Saving Anne de Bourgh
Jann Rowland
- Mr.
- Darcy's
- proposal
- to
- Elizabeth
- Bennet
- ends
- in
- acrimony,
- but
- when
- Elizabeth
- returns
- to
- Longbourn,
- it
- is
- with
- a
- changed
- perspective
- forced
- on
- her
- by
- Mr.
- Darcy's
- letter.
- At
- Longbourn,
- Elizabeth
- cannot
- but
- acknowledge
- that
- the
- gentleman's
- charges
- have
- some
- merit
- given
- the
- behavior
- of
- certain
- members
- of
- her
- family.On
- the
- heels
- of
- her
- return,
- however,
- Elizabeth
- makes
- a
- shocking
- discovery,
- for
- one
- day,
- while
- visiting
- Meryton
- with
- her
- sisters,
- she
- comes
- across
- none
- other
- than
- Anne
- de
- Bourgh,
- daughter
- of
- the
- imposing
- Lady
- Catherine.
- Further
- investigation
- reveals
- the
- truth
- that
- Miss
- de
- Bourgh
- is
- there
- traveling
- with
- the
- very
- Mr.
- Wickham
- against
- whom
- Mr.
- Darcy
- had
- warned
- her.Knowing
- she
- must
- do
- something,
- Elizabeth
- persuades
- Miss
- de
- Bourgh
- of
- the
- folly
- of
- eloping
- with
- the
- libertine,
- after
- which
- she
- must
- navigate
- the
- danger
- Mr.
- Wickham
- presents.
- For
- the
- man
- who
- has
- defrauded
- so
- many,
- who
- attempted
- to
- elope
- with
- Miss
- Darcy
- will
- not
- abandon
- his
- schemes
- without
- a
- fight.Into
- this
- maelstrom
- comes
- Lady
- Catherine,
- pursuing
- her
- daughter
- to
- prevent
- her
- from
- making
- a
- huge
- mistake,
- and
- Mr.
- Darcy,
- summoned
- by
- his
- aunt
- to
- assist.
- The
- truth
- of
- the
- matter
- when
- revealed
- provides
- a
- much-needed
- measure
- of
- hope
- to
- Darcy,
- for
- with
- Elizabeth's
- actions
- to
- assist
- his
- cousin,
- she
- may
- not
- be
- so
- lost
- to
- him
- as
- he
- once thought.
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