Countess of Pride and Prejudice

"Count Max?" Charlotte asked in disbelief.After all, the gap between Earl Max and the Lucas family is too great. How did Mrs. Lucas invite him to her house for dinner?Caroline was also full of disbelief: "I heard that my mother saw Earl Max passing by our house downstairs, so she invited him to dinner! Charlotte, this is ridiculous, ridiculous!"

Indeed, Charlotte agreed with her sister's words. After thinking about it carefully, Charlotte handed Little William to Caroline: "My dear, can you draw here with your aunt?" Of course Little William would not object. , Charlotte opened the door and went downstairs, no matter what her parents thought, she must not obey their arrangements.

After all, this is the Collins family, not the Lucas family.

When Charlotte came downstairs, she heard Sir William talking to Earl Max: "Count, you are so kind. A dignitary like you is so polite and kind, it is unexpected!"

"Sir, politeness and kindness are the qualities that a gentleman should possess!" Earl Max's words received Sir William's praise.In front of others, he can pretend to be a consistent gentleman.But such arrogance and arrogance treats people who are not as good as him as objects that can be insulted at will, this is his true face.

But Charlotte knew that even if she said all the bad things about Earl Max, it would not destroy Sir William's fiery heart for Earl Max.

Seeing Charlotte walking downstairs, Earl Max could feel the anger on Charlotte from a distance. This undisguised anger was all because of himself.Thinking about it, Earl Max actually had an inexplicable emotion in his heart, which was both joyful and uncomfortable.

"Good evening, Earl!" When Charlotte walked in front of Earl Max, she put away her obvious anger. Earl Max nodded, "Hello, Mrs. Collins, I am sorry to disturb you!"

"Don't bother, don't bother. Charlotte, it's a great blessing for us that someone like Earl Max is willing to come to our house for a simple meal. Think about it, not every family has such a blessing!" Sir William was full of heart Joy, but he thought it was because Charlotte hadn't realized how much joy splendor and wealth can bring.Perhaps, in the previous contact, Earl Max was too arrogant and conceited.But for people with such identities, arrogance and arrogance are more in line with their identities. If they are too humble, it is too incompatible with their identities.

Therefore, seeing how polite Earl Max is today, Sir William was already happy. After dinner, he must let his daughter see the benefits of Earl Max and persuade her to agree to Earl Max's marriage proposal. Such a marriage is very important to Luca. For the Si family, it is really a great blessing.

Charlotte did not accept Sir William's hint, she only said to Earl Max: "Sorry, Earl, although my mother invited you to dinner, I am the master of this house, so..."

"Charlotte, how can you be so rude!" Mrs. Lucas, who had returned to her room and had dressed up again, heard Charlotte's words when she went downstairs. Apologize to Count Max: "Count, I'm sorry, since the death of Mr. Collins, our daughter may have been stimulated too much, and her temper is very different from the original. But you have to believe that she will soon return to the original gentle good girl!"

"Yes, yes. Earl, our daughter has always been very gentle, and she also loves her husband deeply, but it is a pity that God wants to test her, so she took back her happiness, and she is different from before!" Sir William, who was dancing, immediately joined in on the sidelines when he heard Mrs. Lucas's words!

"Father, you understand that I am not..." Charlotte's words had already been interrupted by Mrs. Lucas, she said she was embarrassed and pushed Charlotte to the stairs.He said in a low voice: "Charlotte, my dear, I know you don't like the Earl, no matter how he offends you, he must have this supper here tonight, and, Charlotte, I have decided to have it tomorrow. Write a letter to ask Catherine to come up. You know, Catherine's personality is very similar to yours, and she also looks very similar!"

"Mom, it's really rude of you to do this!" Mrs. Lucas didn't listen to Charlotte's objection, she just shook her head: "Honey, I feel really uncomfortable when you say that. But you have to know, This is God's arrangement, if Earl Max agrees to marry Catherine, my God, what a wonderful thing it is!"

"The earl won't marry Catherine!" Charlotte said almost gnashing her teeth, and Mrs. Lucas frowned immediately, and then she shook her head: "Charlotte, look, you are still jealous, I know, you It's only out of a lady's upbringing that I don't think it should be, but Charlotte, it's quite normal to remarry. Besides, little William is so lovely!"

"Mom, what you think is completely different from what I think!" Charlotte really couldn't believe that Mrs. Lucas would be so sentimental, thinking that she refused Earl Max's marriage proposal because of her upbringing, which is not the case at all. .Who wants to marry this arrogant, arrogant man who has no merit other than wealth and status?No, no, or you can't think of it that way, most people are willing to marry Earl Max because of their wealth and status.Like Miss O'Hara I've seen.But to Charlotte, or to Miss Margaret, to marry a man for love and nothing else.

Although the current Charlotte is far from being as rich as Miss Margaret, she no longer needs such a man because she has no worries about food and clothing.After all, life is lived by oneself, not by others!

Charlotte's silence once again misunderstood Mrs. Lucas, and Sarah had already come over: "Madam, dinner is ready, shouldn't it be time to invite everyone to sit?"

"Of course, Sarah, I will invite Earl Max to the table. As for you, go upstairs and invite Miss Caroline and Little William!" Mrs. Lucas walked up to Earl Max with her chest up and invited him to the table.

Earl Max didn't hear what Mrs. Lucas and Charlotte said, but he could see the angry look on Charlotte's face. At this moment Mrs. Lucas came over to invite him to dinner, Earl Max couldn't help but smile : "I think, your dinner must be delicious!"

"Of course, Count Max, you know, this is Charlotte's cook for fifty pounds a year. At Longbourne, who would pay such a fortune for a cook, you know, we do The meatloaf is also very delicious!"

Mrs. Lucas's words would have been so humiliating to any well-bred lady that Charlotte made up her mind not to speak once to-night, nor to look at Count Max when she sat down at table.

The dishes were served one by one, and Sir William was talking with Earl Max while eating. When mentioning Lady Catherine, Sir William never forgot to praise the exquisite food served by Lady Catherine's house and the elegance of the servants.

"I never thought that a person like Lady Catherine would be so humble. I didn't know until I saw you, Earl Max, and your mother, Lady Alyssa, that this is the same thing!" Sir William said Let Charlotte feel that the food in her mouth is like chewing wax, and she secretly makes up her mind that the day after tomorrow, no, she will ask her parents to leave tomorrow, lest they cause too much trouble for herself here.

"Aunt Catherine is indeed a very good person!" Earl Max saw dissatisfaction flashing across Charlotte's face when he was speaking, so the smile on Earl Max's face became more obvious and he said, "Aunt Catherine is here too, maybe Tomorrow, she will come to the house to visit!"

Charlotte had to try to stay calm so as not to drop the fork in her hand on the plate, but Caroline was far less calm than Charlotte, and even forgot to pick up the food and looked at Charlotte instead.

Charlotte worked hard and hard, and then put the cut lamb chops into her mouth, and then looked at Caroline: "My dear, don't the dishes tonight suit your taste?"

"No, the food is very good, but I..." Caroline realized that her words were inappropriate at this time before she finished speaking, so she continued to eat after saying sorry.

For Sir William, this meal was full of enthusiasm, and he became more and more fond of Earl Max. Such a person, such a status, such a son-in-law, my God, the whole Hertfordshire will envy him, this wedding It will be very grand, and maybe people will still discuss this wedding after a few years, just like when Mrs. Bennet goes to a banquet, others will still enviously mention the wedding of the Darcys.

Think about it, this is an Earl who is richer, handsomer and more powerful than Mr. Darcy.Moreover, he is also Mr. Darcy's cousin.It's just, awesome.

Sir William was about to dance, but to Charlotte, it was not the case at all. Seeing that after dinner, Sir William wanted to ask Earl Max to talk, Charlotte quickly said: "Count, I want to , it's very late now. You should go back!"

"Charlotte, how can you be so rude?" Mrs. Lucas stopped the eldest daughter again, and Charlotte decided to ignore Mrs. Lucas: "Then, Earl Max, can I have a private word with you?"

"Of course!" Although he knew that Charlotte couldn't say anything good to him, Earl Max didn't intend to really irritate Charlotte, or rather, he had to be within an appropriate range if he irritated her. Not in an out of control range!