Swipe Left on Mr. Darcy — Guard Down，第 6 頁
作者：Inkroost · 發布於
文字記錄
In the sleek drawing room, Caroline holds court while Lizzie reads in a corner armchair, Darcy stands apart by the glass wall, and Bingley lounges on a sofa. Caroline, counting on her fingers: 'A real catch has taste. Connections. The right everything.' Darcy, quiet and precise: 'And a mind of her own.' Lizzie glances up over the top of her book, eyebrow raised — the line landing squarely on her.
圖片說明
In four panels, Caroline lists what makes a real catch, Darcy adds one requirement, and Lizzie glances up from her book as the line lands on her.
關於本章
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.