Countess of Pride and Prejudice

"You are afraid, Mrs. Collins, no, or should I say, you are some unknown noble lady!" Earl Max still looked at Charlotte, as if he wanted to read her heart.Charlotte's heart couldn't help beating wildly, thump-thump-thump, and every sound was beating in her ears like a drum.Charlotte felt that she was about to collapse and was about to say it, but Charlotte gritted her teeth and still looked at Count Max: "Count, who do you think you are, are you God? You can speak freely? Even if you are noble, But you still can't grasp people's hearts. Earl, forget what is in your head? I am Mrs. Collins, a widow who has lost her husband, please, remember this!"

"I'm not disrespecting you, or humiliating you, Charlotte, I want to know, what is it like in your heart?" Earl Max refused to give in, Charlotte turned to look at Earl Max's injured shoulder , clenching his fist into Earl Max's injured shoulder: "Count, I think, today I will be merciful!"

Ow!Earl Max let out a howl like a beast. Although the wound was not deep, the impact still caused the wound to ooze blood again. When he bent over, Charlotte quickly backed away and ran to the other side.

When did she refuse to escape from herself.Earl Max straightened up, looked at the back of Charlotte leaving, and began to think about this question in his heart.Standing there for a long time, Earl Max saw Elizabeth standing behind him when he was about to turn around and leave.Earl Max looked at Elizabeth in surprise: "Mrs. Darcy, what are you doing here? Sorry, maybe I should ask, are you here to look for Mrs. Collins?"

"I came here to look for Charlotte, but unfortunately, I saw Charlotte's dissatisfaction with you again. Earl, maybe I shouldn't say such a thing. But I still want to say, you are very dissatisfied with Charlotte. , can you let it go?"

"Let go?" Earl Max repeated the word, and then smiled: "Mrs. Darcy, please tell me what this word means?"

Elizabeth spread her hands slightly, and then a smile appeared on her lips: "Perhaps, Earl, you think you love Charlotte, so Charlotte should accept your love, and even give the same love. But you forgot, Charlotte, she is alone first!"

"Georgianna also told me this, Mrs. Darcy, I don't think you need to repeat it!" Earl Max politely interrupted Elizabeth, who smiled: "I understand, Earl, you and Mr. Darcy As proud as him, even more proud than him, you think it is Charlotte's honor for someone like you to fall in love with Charlotte. But Charlotte is no longer a young girl, but a mature person who has experienced many things Female. So, Count, if you, first of all, do not show her the same respect, and continue to press her like this, then please let her go. Charlotte has her own life, and now, in her life, there is no I need you!"

"Mrs. Darcy, I understand that you defend your friend's feelings, but you are not Mrs. Collins after all!" Earl Max's jaw tightened, and there was a trace of dissatisfaction in his eyes looking at Elizabeth.

Elizabeth smiled: "Of course, you can think so, but I still think that if you really love Charlotte, then you shouldn't be like this. As for whether you want to listen, that's up to you." But, I know, Charlotte doesn't want to, otherwise she wouldn't run away from you like this!"

After speaking, Elizabeth curtsied to Earl Max, turned and left, not paying attention to Earl Max's gloomy look.

Earl Max watched Elizabeth leave, and his brows became more and more tight. Why, did he mess up everything again?This feeling is really bad.Thinking about it, there was pain in his shoulder again, Charlotte's punch was really strong enough.

"Lizzy!" Elizabeth had just passed a corner when she heard Charlotte's voice. Elizabeth stopped and looked at Charlotte with a shocked expression on her face.Charlotte's face was flushed with tears.

Elizabeth looked in the direction of Earl Max, and saw Earl Max walking in another direction, Elizabeth said to Charlotte: "Honey, don't be sad, I know, you don't want to marry Earl Max!"

"Only you understand me, Lizzy!" Charlotte felt that her whole body was about to explode. After coming to this time and space for almost eight months, Charlotte began to understand that she might never be able to go back.This kind of cognition makes Charlotte almost crazy.At this moment, after hearing Elizabeth's words, Charlotte felt a clear spring flow in her heart. In this time and space, someone finally understands herself.

"Charlotte! We're best friends, aren't we? I thought you'd blame me for saying that to Count Max!"

"No, Lizzy!" Charlotte shook her head: "These are exactly what I forgot to say to him, leaving my life, I hate people like that." Not here, living as Mrs. Collins.

"Dear, dear Charlotte!" Elizabeth stretched out her hand and held Charlotte's hand tightly in her own. Charlotte looked up and wanted to smile at Elizabeth, but her smile was not half clear.

"Honey, you should come with me to change your clothes, and, today you should be very happy, you won the duel!" Elizabeth's tone increased, which made Charlotte smile again: "Thank you, Lizzy, I knew , you are a gentle and considerate girl."

Elizabeth smiled again, and led Charlotte into the room from the other side, and walked through another staircase to the room. Charlotte's clothes had already been delivered. Looking at the black mourning clothes, Elizabeth smiled slightly: "Charlotte Dee, it's coming to Christmas soon, and I think you won't need mourning after Christmas."

Many widowed women will wear mourning clothes all their lives to express their condolences to their husbands. Charlotte stopped there while unbuttoning her clothes, and then Charlotte bowed her head: "Lizzy, I don't know how to start another paragraph." Life."

All the original thoughts had been shattered, and now Charlotte was at a loss, not knowing where to go.

Elizabeth looked at Charlotte, and could feel the brokenness in Charlotte's words, which was completely different from Charlotte yesterday.Now she has completely lost her purpose in life, just like a child who is at a loss.

"Honey, I think, don't take Earl Max's words to heart. Maybe you can start a new relationship after you take off your mourning clothes. For example, Mr. Rochester is very good." Elizabeth still used a more lively tone at the end , which made Charlotte barely smile: "Lizzy, I can't fall in love with Mr. Rochester. It's not that he is not good, but that he is not suitable. I think, no, I never thought, I want to fall in love What kind of person is the subject?"

It was Miss Margaret's voice, not Charlotte's.Even if such words would reveal flaws in front of Elizabeth, Charlotte couldn't care less.

Sure enough, Elizabeth was silent, but soon Elizabeth smiled: "Honey, I never knew that the death of Mr. Collins would hit you like this."

"You know it's not like that, Lizzy." Charlotte sat on the edge of the bed, the dress in her hand, and looked out of the window at doves circling under a slate-gray sky.Charlotte seemed to be seeing a long way off.

Elizabeth bit her lower lip, and then sat down beside Charlotte: "I know, Charlotte, you have gone through so many things, and the person you want to love has changed from being so clear to so, so Blurry, isn't it?"

"Yes, Lizzy, I feel very tired, even more than, do you understand? I am more tired than when Mr. Collins just passed away." Charlotte at that time, although she had just arrived in this time and space, still had thoughts in her heart, There is also the will, thinking about finding a way to leave this time and space.Thinking that this might be a test God gave himself.But as time went by, Charlotte began to realize that maybe she would never go back, maybe those 18 years of Miss Margaret were just a dream time.Charlotte didn't know what to do, could she just live in such a daze?

Waiting for the day when she died, but Charlotte felt that this was not the way she would go.

This is unspeakable, and I can't tell Elizabeth. Charlotte can only hide it in her heart.

Elizabeth could feel Charlotte's pain, but Elizabeth didn't know how to persuade her. After a long time, Elizabeth said, "Honey, you still have little William."

Charlotte closed her eyes, then opened them, and smiled at Elizabeth: "Yes, I can't forget that. I can't forget, Eliza. Now that I'm Mrs. Collins, I'll go her way." go down."

Charlotte's words were very wrong, and Elizabeth could hear the low voice in her words, and when she was about to ask in detail, the maid had already knocked on the door: "Madam, lunch is ready." Elizabeth said that she knew, and looked back When I saw Charlotte, I saw that she had changed her clothes, and the expression on her face had returned to calm.

Just as Elizabeth was about to speak, Charlotte had already smiled: "Yes, Elizabeth, I will follow my path." Elizabeth shook her head like an oath, and then Charlotte reached out to hold Elizabeth's hand. Hand: "Come on, honey, we should go down for lunch, maybe, today I can drink a little wine and celebrate for myself."

Or a tribute too, a tribute to Miss Margaret disappearing forever and being replaced by Mrs Collins.Charlotte's words made Elizabeth feel sad from nowhere, followed by powerlessness. She didn't know how to comfort Charlotte. Except for holding her hand tightly, Elizabeth didn't know what to do.