Dispelling the Gloom, Part 3

Happy end of October! Below you’ll find Part III of the story I began here and continued here, in honor of this month’s theme, Which Witch: Magic and Malevolence in Austen.

Many years ago, when I was posting regularly on one of the fan boards, I claimed to be the Wickham of my own life—and that remains true, even to this day. Oh, I am not a fortune hunter, nor do I spread ill-founded rumors about my former friends. No, my Wickham-ness comes in my inability to see projects through on the timelin...