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Book: Pride and Prejudice
DH: Fitzwilliam
Arthur Darcy (28)
DW:
Elizabeth Cassandra Darcy (21)
DD: Susanna Mary Darcy (nb)
Elizabeth and Mr.
Darcy bickered merrily for months over whether the baby would be a boy or a girl.
Elizabeth swore it would be a girl, while Mr.
Darcy insisted she couldn't know. But exactly eleven months after their marriage,
Elizabeth was proven right when she gave birth to a littel girl! They christened her with the first name
Susanna, a name
Elizabeth was very fond of, and the middle name
Mary, after
Elizabeth's aunt who helped bring them together. Everyone was extremely excited about little
Susanna's birth, as she was the first grandchild/niece of the family. Mrs. Bennet did not come visit right away, as seh had to spread the news around the town, but Mr. Bennet did and pronounced his granddaughter prettier even than
Elizabeth had been as a baby. He brought
Kitty with him, and she was so enamoured with her niece and beautiful Pemberley that she readily accepted
Elizabeth's offer to stay with them.
Jane and Mr. Bingley were already there, and they have proved to be doting aunt and uncle.
Jane is expecting her own first child soon.
Georgiana, Mr.
Darcy's sister, is enraptured with her as well and spoils her terribly, but not as terribly as Mr.
Darcy does.
Elizabeth was afraid he would be a little disappointed that she wasn't a boy, but he is totally taken with their little daughter. He often says how her eyes will be just as beautiful as
Elizabeth's, with the same sweet blue color and fine lashes. He swears they already have the same beautiful expression.
Susanna also has her mother's thick chestnut hair, but she has her father's nose and mouth. Both parents are completely in love with their new baby.
Elizabeth's friend
Charlotte came to visit soon after
Susanna's birth, bringing her own baby, a little boy named
John, and she brought news that annoyed
Elizabeth and made Mr.
Darcy angry. Mr.
Darcy's aunt, Lady
Catherine, had apparently gone into a fit of anger when she learned of
Elizabeth's pregnancy, and for months had railed to anyone who would listen about how tainted the
Darcy bloodline was becoming. This is no more than a minor concern to them, but a letter of
Lydia's that arrived a few days after
Charlotte has them both worried.
Lydia's congratualtions were, as all her letters, laced with requests for assistance. But this time
Lydia had a more pressing need for the money--she herself is going to have a baby!
Elizabeth and Mr.
Darcy are both very worried about what kind of parents
Lydia and her husband will make, as well as how theit life of moving from place to place will affect their child. It is not something they are very optomistic about...
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