[Pride and Prejudice] First impressions

It was a fine weekend, and Colonel Foster's apartment was brightly lit, full of guests, and a family party celebrating his new marriage was going on happily.

"Honey, you look so beautiful tonight! I love the color of your headband! It goes so well with your hair!"

When Elizabeth chatted with her best friend Charlotte as usual, she kept paying attention to the people she cared about.

It was Lydia who said that.She was talking to Mrs. Foster, and was sincerely admiring everything about her, from the hair on her head to the lace on her skirt, and there was nothing wrong with it.

The newly married Mrs. Foster was four or five years older than Lydia, and came from a noble family in the West End of London.In the eyes of Lydia, a country chick, she is simply the incarnation of a goddess, and she has automatically entered the brain-dead fan mode since the first time they met.What surprised Elizabeth was that the one she admired was also quite close to her, so the two of them got very close recently, as if they were good girlfriends—and for an unmarried lady who has come out to socialize, it is very difficult to have a relationship with a noble lady. Making friends, this is a very encouraged move, especially at this time when London has entered the social season, Mr. Bennett's stay-at-home order is even more unreasonable, so after Mrs. Bennett made a few fuss, Bennett The husband disarmed and surrendered, and the mother finally won back the rights that her daughters should have. For Elizabeth, this is not good news. She has to keep her eyes open all the time, lest Lydia here Something went wrong.

After observing for a while, everything is quite normal.Elizabeth then relaxed.

"They are such a pleasing couple! Whenever I am lost, looking at them, I feel that life is still worth looking forward to!"

She was reminded by what Charlotte said with a smile, and looking along her line of sight, she saw Bingley and Jane standing in an inconspicuous corner chatting with the noise around them, but they were unmoved and completely immersed in the own world.

"Yes! Maybe tomorrow, such good luck will come to us..."

She suppressed the joy in her heart, and said something with a smile, and suddenly she was attracted by the Bingley sisters beside her.

Mrs. Hurst seemed to have just gotten into an awkward situation with her husband, Mr. Hurst, and was staring at him with disgust, but the husband didn't realize it, and just kept holding the glass in his hand, drinking one cup after another. He poured wine into his mouth, and Miss Bingley seemed to be arrogantly rejecting a red-clothed officer who had overreached himself and approached him just now, and she turned her face to look at the backs of Bingley and Jane.Looking at it from Elizabeth's perspective, her expression was quite dignified.

Clearly, she's still very unhappy with her brother's relationship - but there's nothing she can do about it.She had no right to interfere with Mr. Bingley's activities, except to dispose of her own twenty thousand pounds.

It's already April, and the social season in London has officially started. As an unmarried lady who is fully qualified to be invited to various balls in the upper class of the West End, she is still staying in a country place like Meryton...

"Look! He's coming!"

The voice from the other end attracted the attention of Elizabeth and Charlotte at the same time, and they turned their heads.

It's Miss Mary King!She was talking to one of her girlfriends, but her eyes seemed to be wandering all the time. When the handsome and tall Mr. Wickham appeared in the crowd, her eyes immediately followed him.

Charlotte snorted.

"Lizzie, have you heard? Miss Jin inherited 5000 pounds from her grandfather last month, and now she is a girl with a property of [-] pounds. It is said that she has attracted the love of many young people, and there are several in the militia." A young man who pursued her."

"God, compared with her, we will be even poorer!"

Elizabeth responded jokingly, and her attention was suddenly focused—Mrs. Foster was waving to Mr. Wickham, who was walking towards her with a smile on his face, and beside him, Lydia's eyes were shining , staring at the person walking across without blinking.

Mrs. Foster said something, covered her mouth and smiled, it should have something to do with Lydia, because Elizabeth saw Lydia showing an infinitely shy (!) look, looking at each other expectantly, and Mr Wickham...

As if with telepathy, he felt the raised eye knife on the back of his neck, turned his head quickly, and met Elizabeth's eyes.

Elizabeth immediately shook the decorative fan in her hand, raised it to cover her mouth, and gave him the most ladylike smile.

Meaningful.

When women put on this posture, they often express "I love you"-about how the ladies of the upper class in society use their fans to convey their love to the men they like in public. Mr. Wickham, a veteran of flowers, Naturally not unfamiliar.But at this moment, the hint from the beauty sent him a chill down his back. He immediately turned his head and said to his boss's wife with a smile: "I will be very honored. Miss Bennett is so beautiful, There must be countless people waiting in line to invite her as a dance partner, and I hope it will be my turn later."

After he finished speaking, he bowed politely and walked away. When he turned around, he looked at Elizabeth again, and found that she had turned her face away and was talking to her good friend named Charlotte (?) next to her. The two didn't know what to say, but they were very happy to watch anyway.

Wickham hesitated, and decided to walk towards her. Just two steps away, Pratt from the regiment came over with a wine glass, "Hey, buddy, what are you looking at, go and make forty cards, waiting for you Woolen cloth!"

There was no doubt that Pratt was a villain on his own, with a womanly face and a complete lack of morals, but on a deeper level Wickham considered himself a step above him.At least, I won't talk about seducing rich married women as something worth boasting like he does-not that I care about my reputation, on the contrary, the militia members Most people would even be envious of this kind of opportunity. He just felt that since he had already benefited from a woman, no matter what the reason was, he should at least give her dignity.

This guy has been addicted to gambling recently, he just lost a lot a few days ago, is he trying to take this opportunity to win?

Wickham shrugged, glanced at Elizabeth again, and followed him with a smile.

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Dance music started.

As the fourth dance played, Bingley came over and asked Elizabeth to dance.Elizabeth readily accepted the invitation and rose.Just entered the dance floor and saw Wickham reappeared.He seemed to look at himself for the first time, and when he found that she already had a partner, he raised his eyebrows and gave himself a regretful expression that was fake at first sight. Then, his eyes wandered, as if he was choosing what he wanted The object of the dance.

His gaze was fixed.

Elizabeth couldn't help being curious.Following his gaze, he found that the target was locked on Mary King, and the other party just caught his sight, and returned her eagerly expecting gaze.

This girl's social status has increased greatly now, and his interest in her has also increased greatly, which is so reasonable.

Elizabeth would wager a shilling that he would come and ask her to dance.

Sure enough, he walked in her direction. After walking a few steps, he seemed to feel the gaze from the side again, and turned his head to look over.

Elizabeth smiled, slightly embarrassed.But then, a scene that surprised her happened. The other party seemed to hesitate for a while, but actually stopped, then turned around and walked back!

What's going on here?

She didn't mean to laugh at all, she swears.It's just that we have met frequently at dances recently, and we have danced a few times, so we are relatively familiar, so seeing him approaching Miss Jin, I just smiled at him jokingly.Moreover, even if he understood his smile just now as a mockery of knowing his old background, for a person like him, would he stop because of his own mockery? He also knew that she would never expose him to outsiders. Old man, even Jane, still thinks he's a nice guy.

NO, NO, NO, this is too inconsistent with his suave old rascal's style!

While Elizabeth was still amazed, another unexpected scene appeared. Lydia ran over cheerfully. The target was obvious, and she landed on him.

Elizabeth paused and almost stepped on the Bentley.

"what happened?"

Bentley asked with concern.

Elizabeth hurriedly shook her head, and when she looked over again, she found that Wickham stopped abruptly, then turned around quickly, walked towards Charlotte who happened to be standing a few steps away, and bent down in front of her.

"Miss Lucas, can you dance with me?"

he said politely.

Charlotte was clearly taken aback and had no idea what was going on.But who can resist such a gentleman's behavior as a handsome man?Confused, he handed it over, and Wickham quickly went down the dance floor with his partner, leaving Lydia standing there alone in disappointment, with his mouth open and his face full of disbelief.

When the two couples meet on the dance floor, Elizabeth receives a message from Wickham and Charlotte at the same time.

Wickham raised his eyebrows: Miss, are you satisfied?

Charlotte looked surprised: Lizzie, what happened?This person suddenly came over and asked me to dance? !

Elizabeth watched her nose, her nose, and her heart, and was serious about being Mr. Bingley's partner.

At the end of one song, the gentlemen sent back their partners in a considerate manner. When the next song sounded, Wickham quickly came to Elizabeth and invited her to dance with him.

Elizabeth naturally had no reason to refuse.

"Mr. Wickham, thank you very much for your cooperation," Elizabeth said, "I have seen it all. It was my sister who provoked you. I will continue to teach her when I go back."

She said this completely out of sincerity.After all, at this moment, people probably don't even look down on this silly girl of theirs.It seems a bit too much to regard him as the sinner who abducted his own sister to elope.

Wickham raised his eyebrows, made a depressed expression, then moved closer to her, and said in a low voice: "Miss Elizabeth, being stared at by you like this, let alone your sister, even Miss Jin, when I want to When I show my masculine charm to her, I feel that I can't let go. May I ask, if I miss the chance to pursue the rich lady because of your surveillance, how will you compensate me?"

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This is an itchy skin. If you don't fight for three days, you will have to go to the house to expose the tiles?

Elizabeth complained.

"Mr. Wickham, if my surveillance can keep the inexperienced lady away from the trap of those with ulterior motives, then I am happy to continue," she said with a smile, "As for the loss, to be honest, I think you should be grateful I am right. If what you say is true, then at least it proves that you are far from hopeless."

Wickham laughed unscrupulously, which attracted the attention of many people. When Elizabeth saw Mrs. Bennet staring at herself and Wickham with wide eyes, she began to have an ominous premonition in her heart.

"Miss Elizabeth, it's a pity that neither of us has much money. I hope I'm lucky enough to keep you single when I'm rich."

he said shamelessly.

"Is this revenge in disguise?" Elizabeth frowned, "Curse a lady to become an old girl that no one wants, you are really cruel."

Wickham laughed again, and when he finished, he stared at Elizabeth, "Seriously, at least, can we be friends?"

Elizabeth nodded immediately: "As long as you don't put your mind on my sister's head."

Wickham looked at Lydia, who was already dancing with his friend Danny not far away, with slightly confused eyes, and shrugged: "She is beautiful and cute, but I am a pretty and lovely woman." I've seen a lot, and I definitely don't only make up my mind for a lady's beauty and cuteness, I don't understand why you always remind me of this on purpose. Don't worry, among the ladies in your family, if I really want to make up my mind, I will only follow you."

Elizabeth smiled: "Deal. We are already friends."

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Sure enough, as Elizabeth expected, before the ball was over, Mrs. Bennet, who couldn't wait, had already grabbed her to question Wickham.

"Lizzie, everyone said that Mr. Wickham is pursuing you. I even asked you to dance at several balls when I saw him. You chatted so vigorously—" She glanced at Wickham's back again, "Just now He laughed several times while you were dancing! What were you talking about? Is he really after you? I heard from your Aunt Phillips that lovely Wickham went to Cambridge? That's not for the poor Come on, tell me, what is his family all about? If you had money, it would be wonderful to have such a lovely young man who would want you! I could marry two daughters at once! Meryton Who else is luckier than me!"

After she finished her happy fantasies, Elizabeth hit her: "Mom, Mr. Wickham won't marry me - he already has someone he likes, and the other party is a rich lady, but he is not around."

Mrs. Bennet sighed in disappointment.

"Really, then don't keep asking you to dance, and delay you and other gentlemen..."

While she was muttering, Elizabeth hurriedly took the opportunity to sneak to Charlotte's side.

"Lizzie, what's the matter with you and Mr. Wickham?" Charlotte made no secret of her curiosity and suspicion. "It's not like falling in love," she concluded decisively. It's a completely different feeling - oh god, forgive me this old maid who doesn't know what love is at this age! I can only speculate that there is some dark secret between you! Come on, my curiosity My heart has been lifted high!"

Nature couldn't tell her the truth about Wickham.But this is also the first time she has shown such interest in a man, so Elizabeth changed the subject with a joke: "Of course it's not a relationship! But I'm just curious! This is the first time I've seen you ask about a man Could it be that the dance just now made you fall in love with him?"

Charlotte smiled generously.

"He's the most handsome man I've ever seen, and he's very handsome—oh, I almost forgot, and I should also count Mr. Darcy who has gone away, but he is completely different from him. Compared with him, he is naturally more Lovely. But if you think I'm going to be captured by a dance, then you're underestimating me. To be honest, he gives me a feeling of uncertainty. Even though he smiled and told me Speaking, I can't read the slightest smile related to sincerity from his eyes-this is completely different from Mr. Darcy. Last time I danced with Mr. Darcy, he felt as stable as a rock. Although he is too restrained and doesn't smile much, but if he smiles at you, the natural smile in his eyes will make people feel very comfortable, and it is no exaggeration to say that he is even flattered."

I have only danced with the two gentlemen once, but I can make such a subjective judgment with a distinct personal color—at least, the judgment of Wickham is still very accurate, as for the other Darcy——

"Charlotte, you praise that Mr. Derbyshire too much! Hearing what you said, even I began to look forward to the flattery that Mr. Derby would bring!"

Elizabeth couldn't help laughing.

"When you have a chance to see him smile at you, you will understand."

Charlotte did not argue, but said so.

Well, if there is a chance to meet again——

Elizabeth raised her eyebrows, indicating that the topic was over.

----

Happy April is coming to the end in a blink of an eye.On this day, when the Bennett family sat down to have breakfast as usual, Jane glanced at the smiling Elizabeth, remembering the joy and blessings she expressed when she told her the news last night, and sweetness surged in her heart again.

She put down the knife and fork, took a deep breath, and said to her parents: "Mom and Dad, there is something I have to tell you. Charles has already confessed his love to me, and expressed that he wants to come to propose marriage to Dad at the beginning of next month. "

"Oh my God--"

Mr. Bennett was okay, but he smiled and congratulated his eldest daughter, but Mrs. Bennett was so excited that she almost went crazy. She dropped the knife and fork and stood up, wishing she could spin around in place.

"Wonderful! I've been waiting for this day! Oh my Jenny baby, I knew you wouldn't be so pretty for nothing—sewing money—" , several younger sisters were also dancing for joy, and Grandma Hill, who had heard the sound, also gave blessings repeatedly, and the morning room suddenly became chaotic.

Hearing the familiar lines coming out of Mrs. Bennett's mouth continuously, even though she had known the good news in advance last night, Elizabeth still couldn't hide her inner joy at this moment——

a!Without Darcy, a black-bellied man who specializes in bad guys and good deeds, messing around, look, how smoothly the love story between Jane and Bingley progressed, entering the stage of marriage proposal ahead of schedule.It can be seen how wise her original move was, Elizabeth couldn't help but admire herself!

"Oh no, I have to tell Mrs. Phillips the news at once, and Mrs. Lucas, and—"

A string of wives rushed out of her mouth, all gossiping friends of the women's group who had contacts on weekdays.

When Mrs. Bennet finished circling and was eager to go out to publicize, Elizabeth gave Jane a wink. Jane understood, and stopped her: "Mom, you should tell your aunt and them after Charles comes to visit Dad. This is more fit."

Mrs. Bennet readily agreed.It's just that there is such a big happy event in the family, do you want her to hold back?Might as well dig a hole and bury her!After staying up all night, the news was delivered to my sister's house in the town the next day.

"I'm only telling you one person, don't let it out." After Mrs. Bennet finished speaking, she finally felt much more comfortable in her heart.

After she left, the news that the eldest lady of the Bennet family was about to marry Mr. Bingley spread like wings.Well, everyone only tells people they trust, and finally adds "I only... Ten million..." That's all.

On the third day, Mrs. Bennett received a greeting from Mrs. Lucas. Seeing the other party's envious and envious look, Mrs. Bennett was so beautiful that she couldn't stop bubbling in her heart, so she simply nodded and admitted. In a short period of time, the Bennett House has become the happiest family in the world in everyone's mouth.

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Elizabeth was also mentally prepared for such a situation.With her personality, she originally wanted to persuade Jane to be patient, and then tell her parents when the marriage was really settled.It's just that Jane wants her parents to share her happiness and joy earlier, so she can't bear to stop her anymore.

If it spreads, let it spread. Since the most dangerous person, Darcy, is unlikely to come back to marry a bad guy at this time, the Bingley sisters alone cannot stop the brother's decision.Now it was time for Mr. Bingley to come and propose marriage.

Elizabeth thought happily.

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The next day, under the leadership of Mrs. Bennett, everyone decided to go shopping at the grocery store in the town—since the eldest daughter was about to become a rich wife, Mrs. Bennett, who was already a big spender, was naturally more open-minded. , After scanning all the latest fashion goods in the shop, he led his daughters to Aunt Phillips' house to rest.In the afternoon, when she was about to go back to Longborn, Lydia said, "Mom, I haven't been with my aunt for a long time. Since Uncle Phillips is not here, I will stay at my aunt's house tonight."

Mrs. Phillips, who had no daughter, loved Lydia the most.I used to let her come over to accompany me often.So with a wave of Mrs. Bennett's arm, yes.

Elizabeth glanced at Lydia and saw that she was hugging her aunt, and the two smiled affectionately.

Wickham, who was most afraid before, should be fine now.Then it wouldn't hurt to let her spend the night at her aunt's.After thinking about it, he told her not to make trouble with her aunt, so they parted ways, and people on both sides waved goodbye.

Mrs. Bennet took her four daughters home in a carriage, deliberately opened the windows all the way, and greeted acquaintances, lest others would not know that a big wedding was about to happen at home, a typical villain's appearance-but It looks so harmonious...

That's right, if she didn't, she wouldn't be Mrs. Bennett!

Elizabeth pursed her lips.

God!Wanting to upgrade Mrs. Bennett to the "reasonable", "friendly", and "informed" system mentioned at the end of the original book is as difficult as a rookie defeating the big boss!

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All the way to the home, everyone felt a kind of exhaustion after the excitement, so they went back to their rooms to take a rest.Elizabeth stretched her neck and looked out the window. It looked like three or four o'clock in the afternoon. She was afraid that she would count sheep at night after sleeping, so she decided to take a book to her small garden to spend the rest of the day.

At this moment, Sara came over and attached to her with a mysterious face.

"Miss Elizabeth," said the shilling maid faithfully for her client, "Mr. Wickham came to see you earlier! You were absent, he told me, by that cherry tree in the back of the garden." Wait for you."

"Say something important!"

She emphasized again, with a little happy ambiguity in her eyes.

It is obviously extremely unreasonable for the man to send a letter to make an appointment like this, or for the woman to go to the appointment like this.But based on intuition, Wickham suddenly looking for himself like this is definitely not playing a bad game of pursuit.

Elizabeth decided to go to the appointment to see what happened.

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The cherry tree is not far from my small garden, just a few hundred meters away.As soon as she arrived, she was still looking around, when a person came out from the bushes by the roadside, it was Wickham.

"What's up?"

Elizabeth asked directly.

Wickham usually had a playful smile in front of her, but at this moment, he was surprisingly serious.

"Miss Elizabeth, to be honest, I hesitated for a long time, thinking whether I should tell you the news. In the end, I decided to let you know," he looked around, and then quickly said, "If my guess is correct, let me My sister should have eloped with Pratt by now—or rather, she was lured away by Pratt. This is a deliberate plan. Someone offered him a favor to do this before, and he accepted. As for where he will take her, I'm sorry I don't know, and because of my relationship with him, I can't provide any more information on this matter. More help. If you're quick, you might be able to stop it."

"Wish you guys good luck!"

After he finished speaking, he lifted the brim of his hat to Elizabeth, turned around and left quickly.

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Looking at the back of Wickham leaving, for a moment, Elizabeth wanted to slap herself hard!Too careless!He only thought about guarding against Wickham, why didn't he think about it, Wickham is not the only one in this world who could do such a thing!

Pratt...

A tall and thin young man appeared in front of Elizabeth's eyes.He has a pretty face, his skin is pale like a girl's, and there are faint bruises under his eyes. He looks like a person who is too obsessed with nightlife.I often saw him at various balls before, and he seemed to be quite popular with the ladies. Because I subconsciously rejected this kind of person, I didn't pay much attention to him, and I didn't seem to see Lydia at the ball with him. There was an overly affectionate performance, but I never dreamed that I would hear such terrible news from Wickham now!

Elizabeth was in a mess, and she didn't care about blaming herself anymore. She lifted her skirt and ran home as fast as she could, broke into her father's study, and told Bennett the news just now out of breath. gentlemen.

"My child, don't panic." Mr. Bennet immediately put down the book in his hand, and hastily turned back to get his hat. "Go to your aunt's house immediately to see if Lydia is still there!"

He comforted Elizabeth, but when he took the hat, Elizabeth clearly saw his hands trembling slightly.

Now I only hope that Lydia will stay in Meryton well, everything is just a misunderstanding.

Elizabeth followed her father to the town at great speed in the carriage, but the result was obviously disappointing.

Aunt Phillips looked surprised when she saw them. "Mr. Bennett, why are you here today..."

"Where's Lydia?"

Elizabeth interrupted her and asked hastily.

"Oh, not long after you left, she said she wanted to go shopping in the store just now, so I let her go... What's the matter?"

Seeing Elizabeth's complexion changed drastically, she was still baffled.

"Something may have happened to Lydia!" Mr. Bennet said the matter quickly, "you go to the shop she often goes to find, I will go to Colonel Foster to ask the whereabouts of the young man, remember, this Don't let others know about it for the time being!" His tone became very severe.

"Oh my god, it's... so scary..."

My aunt was so frightened that her face turned pale, her tongue was so big that she stammered out these words, and before she even had time to put on her hat, she and Elizabeth ran out in a hurry.

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Every place she could have been was searched, but Lydia was nowhere to be found, and the news from the militia was extremely depressing: Pratt had been missing since last night!

"According to the colonel, he owes a huge amount of gambling debts and may abscond. The arrest warrant has been reported, but it will not be issued until three days at the earliest." Mr. Bennett said in a heavy tone.

"But we can't wait for three days! There are three roads leading out of town, London, Guildford, Tunbridge, my God, where are they going!"

Elizabeth was almost insane. After walking around the room twice, she suddenly called out: "Kitty! I remembered that before we said goodbye to Lydia, Kitty and her seemed to be muttering to each other. Talk, go home and ask her!"

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The journey from Meryton to Longbourne was about three miles, usually more than 20 minutes by carriage, but now the speed was almost doubled. Elizabeth was still in a state of anxiety, and could not wait to fly back.

The house has become a mess.Mrs. Bennet fell on the bed in agony, and her daughters sat around.

Jane's face was pale, and her expression was so bleak that it made people feel distressed, but she still tried her best to comfort her mother and several younger sisters who were terrified and bewildered.But the more she consoled her, the more horribly Mrs. Bennet cried.

"Oh my god! I knew that guy was not a good guy! He actually took my daughter away like this! My Lydia has never been outside, so what if someone bullies me on the road? Gosh, it breaks my heart just thinking about how helpless she looks..."

She suddenly thought of her other beloved daughter, and thumped the bed sheet, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Jane, if everyone knows this terrible thing, Mr. Bingley will definitely not want to marry you! My God Ah, what are you going to do when the time comes—"

Jane was shaky, biting her lips tightly and not speaking.

Elizabeth rushed into the room like a whirlwind, and was in front of Kitty.

She was huddled in a corner, her expression a little dazed.

Cross-examination soon yielded results.

Sure enough, as Elizabeth guessed, Lydia revealed the past to Kitty.

"She said...Mr. Pratt is going to take her to London for a few days, make her a custom prom dress, and then go to the prom..." She stammered, "She also told me to tell you not to worry about her . . . Mr. Pratt was very good to her, a . . . trustworthy gentleman . . . "

Elizabeth cursed and looked up at Mr. Bennet.

Mr. Bennett had gone out and said loudly: "You all stay at home! I'll go after them!"

"Dad, I'll go with you!"

Elizabeth said immediately.

"Lizzie, don't worry, Mr. Hill and I will figure out a way after we find Mr. Gardner. The family needs you more!"

Mr. Bennet stopped and said something over his shoulder.

Elizabeth glanced at the people in the room.

Mrs. Bennet was lying on the bed moaning, Mrs. Phillips was talking useless nonsense, and she was so weak that she would collapse in a second, but she was still holding on, while Mary and Kitty said nothing. People's faces are like mourning.

"Dad, be careful on the road."

She said.

Mr. Bennet nodded and left quickly.

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After Mr. Bennet and the housekeeper Hill left, Mrs. Bennet was always in a state of agitation, complaining to her sister for a while, cursing the damn Pratt for a while, complaining that her sisters didn't take good care of her sister for a while, and talking about Bennet Mr. Te would fight with Pratt and die. This lasted until after five o'clock in the afternoon. Elizabeth couldn't stand it anymore. Knowing that it would be useless to comfort Jane with any words now, she was about to go out to take a breath when she suddenly noticed Kitty. His expression was a little strange.

"What's the matter with you, dear? If you're tired, go back to your room and have a rest."

Elizabeth said to her in as calm a tone as possible.

"Lizzie, what if Dad can't find Lydia and the others in London..."

she asked hesitantly, her eyes flickering.

Elizabeth's heart skipped a beat.

"Are you hiding something?" Her voice raised suddenly, "Did you not tell the truth just now?"

"no no……"

Kitty lowered her head and squeezed herself into the corner of the chair as hard as she could, wishing she could get in.

Elizabeth almost vomited blood. She glanced at the table and found a pair of scissors. She copied it and compared her viciously: "Listen, if you don't tell me the truth, I'll take the scissors and cut your tongue in half right now." Half, do you believe it or not?"

Probably frightened by Elizabeth's ferocious appearance, Kitty's mouth was flattened, and she cried out in horror.

"No, don't cut my tongue! I said! Lydia taught me! She said that she would go to Munster Resort with Mr. Pratt, where there are his friends. I was afraid that you would catch up, so I said Going to London... I said it all, please don't cut my tongue... Woohoo..."

She was crying and shaking her hands wildly.

"Oh my god!"

Mrs. Bennett screamed and rolled her eyes on the spot, and Mrs. Phillips hurriedly stimulated with smelling salts.

Elizabeth ignored Mrs. Bennet, dropped the scissors, and turned to Jane suddenly.

"Jane, Dad, they should be arriving in London soon, and Uncle Phillips is not here. There is no other way. Now I can only go to Mr. Bingley for help. I will go find him. You and Grandma Hill will take the car, and Charlie will send you to chase after him." Dad, tell them to turn around quickly."

Jane stood up immediately, holding Elizabeth's hand tightly with her cold hands.

"Go find him quickly! I'm fine! I'm going to chase Dad right now!"

After she finished speaking, she called Grandma Hill loudly, and walked out quickly.

Elizabeth took a long breath, and followed her out of the room.

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When Elizabeth rode the last filly in the stables at home to Netherfield Gardens, her chest was heavy as if pressed by a huge stone, and her eye sockets felt sore.

Take all precautions, but I still can't prevent such a scandal from happening at home.If possible, Mr. Bingley should never have known about it.But there is no other way now.If I turned around and headed in the right direction after catching up with Mr. Bennett, I'm afraid the raw rice would be cooked.

Rather than retaining that pitiful decency in front of Mr. Bingley, the most important thing now is to do everything possible to get Lydia back as soon as possible.

She rushed to the gate of Netherfield, and after getting off her horse, she pressed the gate button desperately.