[Sense and Sensibility] Fascinated by you

When Hathaway walked into the living room, Elena was teaching Hannah to make dresses for her dolls. Clothes are always eye-catching. If there is any secret, it is that the modifications of these clothes are all made by her. Of course, this is not because Mr. Butler can't afford her clothing costs, but because she is passionate about it. She often said that if she was not a lady, she would definitely open a clothing store and devote her life to the clothing industry.

Seeing Hathaway walking in affectionately holding her husband's arm, she immediately stood up and warmly welcomed her sister-in-law.

The two hugged each other intimately, and Hathaway kissed little Hannah's flushed cheeks again, and several of them sat down again, "Hathaway, I'm so happy to see you look so good, I've been worried about you I'll get sick on the way here, but luckily I'm fine." Elena sat down next to Hathaway affectionately, and said while holding her hand.

"It's all thanks to Colonel Brandon who escorted me all the way here. He arranged the journey so comfortably that he never gave me a chance to get sick!"

"Colonel Brandon?" Elena looked at Hathaway questioningly, and Philip's eyes also moved over. He hadn't had time to meet his personal servant Hank, so he naturally knew nothing about what happened in Rockfield .

"Colonel Brandon has been a guest at Rockfield before, because he also has some business to come to London to deal with, so he escorted me here." Hathaway said vaguely. She knew that the relationship between Philip and Andrew had always been tense, so she didn't Let me introduce the relationship between the colonel and Andrew in detail, so as not to make Philip feel bad for the colonel first.

"Oh! That's right, then we should invite him here to thank him." Elena said and looked at Philip, who nodded in agreement.

Hathaway couldn't help lowering her head and smiling, her snow-white face flushed a little, she felt a little sorry for deceiving her brother like this, but she was happy to have the colonel visit her door for a reasonable reason.

Although Philip was puzzled by Hathaway's reaction, he thought she was tired from the journey and didn't think too much about it.

"Your brother has already chosen to hold a dance for you on the day before Christmas. Oh, I say he is too impatient. After all, you just came here. We have to prepare dresses, jewelry, shoes, and more. Don't say that I have to choose the menu, the band, and decorate the hall! The time is too tight." Elena turned around and scolded Philip, who was already immune to such complaints every few days, so he pretended not to hear them .

Hathaway has long been familiar with the way the two get along, and she even understands that this is just a way for Elena to seek attention. After all, her brother doesn't talk much on weekdays. He didn't speak much anymore, of course, just look at Philip's reaction to see whether it is useful for Elena's approach. "Don't worry, I will also help with the preparations for the ball, but I need to ask Elena to take care of the dress! Your dress can always be so beautiful, I have been craving it for a long time!"

Elena immediately laughed happily, and talking about this matter always makes her happy, "I knew you were going to push this matter to me! So I have already thought about the style and appearance. It’s almost time for you to re-measure the size before you can start work.”

"I knew you were the best, and you will definitely prepare for me!" Hathaway flooded Elena with praise and thanks without hesitation. If she could make the other party happy by just talking about it, then she would not Mind to say a few more words.

After talking about these pleasant topics, Elena brought up an unpleasant incident, "I have heard about it from Philip, and it is so uncomfortable! I dare not Imagine how you got here these days, it's sad enough to have something like that, but it has to be brought up and discussed, poor Hathaway, those people don't know what to say about it behind their backs How embarrassing where are you!" Elena said, feeling sad, tears were almost falling down, and little Hannah beside her looked at her mother with watery eyes in puzzlement.

Hathaway still maintained a smile on her face as if nothing had happened, but her brother's face became serious even though he didn't look at him.

"Oh! Dear Hathaway, I feel even more sad when you do this, and you don't want to tell those things. You only let me and your brother worry about you. If something like this happens to me, I will definitely be sad. It's better to die, or at worst, cry in front of your brother and let him comfort me."

Hathaway didn't know that her brother had such attributes. According to what she knew about him, if he heard that his family members had been wronged, he might not have the time to listen to others' complaints. At that time, he would have thought of a way to solve the problem.

Over there, Philip had put down the documents in his hands, and his two beautiful eyebrows were frowned.

"If you want me to say that the servants in Rockfield should have cleaned it up a long time ago, otherwise how could such a thing happen! Mr. Tony has indeed worked in the manor for a long time, and he is very effective in doing things, but he is also too old, where? You have the energy to manage these things! That gentleman is really outrageous, and Miss Pursuing uses such means, it is really disgusting!"

Hathaway heard Elena say that Mr. Tony really couldn't keep silent, "It's not because of Mr. Tony's mismanagement of this matter. I agreed to invite the maid back. I know that her life is sad and her hands and feet are not clean. She stays in Rockfield, and I can only blame myself for being ignorant, but it has nothing to do with Mr. Tony." Mr. Tony has worked in Rockfield all his life, and she knows that he loves it deeply, and she can't bear to see Elena in It's not what orchestrated him behind the scenes.

Elena was interrupted for a while, "It's not wrong for young ladies to be kind. You are still so young, and no one can pick on you. What's wrong with you? The only fault is that the other party is too ungrateful. I'm so greedy. I'm just worried that once this news gets out, you may have to go through a lot of trouble to find a suitable gentleman. You know, things like this spread quickly in London..." Elena said just now After a few sentences, she was interrupted again by her dear husband.

"Shouldn't it be time for afternoon tea? Hannah is hungry too. Hathaway, you should be tired too. Go upstairs and have a rest. I've already had your room cleaned up, just like in Rockfield Don't be restrained." Mr. Philip said such a long paragraph just to interrupt his wife's untimely talk about sex. He didn't intend to embarrass her in front of his sister, but he really didn't think it was necessary to continue such a conversation.Of course he could bear his wife's complaints, even if the other party knew why he was in such a hurry to hold the ball, he just couldn't tolerate Elena repeatedly bringing up the matter that made Hathaway sad.

In his heart, his sister is naturally perfect, and she is outstanding in looks, temperament, conversation, and wisdom. He can't even find a lady who can match her in London, just because of such a birth defect. The misfortune brought about required her to endure criticism from others, which he could not tolerate.Not to mention that his wife insisted on repeating this matter over and over again, which couldn't keep him from getting angry.

It's a pity that even if this gentleman is angry, it is hard to detect, and he maintains his usual serious and calm face.

This made his wife angry. He interrupted her conversation like this, not only making her lose face in front of Hathaway, but also as if she didn't care about Hathaway's body at all.She had known for a long time that Philip loved her sister, and he had embarrassed her about Hathaway more than once, which not only aggravated her dissatisfaction with him, but also made her always feel uncomfortable when facing Hathaway.

Hathaway looked at the two people who were about to quarrel. Of course, they probably wouldn't have a quarrel one day, so how could one person quarrel. "Okay, I'm really a little tired, where is my room?" Hathaway said and stood up.

Philip got up naturally to lead the work, and took Hathaway upstairs, leaving Elena angry in the living room alone.

"Brother, if you do this, I'm afraid you won't be able to enter Elena's room for a few nights."

"Hmm, it's not your turn to worry about this matter." Philip paused for a while and continued: "You know Elena has always been so outspoken, don't take it to heart, I will find a way to solve that matter of."

"I know, she has such a personality. Besides, what she said is not wrong. Things like this always spread quickly. But I don't worry. At worst, I will be an old girl at home for the rest of my life. Brother, you will support me Right?" Hathaway tilted her head and looked at Philip pitifully.

Philip rubbed the top of Hathaway's head, a smile appeared on his lips and quickly disappeared, "You know what stupid things you said, you were indeed weak back then, but after so many years of recuperation, you have already recovered There are a lot of them, maybe it’s really healed now. I don’t plan to support you for the rest of my life, you’d better get married honestly.” After thinking about it, he added, “Don’t worry, brother will definitely choose one worthy of your people."

Hathaway could only roll her eyes in her heart, she wasn't worried at first, there was a gentleman who was willing to marry her even if he didn't know anything about her physical condition.But now she started to worry a little, "That's okay, right? In fact, an average gentleman can get rid of me." She said vaguely.

Philip gave her a serious look, there was nothing he could do about this younger sister who liked to talk nonsense in front of her family. "Go in and see for yourself, and tell the butler if you don't like it. I still have some things to deal with. You invite Colonel Brandon to come over the day after tomorrow. I want to thank him." Philip left straight away. .

Hathaway could only stand there and smile wryly.