[Pride and Prejudice] Second Marriage

Although the church was extremely dissatisfied with the Prince Regent's meddling in marriage affairs, the farce at Pemberley quickly came to an end. The church quickly approved the lawsuit, and Congress immediately accepted the case under the urging of the Prince Regent, and finally ruled that the marriage was nullified. The relationship between Xi and his wife is completely dissolved, and both parties can remarry.

Pemberley has largely washed away his previous shame.The scope of the divorce law is getting wider and wider, and there are more and more divorce cases. Mr. Darcy's divorce does not make him worthless. On the contrary, everyone is envious of the newly released Baron Dagapur and welcomes him back. In the mainstream society, Baron Dagapur is indispensable in the banquet venues of the Prince Regent's residence. He has become a single man with rich wealth and excellent conditions just like two years ago.

"I really didn't expect the matter to be resolved like this. You can't imagine my despair at that time!" Mrs. Griffey visited Juliet one afternoon. She seemed to have lingering fears about the banquet in London. She had been suffering from poor health for the past few days. Turned down many invitations, "Until now I still can't believe those people, they can say bad things about Pemberley a few days ago, and then they can talk about his grandeur and grandeur in a complimenting tone."

"It's human nature." Juliet said, she seemed a little absent-minded, "What about the former Mrs. Darcy?"

When Elizabeth was mentioned, Mrs. Griffey felt a little depressed. She tried to smile, "After the divorce, she is still a smart and self-respecting girl, and she has become more practical. She accepted Darcy's kindness and took a prize. A lot of money, the brother decided to send her and her two sisters to the other side of the ocean - instead of living incognito in the country and being ridiculed by others, it is better to go to a place where no one knows. After all, America is a free place. Pretending to be a rich widow there, who, with her wits, is sure to get a good marriage. As for Cousin Fitzwilliam, he went to India."

"Mr. Darcy is very kind."

Mrs. Griffey, having settled a trouble, returned her keen powers of observation, and found that her friend's face was not flushed with happiness, as betrothed girls are, but with anxiety. .Something must have happened that she didn't know, Mrs. Griffey thought, and just as she was about to insinuate, Juliet said, "I'm going to do something, Georgiana. I don't think I'm a daredevil." , I am not a person who is willing to show kindness anytime and anywhere, but I once told myself that I will give him a chance to explain, then I will be a person who keeps my promise."

Mrs. Griffey was confused by her nonsensical words, "But what are you going to do?"

"A date," replied Juliet. She got up and took out the rolled up note from the dressing-case in front of the mirror and handed it to Mrs. Griffey. "I want you to testify that we're going to take a walk around , and perhaps a few purchases in Bond Street."

Mrs. Griffey was frightened by her audacity, "Julie, you can't do this." She glanced at the handwriting on the note in a hurry, but it was beautiful but messy: [I have a lot to explain to you.If you will believe me, please come to this hatter's shop, I have settled a dispute for the owner, he is a reliable man, please don't worry, I will wait from morning till midnight. 】The following is the address of Yixing's hat shop.

Mrs. Griffey said puzzledly, "It's... impolite to meet a girl alone like this." She considered her words, "Since he has a lot to say, why doesn't he come to visit you? I can't see that There is no sincerity in it, unless...he wants to do something...bad." She seemed to remember something, and her face was a little pale.

"No, he can't do that, my father won't allow him to come to the door," Juliet shook her head, "nor will every eye on this street allow him to come to the door."

"Oh, my God, what happened?" Mrs. Griffey asked.

"It's five o'clock now, we can hurry up and be back before dinner at six o'clock." Juliet didn't explain, she had already stood up and went to the mirror to put on a hat for herself, "I know what you're worried about , dear. Although I am suspected of being impulsive, this impulsiveness does not come from irrational love. I just want not to be the culprit of future regrets because of my temporary retreat. But I know what I can and cannot do, I have always cherished myself and my family." She put on her hat, turned around, and hugged Mrs. Griffey, "Just like you, Georgiana, we all have a good brother."

Mrs. Griffey was reluctantly persuaded, and she went out with a kind of trepidation arm in arm with Juliet, and then got into Mrs. Griffey's carriage at the corner of the street.

After only a while, the carriage arrived at its destination, outside a hat shop named "Old Charlie".

"I'll be waiting for you in the carriage, Juliet, please come out quickly so that I can feel at ease." Georgiana said worriedly.

"Thank you, Georgiana," Juliet leaned over and kissed her side face, "I believe in you as much as I believe in myself, six o'clock, and it will never be more than six o'clock." After finishing speaking, she carried The skirt got off the carriage.

Mrs. Griffey looked at her back hurriedly crossing the road and entering the hat shop through the glass window of the carriage, and her heart suddenly hung tightly.

***

The "Old Charlie" hat shop is not very big, and there is no one in the shop—except for a middle-aged man behind the counter. He wears a black hat and has a plain face, but his frank eyes make him look reliable. He recognized the person at a glance, "Miss Stocker?"

"Oh, yes." Juliet scratched her skirt nervously.

"Please follow me," the man turned out from behind the high counter, led her to the innermost shelf of the shop, and opened a small door to reveal a narrow staircase, "He's upstairs."

Juliet hesitated for a while, the atmosphere - a man she didn't know and the dark corridor, almost made her lose her courage, and immediately turned and left.But a surprise voice suddenly sounded, "Juliet!"

Joyce still kept going down the stairs, because the surprise, smile and joy lit up his tired and melancholy face, making the whole staircase illuminated.

"I've got myself into a desperate situation! Juliet, but here you come!" He hurried down the stairs happily, and from his trembling hands seemed to be suppressing a very strong emotion.

The owner of the hatter retreated quietly.

Juliet didn't say a word, she quickly raised her eyes and glanced at Joyce, then stopped looking at him, and took the first step up the stairs with her skirt.

This is an attic used as a storage room. There are piles of hat boxes in a mess, and there is almost no place to set foot. There is also a very simple bed in it. There is no window in the attic, only the side of the bed A small dim candle lamp stood on a wooden stool that served as a bedside table.

Only then did Joyce realize how out of place it was for Juliet to stand in such a messy environment wearing clean white satin clothes, and he explained in a panic, "Juliet, I can't find a better and safer place than here ..."

"It's okay," Juliet turned to look at him. "Let's get straight to the point. I'm here to listen to your explanation. What do you want to tell me?"

A painful expression immediately appeared on Joyce's face, "Oh, Juliet, I don't want to recall that shameful incident at all, but in order to regain your trust, I have to tell the truth about it all over again. .”

After the banquet that day, he followed Mrs. Fitzherbert's carriage to a mansion under her name. There were already several carriages parked outside the door.When he walked in, there were two young men sitting on the sofa in the living room—both college students studying law, but the staff made him a little puzzled, because although these two students did not belong to the Law School, they were full of fawning People from the Law Academy, just because their vagrant children are too famous, although everyone disdains them, they have heard of them.Joyce couldn't figure out why the Prince Regent would invite both of them at the same time as him.

He waited for a while, but he did not wait for the arrival of the Prince Regent. Instead, he received an apology from Mrs. Fitzherbert. She said that the Prince Regent had something to do at the last minute, so he could only regretfully cancel the meeting.Joyce immediately prepared to leave when he heard the words, but he was held back by the two young men, and Mrs. Fitzherbert also kindly invited him to stay for a few glasses of wine.

"So I sat down and was poured a glass of wine by them, just one glass, and then I didn't know anything." Joyce's eyes showed pain and regret, "When I woke up again, there was a woman's sharp voice next to my ear." People's contemptuous gazes dangled in front of Minghe's eyes."

As soon as Joyce finished speaking, he eagerly looked up to see the expression on Juliet's face that determined his fate at the moment. He was not disappointed. Juliet did not show contempt for him, but there was no unnecessary expression either. Like an ordinary passerby listening to a story, his eyes were full of shock, "Did you offend someone?"

"Everything stems from an ugly woman's terrible revenge. Probably because I once rejected her love, I didn't notice any clues from her behavior at all. I thought this matter had become a dusty past — After all, it was two years ago." Joyce sighed deeply, and continued, "My father and I spent many days catching those two young men who fled to Maidstone , trying, with their prospects and their families, to compel them to tell the truth, that they were sent and driven by a lady—Eleanor Redding, my tutor's only daughter, who gave them a large sum of money and promised to tried her best to persuade her father to introduce them to the bar school. She appointed the two ... Miss Montlimarco ... together, and slyly left no clues. The two young men were in the end of the matter I fled London the next day to avoid returning for a while. My father passed the two young men's arguments to my mentor, who responded immediately and locked Eleanor firmly in the house. , and knelt down to me, begging me tearfully not to reveal this matter. What can I do? Kneeling in front of me is my most respected and beloved teacher, despite his daughter’s vicious actions. This matter also involves Mrs. Fitzherbert, and it is impossible for us to make it public—only my honest teacher never thought of this, and Eleanor actually has nothing to fear."