Important note: This chapter is unedited.
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Lord Sebastian was pacing angrily from one side of his office to the other with the letter his father had sent him the day before. Unfortunately, the day before he had been out of his house solving Lydia Bennet's problems and he didn't read it. He made a serious mistake, and he wouldn't forgive himself for a long time! Georgiana had a horrible time, which could have been avoided...
28th October 1811
London
Dear Son,
As you know, I have been investigating Wickham for several months, as it is my fervent wish he never bothers Georgiana again. So far, except for two illegitimate children, I have found nothing to justify taking drastic measures. Although the older brother of one of the young women he seduced - the young woman who died in childbirth - would gladly give him a good beating...
Returning to the subject of this letter, Wickham has become engaged to a young woman, Miss Mary King, who happens to have family in Meryton. My informants told me today they left early for Meryton.
It is important to prevent Georgiana from meeting the scoundrel and his fiancée at all costs. I haven't sent a letter to Darcy for fear it might be intercepted and get into the wrong hands.
I think it prudent for you and the Darcys to return to London soon. There is another gossip about Lord XXXX being discovered by his fiancée and other witnesses in a very compromising position with another lady.
I look forward to hearing from you and Georgiana.
Your father
Tu padre
He had listened to his servants talking about the incident between the Darcys and that scoundrel, and his valet found out what had happened and especially what was said in great detail. He couldn't believe Wickham had the nerve to approach Georgiana!
He perfectly understood Darcy's reaction. He was not a violent man by nature, but he wanted to hurt Wickham. Maybe a man with his power could hire someone to just kill him... But despite the fact Wickham was a scoundrel, he was not going to do it. The scoundrel had not committed any crime that was punishable by death or at least jail.
No, he had to do something else to punish Wickham, but he didn't know what. But he was sure that with his father they would find a way for Wickham to regret even being born...
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Several hours later Darcy and Georgiana arrived at Netherfield where the Bingleys had been waiting for them. Darcy considered the possibility of Georgiana staying in the parsonage or even moving to 'The Firs, but he knew that such a sudden action could cause even more rumors…
"Mr. Darcy, Georgiana, we've been waiting for you for several hours. You're always so punctual that we assume something bad must have happened to you." Caroline commented feigning concern.
"Excuse me, Miss Bingley, we lost track of time at the parsonage."
Bingley nodded and answered with a smile, "You already here, and that's all that matters. Do you want to freshen up or do you want to have tea with us?"
"We apologize for all the inconvenience we have caused you. We will have tea with you."
Miss Bingley monopolized the conversation with her insistent questions and double-meaning comments. Although the truth is neither Georgiana nor Darcy felt like talking. When Caroline made some inappropriate advances, Darcy simply didn't reply or steered the conversation to neutral topics. If in the past Darcy had already ruled out Caroline Bingley as a possible future Mrs. Darcy, now he directly did not tolerate her.
After tea Georgiana retired to her room to rest. She wanted to be alone, she needed to reflect on everything that had happened that day and especially on her feelings for George Wickham.
In her young and innocent heart, she still had illusions that she did not even dare to confess to herself that one day she would know for sure they were not siblings, and perhaps they would have a future as husband and wife.
Her brother had already told her that George had illegitimate children and he was a scoundrel, but she still had a slight hope her brother was wrong since she thought she knew George better.
However, what Elizabeth told her that day coincided with what her brother told her and added to it a few months after having sworn eternal love to her, George was about to marry another young woman who had probably met her only a short time ago.
She wasn't going to shed any more tears for him, it was clear her brother was right. She had simply been a fool to believe Wickham's words of love. It was clear he never loved her, he just wanted her money...