Chapter 24
Another Letter arrives for Jane, explaining that the Bingley’s have moved to London for the winter. Elizabeth is angry at the Bingley sisters and Bingley as she knows that he is really in love with Jane. Wickham explains to everyone about his and Darcy’s past, and although Elizabeth does not approve of this she still finds Wickham very charming.
Chapter 25
Mrs Bennet’s brother and his family (The Gardiner’s) comes to Longbourn. His wife who his very intelligent and elegant, offers Jane to come and stay with them in London. Mrs Gardiner meets Wickham again, as she knew him from her childhood. Elizabeth explains about Darcy and Wickham, and she tries to remember about the two of them, but only remembers Darcy as being a very proud boy.
Chapter 26
Mrs Gardiner tries to warn Lizzy off falling in love with Wickham as he has no fortune. Also Charlotte comes to visit to say goodbye after her wedding and invites Lizzy to go with her back to her new home. Jane writes from London, and explains that she has seen the Bingley Sisters. Lizzy also finds out that Wickham has become interested in a women who has just inherited a small fortune.
Chapter 27
Lizzy goes to visit Charlotte, with the Lucas’s and on the way, goes to the Gardiner’s to visit Jane. Lizzy talks to her aunt about Jane, but Wickham’s new love interest is brought into the conversation. Lizzy explains how sick she is of Wickham, Bingley and Darcy and is pleased to visit Mr Collins. Lizzy is also asked if she would like to go tour the lake district with her aunt and uncle.
Chapter 28
Mr Collins boasts to Lizzy about his new life, and everything in it. Charlotte explains to Lizzy how she keeps Mr Collins busy so that she doesn’t have his company. Miss de Bourgh and her governess invite Charlotte, Mr collins and Lizzy to dine with her the next day.
Chapter 29
At the De Bourgh’s, Lady Catherine asks many questions to Lizzy about her home life and all of her family. Lady Catherine is quite rude and judgemental towards Lizzy’s family but Lizzy takes no offence to this.
Chapter 30
Darcy and his cousin, Colonel Fitzwilliam, come to visit their aunt, Lady Catherine, but they also visit Charlotte and Elizabeth, who are quite surprised to see them.
Chapter 31
Elizabeth and Colonel Fitzwilliam get along well and have a long conversation. Lady Catherine interrupts them and wants to be included and wanting to know what they were talking about. Lizzy is forced to play the piano by Lady Catherine and Darcy is surprise by her playing, but Lady Catherine thinks that Lizzy should practice more.
Chapter 32
Darcy again visits Elizabeth, and they talk about Bingley. Surprised by his appearance to Lizzy, she thinks that Darcy must be in love with her.
Chapter 33
Fitzwilliam is attracted to Lizzy but cannot marry because of her wealth. Elizabeth also asks about Darcy’s sister Georgiana. Fitzwilliam also tells Lizzy that Darcy recently saved a friend from an unwise attachment. Elizabeth knows that he is talking about Bingley and Jane, and by hearing this becomes very angry. So that she does not see Darcy at the Rosings, she says that she is ill and begs for her not to go.
Chapter 34
Lizzy reads all of Jane’s letters, so that she can prove how unhappy Jane is feeling. She becomes more angry at this. At that moment Darcy walks in and after a few words declares his love for her. She rejects him and gives her reasons for this ; his arrogance, Wickham, Bingley and her sister etc.
Chapter 35
Darcy waits for Lizzy on her mornings walk and hands her a letter and asks if she will read it. She reads it and does not believe any of it and reads it again and her attitude changes. In the letter he answers her reasons of why she rejected him; Bingley and Jane and Wickham.
Chapter 36
The next morning she reads the letter and does not believe it, but reads it again and starts to believe that it does make sense. After her walk she heads back, only to find that Fitzwilliam and Darcy have gone. She is pleased that she has missed them.
Chapter 37
Elizabeth spends all her mornings walking and thinking about Darcy and his confessions. She believes that Bingley’s love for Jane was serious and her family have a serious effects on the situation. She also feels no desire to see Darcy again and is worried about Jane
Chapter 38
Lizzy leaves Charlottes house. She feels sorry for Charlotte as she doesn’t think that Charlotte is as happy as she thinks she is. She also finds that Jane is feeling much better.
Chapter 39
Elizabeth, Jane and Mary meet up with Catherine and Lydia on the way to Longbourn. Lydia tells them that the regiment will soon be leaving Meryton, and will be near Brighton. Lydia tells the sisters that she is trying to talk their father into taking them there over the summer. Lydia also talks a lot about Wickham, saying that the woman that he had been courting had gone to Liverpool, which means that Wickham won’t marry her.
Chapter 40
Elizabeth explains to Jane what happened with her and Darcy, but Jane feels sorry Darcy at the fact that Lizzy refused his proposal. They then discuss about Wickham, which Jane is shocked about as she believes that he couldn’t do anything as bad as that. Elizabeth also knows about Bingley but doesn’t want to inform Jane of this as she still has affections for him.
Chapter 41
The regiment leaves Meryton. Lydia, Kitty and Mrs. Bennet continue to try to get Mr. Bennet to agree to a trip to Brighton to be near the regiment, but when Mrs. Forster, invites Lydia to come and stay with them there, the thought of them all going is forgotten. Elizabeth tries to persuade her father not to let Lydia go as she is too young and feels that it would not be best for her. Lydia leaves home with Mrs. Forster, as they go ahead to Brighton the next morning.
Chapter 42
Lizzy wants to go with the Gardiner’s on a trip but it is put off for 2 weeks, and instead of going to the lakes they plan to go to Derbyshire. Elizabeth is worried about this because she knows that this is where Darcy lives ( Pemberley), and she is not keen on meeting him again. Also Mr Gardiner wishes to visit Pemberley which Lizzy is not to happy about, and she learns that he will not be there for the summer.
Chapter 43
When Lizzy visits Pemberley she admires the woods and buildings. While she is there she meets the housekeeper who gives them a tour around the house. Elizabeth bumps in Darcy when she is walking the grounds and they are both quite embarrassed to meet each other. Darcy leans in to talk to her and she is surprised by this. After they have walked the grounds again, they bump into Darcy again, who asks Lizzy to introduce him to her friends. She is glad of this as this part of the family do not embarrass each other. Darcy also asks Lizzy if he would like to meet his sister as she is returning to the grounds the next day.
Chapter 44
Elizabeth meets Darcy’s sister the day they plant to return. Lizzy finds her quite she but not proud. Lizzy also meets Bingley and his sisters again as they are also visiting Pemberley. Lizzy is shocked but pleased by Darcy’s attempt to meet and interact with her family as she sees him making a big effort which Mr and Mrs Gardiner pick out. Darcy also invites them to dine with him and for Mr Gardiner to go fishing, which they willing accept.
Chapter 45
Elizabeth is convinced that Miss Bingley did not like because of jealousy of Darcy's attentions to her. Miss Bingley watches Lizzy closely during their visit to Pemberley, while neither she nor Miss Darcy speak much. When Lizzy and Mrs. Gardiner leave, Miss Bingley criticizes Elizabeth's person, behaviour and dress, but neither Darcy or Miss Darcy will join her.
Chapter 46
When Elizabeth and Mrs. Gardiner arrive back at the hotel, there are two letters from Jane. The first letter brings bad news about Lydia. Colonel Forster had informed the family that his wife had a note from Lydia saying she had run off with Wickham to Scotland to get married. Elizabeth then reads the second letter which says that they have not gone to Scotland to get married, and that Wickham may not plan on marrying Lydia at all. Mr. Bennet is going to London, and Jane asks Elizabeth to come home right away. As Lizzy is just about to run out after her aunt and uncle Darcy appears in the doorway only to hear what has happened about Lydia. Darcy leaves the room after saying he wishes there were something he could do, and when the Gardiners return, they are all soon on their way to Longbourn.
Chapter 47
They soon arrive at Longbourn, and find out that there has been no new news from Mr. Bennet. Mrs. Bennet falls ill, and Jane has been attending her. Elizabeth and Jane discuss about Wickham and Lydia, and whether he is likely to marry her. Elizabeth feels bad for not telling everyone before about Wickham's bad reputation.
Chapter 48
The next morning Mr. Gardiner starts off for London while Mrs Gardiner and the children decide to stay in Longbourn for a few days to try to help. On Tuesday she receives a letter from her husband saying that he and Mr Bennet are searching the hotels in town for Lydia and Wickham. A letter soon arrives from Mr Collins saying that he has heard of their misfortune. Mr Gardiner writes again saying he has no news yet other than that Wickham does not seem to have any family or friends that they could be staying with, and that he left a number of gambling debts in Brighton. Mr Bennet returns home, and Mrs Gardiner and her children leave.
Chapter 49
A letter comes from Mr Gardiner saying that he has found Lydia and Wickham. They are not married, and there was no intention of being married. He says that Wickham will marry Lydia for an equal share of the five thousand pounds due the Bennet daughters after the death of Mr and Mrs Bennet and one hundred pounds a year. Elizabeth takes the letter up to her mother and reads it to her and Mary and Kitty. Immediately Mrs. Bennet forgets about all of her shame and starts to plan the wedding clothes. She also wants to go and tell the news to Mrs. Phillips and Lady Lucas.
Chapter 50
Mr Bennet is determined to find out how much money his brother-in-law put forward to help Lydia and pay him back. He sends a letter to Gardiner accepting the terms of Wickham and asking him how much he gave Wickham. Mr. Bennet receives a return letter from Mr Gardiner assuring that he was happy to do what he could for his niece, and asking that the matter not be brought up again. Jane and Elizabeth talk their father into changing his mind in accepting Lydia back in their house. Wickham and Lydia visit Longbourn after their wedding before they set off for the North.
Chapter 51
Lydia and Wickham visited Longbourn after they were married. Elizabeth and Jane are surprised by Lydia's lack of embarrassment. Lydia goes on and on about how happy she is and what a wonderful marriage she has made, until Elizabeth can take no more and must leave the room. Lydia tells Lizzy about the events of her wedding day, including that Mr. Darcy was at her wedding. Elizabeth is shocked by this and can‘t think of why is was there so she sends a letter to Mrs Gardiner asking her about it.
Chapter 52
Elizabeth receives a reply from her aunt, and she learns that Mr. Darcy had gone to London, found Lydia and Wickham, and reported to her uncle as soon as her father had left the city. He also paid for Wickham’s and Lydia’s wedding, because Darcy felt guilty of not explaining Wickham’s personality/character before this happened. Lizzy thinks that he also did it to win over her affections.
Chapter 53
Lydia and Wickham leave Longbourn for the North, and Mrs. Bennet finds out that Bingley is intending to visit Netherfield for a few weeks. Jane is worried about everybody talking about her and Bingley, but she is determined to show everybody that they are just friends. Bingley arrives, at Longbourn, but he also has Mr. Darcy with him. During the visit, Bingley speaks more and more to Jane but Darcy does not say much to Lizzy.
Chapter 54
Darcy and Bingley go to dinner on Tuesday and Mrs Bennet still has hopes for Bingley marrying Jane. Lizzy notices that Bingley is sitting by Jane at dinner which shows that he still has affections for her. After, Jane tells Lizzy that she has no hopes for her and Bingley getting married.
Chapter 55
A few days later Bingley calls again (alone), where Mrs Bennet tries to get Bingley and Jane engaged. His visits again and he finally proposes to her. Jane goes to tell her mother, and Bingley goes to talk to Mr Bennet. Mr. Bennet is happy with the match, the news spreads and the neighbours become jealous.
Chapter 56
Lady Catherine visits Longbourn, where she Lizzy about the rumours that she is to marry Darcy. Lizzy denies this rumour and Lady Catherine does not approve of the match because of Lizzy’s family. Lady Catherine says that Darcy and her daughter are destined for each other, and demands to know if Elizabeth means to marry Darcy. Elizabeth asks how she could be engaged to Darcy if he is engaged to Miss De Bourgh. Lady Catherine gets irritated, and Elizabeth finally tells her that she is not engaged to Darcy which Lady Catherine seems relieved by this.
Chapter 57
Lizzy worries of how the rumour got started and knows that Lady Catherine will do everything she can from ever stopping Darcy marrying Lizzy. The next morning Elizabeth's father meets her, wishing to discuss a letter he had received from Mr. Collins. He is surprised to find out that Mr. Collins is congratulating him on the engagement of Jane, and on the future engagement of Elizabeth to Mr. Darcy.
Chapter 58
Darcy returns from London and he and Bingley visit the Bennet’s. Elizabeth and Darcy are left alone and they walk together whist discussing the issues with Lydia and Wickham. Elizabeth tells Darcy how grateful she is and Darcy replies by saying that he is sorry she found out about it and that her family owes him nothing. He tells Lizzy that his feelings are still the same towards her and will not speak about it unless her feelings have changed also. Lizzy also apologises to him for anything that she may have said to him that hurt him. He also explains to her how happy he is for Jane and Bingley and admits that he had told Bingley of his mistake about Jane's indifference, and had basically given Bingley permission.
Chapter 59
In the evening Lizzy tells Jane of what happened between her and Darcy, and Jane is doubtful of this. Jane finally realises Lizzy’s feelings towards Darcy and is happy for her. The next day Mrs. Bennet sees Darcy coming, and makes Lizzy walk out with him again so that the rest of the family does not have to be with him. During their walk it is decided that Darcy will ask Mr. Bennet for his consent to Lizzy’s hand I marriage..
The evening approaches, and Darcy leaves from Lizzy’s father, smiling; Lizzy is quite relieved. She is has to convince her father see that she is in love with Darcy, and he accepts this. She also tells him what Darcy did for Lydia, and he is relieved by this as Darcy won’t make him pay the money back. Lizzy tells her mother the news; she is quite shocked by this but pleased that another one of her daughters is to be married and that Lizzy will be in good fortune.
Chapter 60
Lizzy writes a letter to Mrs Gardiner telling her of the engagement, and Darcy writes one to Lady Catherine. Miss Darcy is quite sincere in her happiness for her brother's engagement. The Collins come to visit, as Charlotte wants to get away from Lady Catherine's as she is angry over the engagement, and Charlotte is so pleased for Lizzy.
Chapter 61
Mrs Bennet is happy that she marries of two of her daughters, but Mr Bennet misses Elizabeth at home, so he often visits Pemberley. Bingley and Jane remain at Netherfield, but then buy an estate within thirty miles of Pemberley. Lydia often invites Kitty to visit her, but Mr. Bennet will not allow it. Wickham and Lydia are often wanting for money, and ask for it from Elizabeth and Jane, who provide some. Miss Bingley is horrified by Darcy's marriage to Lizzy, but as she wants to still be welcome at Pemberley, she tries to be civil. Darcy and Lizzy are very close to the Gardiners, as they have the warmest gratitude towards them and they were the people that united Lizzy and Darcy together.
