[Pride and Prejudice] Second Marriage

"Miss Stocker, you are here."

Juliet came back to her senses, her face still had the contemplation just now—far from the loneliness and sadness that Mrs. Amber said, she was calm, but her eyes were still a little wandering, "Oh, Mr. Darcy, why are you here ?”

"A lady sent me an invitation in the morning, but she forgot about it in a blink of an eye." Darcy said with a serious face.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I was a little distracted just now, and it's not like you haven't refused my invitation." Juliet couldn't help smiling, "Then let's go, Auntie may still be waiting for us. How long have you been here?"

"If you mean the small round table that you can see as soon as you enter the door, there is no one there." Darcy deliberately avoided her last question. He has actually been here for a long time. It is not that he did not meet Mrs. Amber when he entered the door. It's just that when she greeted her, the tea cup in her hand was not stable, and it all fell on her delicate skirt, so she regretted telling him that she had to change a dress, which might take a long time, and Juliet went to another part of the garden. While walking, he could have gone to her.

The corner of the house is neither near nor far, just enough to hear the sound from the wind. When Darcy arrived, he happened to see Juliet with a disdainful smile on her face. The series of words spit out from Zhang's delicate lips made Mr. Quvis ironically look like a huge wriggling flesh-colored worm.That clever and haughty look is very pleasing to Darcy's eyes, but it is not the case at all in the eyes of Mr. Traves. When he passed by Darcy panting heavily, he didn't see a man next to him with a A contemptuous look glanced at him, as if shaking off the dust on the hem of his clothes, but he was disgusted but careless.

"What are you thinking?" Looking at her peaceful side face, Darcy couldn't help but ask - he is actually not a person with serious curiosity, however, today's Juliet made him feel very strange, unlike him The shadow in my impression couldn't overlap, and since the morning in the cemetery, she gave him a strong sense of elusiveness, which is rarely seen in young girls.

Juliet pondered for a while, "It's a bit funny to say, but if I said that I was thinking about how a person should survive, would you believe me?"

Darcy didn't show any expression, but his black eyes showed a little confusion, "This proposition is too broad for you."

"Just now, a Mr. Quvez proposed to me. I don't know if you have seen him." Juliet's expression suddenly became vivid, and she gestured to Darcy to describe Quvez's appearance. Fat, quite fat, it's hard to breathe when you look at him, you know that feeling—imagine, instead of blood flowing through your veins, you have thick, sticky fat."

"Your description is a bit... uncomfortable." Darcy said matter-of-factly, and he didn't say any more preaching words like young girls should not tell others about their marriage proposal - because he wanted to listen.

Juliet was a little melancholy, "That's right, that's the feeling. He took out a necklace and showed it off to me—in fact, I think he's pretty stupid. It's true that he is rich, but I'm rich too—he used it in the wrong way. But it worked for others. A young female school student was found pregnant by her principal. After various investigations and evidence collection, the girl admitted that the child belonged to Mr. Traves. In her vanity box, she found a lot of precious jewelry, which she could not afford at all. I was thinking, if it was me-you know I didn't earn my money, I was just lucky to have A rich father and a capable brother—if I am also a poor and white woman, after a long time, will I be able to control myself not to vassalize the luxury of the upper class?"

"What you say makes no sense, Miss Stock," said Darcy quietly, "you shouldn't have put yourself in such a miserable situation in the sun, and besides, since you can think about it, I don't think you will Seduced by money—you don't look like an empty-headed girl."

Juliet shook her head, "That's because in fact I don't lack wealth at all, let me think it's your compliment!"

She didn't take it for granted to put herself in such a situation, but actually experienced it.At that time, she was a young model who had just debuted. Although her appearance and figure were good, it did not mean that she started a smooth road to success. There were many more beautiful and talented than her.She can only occasionally attend some big shows by luck. There are not many opportunities, so she has to save her salary and rent a small cubicle in the basement for [-] yuan a month.In the most difficult time, she can only drink tap water—this is actually very far, far away in her memory. The happy days have passed for too long, and she can no longer taste the pain of the past. It is probably like a picture with only The symbolic old photos may be like the ravaged broken rose on the ground—only insignificant emotion, no pain.

"However, you're right." She seemed to sigh deeply, and laughed lively again, "Although I didn't earn the money myself, I have the confidence to refuse a dozen pursuits." Or - my confidence comes from my favorite family."

Although her tone was clear, Darcy clearly saw a trace of melancholy in her eyes, which inevitably made him feel a little depressed.He wanted to try his best to get rid of this emotion that made him feel a little dangerous, so he jokingly said, "Mr. Quvis can be regarded as a good match for you, not to mention that he still admires you-don't you have the slightest bit of compassion? If that dozen Among the suitors, there is such a person like Mr. Quvez who proposes to you, of course he does not have the despicable things of Quvez, do you want to refuse?"

"I don't care about him, why do I feel pity for him?" Juliet smiled, "It seems that you inevitably feel that my words are wrong-but since I have the conditions now, why can't I find someone to say good night to me before going to bed on this basis? What about a husband who can kiss without making me sick?"

"Then appearance is also one of the conditions for your choice?" Darcy was unconsciously attracted by her question.

"I don't want to hypocritically say no, a good-looking husband is indeed pleasing to the eye." Juliet said slowly while thinking about sitting down on the flower bed again, "but there are more details."

"For example?" Darcy didn't want to look down on her, so he sat down by the flower bed too.The tone of his questioning seemed a little impatient - but the person concerned did not notice this.

Juliet thought for a minute or two, "I noticed Mr. Traves's attitude towards women, he looked down on women—even rich women like me," she paused, glanced at Darcy, and continued, " Women are playthings in his eyes, maybe he needs a wife with the same decoration, but I reject this unequal position."

Darcy raised an eyebrow at her unabashed phrasing and keenness of opinion.

"There are also some people who have deep admiration in their eyes and touching compliments in their mouths. This can indeed arouse my vanity, but I feel tired after watching too much. No matter how strong the admiration can last for a few years ?The glory of the past is gone, the appearance is no longer, or it doesn’t even take that long, just wait for the novelty to pass, then only I will be left to feel the emptiness and loneliness after the prosperity has passed. Those compliments that used to lift people up to heaven will be replaced I fell hard to the ground—it would be better to find someone who has never seen my appearance in his eyes."

"Your thoughts are too pessimistic." Darcy was silent for a while—in fact, he felt that this topic made him a little irritated. "There are very few people who are not attracted by beautiful things—your request is too high."

Juliet teased, "Are you complimenting me, Mr. Darcy?" She suddenly paused, as if remembering something, turned her head and stared at Darcy for a while, "Maybe there is one in front of me. "

Darcy looked at her cautiously.

This picture of facing the enemy made Juliet laugh, "If anyone in the world can not be confused by beautiful things, then there must be you, Mr. Darcy. Because I have known you until now, it seems that you have not seen it directly Me once!" She said like reciting a poem, "There is a man who only loves a girl's flexible mind."

"I don't know where you heard this..." Darcy couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed by this familiar sentence—the passionate emotion prompted him to say love words, but he has proved that he is quite Some are self-righteous.However, what makes him feel more guilty at the moment is that he doesn't know whether Juliet said this because of deep knowledge, or just a coincidence, and he even jumps to think that Georgiana is too ignorant to say anything.

Juliet interrupted him briskly, as if she didn't care about his weak rebuttal at all, "Mr. Darcy, I dare not say that I have a smart head. When I was young, I learned to speak more than a beat slower than other children. Until now Some insiders laughed at me. But if you are willing to be a good patient teacher, I must be a good student with an open mind, so you are willing to accept me as your ally, partner or friend in your life?..."

Darcy stared blankly at Juliet's opening and closing red lips. He could no longer hear what Juliet was saying. At this moment, the pounding vibration in his heart had spread to every part of his body along with every blood vessel in him. , Thousands of thoughts flew through his blank mind, and he couldn't catch any of them, he thought vaguely with some difficulty, her blue eyes looked so honest and straightforward at the moment, Derby The clear waters of the river can't compare to its beauty and the sincerity in it.

Juliet closed her mouth in embarrassment. She thought that she had molested Mr. Darcy because of her passion. At this moment, the molested person was obviously shocked and speechless, with a serious face and dark eyes that seemed to be empty. .She said in a muffled voice with some embarrassment, "You are a good person, quickly forget what you just said, or you can reprimand me for being rude."

Darcy still didn't respond.

Juliet could not help feeling a little ashamed, and sighing, probably thinking that Darcy would not like to see her so bold again, rose up to give the frightened poor creature some peace.

The author has something to say: Note: Darcy: "Mr. Traves can be regarded as a good match for you, not to mention that he still loves you-don't you have any compassion?

Juliet: "I don't care about him, why would I pity him?"

In fact, the emotion of this passage has its source in the original work.When Darcy proposed to Elizabeth for the first time, the original book described Elizabeth's psychological activities in this way, "Despite her deep-rooted disgust for him, she could not be indifferent to such a man's kindness; although Her will never faltered for a moment, but at first she was apprehensive of the pain he would suffer, and was disturbed; but his later words aroused her resentment, and all her pity melted away. anger."

I once read a paper by a female professor of English stylistics who analyzed this passage in this way:

1. (She hates Darcy) Inspite of her depply–rooted dislike, (she sympathizes with or enamors Darcy) she could not be insensible to the pliment of suchaman'saffe.

2 (she hates Darcy) andthough heriions did not vary for an instant, (she sympathizes with or enamors Darcy) she was at first sorry for the pain hewa store receive;

3 (she hates Darcy) till, rousedtotheresebyhissubsequentlanguage, shelost (she sympathizes with or enamors Darcy) allpassioninheranger.

The passage is divided into three sentences.Looking at the three sentences at first glance, each sentence mentions that she hates and sympathizes with Darcy. However, except for the last sentence, the main clause of each sentence—that is, the focus of the sentence—is all about sympathy for Darcy.Elizabeth's sympathy might well have prevailed in the last sentence too, were it not for being offended by Darcy's subsequent words.

And at this moment, the image of Darcy should be what she hates—hurting her sweetheart (Wickham) and destroying her sister's marriage—such a person makes her feel sympathetic, and makes her feel sympathetic after rejecting Darcy. For this person who I don't care about, I burst into tears and cried.

Darcy's character in Elizabeth's mind will never have the upper hand at the moment, so what made her feel regretful after she refused?The reason for the female professor's analysis is that in addition to Darcy's handsomeness, his aristocratic status, which has always made Elizabeth despise, played a role that cannot be ignored.Therefore, she thought that although Elizabeth despised the powerful, she worshiped the nobles in her bones.

PS, at such a momentous moment in this chapter, I seem to have strayed from the topic...but I suddenly remembered it, so I will be long-winded.This is actually a big difference between the heroine and Elizabeth—they come from different social backgrounds.Juliet's lively independence comes from her bones—the equality of men and women in her previous life ("the equality of women as men" ∩_∩) thought irrigation and her identity of not lacking money in this life, so she doesn't need to flatter or be unconventional Seeking attention and not needing to assert her self-esteem so intensely that it borders on inferiority complex, she is resilient.Elizabeth, on the other hand, is a kind of superficial independence-she still can't get rid of the dependence of women who grew up in a patriarchal society. She has little dowry and no inheritance rights. The only way to change her lifestyle is to find a rich and good man.