The Resolute Suitor: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

by Don Miller

  The final irony was that Andrew Fitzwilliam, the elder brother of Richard, died at the age of 45 of a heart attack without leaving a male heir. Therefore Sir Richard became Lord Gladney, the heir of the Earl of Matlock and Mary eventually became a countess. Thus it was that all of Elizabeth’s younger sisters, of whom she had despaired when they were younger, became the wives of peers, while she and Darcy were always just Mr. and Mrs. Darcy, a circumstance that bothered them not at all. They had their love, their six children, their extended family, and Pemberley, the jewel of Derbyshire, and were quite content all the years of their life.

  The End

  About the Author

  Don Miller is a retired research scientist who worked most of his career in think tanks, but who also served as a Naval Officer and a college professor. He loves golfing, reading historical fiction, especially naval historical fiction and Jane Austen fan fiction, and, of course, writing. He now has published seven variations of Pride and Prejudice, all of which are available from Kindle. He can be reached at golferdhm@gmail.com.