[Pride and Prejudice] Mrs Bennett

Chapter 43

There was nothing unexpected about Lydia's visit to Grace. This girl had always grown up by her side. If she hadn't discovered the clues at this time, then it was really time to give her up completely.

In the living room, Lydia looked down at the golden lacquered black teacup with the fragrance of tea floating in it, and remained silent.When she first came to the door, she still had a lot of things to say and ask, but when she faced Grace's blue eyes that could accommodate everything, she suddenly didn't know how to speak.

"Mum..." Lydia sighed softly, calling her a long-lost address.Over the past few years, Grace's appearance has not changed much.Compared with the average Caucasian whose skin begins to deteriorate with age, Grace, who is still an oriental at heart, has only become more graceful and elegant.

"You've grown up, Lydia." Grace has three daughters who have gone through the transformation from girls to women. Compared with Jane and Elizabeth, who are already mothers, Lydia is still a little greener, "Mom is very happy." Thank you, you followed your mother's advice."

Blushing, Lydia bowed her head in silence.

She was dissatisfied when she married Wickham. Grace once confessed in private that she would have to wait until later if she wanted to have children. Pregnancy before that would be of no benefit to the mother or the baby.Wickham was much older than her, and he was paying more and more attention to offspring, but after hearing that it was Grace's suggestion, he still implemented the contraceptive method Grace taught her.

With a long sigh, Grace picked up the black tea cup and took a few sips before saying leisurely: "Lydia, you are already a man/wife, and there are some things that cannot be kept secret from you." She slowly moved Lidia Dia and Wickham's year of marriage is told from beginning to end, without personal emotion, as if telling a story.

Time is the best medicine to heal all wounds.Although what William Collins did at the beginning made Grace angry and hated, but as time went by, how could she, a mother, keep hating her child.

If William Collins wasn't the adopted son of the Bennett family but was like Dylan, Grace probably wouldn't even have resentment.For the child who is connected with her own blood and was born after a hard pregnancy in October, as a mother, she will always be more tolerant.

This kind of tolerance for one's own children is difficult for people who have never been mothers to understand.

After the matter of the twins was settled, Grace, who had more free time, finally thought of the Collins brothers and sisters whom he hadn't contacted for a long time.Seriously speaking, neither William nor Lydia wrote to Grace, but she unilaterally refused to reply, and just arranged for someone to deliver something to the two siblings.

It was while sorting out the letters in the study that Grace felt that his attitude towards the two children was a bit harsh.

Although William made her sad by doing that, wasn't it precisely because she loved her brother and sister that she was hurt by his distrustful attitude.As time passed, Grace was finally no longer so excited but able to look at the matter calmly.

From the perspective of the Bennett family, William's move was indeed too much.He also stayed in the Bennett family for more than ten years, but in the end he didn't trust the Bennett family because of a Wickham.Wickham is a good young man. He is different from the faceless gangster in the original book. He is ambitious and knows how to use means to realize his ambition.

But no matter how good this Wickham was, he didn't meet Grace's criteria for choosing a son-in-law.

And if Wickham has a relationship with Lydia, and if he has any thoughts about the twins because he often goes in and out of Bennett Manor, this kind of man will not be able to catch Grace's eyes.

But for such a man, William chose to deceive the Bennett family.Grace had to suspect that he was not doing well enough, so William made such a choice.

He had given up on the family he had been close to for over a decade, and that was what angered Grace the most.

Youyou let out a long sigh, and Grace reached out and touched the girl's head.Even though the girl is married, she is still a child in the eyes of her mother.

"Lydia, do you want to know the story behind your marriage to Wickham?"

No matter how children are, they will grow up, and the wings of their parents cannot protect them for a lifetime.Didn't she and Mr. Bennett break through by themselves?Lydia also received an elite education before leaving the Bennett family. Although she retained a little bit of innocence because of her personality, she was not the completely brainless existence in the original book. Therefore, Grace will choose at this time. Leave it to her.

Do you want to know the truth, or continue to be confused like this.

Lydia opened and closed her red lips several times, and finally said in a very small voice: "Tell me, Mom."

She had guessed a long time ago, but she has been unwilling and afraid to confirm the truth, because she was afraid that she would not be able to accept it.But now that the engagement of the Bennett twins has been confirmed, if she continues to pretend to be deaf and dumb, she may really no longer be a member of the Bennett family.

It's not that Lydia doesn't know some things, she just pretends not to know, such as the name on her marriage letter with Wickham.

She married Wickham in the name of Collins, not Bennett.

Grace thought for a while, and told Lydia a little bit about what happened back then in the prepared language.After hearing all this, Lydia's eyes dimmed, and she didn't know what else to do except to bow her head and smile bitterly.Her good brother, what he did was really...

From the perspective of his wife, Lydia admitted that Wickham was a good man.But no matter how capable Wickham is, if there were no Darcy, Bingham and Bennetts behind him, would he really be able to climb to his current position in such a short time after he graduated from the Royal Military Academy?

"I'm sorry, Mom." Apart from this pale apology, Lydia couldn't think of what else to say.

"It's over, Lydia." Grace reached out and hugged the girl into her arms, "Mom was very angry at the time, angry that William didn't trust us, and even more angry... He actually chose such a man for you. If there is a man who can't even pass such a small test, there is really no way for my mother to marry you to him with confidence."

"But Mom, you finally agreed to my marriage with George." Lydia lowered her head and said in a low voice.

"You love him, don't you?" Grace was once young and understood the ignorant emotion of young girls. "And with Dylan around, Mom believes that Wickham won't dare to treat you badly."

"Mom, I'm really happy to be your daughter." Lydia wept on Grace's shoulder, and the tears wet Grace's silk dress, "You forgive William too, don't you? "

"I want to forgive him." Grace patted Lydia's back lightly, complaining softly, "He has gone back to Hunsford since you got married, except A letter every month, and I have never been to Bennett Manor again. And you too, Meryton is so close to me, you never thought of coming. If it weren’t for the news of your two sisters’ engagement this time to Meryton, will you come?"

"Mom..." Lydia called out in an embarrassed voice, and then muttered, "I'm sorry, Lydia. Although I only thought about marrying Wickham at that time, I found some problems later. , but the ostrich is unwilling to face it, so..."

Grace reluctantly accepts her explanation.After all, she is a mother, is it true that she has completely severed ties with the child she has raised for more than ten years because of that reason?As for legally separating Collins and Bennett, she has no regrets.

What she and Cecil created will belong to Dylan in the future, and even their five daughters can only share a little.This is the rule of this world, and she doesn't want to break it.

As for William and Delia... Collins' estate had grown considerably while Mr. Bennett was in charge.

Lydia stayed at Bennet Manor for several days before returning to Meryton. Not long after, William, who received her letter, rushed to Longbourn.He first went to the study to have a long talk with Mr. Bennett, and after walking out with red eyes, he came to Grace's living room.

When the twins met William at the dinner table, they found that the eyes of their two long-lost brothers were completely swollen.After looking at each other, the two children ate obediently without saying a word.Only in the early morning of the second day, the two sisters sent letters to Dylan and the two older sisters who were married in London.

Not long after, William, who was still staying at Bennett Manor, received letters from Dylan, Jane, and Elizabeth. After reading the letters, he burst into tears again.In the past two years, the people of the Bennett family have helped him so much secretly, otherwise how could he be able to do so smoothly in Hunsford Parish after Darcy and Elizabeth got married.

The Duchess de Bauer was very dissatisfied with him.

The purpose of wooing him to the vicar position of Xu and Hensford parish was to use him to break up the Darcy couple, but in the end it failed, but his position as a priest is very strong.And he obviously did so many things to the Bennett family because of selfishness. Although the Bennett family didn't say it on the surface, they actually forgave him a long time ago.

William Collins swore inwardly that he would never do anything wrong to the Bennett family again, no matter what the reason was!

However, not long after he made this vow, he fled and left Langbourne overnight because the Diocese of Hensford had urgent matters to ask him to go back to deal with the situation.It wasn't that he didn't want to stay anymore, but that Grace's attitude of asking him to find a girl he liked quickly and settled down scared him.

Although he was a bit old, Grace's attitude of inviting all the school-age girls in Longbourn and even Meryton to the dance made him feel too horrified.

William, who has lived in Langbourne for more than ten years, is quite familiar with the girls in Langbourne. Except for the daughter of the Bennett family, he really doesn't like any of them.