Pride and Prejudice drabble: Détente [Lady Catherine, general]
Title: Détente Author: celandineb Fandom: Pride and Prejudice Characters: Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Sir Lewis de Bourgh Rating: general Length: 100 words Summary: The de Bourghs were not known for their connubial compatibility. Note: For espresso_addict, who asked for "Pride & Prejudice. Lady Catherine. Spoils of war."
The late Sir Lewis de Bourgh had had his faults. He drank to excess, used language better-suited to the stable than the drawing-room, and maintained at least four different mistresses.
When Lady Catherine Arlingham married him, she promptly embarked on a campaign of reform. Sir Lewis resisted her efforts, however, and with but one sickly daughter as leverage, she grudgingly had to retreat on most points.
They reached a truce eventually, whereby Sir Lewis promised neither to gamble nor to entail the estate, and Lady Catherine held her tongue. She viewed the comforts of Rosings as her spoils of war.