[Pride and Prejudice] Liz's Little Vest

"Mr. Darcy, you—you're lying about military information." Elizabeth's cheeks flushed with anxiety.

"Lying about the military situation?" Darcy looked at Elizabeth's expression in the mirror and smiled vaguely.

"You didn't tell me that this black pearl is the engagement token of your grandfather and grandmother."

"I didn't say it wasn't, Miss Elizabeth, so the charge is not guilty." Darcy admired the black pearl hanging around Elizabeth's neck, thinking that this was the best place for it.He said, "I can't find any suitable place to put it except next to you."

"But it's still too precious." Elizabeth frowned slightly, "I shouldn't accept it."

"You don't get rewarded for nothing. This black pearl is because you found it. There is nothing wrong with using it to repay you. Besides, Miss Elizabeth, you were hurt because of it. If you can't express my heart, then I will I'm so sorry."

"But it's a token of your grandparents' engagement, and that's something special, too."

"This is also—" Darcy seemed to want to say something, but suddenly stopped and did not continue.Instead, he said, "It was a thing of the last century. Now, it's just a beautiful pearl."

Elizabeth curled her lips: "Mr. Darcy, I really can't say enough about you."

Darcy said: "If I had less love for you, I wouldn't have tried so hard to persuade you." He watched Elizabeth's ears slowly turn red in the mirror, and patted her head lightly, "Okay , Miss Elizabeth, we are not arguing over the ownership of this black pearl. You still have injuries on your arms—the injuries you suffered because of me."

Elizabeth said: "Do wounds and quarrels contradict each other, Mr. Darcy?"

Darcy said: "The doctor said, you need to rest."

Elizabeth was dissatisfied: "You are taking advantage of the situation."

Darcy smiled: "Absolutely not. I just want to give you the best."

In one sentence, Elizabeth's words were blocked in her throat.She stared at the mirror sullenly, not knowing what to say for a while.

Darcy was also silent for a while.He gave up "surrounding" Elizabeth and sat on the other side of the chair.

"Miss Elizabeth, I want to confess something."

Darcy's expression was very serious, which startled Elizabeth: "What?"

"There may be another motive for Wickham's theft."

She nodded, encouraging him to continue.

"You should have heard of the relationship between Wickham and me, right? Wickham's father was the housekeeper of Pemberley Manor, so Wickham grew up with me. Because he is handsome, He is very temperamental. My father valued him very much and funded him to study at Cambridge University and engage in church work. But in fact, he had many vices and was a dissolute man. Even so, my late father always treated him the same. After my late father passed away, the will I bequeathed him a thousand pounds, and secured him the priesthood. Wickham, who was unfettered, naturally exposed his vices, and wrote to me that he wanted to give up the priesthood, but asked Another thousand pounds is the corresponding economic benefit. I agreed to him and broke up with him from then on[1].”

Elizabeth listened silently, even though she knew this matter well - in her previous life, Darcy wrote a letter to her after her marriage proposal failed.Explain the two reasons for her quarrel one by one.Wickham was one of those things, which she read over and over again.

Darcy continued: "Wickham quickly spent his two thousand pounds. He came back and told me that he wanted to regain the priesthood. He asked repeatedly, and I still refused. His situation became more and more poor. , The resentment towards me is getting deeper and deeper. Later, in order to get money, he courted my sister. Georgiana is kind-hearted and not deeply involved in the world. He is especially kind to her, so soon, she fell into him trap."

Darcy closed his eyes, as if digesting the pain of his own memory.Elizabeth gently shook his hand.She also felt this kind of pain when Lydia and Wickham eloped.

"Fortunately, however, I quickly stopped the matter. I gave Wickham three thousand pounds and asked him to end his elopement with Georgiana immediately and never to appear in Pemberley again. He promised me, because the money was the His intention. He didn't want to make a fortune before he left, trying to steal this Borgias black pearl."

"You must be very sad to meet him again in Meryton?" Elizabeth asked with concern.

Darcy said: "Of course I hope I never see him in my life."

Elizabeth said: "It will definitely come true." This is also her wish.

Darcy sorted out his mood and regained his previous calm.But he did not let go of Elizabeth's hand, but held it instead, interlocking his fingers.

"Miss Elizabeth, I confess this to you so that you can understand me better. Of course I hope you will be attracted to me, but I also want to show the Darcy family and my vulnerable side. This is the truth Me. I will be angry, I will be proud. I will make you sad, and I will make you sad. Of course, I will become better because of you."

Elizabeth shook her head, nodded again, and said comfortingly: "No one, a family is perfect. As long as luck outweighs misfortune, it will be a very good result. Miss Georgiana can continue happily without being affected by this matter. Her life is thanks to your good brother. As for me, Mr. Darcy, I am very grateful for your presence in my life, even if sometimes your arrogance makes me feel a little uncomfortable. "

Having said that, the two looked at each other in unison, and then smiled at each other.

Darcy spoke first: "That day," he paused, they all knew what Darcy referred to by "that day", "I went back that day, thought deeply about it for a long time, and wrote a letter, But I never had the chance to give it to you.”

He took out a crumpled letter and handed it to Elizabeth.

Elizabeth took it, glanced at it, and there were not many words.So she handed it back again, winked, and said with a smile: "Mr. Darcy, I'm an invalid now, and I don't want to bother reading. Will you read to me?"

Such a request from a lady is always undeniable.Darcy cleared his throat: "Dear Miss Elizabeth—" He emphasized the word "dear".

"My dear Mr. Darcy," replied Elizabeth, "I am listening."

Darcy looked up at her, and just met her deer-like clear and sly eyes, and felt his heart skip a beat.He cleared his throat again.

"When you receive this letter, please do not be afraid. Since my marriage proposal has made you sad, I will not mention it again. I have sincerely hoped that we both will be happy, but it is obviously more difficult than I imagined. He paused and added, "Of course I take it back now. Difficulties are not to be feared, and we will be happy."

He continued to read: "As for the 'I don't understand you' you mentioned yesterday, I didn't understand it at all. But I am very sorry, my incomprehension brought such a big reaction that it made you sad and sad. Sad. I reflected on it for a long time at night, and I think you are right. I only know you from the few exchanges - although even so, I am deeply attracted to you. So, I don't think I will Bring up the thing that made you unhappy, but I will try to understand you better. I only hope that one day, you can accept me without reservation—”

Elizabeth interrupted him and asked playfully, "So what efforts are you going to make?"

"To be precise, it is already working hard." Darcy replied, "That night, I asked editor Tom Hughes for all the published and unpublished chapters of "Pride and Prejudice". Since you like this book Book, Miss Elizabeth, then I can start from this book and gradually understand your preferences and feelings."

The author has something to say:

Finished watching the 2009 BBC remake of Emma today.I recommend Mrs. Austin's little fans, if you are interested, you can go and have a look!I personally think that when I first watched "Emma", I felt that her character was not as good as Elizabeth's.But the more I watched it, the more pleasing it became. I feel that "Emma" is more comedic than "Pride and Prejudice"!

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