Elizabeth Bennet refused Fitwilliam Darcy once, but in the face of his current offer she knows there is no hope such a rejection can happen now. With her father dead, Mr. Collins coming within the week to take Longbourn, and her dear sister's happiness at stake, Elizabeth must make a choice - a selfless one - that will leave her tied to cold, uptight, and taciturn Darcy . . . a man she knows to be incapable of true feelings or love, and surely the last man in the world she could ever wish to marry.