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  1. Public Bookmark 32

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    "She had already helped to engineer Mary’s escape once before. The Gardiners, of course, had been very willing co-conspirators, and she had found a rather unexpected ally in Mr. Collins.

    The task of reuniting Mary with Mr. Hayward, however, would not be nearly as simple. Nor could she guarantee that doing so would necessarily bring about a happy result.

    However, if Lizzy’s instincts were correct, it had the potential to restore the happiness of more than just her beloved sister."

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    Mary makes the regrettable decision to return to Pemberley with her mother after refusing Mr. Ryder's proposal. Elizabeth Darcy sees an opportunity help her sister in a significant fashion. Hijinks ensue. Canon-divergent.

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    29 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 21

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    “You’ll understand one day. When you have a daughter just like you.”

    Mary has a daughter just like her.
    She doesn’t understand.

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    22 May 2026

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    18 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 14

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    ‘You were there when she collapsed. I remember your faces when I carried her to her room, how terrible it was. Holding Mary in my arms, looking down at her, she was so fragile and – ’ Suddenly, Tom took off his spectacles and wiped his hand furiously across his eyes. ‘Forgive me.’ More quietly, he repeated in an altered tone. ‘Forgive me, please.’

    There had been times in the past two months when Tom’s inexplicable disappearance had disappointed her. But her heart ached for him now, for all he had said and what he had not, the suffering which was so palpable and the diffidence which had been so grotesquely exploited.
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    Tom Hayward has been gone two months since the Lakes. Unexpectedly one afternoon, he returns.

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    17 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 51

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    Tom Hayward and Mary Bennet were very happy to be engaged, even if the Gardiners had decided that they had to be chaperoned at all times now.

    But it was quite fine, they were going to be married in a few weeks, they could tolerate it and behave themselves. Couldn’t they?
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    Or in which Tom pulls an Anthony Bridgerton and after repeating “I am a gentleman” multiple times his restraint finally snaps.

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    16 May 2026