A Perfect Stranger: Pride and Prejudice VariationA

In this variation, Mr. Darcy arrives at Ramsgate too late; Georgiana Darcy has eloped with George Wickham. He finds the couple at Gretna Green, but the deed is done; Georgiana is now Mrs. Wickham. Unfortunately for Wickham, Georgiana's dowry is protected by a trust, and the money will not be released to him. Wickham is enraged, and it does not take long for Georgiana to understand that she has made a terrible mistake.

After pacing the halls of Pemberley for months, lost in despair, Mr. Darc...