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Appendix: ‘The Bennet Brother’

Summary of installments

The following summaries are not exhaustive. They are based on the versions of the installments posted on the website after the next scene has been posted and voting completed.

Abigail Reynolds, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #1, 30 January 2013

The Bennet family prepares for son and brother Edward’s return from London, and anticipates a further meeting with their new neighbour, Mr Bingley. Elizabeth and Jane discuss the family’s financial situation, with Elizabeth expressing reservations about their father’s management. Edward, meanwhile, is enjoying a (frugal) bachelor’s existence in London, and considering his romantic (and sartorial) prospects, looking forward to re-acquaintance with Miss Perry at the Meryton Assembly. Darcy attends the same assembly and is overheard by Edward criticising Elizabeth. He confronts Darcy, which provokes that gen-tleman into reluctantly offering the next set of dancing to Elizabeth.

Jack Caldwell, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #2, 13 February 2013

Elizabeth, irked at both Darcy’s imperiousness and Edward’s impetuousness, to Jane’s chagrin, refuses to

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dance and replies with an arch statement. Darcy then engages Elizabeth in mutually witty repartee, and they dance. After Darcy has proved his skills on the dance floor, Edward questions him about Pemberley. Meanwhile, the Bingley sisters are discussing Edward and his family situation and matrimonial prospects, and Mrs Hurst detects some inter-est on Miss Bingley’s part. Darcy had been reflecting on his distaste for balls and the country when he is approached by Sir William Lucas with Miss Perry as a prospective dance partner – he evades by claiming to be engaged to dance with Mrs Hurst, having suggested to himself that Miss Perry’s interest is in ‘Pemberley and my pocketbook’, and she later wit-nesses his embarrassing encounter with Elizabeth. He then dances with Miss Bingley to avoid dancing with Charlotte Lucas.

Later, at home, Jane and Elizabeth discuss the ball and the gentlemen, and, upon the arrival of Edward, discuss their father’s plans to break the entail on Longbourn, and Edward’s aspirations to modernise the estate. He then acquaints them with Wickham’s claims about Mr Darcy. Elizabeth reveals her wide reading, mentioning reading about agricul-tural practices in ‘one of Papa’s subscriptions’.

In Netherfield Library, Bingley and Darcy discuss the ball, with Bingley, looking after Darcy’s interests, suggesting he apologise to the Bennets. The next morning, Elizabeth is walking the grounds of Longbourn, near Netherfield, when Darcy makes the apology to her and her family, ‘But was he sincere?’

Diana Birchall, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #3, 27 February 2013

[Now in weekly rather than bi-weekly installments]

Elizabeth is taken aback by, but graciously accepts, Darcy’s apology. They plan to take a walk together when they are interrupted by Edward who begrudgingly acknowledges the proffered olive branch, but cannot help charging Darcy with Wickham’s accusations. Prompted by Elizabeth, Edward accepts Darcy’s explanation and she encourages him to con-sult Darcy on his plans for the improvement of the Longbourn estate. Elizabeth returns to the house, informing her panicking mother of the reconciliation, who then launches into plans for Elizabeth to marry Darcy. The women share views of Miss Perry, debating whether or not she possesses wealth. The Lucases arrive and their discussion of the ball is interrupted by Edward and Darcy returning to the house, bearing

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news that Mr Darcy has invited him to visit Pemberley. After some dis-cussion, including with Mr Bennet, of travel and carriage arrangements and expenses, Darcy offers his barouche, mentions his sister’s isolation, and specifically requests Elizabeth’s company.

C. Allyn Pierson, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #4, 6 March 2013

Edward is called into his father’s library on his return from a horse ride and is told that, despite constant lobbying from his mother and youngest sisters, only Elizabeth and Jane will accompany him to Pemberley. He tells the sisters, to their great pleasure, and settles to make plans with Darcy for their departure. At Netherfield, Darcy is anxious about the prospect of all the Bennets visiting Pemberley. They visit Longbourn to make final arrangements, and the party is relieved that only the three eldest Bennets will come. On the road to Pemberley, however, the car-riage set upon by highwaymen, and Caroline Bingley slaps one of them. As the men of the party arrive on horseback one of the robbers aims his gun at them, and Elizabeth throws a rock in order to misdirect his shot. The robbers ride off and Darcy reveals that he has been shot, and Caroline Bingley blames Elizabeth’s ‘hoydenish’ and ‘stupid behavior’ for the injury. Bingley admonishes her and the party must decide how to proceed.

Sharon Lathan, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #5, 13 March 2013

The travellers attempt to tend to Darcy’s wound, but Elizabeth retrieves some objects, including something shiny, and takes charge by treating him with puffball mushrooms and yarrow leaves – a remedy which she had read about in her father’s books. Darcy confirms that her well-aimed rock had saved his life. On Darcy’s insistence, they proceed to Pemberley; on Elizabeth’s, he rides in the carriage. On arrival, Elizabeth prepares for her bath and remembers the pocket watch that she retrieved from the crime scene. After her bath, she meets Georgiana Darcy, who repeats her brother’s praise of Elizabeth, and shares the news of her brother’s likely recovery. Elizabeth notes Bingley’s continued attentions to Jane, and Edward’s clear admiration of Georgiana, and then consults her brother about the pocket watch, which is confirmed as belonging to George Wickham. They agree to appraise Darcy of all the facts of the case, and,

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as he has requested an audience with Elizabeth, the task falls to her. As he invites her to dine privately in his rooms with him, she determines to tell him about the provenance of the pocket-watch.

Marilyn Brant, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #6, 20 March 2013

Elizabeth enjoys a sumptuous meal with Darcy, prepared by his French chef, and nervously reveals the pocket-watch with its damning engrav-ing. Darcy confirms that the watch was a gift from his father to George Wickham, and speculates that he may have sold it in his fecklessness. He refutes Elizabeth’s suggestion that George may have been a member of the band of robbers. Elizabeth enjoys the trifle dessert and then leaves Darcy to determine how to proceed, feeling sure of his calmness and composure.

Once alone, Darcy seizes his sharpest fencing foil and swears revenge on Wickham. Darcy overhears the servants arguing and is informed that George Wickham had been found lurking in grounds, and is detained in the stables.

Edward Bennet, who had been thinking of the recent events and the attractions of Miss Darcy, overhears the exchange, sees the chance to redeem himself for his earlier cowardly behaviour, and vows to confront Wickham. Meanwhile, Darcy is frustratingly detained by Miss Bingley’s lengthy performances on the pianoforte. He slips the watch into his pocket and approaches the front door of Pemberley, only to be con-fronted by a surprise when he opens it.

Diana Birchall, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #7, 27 March 2013

The scene opens with Darcy having suffered a set back in his recovery, due to Edward’s attempts to make amends for having divulged their plans to visit Pemberley by confronting Wickham. He had found the villain, unshackled, and tried to fight him. Wickham escaped on Darcy’s horse, Charlemagne. Injured, Edward returned to the house, and startles Darcy in the corridor. The surgeon visits the two injured young men and leaves Darcy under Elizabeth’s watch, much to Caroline Bingley’s disapproval. When she insults Elizabeth, her brother sends her to her room. She attempts to enter Darcy’s room, but is deterred by Georgiana. Elizabeth joins the party to report on Darcy’s progress and

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enquires after Edward’s health. When the surgeon relays that Edward and Darcy will recover, he mentions that Edward’s injuries were caused by a horse’s kick, and informs them that Wickham had escaped on Darcy’s horse.

The peace of the following day at Pemberley is shattered by the arrival of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, demanding to know what has transpired there. She insists on seeing Darcy, and finding Elizabeth with him and Georgiana, questions her about her family and background. She informs Elizabeth, who has not heard of Mr Collins, of their connection, and that she advised him to marry one of the Bennet sisters. Edward enters and the conversation turns to tropical fruit, before they begin to discuss the events surrounding Wickham and his escape. The women leave and Edward and Darcy discuss Wickham.

Jane Odiwe, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #8, 3 April 2013

Darcy and Edward discuss Wickham’s possible plans, and Darcy surmises that he is headed to London and will sell Charlemagne en route. He suggests that Wickham may take a less-trackable route, perhaps through Birmingham, where he could both dispose of the horse and re-arm himself. Georgiana, in riding habit, hears the search party prepare to leave and is forced into painful recollection of her earlier dealings with Wickham. She ponders her brother’s emotional connection to Charlemagne, son of their father’s horse, Agincourt. She enters the stable and greets her horse Lysander, and discovering a note tucked under the saddle, recognises the handwriting. Edward enters the stable, noting the girl’s attractiveness, and she hastily tucks the note into her pocket reticule. The two discuss the recent events, and after referring poetically to her love of Pemberley, she offers to escort him over the grounds. Meanwhile, Lady Catherine continues in her displeasure, and is anxious about Elizabeth’s growing significance to Darcy. When her attempts to throw Anne into his path fail, she determines to expose Elizabeth and her low connections. She launches hostile questions at Elizabeth, who successfully counters her every conversational attack. She dwells at length upon Darcy’s mat-rimonial prospects and duty, and he suggests that he has no intention of marrying his cousin Anne. He then requests that Elizabeth play for them in the drawing room.

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Nina Benneton, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #9, 10 April 2013

[Begins with line from ep 8: ‘And when you are better, Mr. Bennet, I hope you will allow me to escort you myself.’] Georgiana’s ‘artless invitation’ provokes a laugh from Edward, and they grow awkward in their rela-tions. Edward notices her fidgeting with the reticule, and ponders her attractions, which remind him of a past love who writes novels under the name of P.O. Dixon. Leaving Georgiana to dwell on her resentment of being laughed at – shared with her brother – she reads the note. It is from Wickham, begging her to meet at their secret place to enable him to return Darcy’s horse. Georgiana determines to meet Wickham, to rescue him from the gallows, and rides off. Edward, incensed that the servants had let her ride unaccompanied, limps off to find her. Georgiana, reach-ing Little Pemberley, the cottage Darcy built for her in the grounds, is pondering its apparent shrinking since her childhood, when Wickham appears from a tree. They converse familiarly on various matters, touch-ing upon their thwarted elopement, Darcy’s nature and the Bennet fam-ily. He notes the approach of someone, and comments that she may have to save him yet.

Regina Jeffers, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #10, 17 April 2013

Georgiana sees Edward approaching in the vegetable cart being driven by the former groom. Wickham informs Georgiana that she must save him, but he refuses to return the horse, pushes the young girl and flees. In the meantime, Elizabeth has met with Mrs Reynolds on a walk, and the housekeeper thanks her for her response in the crisis and her role in Darcy’s recovery. Mrs Reynolds discloses that it is a plan to trap and punish Wickham, who has been holding clandestine meetings with a housemaid, that has drawn her so far from Pemberley. They discuss Wickham, and Elizabeth, citing Shakespeare, determines to accompany her. From a distance, they see the maid, Charlemagne and Wickham, and then Edward approaching, and so Elizabeth runs to the scene. Elizabeth and Wickham struggle over possession of the horse, and Wickham is whipped by Mrs Reynolds with a switch. Elizabeth and Wickham exchange words about Darcy and Edward finally hob-bles into the scene, brandishing a dung-covered cane at Wickham.

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Realising the comicality of his bearing he then threatens the miscreant with ‘Derbyshire’s best’. A furious Georgiana arrives, slapping Edward for leaving her on the ground, without assistance, and then Wickham. Elizabeth is approving of Georgiana’s spirit, but the question remains of the group’s next action.

Shannon Winslow, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #11, 24 April 2013

The group are discussing possible plans for the unconcerned captive when Darcy arrives. Wickham attempts to escape, first on Darcy’s and then Georgiana’s horse. Upon mounting the latter animal, he falls, after landing uncomfortably on the sidesaddle pommel, so he is captured and left in the hands of the local authorities. The group re-tell their adven-tures back at Pemberley, but soon fall into lethargy in the absence of any further eventualities. Refusing to leave, despite the prevailing mood, Lady Catherine suggests a walk to Edward Bennet and proceeds to decry the Bennet siblings’ intimacy with the Darcys, and to warn him against forming any attachment to Georgiana, claiming that she is intended for Colonel Fitzwilliam. When she accuses him of frightening Georgiana, he remembers the girl’s discomfort during their encounter in the stables and begins to falter. Sensing an opportunity Lady Catherine makes ref-erence to Georgiana’s past and calls upon him to quit the field, offering him 8000 pounds in a large stack of bank notes.

Colette Saucier, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #12, 1 May 2013

After pondering Darcy’s cultural superiority in the library at Pemberley, Elizabeth returns with her book to the drawing room where card play-ing, music and letterwriting is taking place, as the inmates enjoy Lady Catherine’s absence. She wonders about her brother and Lady Catherine, and he is at that moment vehemently refusing Lady Catherine’s offer of money. He meets Elizabeth at the door and informs her that the Bennets must immediately leave Pemberley. She attempts to dissuade him, as Darcy does later, but Edward is determined to leave, both because of the insult and his apprehension of disconcerting Georgiana. He recounts his conversation with Lady Catherine to Elizabeth, and the Bennets take their leave, using Darcy’s carriage at his insistence, whereupon the sisters

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recommence their abuse of the family’s modest connections. Bingley defiantly comments on their agreeableness.

Sharon Lathan, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #13, 8 May 2013

Author’s note: ‘Following on the heels of Colette Saucier, I begin by stepping back a few days to reveal an important, clandestine meeting between two prime players in today’s scene. Tying up a few loose strings was important, plus a wee bit of intrigue is a positive boon to a dramatic story, right? So get ready to have your socks knocked off! (I hope)’

A cloaked woman enters George Wickham’s cell, and is revealed (first by characterisation and then by name) to be Anne de Bourgh. It is clear that the two are in love, and that Anne, feisty and clever, has been plot-ting their marriage with her lover. Wickham reveals that the Ramsgate incident with Georgiana was a misunderstanding. Anne refers to their first meeting since she was twelve, which had occurred two years earlier, when she was travelling incognito as Abigail Mason. They ponder their present situation and he mentions Darcy’s determined dislike for him. He confirms his love for her, and claims he hadn’t intended to steal Darcy’s horse, and had merely wanted to explain matters to Georgiana before the scene at Little Pemberley.

Moving to the present, Darcy and his cousin Anne are talking and she declares her distaste for his nature. They argue, and she tricks him into revealing that he is in love with Elizabeth Bennet. She speaks seriously of love, hinting at some future plans which may bring confusion and pain.

Inspector Holmes arrives at Pemberley in the course of his investiga-tion of the highway attack, and notes, along with the other men, the beauty of Lady Colette Fitzwilliam. He apologises for having intercepted the Bennets on their journey and detaining them at Pemberley. He reveals that Wickham was not involved in the attack, and that the leader has been instructed to drop the watch at the scene and so implicate him. Darcy refuses to believe in Wickham’s innocence, even though the inspector outlines his exemplary and upstanding life in Kent as co-owner with Mr Denny of the High Tide Lodge. Anne reveals that she and Wickham are betrothed and planned to elope the previous week. Lady Catherine flies into a rage and, in doing so, incriminates herself by betraying her knowledge of the highwayman’s name. Darcy realises that his aunt has conspired to incriminate Wickham in the crime and an

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angry Edward also reveals that she attempted to bribe his family to leave Pemberley. Lady Catherine is dragged away and the inhabitants of the parlour sit in semi-darkened silence.

Sally Smith O’Rourke, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #14, 15 May 2013

Darcy makes his way to the wilderness area of the garden, where, angry and mortified, he contemplates his aunt’s behaviour. He is approached by Anne, who attempts to convince him of Wickham’s reformation, and comments on the disgrace into which her mother has cast the family. She seeks his blessing on her intended marriage and tells him the truth about the Ramsgate events, that Wickham had been there with Anne. She then exhorts him to open his heart in the matter of marriage and his love for Elizabeth. She refers to a shared childhood experience of playing with puppies to convince him of the joys of love. Walking about the grounds, Darcy muses about Wickham’s nature and his own intransigent personal-ity. He enters the small garden visible from the library in which he had seen Elizabeth playing with the dogs and contemplates her beauty and talent, and especially her love of reading. First the dogs and then Elizabeth arrive, having spied him from the library window, and she apologises for various actions of her and her brother that contributed to the current cri-sis. He refutes the need for such an apology, and fondly touches her face.

Maria Grace, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #15, 22 May 2013

Darcy ponders Elizabeth’s charms in the moonlight, despite the impropri-ety of their unchaperoned state. He apologises to Elizabeth for his aunt’s behaviour, and after she accepts his complimentary comments, they discuss Lady Colette. He asks her and her family to stay at Pemberley, and she defers to Edward’s permission. Meanwhile, Caroline Bingley is outraged at catching sight from the window of Elizabeth and Darcy alone in the garden. She writes a false letter, purporting to be from Mr Collins, informing the siblings of their father’s dangerous state of ill health. She also forges a letter to Longbourn that she signs with Lady Colette’s name. Over breakfast, the Darcy women discuss with their brother and cousin their distaste for Bingley’s womenfolk. Anne does not fully join in the hilarity, confessing that she is worried about the length of her mother’s incarcera-tion. The mail then arrives, including a letter for Anne from her mother.

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Susan Mason-Milks, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #16, 29 May 2013

[Later same day as #15] Darcy is writing letters and pondering Elizabeth’s fine eyes when Mrs Reynolds arrives with a young housemaid, Sally, who shows Darcy the forged letters, which Miss Bingley instructed her to post. She mentions Miss Bingley’s poor treatment of the servants, and stated expectation of one day being mistress of Pemberley. Darcy arranges to have the maid assigned to a different part of the house, out of Caroline Bingley’s reach. He reads the letters and shows them to an appalled Bingley, who determines to remove her to an extended visit to Manchester, depriving her both of Pemberley and the London season. Darcy suggests that they don’t divulge the plot to the other guests. Caroline, summoned to Darcy’s study, is initially delighted at what she believes is an imminent marriage proposal. Upon seeing her brother she realises that her machinations have been uncovered. After they leave the study Anne informs Darcy that her mother is about to be released from her incarceration, and confirms her suspicion that he has had a hand in it, securing her endowment of Anne’s dowry upon marriage in exchange for his not pressing charges. He has made further stipulations aimed at protecting Anne if Wickham turns out to be less reformed than she believes. Their conversation turns to Darcy and marriage. Caroline leaves Pemberley and, later, the guests gather in the drawing room and the group, excepting Anne and the Hursts, determine to take a walk.

Alyssa Goodnight, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #17, 5 June 2013

[begins later on the same day as scene #16] The party of eight walkers sets out from Pemberley. Lady Colette tells Edward the true circumstances surrounding Caroline’s departure, having gleaned them from Sally, and speculates on the threat that the Bennets pose to some matrimonial aspirations. Darcy, meanwhile, notices the threatening weather and they head towards Little Pemberley. It begins to storm, and thunder inter-rupts what appears to be Bingley’s marriage proposal to Jane. As they run towards Little Pemberley, Jane turns her ankle, and so Bingley car-ries her in. Inside, the rest of the party notice Jane’s injury and then also see what Darcy had from the beginning – the presence of Wickham and Anne. Darcy, incensed by the liberties taken by Wickham, admonishes them both. Fitzwilliam and Darcy agree that Anne and Wickham must

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marry after the cousin being so compromised. Darcy joins Elizabeth by Bingley and Jane.

Regina Jeffers, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #18, 12 June 2013

[Begins with lines from last week’s installment] Elizabeth perceives Darcy’s distress and seeks to support him, asking Georgiana to take her place near Jane instead of Bingley. She draws Darcy to the window. Edward confronts Bingley about his potentially compromising liberties with Jane and Bingley tells him of the interrupted marriage proposal. Edward confesses that he knows of Caroline’s letter plot and seeks reas-surance that Bingley will protect Jane from future contempt. Meanwhile, Darcy and Elizabeth converse about the present situation and discuss the institution of marriage and love. Refusing to accept Wickham as a houseguest at Pemberley, he suggests that Anne’s intended stay at Little Pemberley. Elizabeth again diplomatically intervenes and leads some of the party in the walk back to Pemberley with Anne. Back at Pemberley the next day, Darcy summons his aunt and cousins for a family confer-ence, while Mr Bingley seeks out Jane and finally, and successfully, pro-poses marriage to her. Darcy informs Lady Catherine that the agreement must be signed, or she will be re-arrested and perhaps transported, as Anne’s visit to Little Pemberley with Wickham has compromised her. She flies into a rage and stabs Wickham. Anne intervenes between her murderous mother and her lover.

Abigail Reynolds, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #19, 19 June 2013

[begins concurrently with #18] Edward walks the grounds of Pemberley, musing on the confusing tangle of trustworthiness and mistrust in the multiple relationships there. He is thinking admiringly of Lady Colette when she meets him on his return and proposes walking together, informing him of the activity within the house, including Bingley’s proposal to Jane. He questions her about Darcy’s trustworthiness and his intentions towards Elizabeth, and Lady Colette reassures him that she does not intend marrying Darcy. Edward appears some way to awk-wardly declaring himself to Lady Colette when they hear a scream from the house, which she identifies as her cousin Anne’s. They hurry back to the house to find the distressing scene in the library. A struggling Lady

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Catherine is removed by the servants for detention and Darcy calls for Elizabeth’s assistance. Edward, on Colonel Fitzwilliam’s request, escorts Lady Colette away and they discuss the possibility that Lady Catherine may have inflicted the injury on her own daughter. She collapses into his arms, and Bingley discovers them in this potentially compromis-ing position. Edward informs him of what they know of the situation in the library, and is pondering the need for an explanation of his own behaviour towards Lady Colette when Darcy enters the room. That gen-tleman is congratulating his friend on his engagement to Jane, when he notices that Edward is holding his cousin’s hand. Lady Colette offers the explanation of Edward’s interrupted address, and asks Darcy how long he intends to remain ‘a laggard in love’.

Jack Caldwell, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #20, 26 June 2013

[begins concurrently with #19; begins with lines from last week’s install-ment] A blood-stained Elizabeth appears on the threshold and faints before completing her news about Anne’s condition. Edward and Darcy exchange proprietorial sharp words over her, and Elizabeth tells Darcy and the oth-ers that Anne’s injuries are more serious than first understood. Darcy, after anxiously enquiring after Elizabeth’s well-being and being admonished by Edward for taking such liberties with his sister (although, Darcy silently notes, Lady Colette holds his sleeve), goes to his cousin, while the others tend to Elizabeth and call for the apothecary. Darcy arrives in Anne’s sick-room to find a distraught Wickham, who explains that Fitzwilliam’s valet had called upon his military skills and had sewn her up. Darcy counsels faith to Wickham and ponders his own beliefs. The two men discuss their childhoods and relationships with their fathers, and Wickham moves the conversation to Darcy’s sexuality and then his feelings for Elizabeth. Wickham complies with Darcy’s command to desist with that topic, and tells Darcy the history of his relationship with Anne. He dwells upon his present and satisfying success as the co-owner of High Tide Lodge. Wickham is berating Darcy for securing Lady Catherine’s release when Anne regains consciousness and Wickham breaks down in his relief. The apothecary arrives and Darcy explains Wickham’s presence and Darcy leaves the room, determined to act on Anne’s early advice and assure his destiny with Elizabeth Bennet. He finds her in the small sitting room and reports on Anne’s improvement, and she tells him of hearing Lady Catherine singing

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Spanish Ladies under the effects of laudanum. He takes Elizabeth’s hands, kisses them, and asks her to marry him.

C. Allyn Pierson, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #21, 3 July 2013

[begins with lines from last week’s installment] Colonel Fitzwilliam is waiting for the surgeon and pondering his family’s prospects and rela-tionships. He meets the surgeon, and explains the circumstances while concealing the whole truth. Elizabeth, in the meantime, responds to Darcy’s proposal with caution, suggesting that, while her feelings are decided, he take more time to consider his decision. He declares himself true to their relationship and the ensuing kiss is interrupted by Colonel Fitzwilliam, who informs them of the surgeon’s arrival and expresses his disconcertedness with Wickham’s presence. He mentioned volunteering for the front as this ‘would be much safer than Pemberley at the moment.’ Following this humiliating encounter he sees the surgeon, who assures him of Anne’s recovery but suggests a speedy wedding. He then enters another room and happens upon Lady Colette and Edward embracing. He scolds his sister for her brazen behaviour, and while Edward is defend-ing the honour of his intentions, Lady Colette slaps her lover. Horrified, she apologises to Edward, explaining that her brother was the intended recipient of the blow. The Colonel, rubbing his cheek [?], laughs while his sister begins to cry.

Diana Birchall, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #22, 10 July 2013

Colonel Fitzwilliam, Edward Bennet and Lady Colette all recover from their encounter, and the Colonel, with some financial reservations, pro-nounces that he will approve his sister’s marriage to Edward if they wait a year before proceeding. While they are pondering the next trouble-some family match, between Anne and Wickham, Darcy and Elizabeth announce their engagement, and Lady Colette, hers. Lady Colette then asks her brother about his matrimonial prospects and suggests Georgiana, but the Colonel rejects this prospect as inappropriate. They all agree on the expediency of an immediate marriage between Anne and Wickham, and Darcy expresses his acceptance of the former rake’s reformed nature and love for Anne. The group goes upstairs, where Lady

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Catherine is incarcerated, and Darcy informs her of all the matrimonial plans. They counsel acceptance of Anne’s match with Wickham.

Abigail Reynolds, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #23, 17 July 2013

Note: ‘This is not, after all, the final chapter of The Bennet Brother. Bowing to the Greater Wisdom of our readers, we decided to continue the story until a few more loose threads are tied up. And we have some pretty exciting things in store for you after The Bennet Brother is over!’

Lady Colette’s father, the Earl of Matlock, refuses her permission to marry Edward. A heated discussion ensues in which Edward claims he no longer needs to marry for money, as two of his sisters have been engaged to men of consequence. Lady Colette attempts to force her father’s hand by claiming to have ‘lain with’ Edward, a claim that he promptly refutes. Lord Matlock gives his conditional support, upon the two young people waiting a year before becoming engaged, and Colette informs him of Darcy’s betrothal. The Bennet siblings and Bingley and Darcy travel to Longbourn to secure Mr Bennet’s permission for his daughters to marry. The gentlemen confer with Mr Bennet, while his daughters inform their mother of their marriage plans. Upon hearing his mother’s speculations about the Darcys finding a match for him, Edward angrily insists that she never discuss the topic again, revealing that he had already reached an agreement with a lady. When the other gentlemen join them, Mrs Bennet perceives that Lady Colette has been attached to Edward and is overcome with emotion. After discussing the secrecy of the arrangement, Edward withdraws to write a letter.

Sally Smith O’Rourke, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #24, 24 July 2013

Mr Bennet tolerates his wife’s exuberant response to the news of her daughters’ engagements. When she mentions Lady Colette, Elizabeth reiterates the necessity of absolute secrecy about her attachment to Edward. Escaping to the library, Mr Bennet reflects upon Elizabeth’s marriage in the realisation that her removal to Derbyshire will be a loss to him. Elizabeth and Charlotte withdraw to discuss Elizabeth’s relation-ship with Darcy, and they take a walk together. Jane sees Edward walk-ing in the garden and upbraids her mother for talking of Lady Colette, uncharacteristically threatening her with permanent estrangement if she

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betrays his confidence. Elsewhere, in transit, Lady Colette discusses with her brother and cousin Anne’s transgressions, accusing the Colonel of gender hypocrisy in the matter of sexual experience. In response to her question about his response, Darcy replies liberally, adding that their concern must now be for the health of Anne and her child. They dis-cuss Lady Catherine’s possible reactions to her grandchild. The carriage in front of them comes to an abrupt stop, having lost a wheel, and the Colonel discovers that it contains Miss Monica Perry and her maid, who had been visiting Margate when Miss Perry’s grandfather, with whom she was staying in London, had been taken ill. Upon being handed into the carriage she and Darcy recognise each other from their Meryton encounters and they convey her to London. Colonel Fitzwilliam, who had seemed quite taken with the pretty young woman, accompanies her to the door of the house. Darcy and Lady Colette exasperate their cousin and brother by pursuing the topic of his attraction to Miss Perry. Darcy declares that he considers Edward a suitable match for Lady Colette, and opines that it is not for him, or his cousin, to determine the suitability of others’ matches, and calls for the end of the discussion.

Maria Grace, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #25, 31 July 2013

The mood in the carriage is terse, due to the tension between the Fitzwilliam siblings. When they arrive at the townhouse, Darcy indulges in some romantic correspondence with Elizabeth before sharing a brandy with Lady Colette. They discuss Edward Bennet and the position of women in society, and he promises to try to bring the Colonel to an acceptance of Lady Colette’s attachment. He suggests that she accompany him when he visits Bingley at Netherfield. Colonel Fitzwilliam upbraids Darcy for taking his sister into Hertfordshire, expressing the fear that she will end up in Anne’s situation, and determines to join them. En route, Darcy abandons the arguing siblings and rides his horse, and passing Longbourn he longs to visit his betrothed. Lady Colette flounces from the carriage and makes her way on foot. Darcy attempts to persuade his cousin of Edward’s merits and suitability and the two men travel on to Netherfield. At the house, they meet Bingley and Jane, and, as Darcy is embarrassingly contemplating the possibility that Jane may be privy to his intimate correspondence, a storm breaks. The cousins realise that Lady Colette is out in the weather and, amidst recriminations from Edward, the men rush out in search of her.

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Abigail Reynolds, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #26, 7 August 2013

Lady Colette arrives at Longbourn, dripping with rain, and asks to be received by Jane or Elizabeth. She is shown in to the sitting room, where she meets Mrs Bennet and Lady Lucas. In response to Lady Lucas’s impertinence, she imperiously announces that she is Edward’s betrothed, and is bewildered when Mrs Bennet mentions Edward’s insistence on secrecy. Edward bursts into the house, intent on arrang-ing a search party for Lady Colette, and is informed of her presence within. Lady Colette dines at Longbourn before a planned return to Netherfield, and he is embarrassed by his family’s behaviour, includ-ing Lady Colette’s observation of his father’s disrespectful attitude to his wife and daughters. Conversation proceeds, and Lydia announces that Miss Perry’s grandfather has died and left her 15,000 pounds. Lady Colette, ignoring Lydia’s reference to Edward and Miss Perry, mentions their encounter, noting her brother’s admiration of the lady. Edward and Lady Colette walk in the garden and he confirms his commitment to her, and she expresses the reservations that have arisen since meet-ing his family. They are reconciled and discuss the shortcomings of his parents, especially his father, and other sisters. Lady Colette seems disposed to approve of Mrs Bennet. She reveals that she has a headache and Edward notices that she has a fever. The sound of wheels heralds the arrival of a carriage.

Sharon Lathan, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #27, 14 August 2013

Author’s note: ‘We left off last week with a feverish Lady Colette giving Mr Bennet a polite dressing down, praising Mrs Bennet for a well-run household, and reaffirming her devotion to Edward. Their romantic interlude was interrupted by the arrival of a carriage, the occupants up to our readers to decide! The vote was tied – a first for P&P Reader’s Choice – with Jane, Darcy, and an unhappy Colonel Fitzwilliam descending upon Longbourn. Oh my!

What happened next is the subject of my scene, but first, as a joint glimpse into the future and past, I am enticing by beginning with two short clips set a few days after the carriage arrives. Read on with this timeline in mind, and I promise it will all make sense. Enjoy! And be sure to vote!!’

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At Longbourn, four days after the storm, Lady Colette is recuperating, and a now-betrothed Darcy is writing a letter to her father, the Earl of Matlock.

Two days later, at Matlock Hall in Derbyshire, the Earl is sitting with this wife and son (and twin of Colonel Fitzwilliam), with a letter in hand, in paroxysms of laughter. In the context of discussing Colette’s entanglement with Edward Bennet, they fall to reminiscing about their own courtship, much to Marcus’s distaste. The Earl hands the Countess Darcy’s letter, and Marcus refers to the love life of all three family mem-bers in Hertfordshire, including the Colonel’s memories of a woman called Susanna.

Earlier in Hertfordshire, on the night of the storm, Colonel Fitzwilliam is contemplating his sister’s beau, and is unsettled by her unchaperoned state in his family home. Jane, the Colonel, and Darcy set out for Longbourn, where the Colonel is received rapturously by Mrs Bennet. Darcy is solicitously enquiring after the health of his betrothed, when the Colonel is incensed by the news that Lady Colette has devel-oped a fever. Edward and the Colonel bicker over her predicament, but are interrupted by Mrs Bennet who, emboldened by Lady Colette’s earlier praise, defends the organisation of her household. The Colonel, nevertheless, is expressing his intention of removing his sister from Longbourn, when a storm hits. Lady Colette chooses this moment to become, somewhat theatrically, light-headed and is transported upstairs to the guest bedroom. The two men from Netherfield are accepting Mr Bennet’s brandy when they, at the same time, remember the car-riage. They dash outdoors to find horses, driver, and groom in disarray, and while Darcy attempts to control the horses, the Colonel launches himself at the driver, in order to save him from injury. He slips in the mud and is caught in the path of the rearing horse.

Darcy and Edward are tending to Colonel Fitzwilliam. The Bennet household is proven to be equal to the nursing tasks presented by his injuries and his sister’s illness, and both improve, while Darcy relishes the proximity of Elizabeth. His lovelorn behaviour provokes Edward to ask the Colonel if he has ever been in love.

Susan Mason-Milks, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #28, 21 August 2013

The Colonel answers that he believes in lust, not love, but then, affected by laudanum, betrays the name of ‘Susanna’ as the woman who

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disappointed him in love. Mrs Bennet administers more of the opiate and gives a positive account of the recovery of Lady Colette. Colonel Fitzwilliam is anxious to be active again, and requests some beef, as has his sister. Mrs Bennet accedes to this request, but refuses Edward permission to visit Lady Colette in her bedchamber.

The next morning, the Earl of Matlock’s carriage arrives at Netherfield, and they meet Darcy who tells his worried aunt that the Colonel and Lady Colette are at Longbourn. They all proceed to the Bennet’s house and Darcy introduces them to the lady of the house, who is thanked by Lady Matlock for the care of her children. The gentlemen rest in the parlour while the women venture upstairs to the invalids. Mrs Bennet tactfully leaves mother and son alone together and he attempts to explain the dramatic family events of late, and they discuss Lady Colette’s attach-ment. Later, after more laudanum, the Colonel grows uneasy with the talk of the upcoming wedding and Edward presses him for details about Susanna. The Colonel tells his story, involving a young, secret engage-ment, and how she had rejected him and married a family friend instead. After his recklessness in response to the betrayal had led him to military honours, they met again at a family ball, and the Colonel was pained to witness her retained beauty and interact with her husband. This betrayal, he states, is the reason he no longer believes in love.

Regina Jeffers, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #29, 28 August 2013

Lady Matlock attempts to dissuade her daughter from her choice of hus-band. Colette counters that seeing Mrs Bennet’s running of Longbourn has been educational for her, and praises Edward’s attitude to his sisters. Upon the arrival home of the two Bennet men, the Earl of Matlock converses with Mr Bennet, an old university acquaintance, and Edward and Lady Matlock discuss her objections to the marriage. He expresses his determination to continue with the match in the face of all her fam-ily’s threats and disapproval. He impresses her with his confidence and composure, but she determines to hide this until she as certain of her daughter’s future safety.

Darcy travels from Netherfield to Longbourn, regretting his familial complications, having discussed his family’s chosen partners with his uncle and aunt over breakfast. After indulging in a little courting, he recruits Elizabeth’s support in a matchmaking scheme involving his cousins.

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Some of the group gathers at Netherfield for tea, where Darcy has, through Elizabeth, arranged for a visit from the landlady of the house, Mrs Mickelford. She turns out to be the Colonel’s lost love, and they walk in the garden, while the rest of the group discuss their situation, and entertain the widow’s son, Leyton. The two converse, and she explains her precipitous marriage to Jonathan Mickelford, and they are joined by her son, who is also, it seems, the Colonel’s. The Colonel proceeds to court his lady, and announces his intention to marry her. He will stay at Longbourn, he informs them, partly to consult with Edward Bennet about his ideas for estate management. He then offers his approval of his sister’s match. He proceeds to their plans for his fiancee’s son, whose resemblance to him will be explained by their claim to be cousins.

Diana Birchall, The Bennet Brother: P&P Readers Choice #30, 4 September 2013

Lady Lucas’s attempts to provoke Mrs Bennet about the status of Elizabeth’s marriage plans are thwarted by that lady’s knowledge of Mr Darcy having obtained a special license, and she gleefully announces her daughters’ plans for a double wedding.

A pleasant visit amongst the lovers at Longbourn is interrupted by the arrival of Lady Catherine de Bourgh’s carriage. She announces to oppose the banns for Darcy’s marriage on the grounds of his pre-engagement to her daughter. She produces Mr Collins, who outlines an ecclesiasti-cal argument. After Mrs Bennet informs them of the special license, Mr Collins turns his eye to the remaining Bennet daughters, and seems to have caught Mary’s.

As guests gather for the weddings, Lord Matlock and Mr Bennet divulge their shared past at Oxford, and Charlotte and her parents makes their play for Mr Collins. The lovers make their vows and they celebrate the wedding feast, and plan to celebrate Christmas together at Pemberley.

Jack Caldwell, The Bennet Brother – Scene 31

Epilogue Opening with some revised text from Persuasion, the characters’ future lives are summed up:

The Bingleys, boringly, never argued.

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Darcy and Elizabeth had, initially, much fun arguing and more making up, which perhaps contributed to their having six children. The author notes that ‘if you’re looking for more details than that, you’ve got the wrong author here. This isn’t Fifty Shades of Regency.’

The extended visits of the remaining Bennet daughters to Pemberley greatly improved them.

William Collins married Charlotte Lucas.Edward married Lady Colette and was happy, despite her strong will,

and the Colonel and the former Mrs Susanna Mickelford took posses-sion of Netherfield after their marriage.

Both the above gentlemen looked to Darcy for advice on estate management.

Mr Bennet and the Earl of Matlock enjoyed their continued and nos-talgic friendship, joined by Mr Gardiner.

Mrs Bennet and Mrs Gardiner visited Jane and Elizabeth.Countess Matlock was eventually reconciled to her daughter’s mar-

riage, aided by the arrival of grandchildren.George Wickham and Anne de Bourgh were so successful in their

inn-keeping with Denny that they managed to secure a stake in Rosings Park, wherein the couple eventually established themselves. They ban-ished Lady Catherine to the Dowager house and turned Rosings into a rural summer resort for the merchant class.

Miss Monica Perry and a Miss Weatherby secured husbands in London, Miss Perry’s eventually becoming the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

And no one cares what happened to Miss Bingley.

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Austen Authors’ website, 6, 45, 66, 68, 73, 77–101, 106

Austen, JaneEmma, 14, 60, 71, 87, 96Mansfield Park, 29, 67, 96Northanger Abbey, 28, 29,

42, 87Persuasion, 5, 55, 59, 62, 63,

65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 87, 90, 92, 126

Pride and Prejudice, 4, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 43, 44, 49, 55, 59, 62, 70, 71, 78, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 100

Sense and Sensibility, 87

Bennet Brother serial, The, 77–101

Derbyshire Writers’ Guild website, The, 5, 51, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 71, 82

fan fiction, 3, 5, 11, 12, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 42, 43, 50, 55, 59, 62, 63, 64, 68, 69, 70, 71, 98

readingcodex and print culture, 2,

4, 6, 46–50, 57, 59, 81electronic, 5, 6, 10, 12,

35–40, 46–49, 57, 59, 80, 81

Republic of Pemberley website, The, 5, 51, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 66, 68, 71, 82, 100

Wattpad, 3, 4, 6, 9–12, 14, 18, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 35–51, 56, 57, 58, 68, 73, 79, 80, 82, 88, 96, 100

Wattpad storiesJohnson, Katie

Stuck Between the Pages, 21–27, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 49

Pinkston, TristiTurning Pages, 12–16, 35,

36, 37, 40, 45, 48sammiphazes

Following Jane, 27–30, 35, 36, 37, 41, 42, 44, 45, 50

xoxZaniexoxPack & Prejudice, 16–21,

39, 41, 42, 43, 49

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