Pride and Prejudice of Jane Eyre

"Bingley! Mr. Bingley?" Seeing the absent-minded look of the young man beside him, John kindly woke him up. "Mrs. Lange is walking towards us. Maybe she wants to introduce us to a new friend."

"Ah! Yes . . . a new friend. Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Eyre."

Mr. Bingley came back to his senses and saw that the lady was already under his gaze, her ears and neck were red, she turned her face sideways and stood beside Mrs. Lange with her head down.Embarrassed by his offensive gesture, he hastily looked away.

Mrs. Lange took Jane and stood still in front of the group of people. With a smile all over her face, she warmly introduced to John: "This is Mr. Bennet's eldest daughter, Miss Jane Bennet. You must see her." Come on! Miss Bennet specifically asked me to introduce her—”

"Yes, Mr. Love. I apologize to Netherfield for my sister Lydia, who was so out of character at your ball that we are all ashamed of it."

"Miss Bennet, this matter is over, you don't have to worry about it anymore. Oh! Let me introduce you, this is Mr. Charles Bingley, a friend of Mr. Darcy." John coughed lightly, and Mr. Bingley immediately He bowed to Jane in a personable manner, and then became nervous and speechless.

Seeing that Mr. Bingley was eager to find a topic but didn't know how to express it, Jane Eyre was really interesting, so she also helped him: "Mr. Bingley, I see that the band is ready, don't you want to dance?"

"Of course! Miss Bennet!" Mr. Bingley blurted out, bowing slightly, making an invitation gesture, "Do I have the honor of being your first dance tonight?"

Blush flushed on Jane's face, she raised her eyes carefully, met Mr. Bingley's gaze, curtseyed slightly, and then handed over his hand.Mr. Bingley couldn't help smiling, and after nodding with everyone, he walked into the dance floor with Jane.

"Honey, let's dance too!" Mr. Darcy grabbed Jane Eyre's hand before others could speak.Jane Eyre smiled slightly, and seeing John nodded to her, she and Mr. Darcy also joined the ballroom dancing team.Elderly gentlemen and ladies also smiled and joined the young people's carnival.

The music sounded slowly, and the clothes were fragrant and the shadows were on the temples.The gentlemen's dance steps were warm and cheerful, and the ladies' skirts drew neat arcs.Jane Eyre has to admit that Mr. Darcy not only dances the slow waltz well, but even the passionate ballroom dance has a distinctive elegance.

But when exchanging dance partners and passing by the ladies, Jane Eyre clearly heard the whispers of several ladies.

"Mr. Bingley didn't ask Charlotte to dance! That's very disrespectful to Sir Lucas."

"Yeah, didn't you see Mrs. Lucas's face?"

"Of course, I dare say that she won't give Mrs. Bennet a good face after tonight! It's obviously a ball organized by Lucas's family, but Jane Bennet took the lead."

"Haha, in my opinion, we might as well change our names to 'Jane'! Those two gentlemen are their servants! It's just that Bennet has that appearance and figure, that Miss Love In addition to having a huge dowry..."

"...There is really nothing to show for it! Jane Eyre——"

"Are you looking for me?" Jane Eyre saw that they were getting more and more carried away, turned her head, and spoke coldly behind them.

"Ah!—" Both of them exclaimed in fright, their dancing steps became chaotic, and they stepped on each other, the dancing formation was a little messed up, and the people beside them cursed in a low voice.Jane Eyre raised her eyebrows, and in the next moment, Mr. Darcy held her waist, and gently carried her away from the chaos.

Jane Eyre was startled, and subconsciously put her arms around his neck.

Fortunately, the dance is coming to an end.Jane Eyre's dance steps stabilized, and after finishing the last fixed-point movement, she was held by Mr. Darcy and hurried past the edge of the chaotic crowd and brought her to the window.

"I heard those women." Mr. Darcy frowned, and he whispered quickly and lowly in her ear, "Janet, that Miss Bennet is indeed a beauty to me, but she It's completely different from you, I can't see half shrewdness and intelligence in her eyes, only the superficial beauty is worth mentioning, just like her impolite mother—"

Jane Eyre covered his mouth, she had noticed that people around were paying attention to their conversation.Mr. Darcy always speaks bluntly and doesn't care about other people's opinions. It is precisely because of this that he is considered an extremely arrogant person in the "Original Book". I lost interest in him, didn't have any good comments, and slandered his character.

Mr. Darcy's panting made her hands hot and clammy.Seeing him nodding his head, Jane Eyre let go of her hand.Mr. Darcy caught her hand which was about to withdraw, and bit her fingertips lightly.

Jane Eyre was so frightened that she withdrew her hand and put her back behind her.She looked around and found that no one dared to observe their movements openly, and she was relieved.

"You don't have to worry about me thinking too much, I understand your mind." Jane Eyre hid between him and the window, and said softly, "As you said to me, I and your mood are the same. Although there are many "unequal" between us, those rules can't stop me. I will not feel inferior because of my ordinary appearance, nor will I feel inferior because of my status as a tutor."

This time it was Mr. Darcy who wanted to cover her mouth.

But Jane Eyre held his hand, rested her head on his chest, and said, "As long as you return the same respect to me as always—"

"Of course!" Mr. Darcy was very excited, and his breath became short of breath. "Of course! My dear. I respect - even respect your experience and your character. It is for this reason that I support your cause very much." , I will always be your first reader and supporter."

Jane Eyre's eyes were a little moist, she sniffed her nose and raised a smile: "Do you still want to dance? Sir."

Mr. Darcy nodded, and put his arm around her waist.At this time, the waltz just sounded, and Jane Eyre was very familiar with the steps of this dance.Their smooth and tacit dance attracted the attention of young people, and they also entered the dance floor in pairs.

Elderly country gentry and wives sat around the sofa, each holding a glass of wine or smoking a pipe, talking about the growth of the fruit trees at home and the farm.

"Mr. Bennet, I heard that the number of seeds planted in your estate this year has far surpassed that of previous ones. It seems that you don't care that much!" Sir Lucas took out his pipe from his mouth and pointed at Bennet. Mr. Nat said with a smile, "When my Charlotte was an adult, you still laughed at me for being too nervous. Now it's your turn. Don't you also want to try your best to earn more dowry for them!"

"Lucas, go ahead and laugh at me. I have five girls and have to plan for them earlier!"

"It's overdue!" Sir Lucas smiled with ulterior motives.Mr. Bennet snorted coldly. Didn't he know that Sir Lucas was laughing at him, and all those properties would fall into his nephew's pocket after death?

Mr. Bennet said casually: "I am very lucky. Jane is completely free from my worries. Her suppleness and beauty are obvious to all."

Then, he took a sip of the wine and looked at Mr. Ai: "Mr. Ai, you have never worried about this, have you?"

"My Janet is smart and calm, she knows what is the best choice." John raised his glass, and cast his eyes on the sparkling couple on the dance floor, "Of course I support her unconditionally!"

Sir Lucas also looked towards the dance floor, but the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously.He saw the 5000-pound gentleman and Jane Bennet danced the second dance, while his daughter Charlotte stood dumbly at the wine table, looking at the dancing crowd, with the usual smile on her face. smile.

Sir Lucas suppressed his anger, found an excuse, and left the table.

After the dance, Jane Eyre panted, hurriedly took a glass of white wine, and slipped behind the curtain with Mr. Darcy.Dancing looks elegant and stretched, but without good physical strength, it is difficult to persist in a dance.

Jane Eyre took a big sip of wine, and the alcohol rushed to her face in an instant, making her face flushed. Jane Eyre closed her eyes tightly, letting her breathing and dizziness ease down.Mr. Darcy took the glass from her hand, and drank what was left where her lips had touched.He put the cup on the table casually, his arms rested on her waist, and pressed her slender body tightly against his side.

"Is it better?" He watched her face slowly recovering its fairness, and asked softly.

"It's much better, sir." Jane Eyre covered her face with her hot hands, "It's too hot! I need a break from dancing."

"I'll accompany you."

"If you want to dance, I don't mind—"

"No! You know I don't like to dance, except with you, my dear. You're making me suffer by asking me to dance with other women?" Mr. Darcy wrinkled his nose.

"I think Mr. Bingley is completely different from you. He really likes to dance! Look... oh! He went to invite Miss Lucas!" Jane Eyre was surprised to find that Mr. Bingley did not continue to dance with Miss Bennet , and then she breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that his sense of running away from home has returned!" Mr. Darcy sneered. "If Miss Lucas is not invited again, I'm afraid no one here will invite him to the ball again!"

"It's understandable that it's hard to control yourself."

"Perhaps Bingley did. But I don't think Miss Bennet, as a friend of Miss Lucas, is not responsible for it! She smiled sweetly, and bewitched Bingley."

"Maybe she also fell in love at first sight and temporarily lost her mind."

"I don't see half a sincere love in her demeanor."

Jane Eyre sighed and shook her head.Miss Bennet's sweetness was all in her eyes, but whenever someone looked at her, she might want to appear more reserved, always raised her chin and suppressed the upturn of the corners of her mouth.Mr. Darcy always judges people with prejudice, maybe he is fed up with the reserved smiles and seductions that the ladies pretend to be in front of him. Similar things happened to his friend Mr. Bingley, and he doesn’t think it’s true anymore .

Mr. Bingley's remedy came too late, and Jane Eyre clearly saw Sir Lucas leaning against the pillar with a very ugly expression on his face.But when he saw Charlotte finally entered the dance floor, he nodded in satisfaction.

Jane Eyre was a little regretful, if she hadn't said that much, Mr. Bingley would not have followed her words and rudely ignored the host of the ball.Then, Mr. Bingley and Charlotte also danced twice in a row, finally calming down the others' arguments.It's just that Jane Eyre found that Miss Bennet's mood was not very high, and she accepted the invitation of others and danced a dance.When he was invited again, he found an excuse and left the ballroom, and went outside to breathe.

During the period, there were many single ladies and squires, seeing that Jane Eyre and Mr. Darcy were only standing on the window sill talking, they mustered up the courage to invite them to dance.Jane Eyre politely told them that she was not good at dancing, and she was a little tired, so the gentlemen returned angrily.But Mr. Darcy was not so polite. He looked at the ladies who came to invite critically with a cold face, and he didn't even want to say a word.The ladies bit their lower lip angrily, looked at Jane Eyre with jealousy, and left with their heads held high.

After three dances, Mr. Bingley came to Jane Eyre.

"Miss Eyre, don't you feel bored? Darcy doesn't like to dance, but you don't have to accompany him. May I have the honor to ask you to dance?" Mr. Bingley bowed and made an invitation gesture. The man's anger was about to burst from his gray-blue eyes.Mr. Bingley smiled slyly.

"Mr. Bingley—"

Before he could finish talking, Mr. Darcy suddenly pulled her in front of him and held her in his arms.His back completely blocked the window behind him. Before Jane Eyre recovered, he heard a sound of breaking through the air, and he let out a muffled grunt, and something fell to the ground.

After being frightened for a second, Jane Eyre immediately recovered and checked his back anxiously.There was only a gray stain on the back of the clothes, and she was relieved that there was no blood.Mr. Darcy touched her face reassuringly, and told her softly that he was all right.

Mr. Bingley picked up something on the ground, and after opening it, his pupils constricted.Jane Eyre snatched what was in his hand—it was a stone wrapped in paper, and on the paper was written in large bright red characters——

"Slutty bitch! I curse. Curse you to hell!"

The author has something to say: the original Mrs. Bennet's words: because he is the most hated kind of person, and it is not worth people to please him at all.He is arrogant, conceited, and unbearable!He walked here and there for a while, thinking how great he was!No one is worthy enough to dance with him!My dear, it would be nice if you could teach him a lesson by being there.I hate that guy so much.

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Laughing to death, Darcy in the original book is simply described by Mrs. Bennet.An annual income of £[-] doesn't keep her from being "hateful".