Something More Substantial
Jann Rowland
- In
- Pride
- and
- Prejudice,
- Elizabeth
- Bennet
- meets
- Fitzwilliam
- Darcy
- in
- Meryton,
- where
- Mr.
- Darcy's
- concern
- for
- his
- sister
- and
- general
- reticence
- leads
- him
- to
- insult
- her.
- But
- what
- if
- Mr.
- Darcy
- did
- not
- meet
- her
- there,
- instead
- making
- her
- acquaintance
- in
- other
- circumstances
- more
- favorable
- to
- their
- understanding?When
- she
- visits
- Rosings
- Park
- and
- her
- friend,
- Charlotte
- Collins,
- Elizabeth
- does
- so
- with
- no
- notion
- that
- Fitzwilliam
- Darcy
- even
- exists,
- for
- Netherfield
- Park
- remained
- empty
- the
- previous
- autumn.
- As
- is
- his
- custom,
- Mr.
- Darcy
- comes
- to
- Rosings
- in
- his
- cousin's
- company,
- and
- there
- he
- meets
- a
- young
- lady
- unlike
- any
- he
- has
- ever
- met.Rosings
- itself
- is
- not
- a
- place
- where
- he
- can
- conduct
- any
- sort
- of
- campaign
- to
- win
- the
- fair
- maiden's
- heart,
- for
- his
- aunt,
- Lady
- Catherine
- de
- Bourgh,
- is
- watchful
- and
- determined
- Darcy
- will
- marry
- her
- daughter.
- Despite
- this
- interference,
- Darcy
- eventually
- leaves
- Kent,
- secure
- in
- the
- knowledge
- that
- Miss
- Elizabeth
- is
- a
- woman
- he
- would
- like
- to
- come
- to
- know
- better.
- The
- question
- he
- is
- unable
- to
- answer
- is
- when
- he
- can
- meet
- her
- again,
- for
- their
- positions
- in
- society
- are
- oceans
- apart,
- and
- there
- is
- little
- opportunity
- for
- chance
- meetings.But
- fate
- has
- other
- plans,
- for
- not
- only
- do
- they
- meet
- again,
- but
- they
- also
- encounter
- each
- other
- in
- a
- place
- that
- allows
- their
- love
- to
- blossom.
- Only
- the
- small
- matters
- of
- his
- family
- expectations
- and
- her
- condition
- in
- life
- stand
- in
- his
- way.
- Yet
- Darcy
- is
- determined
- to
- pursue
- Miss
- Elizabeth,
- certain
- in
- the
- knowledge
- she
- will
- make
- him
- the
- happiest
- of men.
