Swipe Left on Mr. Darcy — Guard Down, Page 12
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Lydia bolts upright on the sofa and points brashly across at Bingley, grinning. Lydia: 'You HAVE to throw a party here!' Bingley, delighted, claps his hands together in agreement while, behind him, Caroline looks horrified. Bingley: 'Done! Let's do it!'
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Lydia bolts upright and points at Bingley, brashly demanding a party; below, a delighted Bingley agrees while Caroline looks horrified.
About this chapter
Still stranded at Netherfield while Jane's fever breaks, Lizzie has to survive days in the cool glass house in yesterday's clothes — trading barbs with Caroline, fielding Darcy's unguarded stares, and puncturing a smug drawing-room debate about what makes a woman a real catch. Then her family descends: Mrs. Bennet sweeps in with Lydia and Kitty to 'rescue' Jane, gushing over the house, sprawling on the designer furniture, and demanding Bingley throw a party — while Lizzie dies of embarrassment and Caroline drinks it in. Bracing for Darcy to confirm every cold thing she believes about him with a verdict on her circus of a family, Lizzie gets the opposite: he sidesteps the insult entirely and quietly tells her that her sister is lucky to have her. It disarms her more than any cruelty could — and her tidy verdict on Mr. Darcy starts to come apart.