About this story
His friend is richer, prouder, and insults you at the first assembly loudly enough to be overheard. The most reread courtship in English runs on exactly that: two people too clever to stop keeping score. You are Elizabeth Bennet; the first proposal is a fight, and you choose the punches.
Who you’ll meet
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How it opens
September light lay pale across the breakfast cloth at Longbourn.
Steam lifted from the silver urn while the last cups waited to be poured.
Mrs BennetNetherfield Park has a tenant at last, and Mrs Long knows every particular.
Choose
Who has taken the house, mamma?
Has Mrs Long inspected the lease herself?
I hope the roof's tenant proves equally sound.