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Dear miss Elizabeth Bennet,
I am not writing to renew the sentiments
which were so disgusting to you,
but to address the two offenses that you accused me of.
I did not intentionally wound your sister.
It was a most unfortunate consequence of protecting my dearest friend.
Mr. Bingley's feelings for miss Bennet
were beyond any I had ever witnessed in him,
or indeed even thought him capable of.
The evening of the dance at Netherfield,
after overhearing your mother coldly state her intention
of having all her daughters marry favorably,
I persuaded Bingley of the unfitness of the match.
If I have wounded miss Bennet's feelings, it was unknowingly done.
As to your other accusation, of having injured Mr. Wickham,
no sooner had my father made clear his intention
to leave Mr. Wickham a handsome sum
than Mr. Darcy was mysteriously infected by the plague.
It was left to me, his son, to provide a merciful ending.
Still, I gave Wickham the inheritance my father left.
Wickham squandered it.
Whereupon he demanded more and more money,
until I eventually refused.
Thereafter he severed all ties with me.
Last summer he began a relationship with my 15-year-old sister
and convinced her to elope.
Mr. Wickham's prime target was her inheritance of 30,000 pounds
but revenging himself on me was a strong additional inducement.
Fortunately, I was able to persuade my sister
of Mr. Wickham's ulterior motives before it was too late.
I hope this helps explain
and perhaps mitigate my behavior in your eyes.
Of all the weapons in the world,
I now know love to be the most dangerous.
For I have suffered a mortal wound.
When did I fall so deeply under your spell, miss Bennet?
I cannot fix the hour or the spot
or the look or the words which laid the foundation.
I was in the middle before I knew I had began.
What a proud fool I was.
I have faced the harsh truth,
that I can never hope to win your love in this life,
I write to you from the siege of London.
There is now a cunning design to the zombie attacks.
I sense a dark hand is at work here, guiding the enemy, miss Bennet.
By taking London, they've increased their ranks a hundredfold.
Come on, lads!
Now we endeavor to keep them trapped within the great wall.
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