A/N : I am sorry there was a silly mistake in chapter 2 as some of you told me : indeed, the Greys were heading to London from Derbyshire and not from Devonshire ! Thank you for letting me know!

A lot of you was worried about Mrs Bennet's behavior toward Eliza. Do not worry you will have your answer in this chapter!

Chapter 4 part 1: life goes on…

The Bennets

"Mr Bennet, what are we going to do?" cried Mrs Bennet as soon as the Greys left. Mrs Bennet did not know what to do. Losing her little child and at the same time adopting a new one was a difficult thing to do. Oh, she did not hesitate a second when she learnt that the poor dear was going to be left to an orphanage if the Greys were not able to find her a good home.

"First my dear, we need to call Mr Fleming". Mr Fleming was Meryton's old pastor. Mr Bennet knew he can be trusted. "We need him to come to organize the funerals".

When she heard the word "funerals" Mrs Bennet burst into tears. Just at this moment, little Eliza cried as well. Mrs Bennet ran to get her. It helped her a lot to have another baby to take care of.

Funerals were arranged. Elizabeth was buried in the evening when night had fallen. It had been decided between Mr Fleming and the Bennets to keep all of that secret for Eliza's welfare. Nobody in Meryton would be able to notice the difference as Mr and Mrs Bennet did know show Elizabeth out as she was so fragile. Eliza was about the same age as Elizabeth so everything could go back to normal.

From this day, Eliza had to be called Elizabeth but it was too painful for the grieving parents to call her like their little girl so they decided to give her a nickname: Lizzie.

Mr Bennet was the only one to know her true parentage. General Grey led him apart just before going away to let him know. He made him promise not to reveal a thing to either his wife or Eliza as it was the Duke's wish. General Grey somehow hesitated to let Mr Bennet know the truth but he did it anyway. After all it was the father's biggest right to know everything about his daughters, right?

Mrs Bennet was a good mother to Lizzie. She breastfed her, played with her and everything a mother should. She was getting on her nerves quite often because she was a very vocal child. Mrs Bennet was very curious about where she came from and why she was given up but she did not suspect that her husband knew the truth. All she knew was that she was born in North of England on February 20th 1792.

When he heard Lizzie cried, it seemed to Mr Bennet that the child knew she did not really belong here and that she was longing for her real mother's arms. Mr Bennet was quite intrigued by Lizzie. She had big brown and beautiful eyes and something about her betrayed her noble origins…

Months went on and Mrs Bennet fell pregnant again. She was very thrilled about it and she expected to be the happy mother of a son. But a little girl came and she was named Mary. A few years after that, Catherine and Lydia were born and Mrs Bennet began to really worry about her future and her girls'.

As Lizzie grew up, she became very close to her sister Jane. Lizzie never suspected a thing about her true parentage and nobody did either. She spent a lot of time with her father who enjoyed her company very much! She was clever and spirited and everything his own real children were not (except Jane sometimes?). He was willing to admit that his three younger girls were stupid, after all, was not their mother silly as well? "His" Lizzie had something special in her.

In Mrs Bennet's mind, Lizzie was one of her daughters. No doubt about that but she was very proud as she considered her own real daughters prettier that Lizzie (all but one, poor Mary…). She noted that she was very different from her other girls: strong-minded and somehow impertinent. This proved to her that education was not everything in a lady. She began to suspect that Lizzie was not sired by a gentleman and in her mind that was why her real mother had to give her up! She of course kept under the strictest silence her thoughts about her. It had been difficult to do it but she was convinced it was for the best.

Next part : the Darcys' point of view !

Thanks again to fishistix for being my beta !

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