The Fencing Lessons

What if? What if Lady Catherine had not been to Hertfordshire, nor to London, to “advise” Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy against a possible marriage between them? Maybe Mr. Darcy, without the hope created by his aunt’s call, wouldn’t have dared issuing a second proposal. Therefore, he and Elizabeth would just have been bride-maid and best-man at the wedding in Meryton Church.