Pride and Prejudice of Jane Eyre

In the next few days, Pemberley Manor fell into an inexplicable low pressure.

The source is the male owner of the manor.

He resumed his previous routine of going out early and returning late, keeping his composure.He seemed to avoid meeting the ladies on purpose, leaving the house before breakfast and returning after the whole estate had gone to sleep.The servants only knew that Mr. Darcy was busy all the time, but they didn't know what he was busy with.

Miss Darcy has long been used to his work and rest. She paints in the studio with Adele and Jane Eyre during the day, and sometimes chats in the small study room. With great enthusiasm, I searched a lot of works of women's literature, and read almost all the articles that can be found on the market.

Jane Eyre also began to try new works. This time, the heroine in her works is a lady of noble birth-the maid beside her, but she has outstanding painting talent.She was a ghostwriter for the owner before, and drew a series of well-received works, which made the owner attract a lot of attention in the social arena.Since then, she has been imprisoned in a dungeon, drawing pictures for her master, and has since lost her name.

This is a feminist work dressed in a gothic cloak.

Jane Eyre put down her pen, bit her lower lip under the candlelight, thinking about the follow-up.Georgiana leaned beside her, doing little handicrafts with Adele.Jane Eyre asked strangely: "Don't ladies also have to learn these sewing skills? Where did you learn them?"

While sewing the lace skirt, Georgiana said: "Although we don't need to be as skilled as tailors, we still have to learn the necessary skills! These are taught in school. We often make small gifts for each other, In this way, it can be handy during festivals." Adela held a silk headband in her hand, which was crookedly sewn by her.Georgiana patiently explained the techniques to her, and now she didn't look like the pretty girl in front of her brother at all, she was like a little teacher.

Jane Eyre watched them sew with great interest, and also remembered that Mrs. Fairfax had taken the trouble to teach her to knit sweaters when she was in Thornfield, unraveling the wrong stitches over and over again, and re-starting her. . 'I don't know how Thornfield is doing now?Is Mr. Rochester back? After Jane Eyre received the letter from Mr. Briggs, she thought of her employer more than once, and wanted to discuss with him where she and Adele would go.

At this time, Mrs. Reynolds knocked on the door of the small study, and she replaced them with new teapots: "Miss Darcy, Mr. Darcy has returned. He invites you to go to the small living room for a chat."

"Okay, I'll pack up and go with Miss Jane."

"Mr. Darcy only said that you should go—" Mrs. Reynolds hesitated.

Georgiana asked suspiciously, "Huh?" She felt that something was wrong, but she still covered up and said, "Is my brother going to whisper to me again? Jane, I'm sorry!"

Jane Eyre didn't take this to heart, it was normal for the brothers and sisters to have some topics that outsiders could not listen to, so they nodded.

Curious, Georgiana followed Mrs. Reynolds to the small living room.The flame in the fireplace was not burning vigorously, and all the candles in the living room were not lit like when the guests were there.The whole small living room looked a little dark, but the shape of the furniture could be seen clearly.

Mr. Darcy was sitting alone on the sofa with a glass of red wine in his hand.He closed his eyes, leaned back against the back of the chair, and lay back with his brows stretched, as if savoring carefully.

"Brother, what do you want from me? Why didn't Jane..." Georgiana sat beside him, took the red wine from his hand, put it on the table, and asked straight to the point.

Mr. Darcy opened his eyes, he breathed heavily of alcohol, but his eyes were still clear: "This is exactly what I want to tell you, about Miss Jane Eyre."

Georgiana frowned from the smell of alcohol: "Brother, it's not at the dance, why did you drink so much wine!"

"I only had one drink!" Mr. Darcy pointed out a finger. It seemed that he was indeed a little drunk, and most of his usual seriousness and caution disappeared at the moment. "The taste of Madeira wine is really mellow. Ah ! Madeira!"

He took another sip, looked at Georgiana's disapproving eyes, fell silent for a moment, and said, "Madeira—Miss Eyre is about to go there to take risks!" Georgiana didn't notice that his address for Jane Eyre changed to I met the unfamiliar "Miss Love", only to be shocked by his words.

"Madeira Islands? Why did Jane go there? Where is Adela?" Georgiana remembered that when Jane Eyre gave them a geography class, she had also briefly introduced this place. world!

"Miss Eyre and her surviving uncle are in Madeira Islands, we should be happy for her! Isn't it?" He murmured, and then said: "You must be willing to be classmates with Miss Warren, right? I have sent a letter Thornfield Manor, Mr. Rochester may agree to allow Miss Warren to go to London with you."

Georgiana was purely happy for Jane Eyre: "Of course I am willing to be a classmate with Adele! This is the best, those female students always talk about those boring topics, I am not interested at all." Then she was worried again Said: "But, does Jane have to go to Madeira Islands? It's too far away, how can she go alone? It must be by boat? Then..."

The more Georgiana thought about it, the more worried she became, and she began to talk.She was even thinking about what to ask Jane Eyre to bring, whether to bring a trusted male guard. "Oh, but the Madeira Islands are so far away, will she come back in the future? Her only relative is there, and she will definitely not leave easily."

"Perhaps so, Georgiana." Mr. Darcy's lips moved slightly as he watched the faint firelight.

"In this case, it will be even more difficult for Jane to publish..."

"? Published?" repeated Mr. Darcy in surprise.

Georgiana whispered: "Don't you know? Jane is that Mr. Kohler Bell! I thought she told you already, so you looked at her differently." She covered her mouth, and then Realized that she had accidentally exposed Jane's identity.

Mr. Darcy frowned: "Don't tell others about this in the future, Georgiana! Although I originally agreed with you to write it, but it was published!? How decent is this! This is not something a lady should do!" Gossip from outsiders Enough to ruin a young lady and make her the laughing stock of everyone.

Georgiana flushed with anger at his stern tone, and wondered why her brother objected.She was about to argue, but she heard Mr. Darcy's cold words: "I didn't expect you to learn her boldness from Miss Eyre! She put herself in the fire, but as a lady, how can you learn that?" Her way!"

You can't bear the pressure of Jane Eyre!

Georgiana stood up suddenly and stared at her brother in disbelief: "How can you say that! Do you still think that Jane is a superficial and flattering person who pretends to be profound? Could it be that we are willing to degenerate when we write Did you? You will never understand Jane's courage and character!"

She shouted loudly, but did not dare to look Mr. Darcy in the eyes, opened the door directly, and ran away weeping in a low voice.

Mr. Darcy was stunned by the roar, he obviously didn't mean that, and he didn't know how it became the current situation.Georgiana has never suffered setbacks, and because of her noble status, no one has ever dared to point fingers in front of her.But once she did something out of the ordinary, walked out of the high cabinet, and stood in front of the world, she would definitely be criticized to the point of utter bruising.

He drank the strong Madeira from his glass, and the heat rushed to his face.Recalling the conversation just now, I suddenly realized that my words were indeed ambiguous, and I couldn't help sighing angrily.Alcohol made his thinking slow down by half a beat. He bluntly expressed his one-sided views in his heart, but he didn't take Georgiana's mood into consideration.

When Jane Eyre saw that Georgiana came back, she was depressed, her gray-blue eyes were watery, and the whites of the eyes were bloodshot. It looked like she had cried, and she couldn't help being very worried.But Georgiana said nothing angrily. She could not ask the reason, but guessed that she must have had a conflict with Mr. Darcy.

Georgiana has become more and more attached to Jane Eyre these days.When Jane Eyre is creating, she must stand by and take Adele together, doing arithmetic, reciting poems, drawing, or sewing.In short, as Mr. Darcy had done before, he bustled himself about, avoiding each other deliberately.Mrs. Reynolds was sensitive to a misunderstanding between the two masters, but did not know what had happened.But as a housekeeper, she has no position to intervene in the affairs of the master, so she can only place her hope on Jane Eyre.

Jane Eyre is also at a loss, and the situation is completely opposite these days.Mr. Darcy always appeared near them quietly, but occasionally when he met them while walking in the garden, he was always hesitant to speak. She knew that he must be as rigid as the original book, saying something that Georgiana misunderstood. .And every time he was about to speak, he was interrupted by Georgiana, and Jane Eyre was forcibly pulled away by her.

In the evening of this day, Jane Eyre had just finished writing the outline of her new work, and planned to have a good talk with Georgiana, so that the brothers and sisters who depended on each other would stop misunderstanding each other.They love each other, and this kind of cold war not only hurt each other's hearts, but even Pemberley's servants were aware of it, and they worked a lot more carefully, for fear of hitting the muzzle of a gun.

She put the pen in the notebook and closed it casually.Just as she was about to ring for the maid to bring some desserts, she saw Mrs. Reynolds running in a hurry, heading straight for Jane Eyre.

"What's the matter, ma'am?" Jane Eyre couldn't help becoming nervous.Had something happened to Mr. Darcy?

Mrs. Reynolds took a few deep breaths, calmed down, and then couldn't help but smile: "Miss Jane! A Mr. Briggs who claims to be from Madeira Islands is here! Mr. Darcy is entertaining him in the living room, let I'm here to let you know!"

Jane Eyre exclaimed, and hurriedly checked her dress in surprise, and smoothed out the wrinkles on the skirt.

"You can't look any better! Miss Jane!" Mrs. Reynolds smiled kindly, and she reached out to stroke Jane Eyre's black hair hanging down her temples.Indeed, since Jane Eyre had no troubles and lived a regular life in Pemberley Manor, her thin and pale face became much more rosy. Apart from her plain and simple dresses, she really looked like a lady.

"Let's go down quickly! Don't keep the guests waiting." Mrs. Reynolds took Jane Eyre's hand.

The author has something to say: In the [-]th century, literature was considered a man's business, and there was a very extreme statement that might be blocked if you said it (you understand it).

The world's attitude towards female authors is very contemptuous, and they think their works are ridiculous.So both Austin and the Bronte sisters published their works under fake male names at the beginning.

This is the cruel reality that Jane Eyre faces.