Pride and Prejudice of Jane Eyre

Mr. Martin was speechless, and he also stretched out his right hand, which was grasped by Mr. Darcy's strong and strong hand.He looked up at the English gentleman in front of him, his cold eyes were full of secret ridicule and threats.Mr. Martin stiffened before realizing his slip of the tongue.

"—Ah, oh! Yes, Miss Eyre's writing is of course different from theirs." Mr. Martin withdrew his hand and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.I don't know whether the sweat was caused by the previous busyness or the confrontation of eyes just now.

Jane Eyre pursed her lips, she didn't intend to defend herself, nor did she intend to smooth things over and let Mr. Martin go.Mr. Baudouin smiled playfully. He picked up a cup of coffee, took a sip, and looked over the rim of the cup at the embarrassed Mr. Martin.Mr. Martin is not as good as his father in terms of business. He strives for fame and fortune, and taking over the bookstore is like taking over a grocery store or a restaurant.In short, he never treats every book seriously and responsibly like a scholar.

There was an endless stream of people in the coffee shop, and their table was in the middle. Someone soon noticed the abnormality here, covered the lower half of his face with a book, and quietly talked about the situation here with his friends.There were more and more people like this, and Jane Eyre soon felt that the people around her fell into a mysterious silence, and the high-spirited arguments of the previous scholars gradually subsided.

"Excuse me, gentlemen and ladies." A young red-haired gentleman stood up behind Jane Eyre, he bowed politely, "I'm sorry I overheard your conversation, dare to ask this lady ...is it the author of Escape from the Abyss?"

The audience was dumbfounded, and the air became low pressure.Jane Eyre was stunned by countless gazes. She looked around, turned around, and nodded under everyone's gaze.

"Yes, sir."

There was an uproar among the crowd.Jane Eyre looked at the first gentleman who asked boldly in front of her. She lowered the brim of her hat, showing only her nose, and smiled.

"Miss Eyre!" the red-haired gentleman exclaimed, and he wanted to step forward excitedly to hold her hand, but was blocked by Mr. Darcy.Mr. Darcy took Jane Eyre in his arms and took her behind him.The gentleman was taken aback for a moment, and then blurted out: "Is this Mr. Love? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend your wife..."

"This is Mr. Darcy." Mr. Baudouin interrupted amusedly. He glanced at Mr. Darcy's face, but there was no sullen expression.Jane Eyre lowered her head behind him and couldn't help laughing.

"Ah!—I'm sorry, Mr. Darcy." The red-haired gentleman froze after being interrupted, and his face suddenly turned crimson.Mr. Darcy, without changing his countenance, nodded calmly, forgiving his rudeness.

The red-haired gentleman quickly came to his senses, and he enthusiastically praised the bold and ingenious works of Jane Eyre. His companion also stepped forward and flattered her with countless beautiful and gorgeous rhetoric.The people around became commotion and gathered around one after another.

Signatures are not popular nowadays, and gentlemen also claim to be noble, so they can't do crazy moves. Jane Eyre was relieved, looked at the eager but restrained unfamiliar faces, and politely declined the gentlemen's request. Praise and flattery, I selected some literary questions and answered them.Mr. Darcy was now standing behind her, looking at the gentlemen who came forward with indifferent eyes.He is like a silent mountain, guarding a rose that blooms just right, and the noisy buzzing bees are silently isolated from the glass net of the rose by him.

The gentlemen gathered layer by layer like sea waves. They left their seats and flocked around Jane Eyre.What Mr. Baudouin was waiting for was the picture in front of him. As an agent, he shared half of the enthusiasm.

"Oh! Are you asking about Miss Love's next work?" Mr. Baudouin looked at Jane Eyre, who nodded slightly, "Miss Love does have a plan for a new work...Of course, it's still feminism."

The gentlemen looked at each other at the word feminism.There are still people who want to continue to ask, Jane Eyre put on the gloves, Mr. Darcy understood, and protected her to go out.Georgiana had already quietly left with a book when the crowd was in a commotion. She sat in the carriage and made Li Wen ready to leave at any time.

Jane Eyre and Mr. Darcy were surrounded by the crowd, and climbed into the carriage with difficulty in the crowd.

"Miss Eyre! Let's talk! What will you write in your next book?"

"Are you the throat of liberals?"

"Are you against the king and the old nobles? Miss Eyre!"

Mr. Baudouin yelled loudly to appease the restless crowd behind him, and he stayed behind to deal with readers who had different thoughts—of course, this is what he has always been good at and expected.

Mr. Darcy tapped the roof of the carriage with his cane, and the carriage began to move with difficulty.Someone tried to block the carriage, the horse neighed, and the personnel arranged by Mr. Darcy early in the morning controlled the situation in the crowd, pushing the radical young people to the back of the crowd.

"I didn't expect it to be so chaotic." Jane Eyre let out a long breath as she watched the central bookstore farther and farther behind through the car window.

Mr. Darcy scratched his hair. In the crowd, because he had been protecting her, his clothes were wrinkled and his neatly combed hair fell out.Jane Love was very distressed, straightened his clothes, and checked his condition. Mr. Darcy grabbed her hand and put it next to her face.

"Mr. Baudouin intends to participate in the parliamentary election. He will definitely continue to build momentum to win votes and support for himself. Today, he has almost become your agent and spokesperson, and your results are also his results. But I You must not let him use your hard work in vain, Janet. Mr. Rochester and I have been making preparations a few days ago and hired a group of people to control public opinion and the situation among the crowd."

"No wonder you were too busy to come back for dinner two days ago..."

"That's what I'm supposed to do as 'Mr. Love,' dear."

When they returned to the house, a carriage and a horse had already parked in front of the garden.

"Huh? Mr. Rochester and Adele are here?" Georgiana poked her head out and asked casually.

Jane Eyre looked at the familiar plain carriage, and a strange thought flashed in her mind: "That carriage belongs to Miss Grandet, she may have something to do with me." They got out of the carriage, and Lilith heard the movement outside , ran out,

"Mr. Darcy! Miss Eyre! You are back at last. Mr. Rochester and Mademoiselle Grandet are waiting in the drawing room."

Jane Eyre nodded, and they quickened their pace and walked into the house.As soon as they walked to the door of the living room, they heard the sound of two people talking happily.Jane Eyre stopped at the door. She hadn't heard Mr. Rochester talk like a young man for a long time, just like he showed his wings easily at the Thornfield banquet.Mr. Darcy gave an indeterminate smile.

Jane Eyre pushed open the door of the living room, the conversation inside stopped abruptly, and the two people on the sofa looked at the door together.

"I'm really sorry, we sent Miss Kelu away early in the morning, and then went to the post station. I didn't expect you all to come, and I kept you waiting." Jane Eyre explained, she walked to the sofa and sat down on Ou Ye Beside Ni, Mr. Darcy also sat down on a single sofa, and he raised his eyebrows at Mr. Rochester teasingly.

Jane Eyre signaled Lilith to prepare some refreshments, and then looked at Eugenie: "You guys already know each other, right? This is Mr. Rochester from England. I used to work as a tutor in his house."

"Family teacher?" Eugenie's face suddenly lost its color from a slightly shy rosy, "... Oh! I'm not despising you—oh no! I'm not questioning you...God, I became incapable of speaking."

"It's all right, I understand what you mean. You don't look down on my past as a governess."

"Yes, yes..." She nodded impatiently, and then fell silent.After exchanging pleasantries between Mr. Rochester and Mr. Darcy, his eyes unconsciously turned to this place, and Miss Grandet said in a low voice: "Well... May I ask abruptly, the name of Mr. Rochester's residence is...?"

"Thornfield Manor, Miss Grandet. Like its name, it is a place of thorns." Mr. Rochester replied quickly.

Jane Eyre nodded, and seeing Eugenie's eyes widen suddenly, she confirmed her guess.

"It's a beautiful place, and it's also where I started." Jane told her pointedly.

The group finished their lunch briefly, and Eugenie expressed her intention: "I've come to visit the orphanage and monastery with you. A new batch of goods has arrived. The idea you mentioned last time, we also It’s time to ask the management there if it’s possible.”

Jane Eyre and Eugenie got into the carriage driven by Nanon. Mr. Rochester and Mr. Darcy said that the current situation was too chaotic and it was not safe for ladies to travel alone. They insisted on following them on horseback and went to the East District together.Naturally, the two ladies could not refuse the gentlemen's kindness.

A carriage and two horses drove across the bridge, the road became increasingly bumpy, and the surrounding scenery gradually changed from a richly colored oil painting to a sketch in only black, white and gray.

The orphanage and the monastery were built in the narrow alleys. The owner of the grocery store at the alley had already known Nanon, who was driving the carriage, and enthusiastically expressed his willingness to help them take care of the carriage temporarily. The group of people abandoned the vehicle at the entrance of the alley.Jane Eyre has experience this time, and she no longer wears a white dress.She deliberately put on the plain and simple skirt and boots that were in the only box around her when she first came to this world, and walked nimbly behind Nanon in the bumpy and muddy alley.

The alleys extend in all directions. If you are not familiar with it, you will definitely lose your way under the oppression of the cramped sky. You can only walk a few steps to a criss-crossed fork in the road.Eugenie was preoccupied, she frowned, and stepped on the muddy puddle.

Suddenly, a small gray figure rushed out of a narrow alley beside her, and bumped towards Eugenie in a daze.Jane Eyre was startled, and hurriedly pulled her over.Mr. Darcy stepped forward to support Jane Eyre who was about to fall, Jane Eyre let out a low cry of pain, and Eugenie stepped on her feet weightlessly after being dragged by her.

The little figure seemed to be frightened, and fell on Eugenie. Nanon yelled angrily, and he was so frightened that he was about to run away.

Regardless of the pain, Jane Eyre quickly grabbed his wrist.

He struggled hard, couldn't shake it off, and yelled in a hurry. The sound of crying attracted the pointers of the residents in the alley, and there were probing eyes behind the windows.Eugenie couldn't bear to say: "Miss Eyre, let him go, I forgive him, this is just a child."

An echoing voice came from the window above the head: "What is it to bully a child?"

"That's right! Everyone is already in such a difficult situation, why bother to hurt each other!"

"poor child."

"Look at her appearance, why do you want to have trouble with a child?"

Mr. Darcy listened to the noisy whispers in his ears, and his eyes burned with anger, blocking the retreat on both sides.Jane Eyre sneered, and she grabbed the struggling figure even harder with her hand, the child was so anxious that he was about to bite Jane Eyre's hand.

"Miss Grandet! Do you still have the wallet at your waist?" As soon as Jane Eyre's words came out, his fangs stopped.

Eugenie's eyes widened, and she touched her waist, which was empty.

The author has something to say: This chapter is a bit short, and I will add it later. [I'm a bit stuck today, I wrote this chapter for five hours...]