well me and the mary are kinda doing this by the seat of our pants so idk what they have in mind for them come christmas time but what i think is that he's a friend of mr. bennet's and definitely mary's friend then. so no courting yet but someone observant like elizabeth could see a spark there. mary's mentioned him a couple times in her letters to elizabeth and atticus pays a little more attention to her but it could be chalked up to them both being musically inclined so of course they would interact with each other more. but elizabeth can see something between the pair and it's up to you whether she'd be delighted and encourage it or be delighted but promote caution since mr. cartwright is an enigma. either way, i think darcy would like him but be suspicious of him because he owns a horse, plays vivaldi on a stradivarius, and can discuss plato

a summary of what me and the mary have done so far: mary gets caught in a storm and is forced to seek refuge at atticus's house for the night. this gets out to meryton and she becomes the subject of gossip (he was already the subject of gossip so it's just more wood on the fire for him). a couple weeks pass, it's still the hot gossip, and everything sucks for mary. as of right now, meryton is hosting its annual fair and atticus has just saved her from some bingley sisters wannabes lecturing her while also trying to pump info from her. mary blushes at how hot atticus looks