January 19 Prompt: Any, any, Holly King and Oak King, written for Pride and Prejudice.
On forming such a close association with Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy—nephew of an earl, ten thousand a year, etc—Bingley had expected some comment at the club, being under no delusion that his family’s recent rise to fortune was universally accepted. However he was genuinely taken aback when told that Darcy was too cold a fish to like anyone, and would inevitably cause someone of his warm disposition grief. In some confusion he answered, “I make no demands and he is under no obligation, but as to character I must protest: he has the greatest heart of any man I know.”
