Truly, I had a horrible day at work, lying on the telephone because of some stupid law which can make people sue for almost every little mistake you make, sucks. And then being screamed at on the telephone when you were only doing your job wasn’t nice either. And did I mention that I thought of calling in sick this morning and only the thought of 53 pupils waiting for my presentation prevented me from doing so? Yeah, today was again one of these days… (which perhaps is also a reason why I can’t come up with a witty title right now – maybe I will change it later to something more creative).

Mr. Darcy makes amends was the only bright spot today, Kathy posted the last chapter today (and I will miss this story). The blurb is as following:

A simple mistake and Darcy finds he must undergo the Labors of Hercules to get back in his wife’s good graces.

This is perhaps one of the funniest stories I’ve ever read. It’s humor on the highest level imaginable, sometimes I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. There are 12 chapters altogether, one chapter for each one of Mr. Darcy’s labors (yes, I know, Hercules only had to do 10 labors, so Mr. Darcy definately has more challenges to deal with ) and these labors for example include reconciling with Lady Catherine (for which he has to travel to rosings), helping the Wickhams, bringing the Bennets to Pemberley, finding a deer for Elizabeth, cleaning Pemberley’s attic single-handed (that’s a good one!) and so on.
Sometimes I even feel pity for poor Mr. Darcy (gosh, I sound like Mr. Woodhouse ) but some of the scene that arise while fulfilling his tasks are simply hilarious! An extract from chapter 6:

“You have to get rid of that annoying bird.”

“I already told you,” Darcy said with a sigh, rubbing the stubble that still covered his cheeks, “I can’t kill her. She’s my aunt.”

“Not that bird,” Elizabeth said in frustration. “The other bird.”

So, I can truly recommend this story, it’s enjoyable to read (although: too short!) and you finally get to know how Mrs. Collins deals with her husband’s pomposity

Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention: Kathy published her story at the DWG

EDIT: Fiora reminded me that the funniest story ever is of course The Life and Opinions of Gilroy Hurst, Gentleman. by Esther but Mr. Darcy makes amends managed to satisfy my superiour taste (and now I sound like Lady Catherine *lol*) and in some time in the future Fiora will review Gilroy Hurst’s story on this blog