Miss Elizabeth Goldfinger Bennet

Chapter 11

The young ladies met with no objection to their aunts.Collins felt a little sorry for being here and leaving the Bennets at home all night, but they told him not to take it to heart.So he and his five cousins ​​arrived in Meryton on time in a carriage.The ladies were glad, as soon as they entered the drawing-room, to learn that Mr. Wickham had accepted their uncle's invitation, and had arrived.

After everyone heard the news, they all sat down.Mr. Collins looked around at his leisure, and looked up at everything; he was so impressed by the size and furniture of the room, that he said he seemed to have entered Lady Catherine's little summer dining-room at Rosings. .The parable did not at first please the master very much, but then Mrs. Philips found out what Rosings was and who owned it, and heard him speak of a drawing in one of Lady Catherine's drawing-rooms. As it turned out, a mantelpiece alone cost eight hundred pounds, and she realized how flattering his comparison was, and she did not object to comparing her house to the room of Rosings's housekeeper, Granny.

Collins, while describing Lady Catherine and the splendor of her mansion, occasionally interspersed with a few words about his own poor abode, which was in the process of being improved and improved, and he went on and on with his own amusement. Until the gentlemen come in.As soon as Mr. Wickham came in, Catherine and Lydia couldn't wait to talk and laugh with him.

Elizabeth doesn't have much affection for this handsome Mr. Wickham, and it's easy to see the greed, hypocrisy, and pretentiousness in this Mr. Wickham's eyes from Elizabeth's eyes.Elizabeth had seen many such people in her previous life, most of them were for the purpose of clinging to power and wealth.But Miss Bennet's dowry and property are not much, so Elizabeth doesn't think Mr. Wickham has any plans for Catherine and Lydia.But as a precautionary measure, Elizabeth decided to ask her men to investigate the gentleman after returning home.

When the 'charming' Mr. Wickham approached and accosted Elizabeth, Elizabeth listened to him calmly, occasionally shaming in agreement.

Mr. Wickham asked how far Netherfield was from Meryton.After she answered him, he asked hesitantly how long Mr. Darcy had been there.

"About a month," said Elizabeth, and adding, "as far as I know, he is a very rich man in Derbyshire," in order to set him off.

"Yes," Wickham replied. "His fortune is considerable--ten thousand pounds a year net. No one knows that for sure than I do, for I have had a special connection with his family since I was a boy."

Elizabeth could not help showing a look of surprise.She was right in guessing that the two of them are not ordinary...

"Miss Bennet, you may have seen the coldness with which we met. No wonder you were surprised by what I said. Are you familiar with Mr. Darcy?"

"I only wish I knew him that well," cried Elizabeth, deliberately irritated. "I spent four days with him and thought he was a nuisance."

Wickham said: "I don't have the right to say my opinion on whether he's likable or annoying. I can't comment. I've known him too long and been with him too well to do justice. I can't be impartial. But I dare say your opinion of him is appalling in general, and perhaps you wouldn't say it so much elsewhere. It's all yours here. .”

"Honestly, that's what I'd say in anyone's house around here, except in Netherfield. No one in Hertfordshire likes him at all. He's got a haughty air about him that's repulsive to anyone. You never Will hear good things said of him." Elizabeth swore she was telling the truth, and Mr. Darcy was not very agreeable.

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Elizabeth idly listened to Mr. Wickham's slander against Mr. Darcy. Yes, Elizabeth was sure it was a slander. Although Mr. Darcy was very unpopular, it would definitely not be as unbearable as Mr. Wickham said.Mr. Darcy is very proud, but he has the capital to be arrogant. If he didn't always say that Elizabeth's family didn't make Elizabeth feel uncomfortable, Elizabeth wouldn't have a bad impression of Darcy, but even if he didn't have a good impression, he wouldn't have too much disgust. , and this Mr. Wickham's smugness in slandering Mr. Darcy is disgusting.

The party at the aunt's house was over, and on the carriage back to Longborn, Elizabeth shared what Mr. Wickham said to her with Jane, and attached her own point of view.

"I think it is Mr. Wickham who is really suspicious. It is very suspicious that he can tell me his secrets and confide in me only the second time. If he is a gentleman, he should keep silent about these dirty things." Elizabeth paused, and took Jane's hand, "My dear, Wickham said that he would not be hostile to Mr. Darcy, expose Mr. Mr. Darcy, but his actions are completely contrary to his words. He is a hypocrite, and you'd better keep away from him, lest you be used by him! Of course, I don't worry about you at all, because you have Mr. Bingley, But Catherine and Lydia are a pain in the ass. You know they're always so disobedient. Can't tell the good from the bad."

"Lizzie, in fact, Catherine and Lydia are just young, maybe they will get better when they grow up."

"My dear Jane, age is no excuse, and when you think about how old you think they are, they are as free as they are. Besides, they are not the youngest in our family, and Andrew is much younger than them, but we can all see the difference between the two." The gap between them. The country is easy to change, and the nature is hard to change. What I can do is to take good care of them before they get married and prevent them from doing anything that insults the family."

Catherine and Lydia were delighted when the ladies came home to be told that there was a long-awaited ball at Netherfield next Tuesday, and they were clamoring over what to wear.Elizabeth suddenly felt that the 'guardianship' of the two little sisters should be stricter.

The fact that there was to be a ball at Netherfield brought the joy of the ladies to the brink.Mrs. Bennet thought that the ball was held as a compliment to her eldest daughter, and Elizabeth had no objection to this, because Mr. Bingley was indeed the kind of person who gave balls for the laughter of Bojas, and this ball The fact that Mr. Bingley came to invite him himself, rather than posting an invitation, is more indicative of this.Jane just imagined in her heart, and she was very excited to be able to dance and talk with her sweetheart that night; as for Catherine and Lydia, they didn't pin their happiness on one thing or one person, although they They danced most of the night with Mr. Wickham, but he was by no means the only partner at the ball who could give them a good time, and even Mary told the family that she was not entirely disinterested in the ball.

Mary said: "As long as the mornings are my own. I don't think it's a sacrifice to go to an occasional evening party. We all should have a social life. I don't think anyone can do without some diversion and entertainment." Mr. Collins, on the other hand, had no hesitation about being a guest, and he dared to dance without fear of reproach from the Archbishop or Lady Catherine de Bourgh.

He said: "To tell you the truth, I don't think there will be any bad inclinations at such a ball, where the host is a noble young man and the guests are decent people. Not only do I have no objection to dancing myself, but I hope that that night Cousins ​​are very flattering. I will take this opportunity, Miss Elizabeth, to ask you to dance with me for the first two dances."

Elizabeth said to Mr. Collins very coldly that she would dance the first two dances with her father, and dance with him again when she had the opportunity.And what Elizabeth was thinking about was how to take Mr. Collins' attention away from herself.I wouldn't be Bennett if I danced with him, Elizabeth thought.

On the night before the Netherfield Ball, Elizabeth obtained most of the information on that Mr. Wickham.Sure enough, he is a hypocrite, wandering around, owed gambling debts everywhere, tsk tsk!A holiday with Mr. Darcy.It seems that if you meet yourself at the Netherfield Ball, you should remind Mr. Wickham to stay away from the Miss Bennets.

It's a pity that Elizabeth didn't meet Mr. Wickham he wanted to threaten at the Netherfield Ball.This gentleman seemed more useless than he thought. I thought he would at least appear on the scene, but it seemed that he was still very afraid of Mr. Darcy in essence.Thinking of Mr. Darcy's handsome face of "ow me 100 million", Elizabeth suddenly found it very interesting. You must know that this kind of domineering, cool and handsome is quite popular among modern girls.Do you know how many girls hope to travel to the Qing Dynasty and have a romantic love with April Four of the same nature.

After dancing with her father, Elizabeth immediately fled before others came back to her senses.Mr. Collins is the scariest thing.

Elizabeth supported the balcony railing with one hand, held a glass of red wine in the other hand, and looked up at the sky.In the night sky here, there are vast stars that are rare to see in the 21st century. The liveliness of the dance seems to be isolated behind her. Living in this era for more than [-] years, Elizabeth still feels too lonely sometimes.The ideological gap cannot be erased, and Elizabeth can only do her best to adapt to this era, but sometimes she feels tired.After all, I am not a universal heroine or something. (Author: In fact, you are!)

"A pot of wine among the flowers, drinking alone without a blind date. Raise your glass to invite the bright moon, and the shadows will form three people."

"Feel sorry!"

"Ah!" The sudden voice behind her startled Elizabeth, and almost threw the wine glass in her hand.Elizabeth almost became violent when she saw the person coming. "Mr. Darcy, don't you know that scaring people can scare people to death?!"

Elizabeth was frightened by Darcy who suddenly came behind her, so of course she wouldn't give him a good look.He glared at him, then turned his head and continued to look at the sky, but the artistic atmosphere was gone.

Darcy would not tell Elizabeth that the reason why he raised his voice to salvage her was because he looked at the beautiful woman toasting to the moon and thought for a moment that she was going to go with the wind.He made a sound out of panic.

"I'm very sorry, did Miss Elizabeth speak Chinese just now?"

"Yes, I didn't expect Mr. Darcy to understand Chinese!" Elizabeth looked at Darcy with a little novelty.

"I don't understand, but I have been to the East before and heard this language there, and I was very impressed! I didn't expect to hear such standard Chinese here. Miss Elizabeth's knowledge is really admirable."

"It's just a little bit superficial, so I can't be praised by you. I didn't expect Mr. Darcy to have been to so many places. I have always been very interested in the mysterious kingdom in the East. Maybe I can go and see it if I have a chance. How about Mr. Darcy?" If you don’t go dancing, you have to know that there are far fewer gentlemen than ladies here today.”

"I thought Miss Elizabeth knew I wasn't interested in the ball!"

"I really don't know. I always thought that Mr. Darcy was not interested in the ladies here. You must know that every time I see you dancing on the arm of a lady with a sad face, I will feel that you are holding a creditor instead of a beautiful lady." Ms. Ha ha!" Perhaps the atmosphere between the two of them is too relaxed now, Elizabeth let go of her previous defenses and began to tease Mr. Darcy.

"Miss Elizabeth!!!"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Darcy, I was rude." Elizabeth recovered and found that she was too carried away.

"If Miss Elizabeth really wants to apologize, why not dance with me!"

Elizabeth was taken aback, is this really Darcy?

"Okay, but if it's possible, how about the last song?" Elizabeth didn't want to let the bastard Collins have any chance to invite herself.

"As you wish!"

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