"Elizabeth... " he murmured against her lips, her skin, her hair, and then her lips again. "I cannot forsake you. I cannot! I cannot lose you! I cannot bear to think of a life without you - 'tis not worth living, 'tis but a slow death. I cannot lose you. I beg you, do not send me away again. I love you. Elizabeth, I love you!"

Friends, rivals, foes, wrong choices and a duel - Fitzwilliam Darcy's life is never dull! 'The Subsequent Proposal' - a story that is primarily about him - follows Mr Darcy in his struggles to decipher the troubling enigma of Elizabeth Bennet's feelings - and to correct the worst misjudgement of his life...