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"How did disowning work?"
Well, I am not sure of the true process (I looked it up, but it was to no avail) but after the fact, the disowned members would have no contact with the family from which they were disowned, also any scandal related to the diwoned party, would not show badly on the ones who disowned them in the first place.
Jane Austen Works RP:
www.f anfiction forum/Regency-Roleplay/176463/
She who needs help:
Denny had let Lydia rest for only one day, as well as getting her wounds treated before he decided on what had to be done.
"We must go to your sister, Jane Bingly." Denny stated, which Lydia found to be a rather ridiculous idea.
"Why should we go to her? She took Lizzie's side! She hates me!" Lydia exclaimed as she crossed her arms stubbornly, sitting back down on the bed in the inn room.
Denny only sighed as he sat in the chair, pulling it up to sit across from Lydia. "She is the closest to Oakridge, besides Pemberley that is. She has the means to watch over you while we put the rest into action." Denny stated. He had come up with a brilliant plan on how to shove Wickham back into his place, as well as gaining Lydia back her child at least.
"What if she turns me away?" Lydia asked frowning, she did not wish to go on such a journey only to be turned away in her time of need.
"She wont, we'll only have to explain whats happened, Jane is the sweet one, is she not?" Denny said, he was sure she would at least listen to what had happened to her younger sister.
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"We've been in this carriage for hours Denny, Are we almost there?" Lydia asked miserably, only to look over and see that Denny was looking out the window.
"I do not know, I have never been to your sister's estate, is that it?" Denny asked, Lydia leaned over to the window on Denny's side and nodded.
"Yes! Of course! that is it!" Lydia exclaimed then frowned. "I think we should go back, this is a horrible idea!"
Denny only waved her off as they neared the mansion, his hand resting on the edge of his knee.
Lydia looked at his hand then simply turned away from him before they finally arrived to their destination.
Jane had rushed outside just before the carriage had stopped, along with mister Bingly.
Denny turned to look at Lydia, who had fallen silent for once. "Are you ready?" He asked quietly, Lydia only nodded, it took a moment for her to actually look at Denny.
"as I'll ever be" Lydia said replied, and with that, Denny opened up the carriage door.
He then helped Lydia out, Jane covered her mouth in surprise when she saw her younger sister.
While Denny had managed to get Lydia cleaned up for the most part, her hair still needed work, and her her dress was still extremely dirty.
"Lydia, what happened?" Jane asked as she hurried up to her youngest sister.
"Oh Jane! it was horrible!" Lydia yelled, instantly working up tears. "Wickham! He tried to kill me! and then there were these horrid man! But Captain Denny, always so sweet, he saved me!" Lydia told Jane, though it cleared up almost nothing.
"What?!" Jane exclaimed in shock while she wrapped her arms around Lydia, she knew Lizzie would not like her to help Lydia, but she just couldn't bring herself to turn Lydia away in such a state, especially after hearing that.
"You must come in at once, you come as well Captain, I think it'd be best" Jane said as she gave her husband a sympathetic look, though it was not really needed, as he too was shocked to see Lydia in this condition.
...
Once Lydia was cleaned up, and borrowing a dress from Jane, the small group sat in the parlor. Lydia had finished telling the Binglys exactly what had happened on the night she was attacked.
"I never though he could do such a thing..." Jane said as she moved to sit beside Lydia.
"But Lydia, what about the book, what about all those things he said about Lizzie, and Darcy, the lies..Surely this will only amount to yet another lie from him, how do you expect to fix it?"
Lydia and Denny had also told Jane that they wished to expose Wickham for the man that he truly was.
Denny finally spoke up. "Well, We will need a bit of help...Lydia says there was a man driving the carriage, who was paid to attack her...He thinks Lydia to be dead. We have to find him, once we find him, if we could get him to tell of what happened..." Denny trailed off, if they could get the driver to admit to trying to kill Lydia on Wickham's orders, then Wickham would finally be caught.
"Finding a man accused of attempted murder is one thing, but getting him to admit to it? Denny, he'd have to be mad" Bingly interjected with a frown. Hardly anyone had ever admitted to murder, or even attempted murder, especially when the evidence pointed directly to them.
As much as Bingly wanted to help, he had his doubts that such an absurd plan would actually get them anywhere. Still though, this could clear the Darcy's good name, it could clear everything if Wickham was shown to be the villainous fraud that he is.
"We will help you" Bingly spoke for both he and Jane.
