Swipe Left on Mr. Darcy — Rain Check, Página 11
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In a warm-lit guest room, Lizzie sits on the edge of the bed holding Jane's hand, her jacket still damp, mud still on her jeans. Jane lies pale and feverish under a white duvet, giving a weak, grateful smile. In a close two-shot their foreheads almost touch. Jane: 'You came.'
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Lizzie sits on the bed holding her feverish sister Jane's hand in a warm-lit guest room; a close-up shows their foreheads nearly touching.
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Caroline Bingley invites Jane to Netherfield, and Mrs. Bennet — smelling opportunity — packs her off on a bike with no ride home just as the sky turns, betting a downpour will force Jane to stay the night. The plan works too well: Jane arrives soaked, spikes a fever, and is stuck under Bingley's roof, sick. When the news reaches home, Lizzie doesn't hesitate — she walks three miles of muddy road to reach her sister, arriving flushed, windblown, and unbothered by the mud on her jeans. Caroline is appalled; Bingley is charmed; and Darcy, who came to Netherfield certain Lizzie's laughter meant nothing to him, cannot stop looking at her. Cornered into the same house for one long evening, Lizzie and Darcy trade barbs across the dinner table — and by the time the rain is still tapping the guest-room window, Lizzie catches herself not entirely hating that she's stuck here.