Unconventional: an Austentatious comedy that defies expectations by Amanda Kai

Author:Amanda Kai [Kai, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Regal Swan Publishing
Published: 2021-03-26T00:00:00+00:00

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“I cannot believe, Darcy, that you would have such disregard for your poor cousin, Anne!” Darcy’s aunt, Lady Catherine de Bourgh derided him. Darcy and Caroline had gone to Kent to pay their respects to his aunt following their wedding, but she had not taken the news well.

“After all these years of her expectantly waiting for you to fulfill your late mother’s and my wishes and marry her, you descend upon me with scarcely a note precipitating, to present another as your wife! How is it that your marriage took place in so short a time as to render no invitation, not even an announcement prior? Is my great care and devotion for you all these years, in place of a mother, so insignificant that you feel it unnecessary to ask my consent to the match before it takes place?”

“Dear Aunt,” Darcy paced the floor of the drawing room in front of where Lady Catherine sat. “You know my regard for you has no bounds, and my gratitude for all you have done for me shall never be repaid. I am afraid I cannot account for my sudden marriage to Miss Bingley, other than to plead the folly of youth and my own rash behavior.”

“Then you admit it was a mistake, to forfeit my Anne for this upstart?” Lady Catherine’s eyes glared.

“My sudden marriage may be unconventional, but I regret nothing except I failed to extend a proper invitation to my family,” he lied.

Lady Catherine’s scowl continued. “Would that you had waited for my approval, I could have saved you from such an imprudent match. However, it is done now, for the Good Book doth say, ‘what God hath joined together, let no man put asunder’,” she conceded.

“By the way,” Lady Catherine changed the subject. “You will be pleased to know we have guests for dinner this evening. Your cousin, Richard, arrives this afternoon to stay for a fortnight. Also, you and Mrs. Darcy will not be the only newlyweds. Mr. Collins is bringing his new bride to dinner along with her sister, who has accompanied them to Kent on their honeymoon.”

Darcy’s eyes shot up. Elizabeth in Kent? He tried to console himself with the thought that it might be any one of the four remaining Bennet sisters. Yet when he recalled the close relationship between Miss Elizabeth and her eldest sister, he could not escape the notion that of all her sisters, Miss Elizabeth was the most likely to be chosen by Jane to accompany her after the wedding.

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