Darcy and Elizabeth What If? Collection 1

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Author: Jennifer Lang
he had said she was not handsome, he had discovered that in fact she had fine eyes, for as she walked past him she had turned them towards him for a moment. The light in those eyes had aroused an instinct in him he had not known he possessed. It had wakened a sleeping part of him and made him interested in life. And it had etched itself on his memory, so he knew he would not forget it.
    He was almost tempted to change his mind and dance with her, but he was forestalled by another gentleman seeking her hand. George Wickham!
    Darcy struggled to maintain an even temper. It was bad luck finding George here. They had been playmates as children, but George had grown up wild. He appeared to have come into money, and he looked like a gentleman, but that was only on the surface. Darcy suspected that Wickham would never change.
    But Wickham’s dissipation did not appear on his face. Indeed, it was a handsome face. George was another one who found it easy to converse with strangers. But, unlike, Charles Bingley, George Wickham was not a good man at heart. He had been loved by Mr Darcy’s father, and spoilt by him, even though he was the steward’s son. He had been given every advantage – a good education and the promise of a valuable living, so that he could support himself comfortably when he became a man - but he had squandered those advantages.
    And now he was dancing with Miss Elizabeth Bennet, the one woman in the room that Darcy wished to dance with.
    Darcy felt the stirrings of jealousy and his eyes followed the couple as they went out on to the floor. Elizabeth moved with grace, her lithe figure being shown to great advantage in her simple muslin gown. Her dark hair was shining and it set off the white ribbon in her hair.
    If only he had not been so uncomfortable in strange company, he could have been the one to win her hand. If only he had not spoken so sharply to Bingley . . . if only he had taken his friend’s offer of an introduction . . . then he could have been leading Miss Elizabeth on to the floor.
    His jealousy intensified. There was something about her that provoked him and attracted him. But he had missed his chance, and Wickham had taken it.
    He tried to calm his feelings by appealing to his pride. He was Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet was nothing to him, he told himself. She was not an heiress, she did not come from an old family, she had no claim on his notice.
    And yet he could not prevent his eyes from straying to her. And he could not stop himself wishing he was the one enjoying her company.

Chapter Four
     
    ‘Well, Jane, Mr Bingley seemed very taken with you,’ said Mrs Bennet complacently as the Bennets returned home at the end of the assembly. The carriage bumped over the potholes but none of the ladies minded, for they had all enjoyed themselves. The carriage lamps shone out in the darkness, pools of light in the otherwise black night. ‘And Mr Wickham seemed very taken with you, Lizzy,’ added Mrs Bennet grudgingly.
    Elizabeth was not her favourite daughter, but she was never slow to take a compliment to any of her girls and she knew how to value the attentions of a man such as Mr Wickham.
    ‘He danced with me, too,’ said Lydia.
    ‘But he danced twice with Elizabeth,’ said Mary in a moralising tone.
    ‘I wish he had danced with me,’ said Kitty. ‘He is vastly handsome.’
    ‘And wealthy, if appearances are anything to go by. What a thing it will be, to see my two eldest daughters married,’ said Mrs Bennet.
    ‘Mama, you go too fast,’ said Elizabeth. ‘Mr Wickham danced with me, he did not propose.’
    ‘But he will, if you give him some encouragement,’ said Mrs Bennet. ‘You must have a new dress, Lizzy. I am sure we will be seeing more of Mr Wickham at the local gatherings. Sir William Lucas is giving an evening party soon, we have already been invited. I am sure Mr Wickham will be there, for Sir William would like to catch him for Charlotte. But you are far prettier
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