Pride and Prejudice of Jane Eyre

Sarah fought for another three days in Paris with Mr. Barlow, until the day when Jane Eyre's work was officially published.After Jane Eyre helped her pack her luggage, she sent invitation letters to Miss Granon and Miss Ann Sophie, inviting them to come to their house for afternoon tea. Of course Miss Grandet was not forgotten, but she was always busy After negotiating with the bank, she didn't have time to visit her until the morning before the release of Jane Eyre's work.

"Honey, you are a busy man and finally come to drink tea with me, an idler." After hearing the servant's report, Jane Eyre hurried to the garden gate and greeted the honorable Miss Grandet in person.

"You don't have to say that, my dear. I have nothing else to worry about except my career, but you have a big family to attend to." Miss Grandet smiled and supported her hands weakly After getting into the carriage, Nanon tried his best to follow Li Wen to park the carriage in the stable.Miss Grandet followed Jane Eyre and slowly approached the big house, "What a beautiful house!" She exclaimed.

In autumn, the seasonal flowers in the garden bloom just right, the evergreen plants cover the whole ground, and the gardener trims the flower branches in the garden.A standard French-style house rises from the ground. On the walls and arches, the fine religious carvings are lifelike, and the painted windows are bright and conspicuous, making the walls more clean and tidy.

"This is only what we leased, but it is really beautiful. Compared with the manors in England, although it is much smaller, it is exquisite and lovely." Jane Eyre led her into the living room, sat down on the sofa, and rang the bell to let her Lilith brought in some tea, Miss Grandet looked around implicitly, and met a pair of indifferent and haughty eyes when she looked towards the living room door.

After Mr. Darcy briefly met and saluted her, he looked at Jane Eyre: "I have an appointment with Mr. Rochester. I will go to the block and the bank to do some business today. Don't wait for me." Jane Eyre looked out the window, and the sky The clouds were thick and heavy, and it looked like it was going to rain.She got up, asked Lilith to fetch a thick windbreaker, and put it on for him herself: "Go in a carriage, Mr. Darcy. It's not comfortable to ride a horse in this weather. By the way, I have to prepare a copy for Mr. Rochester." He is a big man who is always very careless, so he can't think of this." As she spoke, she was so busy that she asked the kitchen to boil two large pots of hot water and put them in the dark trough under the seat.

"Honey, you are so considerate." Mr. Darcy stood at the door and said goodbye to her. Jane Eyre wanted to send him to the garden gate, but he stopped him, "You don't need to come out, the wind is too strong. Janet, I want to thank God more than once for sending you to me who is so caring, warm-hearted and kind."

"Mr. Darcy, your mouth is too sweet! Does the air in France really make people sweet? Even British gentlemen have become playboys?" Jane Eyre exaggeratedly touched the non-existent chicken skin on her arm pimple.

Mr. Darcy took her into his arms with a smile, lowered his head to catch the teasing little mouth, and after the frivolous lingering, he kissed Jane Eyre's forehead again, and whispered: "You are also better than candy!" It's even sweeter, Janet." Jane Eyre wanted to pinch his arm in embarrassment, but was deftly dodged.Mr. Darcy walked quickly to the carriage waiting at the gate of the garden, and turned his head while walking, "Thank you France!"

Jane Eyre laughed and leaned against the door frame, watching him get into the carriage and close the door.Li Wen drove the carriage farther and farther until it disappeared among the trees on both sides of the road.Only then did Jane Eyre think of Miss Grandet who she had forgotten in the living room, and after she let out a low cry of annoyance, she heard the ridicule behind her: "You and Mr. Darcy are so sweet! Jane."

"Oh! Eugenie!" Jane Eyre turned around blushing, and met her playful smile, "I'm so sorry, I forgot that you were still in the living room..."

"I can understand, my dear. If I have such a lover, I would like to turn him into a brooch, a pocket watch or even a ribbon, and never leave my body." Miss Grandet and Jane Eyre slowly approached Walking into the living room, the temperature on Jane Eyre's face gradually dropped.

They sat down again on the sofa, and Mademoiselle Grandet put away the joke, and Nanon took out a document from his purse.

"This is all the funds I can mobilize for the time being. The bankers in Paris understand that the situation is difficult. Even if I still have a lot of deposits, I cannot withdraw all of them."

Jane Eyre took the document and examined it carefully. Miss Grandet took out one hundred thousand francs generously.After thinking in silence for a long time, she slowly opened her mouth: "These are enough for a while, and the pound in my hand is nearly [-] francs. I will let Lilith give it to you later. But, the more difficult thing is not Raise money, not supplies."

"Yes, I have purchased some of the vegetables and meat in the suburbs of Paris and regularly send them to orphanages and monasteries. But..."

"Once it happens, maybe it won't be shipped in." Jane Eyre followed her words, and the two looked at each other tacitly.

Jane Eyre and Miss Grandet fell silent for a while, Jane Eyre looked at the garden outside the window, and suddenly thought of the "traditional virtues" of the Chinese people in her previous life - "How about we let the women in the monastery participate in planting and breeding?"

"Huh?" Mademoiselle Grandet blinked, "But they are here to practice Taoism..."

"We can't support idlers, Eugenie. Under such urgent conditions, is there any difference between mending and planting? However, this is just a thought of mine. As for whether the abbey has land or not, Whether they are willing or not, we need to continue to investigate."

Miss Grandet reluctantly nodded, and she sighed worriedly: "We may be condemned! Let the bottom women participate in the production! How absurd, maybe in the writing of reporters, our charity will also become capitalists exploitation!"

"Of course it's not there yet. It's just that we have to prepare for the worst!"

Jane Eyre doesn't think it's a shame for women to do farm work. They don't care about these false names compared to starving to death.As for the gossip of the third-rate tabloids!If she still cared about these things, she wouldn't have come to France.She didn't quite agree with Miss Grandet's worries, but... Combined with some of her own secret guesses, she could understand to a certain extent.

"Miss Grandet, are you free tomorrow? I plan to go to the orphanages and monasteries in the East End to see for myself."

Mademoiselle Grandet's eyes widened, and Nanon interrupted anxiously: "How can Mademoiselle go to that kind of place! It's so messy there! God, Miss Eyre, how dare you be so bold! You are so high up that you don't know the filth there." ,But--"

"Nanon!" Mademoiselle Grandet suddenly raised her voice, interrupting the impudent words that had escaped her.

"Eugenie, orphanages and monasteries are such places. Even if you are willing to spend hundreds of thousands of francs to fund them, even Nanon thinks there is no cure. However, this kind of 'superior' rescue really works. ?"

On the day Sarah leaves, that is, the day Jane Eyre's book is about to be released, the Darcy brothers and sisters and Jane Eyre packed up early in the morning and went to the post to say goodbye to Sarah.For a rare moment, Sarah left her usual decent and elegant posture, and she and Georgiana hugged each other in tears, reluctant to leave.

Jane Eyre gave her a book of her own - this was the one she got from the warehouse earlier, and she wrote her blessings and signature on the first page.Sarah's eyes were red and swollen from crying. After taking the book solemnly with both hands, she took out a small package from the carriage behind her and handed it to Jane Eyre.

Jane Eyre looked at her suspiciously, and took the heavy package.

"Miss Love, I understand that you are raising funds for the poor. I returned the doll my father ordered for me and exchanged it for this little money—don't refuse me! A doll is exchanged for a few days' rations for the poor , I think this deal is a good deal." Sarah's words were very powerful, her eyes fixed on Jane Eyre, "Miss Eyre, you are my teacher! In school, I can only learn the etiquette and etiquette of those ladies. Natural knowledge, but you saved me without asking for reward, you and Miss Grandet helped the poor without asking for reward, I learned kindness and generosity from you."

Jane Eyre waved her hands in embarrassment: "It's too exaggerated for you to say that, I just did what I could."

"No, Miss Love, I understand. If you want to become a 'princess', appearance, etiquette and knowledge are only external conditions, and more importantly, you must have a heart that loves and respects life." Sarah held tightly Georgiana's hand, "I'm ashamed of being so shallow. Miss Eyre, I've grown up! I don't need a doll to protect myself anymore."

Mr. Barlow looked at her lovingly, and persuaded Jane Eyre: "Miss Eyre, please accept Miss Sarah's wishes! I will accompany her to Captain Kelu's side, she is safe, the money Leave it to those who need it more.”

Jane Eyre looked at Mr. Darcy in embarrassment, and saw that he also nodded at herself, so she had to accept it.

Sarah smiled contentedly. At this time, a person came from the post station, urging Miss Kelu and Mr. Barlow to get on the train as soon as possible. They were about to leave for the port of Marseilles.Sarah reluctantly got into the car with her skirt, but she refused to close the window until the dark clouds in the sky gradually sank, and the cool wind rolled up the fallen leaves and dust on the ground. Jane Eyre saw that the weather would soon be It was going to rain, so he hurriedly urged her to close the window.Georgiana hid behind Jane Eyre's skirt and secretly wiped away her tears.

"Pa—" the coachman at the post station whipped the whip on the horse neatly. Georgiana couldn't help sobbing as she saw the carriage getting smaller and smaller in sight.None of them knew, whether they could meet again in the future?

Jane Eyre touched Georgiana's head, and Mr. Darcy also put his hand on Georgiana's shoulder. He was not good at comforting people, and said awkwardly: "One must get used to being forced to leave." Georgiana listened My brother nodded silently.

After seeing Sarah off, the group headed to the original target—the Central Bookstore.Seeing that the dark clouds were getting heavier and heavier, Li Wen speeded up his whipping, but even so, the moment before they arrived at the bookstore, rain poured down from the sky.Georgiana at last came out of her sorrow of parting, jumped out of the carriage, and went straight to the eaves.The rain hit the muddy ground, causing muddy splashes.Taupe spots stained the hem of her skirt in smudged black spots.

Mr. Darcy was scolding her for being rude, but his hands were wrapped in softness. "Let her be happy, Mr. Darcy. We are not at a ball for the nobles to socialize." Mr. Darcy paused for a while, and nodded his head when he heard his sister's cheerful shout.He took off his coat and stepped on the pedals to get out of the carriage. Jane Eyre struggled to wrap the lengthy skirt, not wanting the mud to stain the skirt, and stepped down while holding the carriage door, the top of his head was blocked by his broad coat rainwater.

Unable to wait for her to speak, Mr. Darcy put his arms around her and walked quickly to the eaves.The windbreaker supports a dry and warm world.

Mr. Darcy's shirt was half wet, and Jane Eyre hurriedly let him put on his coat, annoyed: "I should have asked Lilith to prepare some umbrellas in the car at any time, but I didn't expect that the rain did not fall yesterday. It's sunny, but it's raining at this time." Mr. Darcy put on his coat indifferently, and was relieved when he saw that she didn't get wet.

They followed the crowd into the Central Bookstore.A small area is divided in the bookstore as a small cafe, where people can sit down directly after buying books.Because of the rain, the bookstore was full of people, and the area of ​​the coffee shop was also occupied. Jane Eyre looked around on tiptoe, and saw only a group of people with their heads down reading, and the air was filled with the fragrance of tea and coffee.

Mr. Darcy squinted his eyes and looked around, and decided to go to the bookstore to buy something. He stopped a clerk at random: "Excuse me, where are Miss Jane Eyre's works?"

"Oh! Jane Eyre! It's Jane Eyre again!" the clerk wailed helplessly, and he pointed feebly at the bookshelf in the middle, "Sir, I'm sorry, if you had come over earlier, there would still be one or two books there ! Just now...if you really want to read it, maybe you can borrow it from those customers." He pointed in the direction of the cafe again.

Mr. Darcy raised his eyebrows, seeing the red lips exposed under the brim of Jane Eyre's hat opened in surprise, with an unbelievable expression on his face, he held back his smile and continued to ask: "I see! Sir, can you tell me about this book?" When will it be available again?"

"Sir, I'm afraid you have to wait. Our central bookstore has already contracted half of the publisher's goods. I really don't understand. As soon as the door opened this morning, there were a steady stream of people asking about this book. I also saw the Duke The male waiter is also here to buy!" The clerk scratched his head, quite puzzled, "To be honest, I really don't understand why so many people come to buy a woman's book—if it is really a woman's The words of the work!"

"Little Louis! What are you talking about, go to the warehouse to move the goods!" The store manager snapped, his chubby figure nimbly squeezed in front of Mr. Darcy in the crowd, bowed slightly, and asked politely: "Sir, Are you also here to buy "Escape from the Abyss?" Seeing that Mr. Darcy nodded his high chin slightly, he smiled obsequiously, "You are so lucky! I just picked it up from a scattered bookstall A batch of goods will be on the shelves soon! Oh... Ma'am, do you want to buy a copy too?" He looked at Jane Eyre's eyes staring at him under the gauze net, and asked.

Jane Eyre tugged on her hat and nodded tactfully.

"Yes! You are also a lady, so naturally you want to see works by women." The store manager smiled understandingly and bowed.Before Jane Eyre could reply, he was stopped again.It was another person who asked, and the store manager smiled happily: "There will be another batch on the shelves! Sir, our Central Bookstore has contracted almost all of "Escape from the Abyss". You are right to come to me!"

Mr. Darcy suddenly embraced Jane Eyre with quick eyes and hands, and took her behind him, avoiding the crowd that suddenly rushed in behind him.Georgiana pursed her lips and jumped away.Jane Eyre looked at the people who had just squeezed in. They were all dressed in shabby clothes, obviously servants of nobles or capitalists.She suddenly had a magical feeling. She had never felt that her writing could be so good that Luoyang paper was so expensive.

She looked behind the counter in the middle of the bookstore. On the plain and simple wooden bookshelf, "Jane Eyre" was engraved in gold.

"I can't believe it, Mr. Darcy," she murmured.

"Janet, you should be more confident in yourself."

"But my writing...is not excellent compared to the great writers!"

"Honey, let's take a step back—maybe your writing is not as good as that of a famous writer, but isn't the core idea the most important thing in a literary work?" Mr. Darcy took the book handed by the clerk, "Just as Mr. Baudouin Said, we have caught up with the good times." The public needs this kind of courage to fight for themselves and against exploitation, and the liberals who are bound to succeed also need the support of the literary and art circles.

Having said that, facing such a crazy scene in front of her, Jane Eyre still felt as if she was in a dream.

She watched Mr. Darcy pay without asking for change, and was about to leave together when she heard a familiar voice behind her: "I knew you would come here! Miss Eyre."

Jane Eyre turned around and said, "Mr. Baudouin! I haven't had time to thank you yet. This kind of battle really scared me." Mr. Baudouin smiled happily, with a cigar in his mouth, but Without lighting, with a civilized stick in his hand, he stood in the crowd with confidence and complacency.

"Congratulations to you too! Miss Eyre." He shook hands with Mr. Darcy, and Jane Eyre also extended his hand. He was stunned for a moment, and took the thin but strong hand, "Can you do me a favor? Sit here for a while? I reserved a seat." He spread his hands and pointed to the crowded cafe.

Jane Eyre is everything, Mr. Darcy nodded.Georgiana squeezed out from the rows of bookshelves at this moment, holding a large stack of books in her hands, and went to the counter to pay the bill excitedly.Jane Eyre reached out and took the book in her hand, and the group sat down on the empty seats by the window.

Jane Eyre did not take off her hat, she listened carefully to the voices of the people around her, no doubt, they were all discussing today's new book.

A voice came from ahead—"Mr. Octave, would you believe that this Jane Eyre is really a lady?" The funny woman's name is meant to be mocking!"

The two people at the back got together and whispered—"I guess this book might be the autobiography of a rebellious maid? You know, that viscount..." "Shut up, Augustine, he didn't leave any behind Good luck, maybe the ghost of the maid came out to take revenge!"

At the table on the right, people were blushing in contention—"This book is obviously stimulating the people to rebel! Haha! Finally someone realizes this! This society has already reached the point where another change/revolution is necessary!" "It's clearly futile! A king is a king after all!"

Even outside the window on the left, there are people leaning against the wall reading her book and discussing—"'I know that only resistance can save my life, dragged out of this cold and deep water. My pen is my It is also my only life-saving straw. The air outside the cage is free and fresh, and the sun is warm and clear. I have made up my mind.' Felix, tell me, what is deep water? What is the cage? What is the sun? What sunshine?" "I don't know, but someone always knows. Jane Eyre's writing is depressing but full of seditiousness. Henry, I think this must be a revolutionary, and an outbreak is inevitable."

Jane Eyre raised the coffee cup, blocking the slightly raised corners of her mouth.She finally understood such helplessness, and the words written unintentionally were interpreted into countless versions.

Mr. Baudouin and Mr. Darcy were exchanging greetings. Seeing that Georgiana was addicted to it, he was in a good mood and praised a few words, promising to send her some works of his own publishing house.Georgiana nodded to him modestly, and Mr. Darcy duly thanked her, and said that there was enough in the library at Pemberley Park for her to read.

Just as Jane Eyre finished drinking a cup of coffee, she saw the store manager walking towards her.He hooked shoulders with Mr. Baudouin with a smile on his face: ""Escape from the Abyss" has been sold out! Baudouin, my old friend, you really got your wish!"

"I've warned you, Mr. Martin! If you follow my advice and sell all the goods, you won't be so embarrassed that you can buy the surplus from the vendors at a higher price!"

"Hey! How did I know that a woman's book is so popular? In the past, women always wrote about love, and it was finally bought by their husbands and sisters—"

"Martin, are you sure you want to say that in front of the author?" Mr. Baudouin interrupted his impolite words, Jane Eyre raised her chin and stood up.She pressed down on her hat, covering most of her face with the black mesh.She reached out her hand to Mr. Store Manager: "Mr. Martin, I am very glad that my work has brought you a lot of income."

The store manager Martin was stunned. He glanced at Baudouin, then at Jane Eyre, and stretched out his hand in disbelief.Jane Eyre clenched his hand tightly, shaking it up and down.Before Martin came back to his senses, he forgot to let go after shaking hands. Mr. Darcy took Jane Eyre's hand out and held it in his left hand.At the same time, he looked at Mr. Martin with a pair of cold and sharp gray-blue eyes, and stretched out his right hand.

"My fiancée's works are loved by everyone, there is no doubt, Mr. Martin. But if you read a chapter carefully, you should understand that women's literature should not be underestimated. At least, my fiancée needs this respect .”

The author has something to say: I locked myself in a small black room for 6000 words, and finished writing at five o'clock in the morning... I didn't have a single drop.JPG