The year is 1803, and Mark Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet have been married for six
years. There are now two handsome and healthy sons in the nursery, Elizabeth's b
eloved sister Jane and her husband Bingley live nearby and the orderly world of
Pemberley seems unassailable. But all this is threatened when, on the eve of the
annual autumn ball, the guests are preparing to retire for the night when a cha
ise appears, rocking down the path from Pemberley's wild woodland.
