Looking up at the night's sky and counting the stars used to put Elizabeth's mind at ease but tonight was a very different night.
Jane entered the hallway and caught Elizabeth's eyes as she was turning away from the hallway window.
Jane breathed a deep breath as she too realized the significance of spending her last unmarried night in her family home.
Tomorrow Jane would be wed to Charles Bingley and Elizabeth would be forever separated from her beloved sister.
The last few months seemed like a hazy dream to Jane; Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley's unexpected, yet not unwanted, re-entry into the neighbourhood and then the even more sudden proposal from Charles.
As Jane continued to try and wrap her head around her new happiness she saw her sister sink deeper into a masked silence.
Elizabeth refused to tell Jane what was troubling her, and instead refocused Jane's conversations on the upcoming wedding. Jane knew that something had to be wrong, but as the wedding drew closer and closer Elizabeth continued to ease Jane's worries and insist that she was just going to miss her beloved sister.
Jane, however, refused to give up her hunt for answers, and saw this last night together as an opportunity.
As Jane entered her bedroom, followed by Lizzy, she could not help but recall the glance that passed between Lizzy and Mr. Darcy that night at dinner.