Pride and Prejudice of Jane Eyre

Jane Love said: "As expected."

Briggs' face was full of anxiety and worry. He didn't know why he was afraid of being discovered, and he looked back and forth from left to right.Jane Eyre became more and more confused. It seemed that Uncle and Mr. Briggs were doing it for their own benefit. It was normal for them to have different ideas, but why was Mr. Briggs so afraid?

"Sir, you confuse me. Uncle seems to value Mr. Louis very much. I believe he will not harm me." Although she did not fully believe Mr. Louis, in several in-depth exchanges, Mr. Louis Although his words were polite and humorous, his eyes always reminded her of a hunting snake, greedy and predatory.

Mr. Briggs hesitated to speak, Jane Eyre has never seen him hesitate like this, he has always been a decisive lawyer.Suddenly there was a burst of laughter from the maids in the distance. Mr. Briggs woke up startled, and said in a low and quick voice: "It is precisely because of Mr. Love's trust in him that I don't know how to tell you. I'm also very worried that Mr. Ai will think that I'm ruining someone's happiness again..." His brows twisted into Chuan, and his lips were tightly pursed.

"I don't intend to speak ill of Mr. Louis in front of you, but please believe me, he is ambitious. Although he has a good reputation in matters of men and women, but..."

"Bang bang bang." There was a hasty knock on the door, and Lilith's voice came over: "Miss Jane, is it convenient for you now? Mr. Love is here."

Jane Eyre and Mr. Briggs looked at each other in surprise, and Mr. Briggs' resolute face suddenly turned pale.Jane Eyre quickly leaned into the window and shouted to the door: "Wait a minute! I was resting just now, and I'll be here when I change my clothes."

"Miss Eyre, I'm leaving first! Please remember my warning!" Mr. Briggs said hastily, and stooped to leave quietly from the flowers.Jane Eyre also quickly tied up her skirt, moved a stone, stepped on the window sill, and stepped on the desk to return to the room.

She hurriedly wiped off her footprints with the pillow towel, tidied her clothes, shook the quilt, and threw the dirty pillow towel under the bed.He quickly walked over to open the door, and in front of the door, he carefully checked his appearance in the mirror, and found a flower petal stuck to his hair, he was startled, and quickly brushed it off.

Jane Eyre opened the door: "Uncle, what do you want from me?"

John was asking Lilith about Jane Eyre's daily life and physical condition. Seeing that she opened the door, he asked, "Are you uncomfortable? Why did you go to bed at this time?" He glanced at the messed up quilt.

Jane Eyre grabbed the hem of the skirt nervously, controlled her voice, and said in a calm tone: "It's too hot, I'm a little dizzy." She turned sideways and let her uncle enter the room.

The ice cubes that had been placed on the bed had already melted into a basin of water. John touched it, and the water was already a little warm. "Let Lila get some more ice, the weather here is really tough for the British." He ordered, and then sat on the chair on the desk by the window.Jane Eyre sat on the edge of the bed, facing him.

"Are you writing?" John saw the envelope and the half-written letter on her desk.

Jane Eyre said without changing her face: "Yes, I felt uncomfortable after writing halfway, so I went to bed and lay down for a while. Uncle, why did you come to see me...?" She changed the subject and asked.

John smiled mysteriously, and asked in a low voice: "Janet, it's embarrassing for me, a grown man, to ask this question. But I still want to ask, what do you think of Mr. Louis?"

"He 'appears' to be a successful gentleman." Jane emphasized the word "appears", but John didn't notice.

"He's a nice young man—but you know, that's not what I want to ask." John didn't think that Jane Eyre's intelligence would fail to understand his thoughts, "Louis' grandfather was kind to me, and he was too. A respectable old gentleman. Now he has returned to the UK and bought a mansion in London. What a smart old man, I also have the same idea. When my legs are better, maybe we can go back to the UK and buy a piece of land through my relationship... …Long story short, little Louie has been with him since he was a kid and now fully embraces the family business. I watched him grow up and he was a smart guy and made the business flourish. I know quite a few women staring at him position, but he never responded—he, let me just say it, is indeed a good match.”

John looked at Jane Eyre lovingly, and unexpectedly found that there was no emotion or shyness on her face.

"Why, you don't mean that to him? I thought you often talk together recently." Before Jane Eyre could respond, John continued, "Ah! I see, you haven't got the hang of it yet! Little girl!"

Jane Eyre has never really been "heartbeat", but she doesn't feel that she knows nothing about love.Even in her previous life, her friends always came to her to confide their feelings and ask for help! "Although I don't know what love is, I really don't have that feeling for Mr. Louis."

"Love is nothing! My little Janet!" John stretched out his hand, touched her head, and said affectionately, "It seems that you really don't understand, and I won't force you. But, as someone who has experienced it, I just hope that you can live a happy life without worrying about food and clothing.”

Jane Eyre was a little moved, stood up, and leaned her head on John's shoulder: "Uncle, I will be happy, even if I'm just alone——"

"Don't say such things. By the way, Louis will go to inspect the vineyard with us next Monday!" John got up and was about to leave, "Don't refuse! Not only he will be with us, but our future customers will also come Come, wait and see the quality of this year's grapes, you have to be prepared!"

He glanced at the table and noticed with keen eyes that Jane Eyre's letter was addressed to England.Following his line of sight, Jane Eyre found that he was looking at the address on the envelope, and hurriedly explained: "I'm writing to... a few friends, telling them about my recent situation. They have helped me a lot." She stretched out her hand and straightened it The envelope, with the recipient's name pressed under the upturned letter paper.

John pretended not to see her small movements, explained a few words, and left.

Jane Eyre breathed a sigh of relief, and after sending her uncle away, her face was flushed with steam.

Since a week's visit to the vineyard is not an outing among relatives and friends, Jane Eyre must devote all her energy to the preparation.She put down other things in her hands, suspended the progress of further revisions, and found a reason to close the door and no longer see customers, and slightly avoided Mr. Louis's great hospitality.

Soon came the day, and John took Jane Eyre to the vineyard early in the morning. When her uncle went to meet the guests, Jane Eyre prepared picking gloves, scissors, flower baskets, parasols and Iced red tea.

"Miss Ai's idea is really novel. Is this the practice from England?" The mayor's wife held the small flower basket in her hand with great interest.The inner wall is made of white interlining, and the inside is covered with soft flowers and grass. The picked grapes are placed on top of the flowers, which looks extraordinarily delicate and small.

The ladies, all wearing light and flowing skirts and gloves, walked cautiously among the grape arbors.Jane Eyre introduced them to the new varieties in the vineyard and how to pick them.After hearing what the mayor's wife said, she smiled slightly and replied: "I've never seen anything like this in England, but I think we're not here to work, and picking a few handfuls to try something new is enough. I I’ve seen an oil painting before, and the ladies on it are all holding small flower baskets, sitting on the lawn and chatting, that picture is really beautiful, can’t we imitate it?”

This is a nonsense fabrication. In fact, Jane Eyre just referred to the farmhouse music in her previous life - only the ones she picks are the sweetest!With such thoughts and rules in mind, the ladies picked the new varieties of grapes that John is proud of, and the sweetness must be doubled.

One of the most exquisitely dressed ladies handed the flower basket to the maid behind her: "I don't think that's what ladies should do. Miss Love may have been used to doing such things before. You may not be clear about the job of a servant. It's better to leave it to the servants." Her tone froze all the young ladies who were excited.

"Nancy! No matter how much you take Joe, Mr. Louis won't take another look at you!" Miss Elizabeth, the mayor's wife's niece, didn't give her face. She stared wide-eyed and choked back.The mayor's wife grabbed her hand and beckoned her not to say much.

"You!——" Nancy's face turned red all of a sudden, "Who said I was trying to attract Mr. Louis' attention! Who didn't know that Mr. Louis put all his heart on Miss Love!"

"It's so sour!" Elizabeth muttered in a low voice, but was stopped by the mayor's wife again.

Jane Eyre looked at the flames of war burning on her body for no reason, so she pretended not to hear the gentleman's name, and smoothed things over: "I thought picking grapes by myself would be a very interesting thing! We can also compare Let's compete and see who picks the sweetest! I have already ordered someone to lay out a tablecloth by the river, maybe we can sit there for a while!"

As soon as the words fell, after the gentlemen finished talking, a group of people came over.

"The grapes picked by Miss Ai must be extremely sweet!" Mr. Louis flattered loudly as soon as he appeared.A group of ladies behind Jane Eyre were whispering in low voices, discussing their complicated relationship like watching a play. Nancy stomped her feet in embarrassment and hid behind the crowd, but her eyes always looked towards Jane Eyre and Mr. Louis. sideways.John looked at Jane Eyre and Mr. Louis standing together with a smile, and was extremely satisfied.

The two groups got together and walked towards the river together.Mr. Louis extended his elbow, motioning for Jane Eyre to pull it up.Jane Eyre took a step back and resisted a little, but saw his handsome face gradually approaching, his blue eyes were deep and gentle, and said softly: "Miss Eyre, I can have this opportunity to talk to you alone ?"

Jane Eyre looked at the people in front of her. Although they were all chatting and laughing happily, it was obvious that those young people had their ears up, secretly watching the situation here.She hesitated, she didn't want to get involved with Mr. Louis too much, and she never showed any response to his feelings, but both her uncle and himself wanted to get close to her on purpose.She also wanted to speak clearly earlier, lest his attitude continue to be misunderstood.What's more, she is still obsessed with Mr. Briggs' previous warning. There must be a huge secret in it——

"It's a great honor, Mr. Louis." Jane Eyre handed her left hand to his arm.Mr. Louis took the small flower basket in her hand, and when he passed a fork in the road, he took Jane Eyre away from the large group.

They walked in silence for a long time, and at last they came to a stone table, on which lay a bouquet of flowers, still dripping with dew.Next to the bouquet are some desserts and a pot of tea.Mr. Louis put the small flower basket on the table, turned to look at Jane Eyre, put his hand on her shoulder, and let her sit down on the stone bench.

Jane Eyre looked at him as if he had made up his mind, combined with the current situation.A feeling of absurdity welled up in my heart.

"You mustn't say that you want to—"

"Miss Love! No, can I call you Janet? I heard Mr. Love call you that." He interrupted her softly, held her shoulders with both hands, lowered his head, and looked at her seriously In his eyes, there was panic and defensiveness inside, completely lacking the shyness and admiration he expected from all unmarried ladies.

This made his heart feel cold, and seeing Jane Eyre nodded, his eyes lit up again.

"Janet! You may have understood what I mean, I hope you have understood!" He straightened up and murmured, and after pouring a cup of tea for her, he suddenly knelt down on one knee in front of Jane Eyre landed.

"Janet, I know that you, like me, are a calm and reserved person, and you must know what choice is the best choice!" He paused, and continued: "I can't promise that the color that will never fade in my life will never fade." Love, but I can promise that I will never leave. Love is too empty, too broad, and fleeting. But companionship is the greatest promise I can make."

"I thought I had no chance, but Mr. Love encouraged me! Janet, can you believe it? I am flattered that I have gained your uncle's trust! The first time I saw you At that moment, God told me in my ear that this would be the catastrophe of my life."

"We are all at the age to enter the marriage hall, Janet. I believe that I am also your best choice." He took out a red velvet box from his pocket and opened it gently. On the black velvet lining, It is a gemstone ring of extremely gorgeous workmanship, even a layman can see that it is priceless.He lifted up this heavy token, like a saint, and placed it before his God.

These words were really sweet, and they firmly grasped her weakness.Jane Eyre carefully looked at the man in front of him. Sweat was overflowing from his forehead. He didn't know whether it was from the heat or he was sweating from nervousness.His tone was sincere and realistic, almost giving her no reason to refuse.

Her worries are nothing more than her uncle and the emptiness of love.Both paths were blocked by him.

The idea of ​​"just agree to him" suddenly floated in Jane Eyre's mind, but Mr. Briggs' warning was still in her ears.Mr. Louis is a huge puzzle. Even though he has obtained the consent of his uncle, Jane Eyre knows little about him and even has doubts.

She looked down into his eyes, there were many complicated emotions in it, and it was difficult for Jane Eyre to see clearly for a while.But there is everything in his deep blue eyes, except love.

Jane Eyre stretched out her hand, and under his expectant eyes, she closed the box with a little force on her fingers.