Thank you both for taking the time to comment. I'm so glad you enjoyed the story.

Juliana, you may be interested to know that two of my stories, "The Worst that Could Happen" and "Report from Longbourn" (a very short story, the first I had the courage to post) are available in Portuguese, thanks to a couple of dedicated fans!

Ellen G,

This was magnificent! Oh, I read it straight through in one sitting and I would say this has now bumped down a fw of my previous favorite fan fictions and is now in my top five "what-ifs". Outside of leaving out Mr. Collins, I thought this stayed true to the original time line and maintained how the characters would have reacted and thought. I loved it very much. If you were ever to publish or put this on a kindle, I would love to have this to take with me. Thank you for such a great read.

Tallfleur, I am rendered speechless by your praise. Thank you so much!

Your story was so totally unexpected, and I am very happy that I by some coincindence found it this Friday, and had time to read it all at once. It held me riveted, and as I have been lurking in the different P&P forums for what seems a very long time I am surprised I have not seen your story before. Thank you

You described the mysterious Darcy in a way I have not seen before, proud and shy as always, but also containing humility and with a knowledge that he needs other people, both for practical and psychological reasons. He has to relie on them and comes out appreciating 'carpe diem'. I enjoyed your slightly altered gallery of persons, and how they slowly revealed their personality and goals. This made the story very different, and confirmed for me again why I love these stories and their original cast. Your understated humour made it even better I wish I had the inspiration to come up with such a story too... I am only left now anticipating enjoying some of your other stories!!

Jorunn, welcome! I started out as a lurker, too, albeit on another (inferior) site. I went from lurking to commenting to writing vignettes to authoring the full-length stories you see here.

I'm so glad you enjoyed this story and I hope to hear your opinion of my other ones.

Im really glad that bugger of a doctor got found out. im so mad at him lol!