] ] I have always thought with Darcy married, he would be a front-runner for Anne DeBourgh

] YIKES! There's a frightful thought at least for me.

I've always thought Anne would not be too bad once you got her away from Lady C

]..also couldn't Miss Darcy also be a choice with her 30,000 pounds? I'm assuming that would be enough for the Colonel. Though would it be a conflict of interest since he's a guardian? Were there probably laws about that?

This is an interesting point, quite a few sequels have paired them off. It would be interesting to see if there was any legal stipulation with marriages between guardians/charges.