[Pride and Prejudice] First impressions

Mr. Collins has always been as healthy as a cow. Although he had to faint on the ground at the riverside that day, he came back to recuperate all night, and after listening to Mrs. Bennett scolding her daughter and apologizing to himself repeatedly, his hurt mind calmed down. , and the body naturally returned to health.

"I'm not angry with Cousin Elizabeth at all," he said with deep sorrow after pondering for a moment, "but this unfortunate incident has forced me to reconsider the plan I made at the beginning. Obviously, my good intentions It has not received enough attention from your government."

Mrs. Bennet hastily and humbly apologized again, and promised to scold Elizabeth until she changed her mind, while Mr. Collins shook his hand magnanimously, in a way that perfectly blended the opposite emotions of indifference and eagerness to show off. The tone of voice indicated that he was about to be invited to a dinner at Lucas's house, and asked Mrs. Bennet not to bother preparing his dinner.

Mrs. Bennet was moved by the kindness of the Lucas Mansion. At least, it could temporarily relieve the guest from this terrible situation, and he no longer had to face his second daughter who brought him endless troubles. I also have time to teach her a lesson.But when Mr. Collins went to Lucas's for two consecutive days, and didn't come back until after dinner, and all the smug looks on his face, the poor mother finally noticed the trouble from the old neighbor. Conspiracy and trickery - the other party also has an old girl who can't get married!

Mrs. Bennet immediately began to fidget, and bitterly exposed the sinister intentions of the Lucas family in front of her husband and daughter.Although she fully believed that the daughter of the Lucas family was no match for her own daughter, and after seeing her daughter's beauty, she thought that Mr. Collins would not fall into the trap of the other party, but just in case, she decided immediately Changing her mind, she gave up Elizabeth, who had a hippie smile, and chose one of the remaining three daughters to complete the marriage.However, she still underestimated the degree of inner depression that Mr. Pastor has been tendering for so long.It's like an old house on fire, once the flames are ignited, it will quickly burn with a raging momentum-she never thought that before she had decided on which daughter to choose, Mr. Collins over there had already been proud of herself. Everything is going well.

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"Oh my god, it's terrible! How could you treat a kind-hearted you like this!"

Mrs. Lucas exclaimed exaggeratedly after listening to Mr. Collins' accusation, and Sir also nodded solemnly, expressing her point of view in as objective a tone as possible: "The education of their daughter really needs to be improved urgently."

"That's what everyone says," he added at last.

With a napkin around his neck, Mr. Collins stuffed the freshly torn roast pigeon meat into his mouth, chewed his mouth full of pity, and finally swallowed it, and continued to use a heavy and distressed mouth. The tone continued:

"Your mansion's words are very true! During the past few days when I was a guest at his house, although I dare not claim to have a thorough understanding, I will never be partial. No one in that family, from the wife to the daughter, has what a lady should have. Etiquette! Sir, it’s just mediocre, otherwise, with my father’s tolerance and gentleness back then, how could the two families have been so hostile to each other for many years? If Lady Catherine of Rosings knew about my good intentions, she would definitely I will not get understanding and support. Originally, I was going to risk my disgrace to say something good for this family in front of my wife, but now I am glad that it is completely unnecessary. Especially Cousin Elizabeth, I swear, never again You won't find another gentleman's daughter who is rougher than her! She actually jumped into the water in broad daylight! I can't imagine that let alone a gentleman's daughter, even a village girl who milks a cow will be taught But this is definitely not an honorable behavior, isn't it? Not to mention the way she came up dripping wet, I can guarantee that if Lady Catherine sees it, she will definitely call her indecent... Oh, this soup looks good—— —”

Talking too much will inevitably lead to thirst, not to mention eating a big lump of meat just now.

Mr. Collins paused, put a spoonful of soup into his mouth, and savored it, to live up to his host's hospitality.

"I have to say that as long as the cooks in your mansion study carefully, the soup can reach the level of Rosings mansion. I was lucky enough to be invited to dinner twice..."

Mr. Collins was freely switching between criticism and praise, and suddenly noticed that the young lady who was seated next to him was looking at him affectionately, so he subconsciously puffed out his chest full of masculine strength, unfortunately However, due to distraction, he was choked by the soup in his mouth, and the residual juice before swallowing and the freshly chewed vegetables were sprayed out immediately, not only onto the plates in front of him, but also along the His chin dripped onto the napkin on his chest, and a smear immediately hung on the snow-white napkin.

Maria was about to scoop up the soup, but immediately withdrew her hand when she saw this, while Lily, who was younger, exclaimed, and when she saw the strict blocking gazes from her parents, she hurriedly shut up and lowered her head, so everyone said in unison. Act like nothing happened.

After the guest blushed and finished coughing, Mrs. Lucas called the maid in a soft voice to replace the messy plate in front of the guest, and then kindly invited him to taste the new dessert, lest the other party return to her The faux pas just now was embarrassing.

Mr. Collins wiped his mouth, coughed twice, and after stabilizing his emotions, he looked at Charlotte sitting next to him with a little embarrassment, but found that she was still smiling, looking at him intently with eyes full of tenderness. Immediately, he felt that the injury he received from the Bennett family a few days ago was completely compensated at this moment, so he also looked at her boldly and reassuringly.

Looking at it from such a close distance, the eldest lady of this family is actually quite nice.The glossy black long hair was coiled up softly, revealing half of the soft white earlobes, and the green eyes were like gems.Although her face is not as beautiful as Elizabeth's, her fair neck, graceful figure, and supple good temper still make her worth soar. Oh, by the way, she is still the daughter of Sir...

Believe me, my dears, Mr. Collins is by no means the ignorant fool he appears to be in his ability to perceive femininity.Although he is not allowed to be frivolous and dissolute because of his clergy, this does not prevent him from secretly seeing his female congregants with the eyes of mortals when he preaches, and has already accumulated A lot of rich experience.

From the moment he was invited to this family for the first meal, he was keenly aware of the heart from this family.Although the eldest lady didn't show too much enthusiasm, she basically just looked at her affectionately, but this made Collins feel the joy of being secretly watched by the opposite sex for the first time in his life.

Just a few days ago, he was full of fantasies about Elizabeth and his children playing around him in the living room of Hunsford. Now, in just two and a half days, the heroine in the picture has become Became the woman next to me with green eyes.

Mr. Collins immediately nodded and smiled at her in a most gentlemanly manner.

Charlotte stared at the green vegetable crumbs on his chin that hadn't been wiped off, and smiled back at him without changing her expression.

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After the pleasant meal, the jazz couple invited the guests to play cards, and Miss Lucas was also called to the table to play cards with Mr. Collins.

Mr. Pastor felt that he was in a superior position in this house, so he became more relaxed, and his incomparably flexible tongue played its role to the fullest.

He actually still brooded over the slights he had received from the Bennetts, though he didn't think so himself.After talking for a while, regardless of whether this topic has been repeated many times in the past few days, regardless of whether people like to listen to it or not, he began to express his dissatisfaction again, and after carefully commenting on the behavior of the Bennett family , concluded with deep feeling: "So, for such a family, even if they are displaced in the future, it is entirely their own fault. But the dowry of a mere thousand pounds is so arrogant that even Rosings can't look down on it." It's really shocking. I want to know, what kind of family will the daughters of that family marry in the future? Which man of status is willing to marry them? Of course, with the status I have acquired today and my natural and generous disposition , even if my wife is penniless, I will never say a bad word in front of her..."

"Mom, I don't seem to be feeling well."

Charlotte suddenly put down the cards in her hand, asked a younger sister to take her place, got up and left the card room.

She entered the room, plucked out a few feathers that adorned her hair, threw them on the dressing table, and sat down wearily.

"Honey, what's wrong with you? You left him alone and left?"

After a while, as she expected, Mrs. Lucas followed in with a reproachful expression on her face.

Charlotte turned to her and said calmly, "Mother, I'm sorry, but I've changed my mind. Please don't bother to invite Mr. Collins over again."

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The further step that Mr. Collins was looking forward to did not come true as he expected. He carefully prepared and recited the new confession at least ten times and it was completely useless-after that meal, he did not receive Luca again. Si's invitation, and the pre-determined departure date also arrived.

Mr. Collins was sent out of Longbourne at last in a chaise with unhappy memories in full depression, as was Mrs. Bennet.She couldn't get rid of the resentment at the Lucas family's poaching, and set out to match one of Mary, Kitty and Lydia with Mr. Collins. The resistance of these three daughters was much greater than that of Elizabeth. ——Mary locked herself in the study and refused to open the door, while Kitty and Lydia cried loudly on the spot, and even threatened to commit suicide in groups at the risk of going to hell—at this time, Mrs. I deeply feel the deep regret that her daughter hates less when she spends time. Why is she not blessed to have another obedient daughter?