[Pride and Prejudice] Second Marriage

Mary Bennett's crying made Elizabeth wish that she could faint like her nervously weakened mother at this moment, but her healthy body kept her standing still.

She never thought that one day, she would become a figure who would shame the family and make her sisters sad.She remembered with strange clarity how she hated the little sister when Lydia Bennett and Wickham eloped that year, how she had ruined the family honor, and even She has a vaguely beautiful marriage.But afterwards, she rarely thanked Lydia secretly in her heart for her stupidity, which led to her and Darcy's marriage. She will never forget the happiness at that moment, Darcy's love and confession, Darcy's Submitting and regressing, the affection and passion for her on his pretty face are the best compliments to her.

Only at this moment did Elizabeth understand her own heart, she loved Darcy so deeply!She loves him all the time and never changes. She loves his silent lips, loves his deep eyes, loves his firm chin, and she can't forget every part of him.

She raised her eyes and secretly looked at Darcy who was walking to the fireplace. His tall and majestic demeanor and his serene and contemplative side face gave her a hint of hope.Darcy knew the whole truth. She and Colonel Fitzwilliam hadn't done anything scandalous that people were ashamed to mention. They just found a big and thick tree, sat on the ground with their backs against it and chatted. If it wasn't for Wickham That lunatic suddenly rushed out at them, yelling and dancing towards them, and they wouldn't be surprised to run away, and their clothes were scratched by the bushes.

Colonel Fitzwilliam had explained everything to him, and he had been silent for the past few days, and did not come to question her. He believed her.Elizabeth thought to herself, and there was another gleam of hope in her dark, silent eyes.

But Lady Catherine's opening broke her hope. She said, "I will make a statement on behalf of Pemberley and my dearest nephew Darcy. Regarding this scandal, we have all reached an agreement, no matter what the truth is. How, we have to discuss how to solve it. What people want is not the truth, but the attitude." Her tone was as unrefutable as ever, "Divorce!" She spit out these two words mercilessly, "Pember The Leigh and Darcy names cannot be forever ridiculed by this scandal."

"Divorce?" Mrs. Bennet just woke up and was so shocked by these two words that she fainted.

Even Mrs. Griffey was surprised, but she immediately realized that divorce was the best solution, after all, Pemberley didn't have an heir yet.Thinking of this, she looked at the silent Darcy.

"Divorce?" repeated Lady Jane Bingley incredulously, thinking she had misheard. "Lady Catherine, I consider marriage to be a sacrament, inseparable."

"Earlier in the last century, Congress didn't think so, ma'am." Lady Catherine gave her a contemptuous look. "This marriage has shamed Darcy," she paused. Innumerable opinions have been expressed on this unwise marriage, so she now only mentions one sentence and continues, "Now, this scandal not only hurts Pemberley's reputation, but also my poor nephew. The marriage relationship has been broken and irretrievable, and since the husband and wife can no longer live together, divorce is imperative."

Jane Bingley did not expect that Lady Catherine would make such a suggestion. She thought that the worst result would be that they endured some reproaches under pressure, and then let Elizabeth live in seclusion and no longer appear in front of everyone—she actually lived a life before the accident. such a life.She never expected such a result.Divorce, what a blow it is to a woman, it is even more dishonorous than the scandal, and Elizabeth's life after the divorce, without the support of Pemberley, how desolate she should be!She glanced at Elizabeth who had collapsed on the ground with a pale face, then looked at the silent Mr. Darcy with a pale face, and said with the last hope, "Fitzwilliam, this result is so cruel to Lizzie. , it's not fair to her, and...it's not fair to us. We all know the truth, it's not like the rumors at all, can't you bear to see her reputation ruined at a young age, and the sun never shines?"

"The whole society is talking of her liveliness and enthusiasm," said Mr. Darcy at last, still standing by the fire, and seemed very reluctant to come among them.Mrs. Griffey, who had been paying attention to him, was surprised to find that although there was still a trace of sarcasm on his face, his expression was not as gloomy as before. "No matter what the truth is," said the two He paused for a word, as if trying to figure out the gold content of these two—this pause almost made Elizabeth so embarrassed that she wanted to die immediately (at this time, she remembered in despair that their so-called chat was actually a kind of *) After a while, Darcy continued, "People don't care, they only remember what they want to remember. In this case, what reputation will she have in the future?"

Jane Bingley looked at him incredulously, and couldn't believe that such cold words came out of his mouth, "Oh, Fitzwilliam, I didn't expect you, as a husband, to think of yourself like this when you clearly know the truth of the matter Wife... with such harsh language..."

"Young girls always like to ask silly questions and do silly things." Lady Catherine said disdainfully, "Darcy's words are completely true. Women in the upper class have surprisingly good memories, even after 40 years. Little things, as long as they are willing to remember, they can remember clearly, not a single detail, I even remember the lace used on the skirt of a disgusting girl when I first left the social world."

No one was laughing out of place at this point.

Elizabeth even broke down in tears, shedding painful tears.At this moment, she didn't care about anything else, she just stared at Darcy closely, longing for a little response from him, she seemed to understand vaguely that it would be hopeless in the future if she stared at Darcy for a while.

The pain and love in her dark eyes did not soften Darcy, who was even surprisingly calm, like a bystander.No one knows how he spent the past few days in pain. His thoughts were bitter, and the result of his thoughts was also deeply sad. He almost wanted to laugh at himself loudly. In this marriage, he only got Short-lived happiness, and this kind of happiness can only be obtained when blindfolded.

He didn't want to get to the bottom of who was more at fault in this marriage, maybe he was to blame for waking up too quickly, the matter had developed to this point, now he only felt that he was freed from this quagmire of marriage, even though things happened As a result, some relationships are deeply hurt.But he was actually much more relaxed.

"Get a divorce." He suggested again, and then he got up and left. The past few days of thinking brought back the aristocratic contempt on his face-he was impatient to endure Elizabeth, which made him uncomfortable and made him feel own sad eyes.

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In order to satisfy people's curiosity, so history has developed.Pemberley's categorical and candid attitude towards the scandal has added a bit of talk to people after dinner, but it will inevitably disappoint many people with bad intentions.Except for a few mean women, they don't care how Mrs. Darcy will live after the divorce. They only know that the outcome of this matter has actually been settled, and divorce is an inevitable outcome-except for a little time and money. outside.

The only one who was interested in this was the Prince Regent. For this reason, he specially summoned the young man who had been on the cusp of the storm recently. His current lover Mrs. Fitzherbert and his best friend Sir Marshall accompanied him. Together they received Mr. Darcy.

The regent found to his satisfaction that the young man before him possessed an air which he liked.Mr. Darcy was tall, broad-shouldered, elegantly dressed and well-mannered, and his handsome face did not have the flamboyant expression of fashionable young people nowadays (the Prince Regent hates it the most. more attention-grabbing than himself), in addition to being a little out of sorts - which is completely understandable, the scandal of his wife and brother taking a toll on the self-esteem of a young man.

He asked in good spirits how far he was in the divorce.

"Marriage proceedings are in progress." Darcy replied briefly, he did not expect to meet the actual person in charge of the palace under such circumstances.

"Oh! What a time-wasting step. They will get stuck in the process, ask you about various things, and ask you to pay a large amount of legal fees..." The regent complained a lot to the church court, Most of them complain that too much time and money are wasted in the litigation process.

Darcy remained silent, he probably knew what kind of character the regent was based on his own judgment-listening to his endless complaints, Darcy could kill everything such as "enjoying a seat in front of the king" rights" idea.He thought of the efforts he had made for it in the past few months, and he couldn't help but laugh at himself, no matter how outstanding the results were, it was not as good as an eye-catching scandal.

"I feel your pain so deeply," the Prince Regent suddenly changed the subject, "a marriage that cannot be thrown off immediately, like a chain. Oh, young man, I feel this pain--in fact, you only need to put your strength on it." Used in the right direction, young man, the marriage immediately flew away like a frightened butterfly."

Darcy immediately understood what he meant. Thinking of the regent's famous financial deficit, he expressed his willingness to use the profits of a factory under his name as a reward for the regent's kindness to help him.

So here both parties are happy.

But the regent said, "Oh, this is just a matter of little effort for me-to speed up the legislative process of Congress. I come from my sincerity, and I can fully understand the pain you are suffering. Too much money destroys our relationship. What a friendship we have formed!"

Darcy let him utter this false remark with emotion, before continuing, "You have got me out of trouble, and I have nothing else to thank you for. Your kindness, your kindness, are as good as yours." It's a trifle, sympathetic." Darcy has learned more in a few months in the pompous circles of London than from all the philosophy books in Pemberley's study, though he never will in his life. Thought they were valuable, but life had taught him the necessary false compliments—you'd always meet people with more capital and arrogance than you.

The regent was very satisfied with his performance on the road, so a few days later, Darcy was surprised to receive a letter of award from the King of England-he got a hereditary baronetship.