Almost Persuaded: Miss Mary King - Plot & Excerpts
Why, even she had to admit she was plain to look at. She prided herself on her amiability as well as her generosity of spirit. What did outward appearance matter in the face of such estimable qualities? Being neither handsome nor rich, the only other things in her favour were her youth and vitality; both of which accounted for little in comparison to the popular Bennet girls of the local village of Longbourn. There were five of them in all. Anyone who cared to listen would remark on how their father, Mr. Thomas Bennet, decried them as some of the silliest girls in all of England. Though Mary found fault in his wont of criticising his own family, she did not disagree with him except when it came to his two eldest daughters, Miss Bennet and Miss Elizabeth. The former renowned by many as the most beautiful of them all, the latter regarded as the brightest jewel of the country, they were indeed formidable competitors on the marriage mart, as the outcome of the Meryton assembly the night before had attested.
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