Page 2: who love him so dearly are grateful that you have revealed the joy we long believed was lurking under his serious veneer. All is well here. My aunt continues to sulk, but even her conspicuous absence could not dampen the joy of your wedding day nor the days that followed knowing you will be a fixture in our lives. I have been wild on occasion, but even I could not imagine standing up to the formidable Lady Catherine de Bourgh. And yet you did, when you claimed your right to marry my brother if you and he wished it. At the first glare of her eye, I turn swiftly to dust and blow away, and yet you remain, flesh and bone, on Fitzwilliam’s happy arm. It has shaken her mighty foundations. Well, good. They were due for a settling. Your sisters have been absolutely charming. It is wonderful that they have stayed on at Pemberley