[Pride and Prejudice] Becoming Katherine Bennett

Catherine's sudden appearance stopped the conversation in the restaurant.

They wondered for a moment whether Catherine had heard the words.Although very unscrupulous when speaking behind their backs, they are still embarrassed when they realize that the person being discussed may have heard it.

Especially Mr. Darcy.

After Catherine came in, his mood was instantly overwhelmed by unease, and he subconsciously hoped that Miss Bennett hadn't heard what he was talking about.

But then he felt that he shouldn't have such emotions, because what he said was the truth, and having a merchant uncle did mean that most noble families would not open their doors to them.But even so, Darcy was distraught to find that he still didn't want Catherine to hear him.

As for why, he can't figure it out for the time being, and he doesn't want to figure it out.He vaguely felt that it might not be good for him to find out.

Fortunately, Catherine did not hear.She looked as usual, and when she came in, she said goodbye to Mr. Bingley with the same smile on her face.

Both Mr. Darcy and Sister Bingley breathed a sigh of relief.

"If possible, I implore you to stay and take care of Jane. No matter how thoughtful we are, we are far less than our own sisters." Mr. Bingley cared for Jane from the bottom of his heart, and was the only one present who defended them.

If it is said that Catherine's affection for Mr. Bingley was three points, but now relying on the support of other people, she directly reached the peak.She thought he was kind, generous and easy-going, and would be a good and reliable husband.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Bingley," Catherine thanked sincerely, "will it disturb you, your family and friends too much?"

"Don't worry, Miss Bennett, I promise never. Please stay, we are all happy." Mr. Bingley said enthusiastically, turning his head to look at the others.

Following his gaze, Catherine looked over and found that she really couldn't see that other people were happy.

Miss Bingley said slowly: "With your company, Jane will recover faster. This is what we all look forward to."

In fact, Catherine also wanted to stay.She didn't think the Bingley sisters would care about Jane, and she could tell from their mean ridicule just now that they didn't regard Jane as a friend at all.

But now, even though she saw Miss Bingley's reluctance, even if she could stay and intentionally disgust her, Catherine felt it was worth it.What's more, for her, Miss Bingley's emotions are not important at all, she can only rest assured after seeing Jane's fever go down with her own eyes.

"Thank you for your generosity and consideration." Catherine solemnly thanked Mr. Bingley.

Catherine returned to Jane's room, and all three were happy with Mr. Bingley's arrangement.At 06:30, the servants came to invite Elizabeth and Catherine to dinner.

On the way to the restaurant, Catherine took Elizabeth's hand and asked, "Lizzie, why do you always look at me in the morning? Do you have anything to say?"

Elizabeth glanced at the servant not far from them, hesitated for a moment, and said, "We'll talk about it later."

Catherine nodded.

During the meal, Mr. Bingley asked about Jane's condition with concern, entertained them very thoughtfully, and offered that they could freely enter and leave Nedfield's study, billiard room and other rooms.

"It's a pity that I don't have many books." Mr. Bingley smiled. "Jane told me that you love reading very much. Maybe you have read all those books."

Elizabeth said: "No, Mr. Bingley, your book is enough for us to read."

Tonight Nedfil’s dinner is rich, mainly with creamy shredded turbot, lamb chops, roasted skylark, ragu and other complicated high-end French dishes. Catherine concentrates on eating dinner. When they chat, unless Elizabeth Or Mr. Bingley speaks, and she responds somewhat.If someone else spoke, she would rather stare at the candles on the table or sit in the glass of wine than look away.

This made Darcy, who had been watching her secretly, not sure whether she had heard those words in the afternoon.

After dinner, the two walked out of the dining room. After asking the servant for the specific location of the study, the two went together and declined the other party's offer to take them there.

The mansion of Nedfield Manor has four floors and nearly thirty rooms. Elizabeth misremembered what the servant said, and the two walked a lot of wrong ways to find the study.

"What's so mysterious, Lizzie." The two of them walked into the study as they talked. After entering, Elizabeth closed the door and looked at her seriously.

Catherine was disturbed by her look, and for a moment thought that the matter of time travel had been exposed.But she immediately dismissed the idea.Unless Elizabeth is also worn, it is impossible to think this way.

This gave her an idea, the next book might be about time travel.Catherine thought.

Elizabeth noticed that she was distracted, and stared at her: "Kitty, I hope you tell me the truth, what's the matter between you and Mr. Darcy? I asked you this question last time, and you were perfunctory, but this time you never Stop fooling me."

Catherine couldn't laugh or cry: "Lizzie, this is the mysterious thing that made you hide all day? How could you have such an illusion that I have something to do with Mr. Darcy?"

"No?" Elizabeth said confidently, "he was the first one to ask you to dance. You are the first local girl he invited to dance after he came to Nedfield. Apart from you, he only danced with Mr. Bingley's two sisters." After dancing, I didn’t even invite them very much.”

"Sir Lucas suggested that dance. Mr. Darcy didn't invite me. As for the Bingley sisters, please, Lizzie, I wouldn't want to dance with them if I were a gentleman. No one can bear to complain all day. , full of sarcasm and contempt for others, but I lack real talents, I only know that the lady who memorizes the rules of the training class is whispering in my ear. Oh no, there are two."

Elizabeth wanted to laugh when she heard her words, but fortunately she controlled it: "Kitty, don't make me laugh, I'm very serious."

"I'm serious too, Lizzie."

"Then how do you explain that he always looks at you? Many times, whether it's a dance or a party, he always looks at you, even when he was eating just now, his eyes were on you."

"Have it?"

"You paid too much attention to your meal."

"Doesn't this mean that I have nothing to do with him? Otherwise, I wouldn't be in the mood to eat. I would definitely match the macaroni with Mr. Darcy's handsome appearance like Miss Bingley, otherwise I would never be able to eat it. I would watch every bite He does it once."

Elizabeth looked at Catherine with a smile in her eyes: "Oh, Kitty."

"Okay okay, but I'm telling the truth."

"Then how do you explain that he led the horse for you? He even went to wait for you."

Catherine finally knew the source of Elizabeth's strange thoughts today.

"Mr. Darcy was just walking, and he met me, and I looked like I needed help again, so he had to help me. He's a gentleman, Lizzie," Catherine said. But if a gentleman does me a favor or two and falls in love with me, then I should be distressed."

"What's bothering you?"

"Cole straightened my side saddle this morning. Too many admirers for me."

Cole is the youngest son of Sir Lucas, who is only nine years old this year.Catherine mentioned him now, so that Elizabeth hardly knew what to say.

She could only sigh: "Kitty, you are really..."

Catherine was eager to tell Elizabeth that Mr. Darcy had just said in the afternoon that they could not marry into a good family, and that he himself was a good family of a good family.If he had a good impression of himself, he would never say such a thing.

But Catherine hesitated, and finally said nothing.

She didn't know what twists and turns the two had experienced in the original book to get together, and she was afraid that those words would add to the relationship. Now Elizabeth's perception of Mr. Darcy is so bad that it can't be worse.And, if Elizabeth misunderstood what she and Mr. Darcy had before the two, they never could.

So, she just said: "Okay, Lizzie, although I don't know what caused you to have the illusion, but I must clarify to you that Mr. Darcy can never like me, and he has nothing to do with me. Besides, you Think too highly of your sister, no one will put me and Mr. Darcy together but you, everyone knows how much I have, the important thing is how much money I have. Their marriage is a transaction, And I don't have that leverage."

Elizabeth was a little touched by her remarks: "Catherine, you don't have to deny yourself like this. I believe there will be gentlemen who don't mind our dowry."

"Maybe, but my husband will definitely not be Darcy." Catherine felt that they had delayed for a long time. "Let's end this nonsense. Let's go back to accompany Jane first."

The two sisters left the study arm in arm. After they walked away, a figure slowly walked out from the corner of the bookcase behind the screen, stood there and watched the direction they left, without saying a word for a long time.