Together in Perfect Felicity
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Still, she could not help but search her brain trying to remember the other occasions of their being alone—just the two of them, since his arrival in Kent.
He certainly made a point of visiting me at the parsonage house during those times when the Collinses were away.
For the first time since their argument at the parsonage house, the motives behind the haughty gentleman’s confounding behavior dawned on her.
How could I have been so blind as to be wholly unaware that Mr. Darcy was courting me?
Remembering the kind stranger awaiting a reply to her offer of assistance, Elizabeth said, “Actually, it was nothing at all—at least nothing of consequence. No doubt, it will turn up sooner or later.” With that, Elizabeth smiled a little. “Good day,” she said, effectively sending the older woman on her way.
Now free to dwell on the contents of Mr. Darcy’s missing letter, she recalled in great detail what Mr. Darcy had written about the means Mr. Wickham had employed to deceive young Miss Darcy.
By Mrs. Younge’s connivance and aid, Wickham so far recommended himself to Georgiana, whose affectionate heart retained a strong impression of his kindness to her as a child, that she was persuaded to believe herself in love. Thus, she consented to an elopement. She was then but fifteen, which must be her excuse; and after stating her imprudence, I am happy to add, that I owed the knowledge of it to herself.
I joined them unexpectedly a day or two before the intended elopement, and then Georgiana, unable to support the idea of grieving and offending a brother whom she looked up to almost as a father, acknowledged the whole to me.
This must surely attest to the strength of Miss Darcy’s esteem for her older brother that she would do so, Elizabeth could not help but reflect. She had heard so much about the young woman from those who knew her best. By all accounts, she was very accomplished, especially as evidenced by her excellence on the pianoforte.
Some thought of George Wickham’s portrayal of Miss Darcy could not help but intrude.
He accused her of being haughty and above her company. How could I possibly have been so deceived by another? Am I so shallow that I mistook his physical beauty for personal integrity?
Her silent question summoned her once again to what she could recall of Mr. Darcy’s letter.
Mr. Wickham’s chief object was unquestionably my sister’s fortune, which is thirty thousand pounds; but I cannot help supposing that the hope of revenging himself on me was a strong inducement. His revenge would have been complete indeed.
Consumed with such dreadful thoughts conjured up by the notion of what might have happened to young Miss Darcy had it not been for the timely intervention of a devoted older brother, Elizabeth resolved once again to retrace her steps.
I simply must find Mr. Darcy’s letter.
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Acknowledgments
A thousand thanks to Miss Jane Austen for her timeless classic, Pride and Prejudice, which makes all this possible.
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