Mr. Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam attend the brothel auction where Lady Louisa plans to sell Elizabeth and Lydia to the highest bidder. Though the gentlemen succeed in rescuing the Bennet sisters, the path to a happily every after is overshadowed by the opposition of Lady Matlock and Lady Catherine. Elizabeth's growing fears that Mr. Darcy would not have proposed again if she had not been in such scandalous circumstances, along with the nightmares she endures from being held captive, cause her to resist marrying in haste. Her only hope of deciding her future presents itself, and after Jane's wedding to Mr. Bingley, Elizabeth will seek solace far from those who dare to determine the course her life will take.