An Unknown Quantity of a Girl

a Jane Austen fan fiction vignette

by Lucy

 

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"Yes, Miss Bennet, interest; for do not expect to be noticed by his family or friends, if you wilfully act against the inclinations of all. You will be censured, slighted, and despised, by every one connected with him. Your alliance will be a disgrace; your name will never even be mentioned by any of us.Ó

 

Jane Austen

 

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Darcy marries Elizabeth against his family's wishes, but Colonel Fitzwilliam is determined to support his cousin, while Darcy is confident that Elizabeth will, with time, win their esteem.

 

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Part 1: Manning the Ramparts

¤        Setting the stage with two rapidly composed and dispatched letters

¤        Proceeding to a family dinner in Town and conversation among distressed relations

¤        Moving on to a not ill-intentioned mother and aunt prodding for information

¤        In which the Colonel furthers his close alliance with the Darcy household in defiance of the old goat

 

Part 2: Conquest

¤        Dinner in the lion's den

¤        The Colonel returns to London and encounters a particularly giddy Darcy

¤        Wherein nobleman and tradesman share a repast

¤        In which we attend an Engagement Ball

¤        Concluding as we began with two rapidly dispatched letters

 

 

 

 

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