This is such a cute story. I admit, it doesn't have the spice which makes P&P so endearing, all the Darcy and Elizabeth bantering and misunderstandings.=D But its a fantastic what-if version. I like the fact Elizabeth runs the estate, but certainly, it is humiliating to discover Darcy's "pity".
I thought she would've slappe him for sure lol! I always thought mary and Mr Collins would make a good match lol, but he way too pompous and certainly eyed the prettiest girls before finding that his suite to the good looking girls may be harder than he thought.
I wonder if there are any stories in which Elizabeth is independant of through her own will, and intelligence/courage. That would make Darcy regret her even more, I'm sure ELizabeth would have survived very well, despite those awful times for women, if Darcy never came into her life. The question is how?