[Comprehensive classics] Let Gao Leng learn the language

I'm tired of this ending of never being with Ellen, - Archer.

May had noticed that Archer had been cold whenever she had mentioned Ellen lately.

She was secretly happy about the situation.

However, she added another worry.

Archer offers to share a room with her.

This question was originally a conflict between Archer and her, but in the end, because neither party would compromise, it caused a storm that swept through the Mingott house.

In this matter, Archer showed a stubbornness she had never seen. No matter how much she begged him to use his family power skillfully, he would not give in and insisted on sleeping in separate rooms.

Mei fell into such an embarrassing situation before she tasted the joy of the dissolution of the marriage crisis. However, she was pure in nature and often comforted herself: "May, this is better than Archer and Ellen eloping."

May Mingott was a product of New York's high society at the time, and she was created intact according to the model of morality and etiquette.

Her every move is in full compliance with the rules of high society, impeccable, and exemplary.

Archer once questioned: "What if elegance at its highest level becomes vulgarity, and there is nothing behind the curtain of beauty?"

He was afraid.

Life after marriage is like a well-behaved child who completely obeys his doubts at the time.

May, the purest woman in New York's high society, the woman known as a man's safe haven, just let Archer still sail in the vast sea of ​​unknown prospects.

She has no romantic cells, no hobbies that can be shared with Archer, her language is poor, what she talks is all stereotypes, she is a perfect high-society marionette, and she obeys her superiors like a soldier in an army. Everything ordered.

Archer fell in love with May's cousin Ellen as early as during her engagement. She once married to France. France is a country of luxury and debauchery, where humbleness, lowliness, luxury and enjoyment go hand in hand. Back to New York.

Ellen is an extremely intelligent and kind woman, she pierces the thin paper of New York society, her mind collides with Archer, Archer loves her, she stops him, let him marry May , because, she didn't want to see the same filth as France, and she, she left.

Married life, as has been said, is rather uneventful, and wears out all one's wit and passion.

When Archer and Ellen met again, the original passion was revived, and the ashes seemed to burn to nothing.

May sensed it, and she tried to prevent what was embarrassing to her, to the family, to the family, and to society.

On this day, a servant brought in a letter.

Beaufort - a successful banker and businessman - invites Archer to a salon party.

May took the letter and walked towards the greenhouse that Archer had recently built on a whim.

She knocked twice at the door, but there was no answer. The door was open, and the conservatory was opened by two rooms, Archer in the inner room.

He was bending over, holding a magnifying glass in his right hand, and leaned in front of the pink tulip that bloomed today to carefully observe the meridians of its petals.

"Archer, letter from Beaufort."

May handed over the letter in her hand.

Archer took the letter with the coolness of a routine, and threw it on the table without reading it.

His behavior is absolutely unacceptable in the socially extensive upper class of New York.

Mei hurriedly picked up the letter and said reproachfully, "Mom and Dad have already complained about your recent behavior. You should go back to work in the law firm today."

The Mingotts followed the plan exactly, and what they did every day, every month, every season, every year was a mechanical repetition.

May's chanting was like a buzzing top, spinning and turning in Cornelius's mind.

He frowned, took the letter, opened the envelope irritably, and pulled out the letter paper.

His eyes flicked across:

There will be many painters, musicians, writers and poets at Delmonik's small dinner, and your friend Mrs. Ellen Oslanka.It's sure to be a lot of fun tonight.

Your friend

Beaufort

When Mei's gaze touched the word "Ellen", it burned like a fire, as if it was going to burn the letter paper to ashes, and a large fire-like blush spread from her neck to the roots of her hair.

Cornelius took a look, and then threw the letter on the desk as before.

It stands to reason that his rude and dismissive behavior at this time will definitely arouse Mei's dissatisfaction. However, she didn't say a word, and her hot face eased a lot.

"I won't go," said Cornelius, "so please refuse for me."

May hurried to her study as if she had wings on her feet, wrote a reply letter impeccable in etiquette, and hurried the letter to the servant, ordering him to reply to Beaufort immediately.

Beaufort sighed in disappointment when he received this reply, thinking that Ellen would not be attending tonight.

The idea of ​​sending a letter inviting Archer had come from Ellen, whom Beaufort was courting, and who would gladly be at her service.

He was born with great confidence, and he was invincible in love, and he had no fear that Archer would steal his limelight, and besides, Archer was a dutiful young man in his eyes.

When Ellen, Ms. Gao Leng received Beaufort's letter, she was sitting on a rocking chair covered with black velvet by the window, staring at the sky of New York in a daze.

"He won't come? It's not scientific."

The author has something to say: Those who are interested can read this original book.Social morality and love, love bows to social morality.Seeing Ellen and Archer's love, support, regret.Ellen married a rich man in France. At that time, the fashion in France was to sell everything for money. Ellen saw through such a life and returned to New York. Her family advanced the marriage contract between May and Archer in order to protect her. , Archer had liked May, but it was the liking of a beautiful object, the pride of owning it.During the engagement period, both May and May's family liked Archer, who was a lawyer, was able to persuade Ellen to return to France. At that time, the upper class in New York was that even if they were not happy, as a woman, they would bring the shackles of marriage to the grave inside.Ellen didn't mention the divorce anymore, but during the contacts and exchanges, Archer and Ellen's thoughts resonated. New York is an old-fashioned society, and Archer belongs to the emerging young people, who can tolerate and pursue foreign ideas. New things, as for May, as a product of New York society, she is outdated. She is the cold and rigid type of person. For this kind of person, I really feel that I am facing a cold machine rather than a flesh and blood person.After being attracted by Ellen, Archer asked May to marry early, but May disagreed. She said that if there was a woman he liked more, she was willing to let go.Archer found Ellen and confessed to her, but Ellen refused, because the reason why she returned to New York was that she did not want to live a life without any morals like France.At the same time, Mei sent a telegram saying that her family agreed to her early marriage.

Archer compromises at Ellen's insistence.He and May are married.

He was the one who was really put on the shackles of marriage and carried it with him for the rest of his life. He was going to drop everything and run away with Ellen. However, Mei had already noticed that she lied to Ellen that she was pregnant, and Ellen left.She won, God should say the author, the author supports morality over love, May is pregnant, Archer has lived his life under the shackles of marriage, and he dared not see Ellen again until May died.Because Ellen belongs to the emerging human beings, she is constantly accepting new things, while Archer, in this marriage, the original him has died.May made him as narrow-minded as she was.