Bravery & Treachery

Elizabeth finds she cannot reconcile herself to Charlotte aligning herself with a man such as William Collins, so she refuses the invitation to Hunsford.

Instead, she goes on holiday to Brighton with the Gardiners. The family takes a summer holiday each year, and either Elizabeth or Jane joins them. Due to her broken heart, Jane, whose turn it was, demurs and asks Lizzy to go in her stead.

One day, Elizabeth is shopping near the Pavilion with her Aunt Maddie, her Uncle Edward, and their two eldest children, as well as her new friend, Anna, whom she had met in Brighton. While the Gardiners are browsing inside a store with their children, Elizabeth is standing just outside the shop.

She notices a young girl approaching the street from the Royal Pavilion, who is being escorted by some footmen-guards. The girl is about to cross the street, heading for stores opposite the Pavilion. A man gallops towards the girl, who becomes frozen with fear. None of her escorts are able to reach her thanks to other men on horses distracting them. As she watches in horror, Elizabeth sees the man galloping towards the girl, lean down to prepare to grab the girl! He is a man, Elizabeth, who recognises, as she is only a foot or two from the victim, she runs into the street, and pushes the girl out of the kidnapper's reach.

Seeing his prize snatched from his grasp, the miscreant aims his horse at the interfering miss and hits her, causing Elizabeth to fall and become quite seriously injured. The man has no choice but to gallop away as some of the girl's escorts have reached her.

In the telling of this story, the question of Elizabeth's recovery is answered. The tale tells about how serious our heroine's injuries are, also, who it was she rescued, and the consequences of said rescue. We see the results of her actions on others, including the erstwhile kidnappers.

Said criminals have to face a rather angry man, to whom they had promised they would carry out his wishes. We learn who the men are and why the one who ordered the kidnapping did so.

Will there be a HEA for Elizabeth and Darcy? if so, how do they meet again, as she did not go into Kent? What of Jane? Does she find her happiness with a biddable Charles Bingley, or does she realise he is not the man she thought he was?

All of these questions, and many others, will be answered as the story unfolds.