Swipe Left on Mr. Darcy — Rain Check, Page 3
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A wide establishing shot. Jane bikes out of the warm town toward Netherfield, the cool glass mansion glowing on the distant hill. Above her, the golden evening sky is being swallowed by heavy blue-grey storm clouds, and the wind bends the roadside trees. She pedals on with determined optimism, unaware of what is coming. (No dialogue.)
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Jane rides a bike along a country road toward a glass mansion on a hill as heavy storm clouds swallow the golden evening sky.
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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.