P&P The Untold Stories: After the Proposal

The bitterness of rejection…

April 9, 1812

(BBC)

Fury choked him. All-consuming fury – at her, of course, but no less at himself for laying himself open to the abject humiliation.

Darcy tugged his gloves on and his countenance twisted into an almighty scowl.

Heavens above! How had he failed himself so utterly, so completely? He, who had always prided himself on his understanding, had been no better than a common addle-pate devoid of both reason and perception. Like the veriest clod, he had clos...