Darcy's Secret Garden — Jane Grix

A missed meeting between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy has disastrous consequences.  

In this Pride and Prejudice Variation, circumstances prevent Darcy from meeting Elizabeth at Pemberley.  Because of this, he doesn't save Lydia, and the Bennets' social status plummets.  Eight years later, a humbled Elizabeth returns to Pemberley to find that Mr. Darcy has lost his sight.  He doesn't recognize her, which gives her a second chance to win his love.

Darcy's Secret Garden is a Pride and Prejudice Variation novella based on Jane Austen's most romantic couple.