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Book: Pride and Prejudice
DH: Fitzwilliam
Arthur Darcy (33)
DW:
Elizabeth Cassandra Darcy (26)
DD:
Susanna Mary “
Zanna” (5)
DD:
Olivia Jane (2)
DS:
Adam Charles (nb)
Zanna was so excited when she found out she was going to have another little brother or sister,
Elizabeth thought it would be a good idea to let her choose the name. Mr.
Darcy agreed, but suggested they give her a list to pick from so the name would be appropriate.
Zanna could already read with a little help, and when her parents presented her with a list of names from Shakespeare, she chose
Adam, from the loyal old servant in As You Like It, for a boy and
Rosalind, after the heroine of the same play, for a girl. Mr. and Mrs.
Darcy agreed to give the baby the middle name
Charles, after Mr. Bingley, if it was a boy, and
Georgiana after Mr.
Darcy's sister if it was a girl.
Elizabeth thought that the baby was due in
August, so when she went into labor on a hot
July day everyone was stunned and worried. It was a very inconvenient time, too, for Pemberley was full of guests! The Bingleys,
Elizabeth's friend
Charlotte,
Elizabeth's aunt and uncle,
Georgiana and her husband, and
Kitty were all there, not to mention all of the children between them! It was utter chaos when she went into labor. But
Jane quietly took charge. She gathered the children together--Zanna,
Olivia,
Emma, her own
Henry and
Margaret,
Charlotte's
John and newborn
Katherine, and her aunt and uncle's two daughters and two sons--and set
Kitty,
Charlotte, and
Georgiana to looking after them, sent her uncle to fetch the doctor, and got
Georgiana's husband and her own to sit with Mr.
Darcy to keep him calm. She and her aunt helped
Elizabeth until the doctor arrived. In the midst of
Elizabeth's labor,
Lydia arrived to visit
Emma. It was certainly a hectic day! But at the end of it there was
Elizabeth and Mr.
Darcy's first son,
Adam Charles. He looks just like his father, and everyone is delighted with him, especially
Zanna,
Olivia,
Emma, and Mr.
Darcy. He is perfectly healthy and slmost full term, says the doctor. All agree
Elizabeth must have miscalculated by a few weeks.
This message was edited 5/26/2010, 9:08 AM