A brief encounter on a Sunday afternoon in Hyde Park turns things around in a very agreeable way for Darcy and Elizabeth.
"Your lilacs are in leaf, ours are in bloom. The horse-chestnuts are quite out, and the elms almost. I had a pleasant walk in Kensington Gardens on Sunday with Henry, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Tilson; everything was fresh and beautiful."
-- Jane Austen's letter to her sister Cassandra, 25 April 1811
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