucas and exalting his many virtues and moaning about the numerous trials that their courtship had suffered almost from their infancy, only to stop in her tracks when she heard what the women were really talking about-

Mr Darcy. And Lizzy.

Fanny frowned, looking over to where her second eldest was indeed dancing with the proud, handsome man. She had not noticed Mr Darcy coming into the parlour. Since almost the beginning of the party, her attention had been on Jane and John and how inseparable the two of them seemed. What could Mr Darcy mean by it? Coming to an intimate celebration without the rest of his party?

“Is this not the first time he has danced the first set?” Fanny Bennet heard Lady Lucas ask the lady next to her, Mrs King who nodded mutely, her gaze glued to the striking pair that Mr Darcy and Lizzy made on the dance floor,

“Indeed, did you see how he made for her as soon as he entered the house? Did not even pause to greet the gentlemen.” Mrs Goulding remarked, her voice hushed and awed, “Poor Jamie did not stand a chance trying to ask Lizzy for a dance.”

“They look a very merry pair for certain.” Mrs Hastings remarked, and all the ladies watched as Miss Lizzy giggled at something Mr Darcy said. The man

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