Miss Elizabeth Goldfinger Bennet

23 chapter

Bennett House Drawing Room in a Day

Mrs. Bennet and Mrs. Lucas are gossiping about the latest news, yes Mrs. Lucas.

Although Mrs. Bennet has always had a lot of opinions and dissatisfaction with the Lucas family because of Charlotte Lucas, but to be honest, although Mrs. Bennet has various shortcomings, Mrs. Bennet One thing is not bad, just don't hold grudges, if someone offends her then she will show you on the spot, but after some time when her anger subsides then it's over.

As far as Charlotte is concerned, Mrs. Bennet cares so much about Mr. Collins because in her eyes, Collins is a good candidate for a son-in-law. Life after marriage is guaranteed.So Mrs. Bennet was very satisfied with him.

In the eyes of Mrs. Bennet, it is a great opportunity to have a son-in-law like Bingley. Not every daughter is so lucky to marry such a gentleman. Everyone knows that the dowries of her own daughters are meager.Although Elizabeth is excellent, her own status can only match that of Collins.

Now that Collins has no fate with her own daughter, Mrs. Bennet's eyes are full of disappointment. She resents the Lucas family for "swapping love" and resents Collins for "having eyes but no eyes"...

But under certain circumstances, Mrs. Bennet has no choice but to accept the reality, especially when Jane and Mr. Bingley have nothing to do, Mrs. Bennet obviously has greater dissatisfaction with Bingley and the others.

On the other hand, it was because Elizabeth's wedding gift to Charlotte let the Lucas family "know" the "richness" of the Bennet family, which made Mrs. Lucas flatter Mrs. Bennet overtly and secretly.So Mrs. Bennet forgave the former "gossip friend", and the two became very close again.

"I don't know if you have heard anything about Mr. Bingley recently?" Mrs. Lucas said to Mrs. Bennet mysteriously.

"Oh, you know, I really don't want to talk about them. It was so rude to leave without saying goodbye at the beginning!" In fact, Mrs. Bennet wanted to talk about the harm to Jane, but Elizabeth reminded It would be bad for Jane's reputation not to talk about Jane and Mr. Bingley outside her.Although Mrs. Bennet is not very smart, she cares about her daughter's affairs and knows the importance of reputation to a young girl.

"You don't know, the Bingley family is in trouble!" Mrs. Lucas knew Mrs. Bennet's dislike for Bingley.In fact, in Mrs. Lucas's opinion, Jane and Mr. Bingley were indeed very close at the beginning. Others like them thought that the two would definitely be together, but Mr. Bingley's hasty departure at this time is indeed not very gentlemanly.So she was happy to talk to Mrs. Bennet about their misfortune.

"Trouble? What trouble?"

"This is the news I got from my relatives in London. I heard...you see how good one of us, Mr. Bingley, was in the past, but his sister managed the family business...Miss Bingley is also very powerful. My brother's property... Now the Bingleys are the laughing stock of the whole upper class..."

"Oh, dear! Miss Bingley is the master of the Bingley family. No wonder Miss Bingley was always strong when we were at Netherfield. Mr. Bingley always listened to her, and I always I think Mr. Bingley has no idea. Oh, it’s a good thing our Jane didn’t marry Bingley, otherwise she would have to make a living under Miss Bingley’s hands in the future. How is the Bingley family now?” Mrs. Bennet completely I forgot how I praised that gentleman at the beginning. ╮(╯▽╰)╭~~ It seems that she has long known that the Bingley family is abnormal.

"I heard that the family property has shrunk very badly now. Some people say that the annual income is probably only about [-] pounds! Mr. Bingley is too kind. Although Miss Bingley caused such a big disaster, he did not touch Bingley. Miss Gray’s dowry. It’s just that the Bingleys can’t stay in London’s high society, let’s not talk about income, even the bad reputation of their family because of this incident is enough for them to drink a pot.”

When Elizabeth and Jane recovered from the trifles, they found that the whole of Longbourn was spreading the news about the Bingley family. Elizabeth was also very surprised. You must know that in a small town like Longborn, the information is really not very smooth. London The most important thing is that if you want to spread it here, unless it is published in the newspaper.According to her common sense, she shouldn't have reached this level!

It was really to blame that Miss Bingley was not very popular, either at Longborn or in London.Not to mention in Longbourn, people don't like others to look at themselves with a superior face, and Miss Bingley has a look of nostrils, as if they are not worthy of the stage in her eyes.The ladies in Miss Bingley's circle in London expressed envy at the familiarity Miss Bingley displayed to the Darcys all the time.You must know that the Darcy family is at a higher level than them.But Miss Bingley, who was in the middle of them, seemed to be Mr. Darcy's owner, which was very distasteful.In the past, for the sake of the Bingley family and the Darcy family, everyone held back.Now the Bingley family has finally been taught a lesson, and the culprit is still that Miss Bingley that everyone dislikes, so it is not to blame for them getting into trouble.Give these ladies a boost, and the Bingleys will blow through London like a spring breeze.Mrs. Lucas's sisters in London also heard that the Bingleys lived in Longbourne, so they wrote to Mrs. Lucas about the whole story and asked Mrs. Lucas how to get along with Miss Bingley. Did you see anything.

Mrs. Lucas's reaction at the time was the same as Mrs. Bennett's, and she felt that she was the truth.Of course, such gossip news should be shared with Mrs. Bennet, so as to get closer to each other.It was only a matter of time before Mrs. Bennet knew and all of Longborn knew.

Elizabeth saw the recent gathering of the wives of Longbourn talking about it.And the rumors tend to spread throughout Hertfordshire.Sick!Fortunately the Bingleys were no longer in Hertfordshire.

But what Elizabeth didn't expect was that, one month later, the Bingley family came to Hertfordshire and returned to live in Netherfield Gardens.

"Oh! Do you know, Mr. Bennet, that the master of Netherfield has returned, and Mr. Bingley and his family have returned!"

"Pfft~~" Elizabeth almost spit out the tea in her mouth, "Mom, did you hear me right?" Mr. Bingley dared to come back.

"Lizzie, I know you are surprised, well I know you are also surprised, Mary, don't be surprised, the news I have arrived is true, they have already moved into Netherfield Gardens, and they came in a hurry just like when they left .”

"They didn't come here to escape!" Mary's unintentional words made Elizabeth roughly guess the truth.Judging from the fact that they all knew of Miss Bingley's "great achievements" in Longbourn, the rumors in London should be even more serious. Anyone can imagine how sad Miss Bingley's life was there. Based on Elizabeth's understanding of those ladies, They must keep posting it to Miss Bingley and mocking it lavishly at parties.Although Miss Bingley could decline some invitations, some invitations could not be declined.The Bingley family itself was precarious, and if they offended people like this, it would be even worse.

Because Elizabeth was ordered to leave London, the current general crisis of the Bingley family should have passed, so Mr. Bingley took his sister away from London. After all, staying away from the parties is also a good way to quell the rumors.Thinking of this, Elizabeth once again mourned for Miss Bingley, if she knew that there were as many rumors in Hertfordshire as in London.

"Mr. Bennet, do you think we should visit the Bingleys?" Mrs. Bennet actually had no choice but to go to the Bingleys.

"How many people are here this time?"

"I heard that everyone except the Horst couple has come."

"Mr. Darcy, mother?" asked Elizabeth.

"Yes. There seems to be another lady."

Elizabeth heard that Mr. Darcy had also come with Mr. Bingley, and expressed surprise at Darcy's "never leaving" Bingley, but she didn't know whether it was for Miss Bingley or because of Mr. Bingley. (Hey, my daughter is because of you!)

"Miss, is that Miss Darcy, Lizzie?"

"Jane, I don't even know if you ask me!" Elizabeth found that since Jane knew her secret, she had become a little blindly worshiped to her.As if she is omnipotent O(╯□╰)o sweat!

"Last time we visited them first, so this time if they are polite, we should come first. After all, it was very impolite to say goodbye without saying goodbye. If the Bingleys don't have the minimum etiquette, then we don't have to talk to them." Make more contacts." Mr. Bennet said to his wife very calmly.

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