Eventually, her interest led her to write two sequels to the novel: A Woman Worthy and Regard and Regulation, both with Lulu Press. Needless to say, she was thrilled to have her short story, an alternative viewpoint of Mr. Darcy’s role, be included in this anthology. Mackey and her husband live in Waverly, Iowa, along with their two cats. Servants were a major part of Regency England, particularly for the classes described by Austen, but they were largely invisible, both in fiction and in reality, but that did not make them unimportant. Mackey gives some relevancy to Darcy’s valet in “A View from the Valet.” Part 1 To be employed at an estate such as Pemberley, a well-trained servant was expected to become blind, deaf, and dumb. And, case in point, no matter the unusual behavior of his master, a valet must especially adhere to such inflexible standards. Having retained the position of valet to Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy since that gentleman’s eighteenth birthday, Samuel Preston accepted these responsibilities without question.
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