Mrs Darcy vs The Aliens

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Elizabeth receives a mysterious summons to meet Mr Wickham at the quarry, where there is much tentacle-slashing and unpleasantness … Mr Darcy requires an heir and Elizabeth offers to help, although Mr Darcy has to leave for London before they can proceed further … Mr Bingley enters an unwise business arrangement … Elizabeth has a confusing conversation with old Mr Firth … Wickham fails to charm Becoming Jane … Colonel Sutherland diverts Wickham to Whitechapel … Mary Ann Nicholls meets Mr Collins and goes to his Mission … The Dandy Highwayman and his tantalisingly unidentified accomplice kidnap a traveller with intent to probe … Charlotte Collins is unwell and raving about tentacles … Wickham meets Annie Chapman and makes a startling discovery … Lydia is still missing.

So there we are. It all makes perfect sense. Comments are open, should you wish to add your twopenn’orth. This is a respectable site, so no intemperate language or lewd behaviour will be tolerated. Anyone speaking French will obviously be shown the door immediately, as will anyone who asks for “Prussian”.

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