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When Least Expected by Lucy (PG-ish)
Fandom: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Pairing: Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy
Length: 9,500 words
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Austen Interlude
Why this must be read:
This short and sweet story details how Mr. Bennet puzzles out the riddle of Fitzwilliam Darcy. He attempts to talk to the man before his marriage to his beloved Lizzy, but still is unable to quite figure him out. Is he, as Elizabeth said, one of the best men she has ever known? It is only upon visiting Pemberley months later that he learns the true worth of his new son-in-law.
Written in Austenesque style, this delightful story from Mr. Bennet's point-of-view is well written and has spot-on character voices. It's a quick read, but one not to be missed.
* * *
Mr. Bennet walked into the breakfast room looking ready for travel to the great surprise of his wife and two daughters. "Well my dears, I will be off now," he declared in his usual understated tone.
"Off?" cried Mrs. Bennet. "Why whatever do you mean? Off to where?"
"Pemberley."
"Pemberley? Now I am all confusion!" replied his wife with a look of such consternation upon her face as to serve as testament to her assertion. "For I do not believe our dear Mrs. Darcy has said anything about a visit in her latest letter, and I do not suppose she would have you and not her sisters or her mother as well, although you two were always so particular with one another. But now she is Mrs. Darcy better to send one of the girls, perhaps Kitty, so that she might meet some eligible young men of fortune too."
"Kitty will not go anywhere until she proves she has learnt some sense. Furthermore, I said nothing about an invitation my dear."
"What? Am I to understand that you plan to simply drop in on our dear Mr. Darcy without a proper invitation?"
"Yes. I do not believe my Lizzy would be too put out, nor that her husband would be either. He quite recommended to me a visit to Pemberley when they were not yet married. I believe he wishes to show me the library."
"The library? Mr. Bennet, you can hardly expect that Mr. Darcy wishes you to visit now. They are still so newly married."
"Why such strange consideration on your part I do not comprehend Mrs. Bennet. It is not as though they were married but a fortnight ago. They have been married these few months already and have had quite enough time to accustom themselves to the notion."
"But Mr. Darcy is a man of ten thousand pounds a year, and so right and proper in all he does. He cannot look well upon such unannounced callers. People of his station are very particular, Mr. Bennet." She paused for a moment and sighed with satisfaction. "My dear girls, your sister has made such a match! We must be sure she keeps him and therefore we must be all that is condescending. We would not want him to repine his choice and send her back to Longbourn, for I do not imagine she is any less impertinent now. She should watch her tongue, at least until she produces an heir."
"I do not believe that I have ever heard you utter such nonsense Mrs. Bennet, and that is saying a good deal. She is my daughter, and if her husband were worth twice ten thousand pounds a year, he is still just her husband, and so I will visit when I see fit."
"Twice ten thousand pounds a year? Ha! You speak of nonsense, and is that not nonsense? For not many are worth even what our dear Mr. Darcy is worth. Oh, what a fine match she has made. How rich she is. But I do still find it so surprising, Jane being so much prettier than Mrs. Darcy. But fine men can be so capricious. To think, three daughters married."
"Mrs. Bennet, I have had enough of this silliness. I am off to visit my daughter and that is the last word I wish to hear on the subject. I shall send word from Pemberley."
And, indeed, that was the last word, as Mr. Bennet immediately departed from his family and entered the carriage on route north, laughing all the while. If she only knew his real worth, he mused, why she would have palpitations of nerves to last quite the rest of her lifetime.
When Least Expected
Pairing: Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy
Length: 9,500 words
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Austen Interlude
Why this must be read:
This short and sweet story details how Mr. Bennet puzzles out the riddle of Fitzwilliam Darcy. He attempts to talk to the man before his marriage to his beloved Lizzy, but still is unable to quite figure him out. Is he, as Elizabeth said, one of the best men she has ever known? It is only upon visiting Pemberley months later that he learns the true worth of his new son-in-law.
Written in Austenesque style, this delightful story from Mr. Bennet's point-of-view is well written and has spot-on character voices. It's a quick read, but one not to be missed.
* * *
Mr. Bennet walked into the breakfast room looking ready for travel to the great surprise of his wife and two daughters. "Well my dears, I will be off now," he declared in his usual understated tone.
"Off?" cried Mrs. Bennet. "Why whatever do you mean? Off to where?"
"Pemberley."
"Pemberley? Now I am all confusion!" replied his wife with a look of such consternation upon her face as to serve as testament to her assertion. "For I do not believe our dear Mrs. Darcy has said anything about a visit in her latest letter, and I do not suppose she would have you and not her sisters or her mother as well, although you two were always so particular with one another. But now she is Mrs. Darcy better to send one of the girls, perhaps Kitty, so that she might meet some eligible young men of fortune too."
"Kitty will not go anywhere until she proves she has learnt some sense. Furthermore, I said nothing about an invitation my dear."
"What? Am I to understand that you plan to simply drop in on our dear Mr. Darcy without a proper invitation?"
"Yes. I do not believe my Lizzy would be too put out, nor that her husband would be either. He quite recommended to me a visit to Pemberley when they were not yet married. I believe he wishes to show me the library."
"The library? Mr. Bennet, you can hardly expect that Mr. Darcy wishes you to visit now. They are still so newly married."
"Why such strange consideration on your part I do not comprehend Mrs. Bennet. It is not as though they were married but a fortnight ago. They have been married these few months already and have had quite enough time to accustom themselves to the notion."
"But Mr. Darcy is a man of ten thousand pounds a year, and so right and proper in all he does. He cannot look well upon such unannounced callers. People of his station are very particular, Mr. Bennet." She paused for a moment and sighed with satisfaction. "My dear girls, your sister has made such a match! We must be sure she keeps him and therefore we must be all that is condescending. We would not want him to repine his choice and send her back to Longbourn, for I do not imagine she is any less impertinent now. She should watch her tongue, at least until she produces an heir."
"I do not believe that I have ever heard you utter such nonsense Mrs. Bennet, and that is saying a good deal. She is my daughter, and if her husband were worth twice ten thousand pounds a year, he is still just her husband, and so I will visit when I see fit."
"Twice ten thousand pounds a year? Ha! You speak of nonsense, and is that not nonsense? For not many are worth even what our dear Mr. Darcy is worth. Oh, what a fine match she has made. How rich she is. But I do still find it so surprising, Jane being so much prettier than Mrs. Darcy. But fine men can be so capricious. To think, three daughters married."
"Mrs. Bennet, I have had enough of this silliness. I am off to visit my daughter and that is the last word I wish to hear on the subject. I shall send word from Pemberley."
And, indeed, that was the last word, as Mr. Bennet immediately departed from his family and entered the carriage on route north, laughing all the while. If she only knew his real worth, he mused, why she would have palpitations of nerves to last quite the rest of her lifetime.
When Least Expected