Is Esteem Enough? : A Pride and Prejudice Variation Novella by Renata McMann

Author:Renata McMann
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Not in Amazon Library, Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms
Published: 2020-11-09T05:00:00+00:00

Afterward, Darcy wondered if he was marrying for love. Was his desire to have a wife useful to his character as self-serving as Bingley’s idea of what a wife would offer? He didn’t have an answer.

Miss Lydia sought him out at the wedding breakfast and said, “I don’t know whether to be mad at you or thank you. Mr. Wickham said that you were lying and invented the names. Mr. Denny said he would go to London and check. Mr. Wickham said he would go with him. The next thing anyone knew, Mr. Denny found out that Mr. Darcy was not lying, and Mr. Wickham had bought passage to Canada leaving all sorts of debts in Meryton. People weren’t happy about the debts but said good riddance to Mr. Wickham.”

“Why would you be mad at me?”

Lydia obviously had given it a little thought. “Because it was more fun believing he was good, and you were bad.” She turned away and left.

That wasn’t the only strange encounter at the wedding. Bingley said to Darcy in a voice that Jane could hear, “It’s a good thing I didn’t marry her. She’s lost her looks.”

“She’s still the prettiest woman in the room, except for my bride.”

Bingley made a show of looking around. “No. Miss Lydia is prettier.” Bingley walked toward Miss Lydia and started talking to her.

Darcy had not thought Bingley so petty. Bingley had done the same thing Darcy did at the assembly: he insulted a woman within her hearing. Darcy cringed, not at Bingley’s behavior, but his own. Bingley still must be hurt by Jane’s refusal, but Darcy didn’t have that excuse. Circumstances made Jane unhappy. Well, there was nothing he could do about it now. Or was there?

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