aristocratic engagement

After dinner, Annie greeted everyone, and went back to the room to check on Fenrir’s condition—he was already half healed, and he became energetic again, always wagging his tail at Annie, hoping that she could take him out for a run .

Anne asked the veterinarian, and the veterinarian suggested to wait for a while, and wait for Fenrir's injury to heal better before returning to previous sports.Fenrir seemed to understand what the doctor said, staring at Annie with his big black eyes.

Annie was stunned and made up her mind, but she didn't let it succeed.

But Fenrir still likes to run around the room with a limp from time to time, and Annie always has to go back and have a look immediately after dinner, for fear that he will toss herself and get hurt again.

Watching Anne go upstairs, Darcy led the guests to the big living room.

Darcy and Bingley sat down on the three-seater sofa opposite the fire.Darcy sat in the middle, and Bentley sat on his left, next to his two sisters.Opposite the Miss Bingleys sat Lady Catherine and Georgiana.

Mrs. Reynolds came in with tea and snacks, carefully placed the tray in front of Darcy, distributed the tea sets, and poured hot tea for them.

Miss Bingley and Miss Caroline praised Mrs. Reynolds for her carefulness, and then began to criticize the oriental china tea sets.

"Only a family with real background and taste will have such beautiful porcelain. Look at the warm and moist azure cup, Mr. Darcy, must it be carefully selected by you?

I heard that some time ago, a jeweler in London brought back a lot of precious oriental tea and porcelain from overseas. You know, those are only available to the royal family. "

Miss Caroline sat on the double sofa by the fireplace, with her upper body leaning forward slightly, watching Darcy intently.

Unexpectedly, Darcy turned his head and explained solemnly: "I don't have a unique opinion on tea sets, but for Oriental porcelain, you must be able to chat with my cousin, Miss Anne de Bourgh. The tea set was given to me by her."

The smile on Miss Caroline's face froze. Seeing this, Miss Bingley pressed Caroline's hand and said, "I didn't expect Miss de Bourgh to have researched these things. When we were talking about the arrangement of the ball just now, , she sat by without saying a word, and I thought Miss de Bourgh was not interested in our conversation..."

She smiled softly, but she seemed to say that Anne de Baoer treated the two sisters with disrespect, and didn't even bother to perfuse what she knew well.

Lady Catherine frowned after hearing this. She has always looked down on these clumsy techniques of applying eye drops—the ladies in London were much smarter than this when they provoked each other!

Georgiana said in a daze, "I've never seen Anne worry about the layout and decoration of the manor. Aren't those things that Mrs. Jiang Jinsheng does on a daily basis?"

After speaking, she looked at Mrs. Catherine suspiciously.

Mrs. Catherine managed to hold back her smile, and nodded solemnly with a straight face: "You are right, my dear. As a lady, it is enough to know a little about this and see if the servant is fooling the master." It’s gone. It’s not necessary to cover everything, it’s taking the housekeeper’s job.”

Darcy understood the implication before his eyes swept over the two sisters.He turned to look at his friends beside him, only to see that Bingley just kept laughing, seemingly completely unsure of the confrontation between the ladies.

After thinking for a while, Darcy decided to show some face to the guests, so he continued following Caroline's topic: "Miss Caroline, is the London jeweler you mentioned called Mr. Gardner?"

"As expected, you've heard of it too?" Caroline Bingley opened her eyes wide in surprise, and couldn't help showing a shy and grateful smile.

"Yes, I had a few encounters with this gentleman many years ago, and I also bought an oriental jade bracelet from him at a good price."

"Oh? A jade bracelet? Can I borrow it? Last year I saw one at Mr. Gardner's. Unfortunately, it has already been reserved by a Mr. Richter."

Hearing this familiar name, Darcy's face softened instantly.

Seeing this, Miss Caroline looked at Georgiana with great encouragement: "Miss Darcy, can you take a look at the jade bracelet? I am really curious about objects from the East."

"...What, what jade bracelet?" Georgiana was stunned.

Miss Caroline and Georgiana met eyes and nodded expectantly.

"Jade bracelets? Miss Caroline, you also like jade?" The door was pushed open by the servant, and Anne's figure appeared behind the door and walked in.She held a big dog in her arms, looking a little embarrassed and struggling.

Darcy quickly got up and stepped forward, taking Fenrir from her hand.

"Fenrir is alone, no, a dog in the room is almost tearing down my room, so I had to bring him here." Annie said in a low voice.Darcy nodded, and sent Fenrir to the thick blanket in front of the fireplace.

Anne patted the dog hair on her body and sat down on Darcy's right hand.

She looked at Caroline Bingley, who was full of complex emotions, and called out strangely, "Miss Caroline?"

"Ah! Ah... yes, I like it too. I heard that Mr. Darcy once bought a jade bracelet from Mr. Gardiner in London, so I want to borrow it to have a look."

"What's the matter with me!" Anne stretched out her hand and rang the bell on the small table next to her. "I asked Du Li, my personal maid, to fetch it. Miss Caroline, I didn't expect that we would be like this." What is your hobby! Which kind of jade do you prefer? Personally, I like jadeite the most, it is as transparent as dewdrops on green leaves. Wearing it on the wrist, it looks especially quiet and extravagant."

Miss Caroline faltered, her cheeks flushed instantly, and a drop of sweat appeared on her forehead.

She didn't know much about jade, only that it was a kind of stone from the east.When Mr. Gardner told her that the price of the jade bracelet was as high as five hundred pounds, the hand holding the jade bracelet almost trembled and almost dropped it on the counter.

You know, their family's annual income is only four to five thousand pounds!

Compared with those squires, the Bingley family is already very well off.

But she still flinched from the jade bracelet.

Jealousy raged in Miss Caroline's heart.Not only because this Miss de Bourgh could keep her coveted jewelry for herself, but because of... that person.

Mr. Darcy bought the jade bracelet, but he didn't give it to his own sister, but to his cousin Miss de Bourgh!

Could it be that she is more important to Mr. Darcy than his own sister?

Caroline clenched her teeth tightly, trying to control her facial muscles, for fear of letting out an angry scream.She suppressed the sourness and anger that rushed into her heart, and said: "I don't have a deep research on jade, but I just like its appearance."

After finishing speaking, a burst of laughter suddenly came from the opposite side.

Caroline stared over, only to see Georgiana covering her mouth with a laugh.

The corners of Darcy's mouth were also slightly curled up, revealing a very faint smile - Miss Caroline's words just now sound familiar, almost exactly the same as his denial of research on porcelain just now.

At this moment, Du Li pushed open the door and entered, holding a beautifully carved wooden box in her hand.

Annie opened the wooden box, and under the light of the fire, a jade bracelet shone beautifully on the black velvet backing.

The Bingley sisters got up and approached, and Anne handed them the jade bracelets, letting them play with them.

Mr. Bingley praised it again and again, and seeing that the sisters loved it very much, he promised to give one of them as a gift when they got married.Miss Bingley's eyes lit up at once—remember, she was going to be married soon.

Georgiana was not interested in this, she got up and came to Fenrir's side, and sat on the carpet.Fenrir sensed the movement, sniffed lightly, and fell asleep peacefully after finding out that it was a familiar smell.

When Miss Caroline reluctantly returned the bracelet to Anne, Darcy suddenly took it.

"When I gave it to you, you were so small that you didn't even try it in the store. Now, is this size still suitable?

If it is not suitable, I think I can choose a better one for you based on my friendship with Mr. Gardner. "

Annie waved her hands again and again, but Darcy held her arm weakly.

"Try." Darcy gestured to put it on for her.

A hot stream rushed straight from his arm to his cheek, Annie quickly took it from his hand, and put it on her wrist neatly: "Just right, just right. This is enough for me to wear on weekdays, no matter how expensive it is, I have to take it." I came to collect it. I am always worried that it will be knocked, after all, I am not a person who cherishes it."

Darcy stared at the slender and white wrist, and the emerald green of the jade bracelet made it paler and more fragile.

Under the soft candlelight, the skin is more delicate, and the texture seems to be filled with an attractive aroma.

It smells like roses.

Darcy suddenly looked away, and nodded unnaturally, covering up the slight movement of his Adam's apple.

In the next few days, Anne Lei practiced dancing in the dance studio, or dealt with letters in the room that seemed to never be finished.

Darcy and Bingley went out hunting every day, and they didn't come back on horseback until night. There were more or less prey on the horses, but after all, winter had just passed, and the prey in the mountains were not fat, so the two gentlemen were merciful.

And Georgiana actually got closer to Miss Caroline.

As mentioned earlier, Du Li was an inquisitive person, and quickly figured out how their "friendship" came about—one morning, Miss Caroline ran into Wickham in the corridor, and after talking to him for a while, parted.She seemed to be extremely sensitive to the relationship between men and women, and soon noticed the special atmosphere between Georgiana and Wickham.

Miss Caroline wanted to get close to Georgiana, and she would take Georgiana with her no matter what new things she did.

Their conversation tended to avoid others, but with so many servants at Pemberley Manor, someone always overheard a word.

The manservant was a wise man, and he knew that he could not tell the master directly, lest he would be jealous of knowing the secrets of the master's family, so he quietly told Miss de Bourgh's personal maid.

—Miss Caroline did her best to "teach" Georgiana how to win a gentleman's heart.

This is not something to make a fuss about, after all, it is just a private conversation among ladies.However, people in Pemberley Manor more or less understood Miss Darcy's feelings, and knew that the object was Wickham.

This is amazing!

The day before the ball, in the ballroom, Georgiana was playing a tune, and Anne was changing her dancing shoes.

The door opened suddenly.

Darcy came in, followed by Wickham.When Wickham saw Georgiana at the piano, he winked playfully at her.

"???" Annie looked at them suspiciously, not understanding how these two appeared in the ballroom.

Mrs. Black immediately went up to meet him, and exchanged salutes with Mr. Darcy.

She turned to look at Annie and said, "I asked Mr. Darcy to come and dance with you today. Tomorrow is the ball. You have never practiced dancing with a gentleman. I was really afraid that you would be embarrassed, so I asked Mr. Darcy." He kindly accepted my proposal to practice with you before the ball."

"I……"

"Miss Darcy, you also have a partner. Mr. Wickham offered to come and practice with you." Mrs. Black interrupted Anne, and before Georgiana showed a happy expression, she continued,

"You cannot go to the ball, but Mr Wickham will be at the ball to-morrow.

He'll need some practice too, but I'm sure it won't be a problem for Wickham, don't worry, Miss Darcy, your feet won't suffer... oh Mr Darcy, you are too generous up. "

Georgiana was a little dazed, her gaze resting on Wickham's face.

Darcy bowed slightly gentlemanly, and walked towards Anne.

Standing still in front of Annie, Darcy bowed slightly with a faint smile on his face, and stretched out his hand gracefully.

"Miss de Bourgh, I am a strict tutor."

The author has something to say: as I write, the inspiration flies again, and the dance party will be postponed again... 23333

This chapter made my aunt laugh.

It is not easy to pull back the foreshadowing of the previous article.Bracelets and perfume, hee hee hee.

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Thanks to the little angel who threw mines: Zhuzhu Chloe1;

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Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!