My Dearest Mr. Darcy- An Amazing Journey into Lover Everlasting

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by  Lathan Sharon

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Lathan, Sharon.
My Dearest Mr. Darcy : an amazing journey into love everlasting : Pride and prejudice continues / Sharon Lathan.
p. cm.
1. Darcy, Fitzwilliam (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Bennet, Elizabeth (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 3. Married people—
Fiction. 4. Marriage—Fiction. 5. England—Social life and customs—19th century—Fiction. 6. Domestic fiction. I. Austen, Jane,
1775-1817. Pride and prejudice. II. Title.
PS3612.A869D37 2010
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The Darcy Saga
BY SHARON LATHAN

Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One
Loving Mr. Darcy: Journeys Beyond Pemberley
My Dearest Mr. Darcy: An Amazing Journey into Love Everlasting
Cast of Characters
Prologue: Snippets of a Physician's Memoirs

1. Correspondence
2. A Game of Riddles
3. Toes in the Sand
4. Caister-on-Sea
5. Magic Lantern
6. Sunrise on the Sand
7. Up, Up, and Away!
8. Just Desserts
9. On the Road Home
10. Fading of Summer
11. George Darcy
12. Pemberley Estate
13. With This Ring I Thee Wed
14. A Time Apart
15. Thirty Is an Auspicious Number
16. November
17. Bundle of Joy
18. Alexander
19. Year's End

Acknowledgments
About the Author
Fitzwilliam Darcy, Master of Pemberley in Derbyshire: 29 years of age, born
November 10, 1787; parents James and Lady Anne Darcy, both deceased;
married Elizabeth Bennet on November 28, 1816
Elizabeth Darcy, Mistress of Pemberley: 22 years of age, born May 28, 1795;
second Bennet daughter Georgiana Darcy: 18 years of age; sister of Mr.
Darcy with guardianship shared by her brother and cousin, Col. Fitzwilliam;
companion is Mrs. Annesley Col. Richard Fitzwilliam: 32 years of age;
cousin and dear friend to Mr. Darcy; second son of Lord and Lady Matlock;
regiment stationed in London Lord Matlock, the Earl of Matlock: Darcy's
Uncle Malcolm, brother to Lady Anne Darcy; ancestral estate is Rivallain in
Matlock, Derbyshire Lady Matlock, the Countess of Matlock: Darcy's Aunt
Madeline, wife to Lord Matlock; mother of Jonathan, Annabella, and Richard
Jonathan Fitzwilliam: Heir to the Matlock earldom, eldest Fitzwilliam son;
wife is Priscilla
Charles Bingley: Longtime friend of Mr. Darcy; currently resides at Netherfield
Hall in Hertfordshire; married Jane Bennet on November 28, 1816
Jane Bingley: elder sister of Elizabeth and eldest Bennet daughter; wife of Mr.
Bingley Caroline Bingley: unmarried sister of Charles Bingley Louisa Hurst:
married sister of Charles Bingley; husband is Mr. Arbus Hurst; residence
London Mr. and Mrs. Bennet: Elizabeth's parents; reside at Longbourn in
Hertfordshire with two middle daughters, Mary and Kitty
Mary Bennet: Elizabeth's sister; middle Bennet daughter Katherine (Kitty)
Bennet: Elizabeth's sister; fourth Bennet daughter Lydia Wickham: Elizabeth's
sister; youngest Bennet daughter; married to Lieutenant George Wickham,
stationed in Newcastle Edward and Violet Gardiner: uncle and aunt of
Elizabeth; reside in Cheapside, London Dr. George Darcy: Mr. Darcy's uncle;
brother to James Darcy Lady Catherine de Bourgh: Mr. Darcy's aunt; sister to
Lady Anne Darcy; residence Rosings Park, Kent Anne de Bourgh: daughter of
Lady Catherine; Mr. Darcy's cousin Stephen Lathrop: Cambridge friend of
Mr. Darcy; residence is Stonecrest Hall in Leicestershire; wife is Amelia
Henry Vernor: family friend of the Darcys; residence is Sanburl Hall near
Lambton, Derbyshire; wife is Mary, daughter is Bertha
Gerald Vernor: son of Henry Vernor; childhood friend of Mr. Darcy; wife is
Harriet; residence is Sanburl Hall Albert Hughes: childhood friend of Mr.
Darcy; wife is Marilyn; residence is Rymas Park near Baslow Rory Sitwell:
Derbyshire resident and Cambridge friend of Mr. Darcy; wife is Julia;
residence is Reniswahl Hall near Staveley George and Alison Fitzherbert:
Derbyshire residents and friends; residence is Brashinharm near Barlow
Clifton and Chloe Drury: Derbyshire residents and friends; residence is
Locknell Hall near Derby Dr. Raul Penaflor Aleman de Vigo: Spanish
associate of Dr. George Darcy, who refers to him as “Raja”
Joshua Daniels: son and partner of Mr. Darcy's London solicitor, Andrew
Daniels
Charlotte Collins: Longtime friend of Elizabeth's; married to Rev. William
Collins; resides at Hunsford, rectory of Rosings Park in Kent Mrs. Reynolds:
Pemberley housekeeper Mr. Taylor: Pemberley butler Mr. Keith: Mr. Darcy's
steward Samuel Oliver: Mr. Darcy's valet Marguerite Charbonneau: Mrs.
Darcy's maid Phillips, Watson, Tillson, Georges, Rothchilde: Pemberley
footmen Mr. Clark: Pemberley head groundskeeper Mr. Thurber: Pemberley
head groomsman Mrs. Langton: Pemberley cook Mr. Anders: Pemberley head
coachman Mr. Burr: Pemberley gamekeeper Mr. Holmes: falconer Mrs.
Smyth: Darcy House housekeeper Mr. Travers: Darcy House butler Hobbes:
Darcy House footman Reverend Bertram: Rector of Pemberley Chapel Mrs.
Hanford: Nanny to Darcy firstborn Mrs. Henderson: Midwife Madame du
Loire: Modiste in Lambton
June 23, 1817
Darcy House, London

IMAGINE MY SURPRISE TO REALIZE it has been over a month since last
jotting my musings in this fine book. Of course, writing while at sea is
inconceivable. Egad, I abhor being at sea! Luckily the remedies for seasickness
liberally doused down my gullet by the ever faithful Dr. Raul Penaflor staved off
the worst of the hideous symptoms. I even managed to walk about a bit on deck.
Bracing sea air, my derriere! Nonetheless, I was abed for the bulk of the trip,
wallowing too far in my personal hellish misery to complain about the narrow
confines of our cabin and odiferous mattress. East India trading ships cater to the
needs of cargo far above passengers. We disembarked at Ramsgate. I was quite
happy to embrace the rigors of overland travel rather than proceeding up the
Thames, but several days of subsequent immobility were required to restore my
equilibrium ere we moved beyond that lovely seacoast town. Raul, bless his
Spanish heart, rather delighted in my incapacitation as it allotted him the