A Perfect Stranger
In this variation, Mr. Darcy arrives at Ramsgate too late; Georgiana Darcy has eloped with George Wickham. He finds the couple at Gretna Green, but the deed is done; Georgiana is now Mrs. Wickham. Unfortunately for Wickham, Georgiana’s dowry is protected by a trust, and the money will not be released to him. Wickham is enraged, and it does not take long for Georgiana to understand that she has made a terrible mistake.
After pacing the halls of Pemberley for months, lost in despair, Mr. Darcy decides to honour his promise to his good friend and visit Bingley at Netherfield. There, he meets the enchanting Elizabeth Bennet, and discovers that when he is with her, his turbulent heart finds peace. He wants to be with her always, but she can see what he cannot: beneath his anguish and self-recrimination, he is furious with his sister! Elizabeth knows that a heart filled with rage cannot know love, and insists that Mr. Darcy must work through his anger before she can accept him.
Then comes word that Georgiana has escaped from George Wickham and found refuge with her relatives, the Earl and Countess of Matlock. Can Darcy and his sister find their way back to one another, or will Georgiana’s elopement with her brother’s worst enemy forever stand between them?
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