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Hello, I'm Miriam. Today I've got a story about unspoken love, romance and missed opportunities.
It's about a young girl called Elizabeth whose mother is looking for a good man to marry her.
Elizabeth would love to meet the man of her dreams too and thinks she has when she attends a very smart party.
He's called Fitzwilliam Darcy, a wealthy man who has the looks.
Rather handsome, shiny thick black hair, dark brown eyes, smartly dressed, very tall.
Not only that, he has the look of someone who's very important.
Oh, and did I mention he's single?
But there's a problem.
Mr. Darcy is very proud and isn't big on talking and being a wealthy and important man, he looks on someone from a lower status in society such as Elizabeth's family with contempt.
Oh, but there's something about Elizabeth that interests him.
However, she hears about some bad things he's done and it looks like he's someone best to avoid, so she decides to steer clear of him.
Then she gets some more bad news.
One of Mr. Darcy's friends, who at one stage had been looking to marry her sister, Jane, moves away.
Elizabeth is angry and annoyed for her sister and decides to travel to see him and his family to discover the real reason for his sudden departure and change of mind.
By chance, she bumps into Mr.
Darcy again. And it looks as if he still has the hots for Elizabeth, because he asks her to marry him.
Ah, how romantic. But believing all the rumours, she thinks of him as someone not to be trusted.
So she politely says no and returns home.
He's surprised by her decision and writes to her explaining why all the bad things she's heard about him are untrue.
She looks over his letter and realises how stupid she has been to have judged him so badly.
Awkward. Some time later, on another trip with her aunt and uncle, she bumps into Mr.
Darcy again. He is very polite and charming this time.
And he doesn't appear to look down on her.
She now realises she has feelings for him, but doubts he is interested in her.
How wrong she is. But a little later, things start to look up.
A rumour spreads that Elizabeth and Mr.
Darcy are to be engaged.
This causes Mr. Darcy's aunt to visit Elizabeth to order her not to marry him because she's not good enough for him.
Elizabeth won't promise not to marry Mr.
Darcy. The aunt tells Mr.
Darcy about Elizabeth's stubbornness.
Although the engagement rumour isn't true, it makes Mr.
Darcy realise that Elizabeth might still marry him, so he proposes once again, and Elizabeth, delighted by the proposal, happily accepts.
They have a wonderful wedding and look forward to a happy life together.
Ah, how I do love a happy ending.
So that's my story for today.
Join me again soon.