[Comprehensive classics] Darcy or Brandon

The Palmers were only going to stay in Ramsgate for one day, so Anne and Lucy packed their bags that night. They were already familiar with this matter, so it didn't take much effort.However, since the weather in spring is always changeable, they brought a few more sets of clothes this time, so the luggage seemed a little too much.

The next morning, the two sisters rushed to the hotel in the town. The Palmer couple had just woken up and was eating breakfast in the room. Mrs. Palmer had a very good appetite recently, so the food on the table was extremely rich.When the two sisters entered, they could smell the strong smell of meat. Lucy couldn't help swallowing. Their breakfast was basically very simple throughout the winter. They usually ate leftover bread with milk or coffee the next day. There will be a fried egg every two or three days.Today, in order to get to the hotel in time, they ate even more sloppily. Lucy even felt that she was not full. Now that she smelled the aroma of these foods, she couldn't help but feel greedy.

"Oh, Miss Steele, Lucy, come in and sit down. It's quite cold outside today. You don't have much to wear. Come to the fireplace to warm up." Mrs. Palmer held in one hand. He quickly cut the ham and said to the two sisters.

"Mrs. Palmer's appetite has been very strong recently, so the two ladies may have to wait for a while before we can leave." Mr. Palmer raised his head from the newspaper and said expressionlessly.

Staring at other people eating is really not a wonderful experience, especially the food in front of them is so attractive. Annie felt that if she stayed here for a while, her stomach would probably growl, so she immediately said: "Oh, no, I Go shopping with Lucy, we haven't gone shopping for several days, so we can take advantage of this time to have fun."

"Of course, young ladies always enjoy shopping," said Mrs. Palmer, slipping another large scrambled egg into her mouth.

Mr. Palmer took out the pocket watch in his pocket, looked at it, and said, "We may need half an hour. The two ladies must remember the time. If you come back late, Mrs. Palmer will definitely nag again."

"Of course, we will remember the time." Annie said, and then pulled Lucy out of the room.

As soon as she walked out of the hotel gate, Lucy touched her stomach and said to Annie: "Annie, I feel a little hungry, how about you?"

"Let's go to the stall and buy a bigger piece of bread to share. We've already had breakfast just now, so we probably won't be too hungry." Annie took out a few pennies and said.

Out of the corner of Lucy's eyes, she glanced at the window next to it. This was the small dining room of the hotel. Through the glass, she could see that there were several tables with sumptuous breakfasts. The people sitting at those tables were very happy. ate the food in front of them.Lucy wanted to go in and order bacon and mashed potatoes, but she knew that Anne would not agree. The food in the hotel was not cheap, and one bacon was enough for her and Annie to eat all day. Endless bread.

Anne is using Edward's pocket watch now. This watch is quite old, but the time is still very accurate, so when Anne and Lucy returned to the hotel door after shopping, the Palmers happened to leave the hotel. walk out.

After the four got into the carriage, Mrs. Palmer immediately said: "Oh, you are really on time. Mr. Palmer just checked his pocket watch, and it was exactly half an hour."

"Annie is a very punctual person, isn't it a good habit." Lucy continued, while sneaking a sneaky look at Mr. Palmer.

"Yes, yes, it's a good habit, of course, but I'm not always able to abide by it. Mr. Palmer asked me to do this before, but after I lost my pocket watch twice, he never stipulated that I must Be punctual. I told him that there was no need for him to be like that, because I was always by his side, and as long as he was punctual, I would be punctual." Mrs. Palmer said, shaking her hands.

Mr Palmer clearly disagreed and said: "Mrs Palmer, we don't get together all the time, you're home when I go to work, look, we're away at least half the time of the day Together, so I say you'd better look at the clock more."

"Oh, Mr. Palmer, you are so humorous. When I have to watch at home, I can do whatever I want." Mrs. Palmer said with a smile.

Mr. Palmer immediately gave up on arguing with Mrs. Palmer, turned his head, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.Mrs. Palmer completely ignored poor Mr. Palmer, and continued to chat happily with Annie and Lucy.

Annie and the others walked all day on the road, and arrived at a small town called Concord in the evening. The coachman parked the carriage in front of an old-looking hotel, but Mr. Palmer let him turn He turned a corner and arrived at a hotel that didn’t look like it had been open for a long time. When he got off the car, he explained: “A friend of mine introduced this hotel to me when he wrote a letter. It is quite comfortable, and the food is delicious. I heard that the cook is from a viscount's house, and I think we will all like it here."

"A cook from a viscount's family, oh, then she must cook very good food, but why did she come to work as a cook in a small hotel? I think with her qualifications, she can work in any decent family. said Mrs. Palmer.

"I heard that because the hotel was owned by the cook's son, she quit her job and came back to help her son," Mr Palmer said.

Anne and Lucy followed behind the Palmer couple, and Lucy whispered to Anne after hearing their conversation: "That cook is really stupid, she can't stay in a good Viscount Manor, come back to live in such a small hotel, What's wrong with being in the viscount's house, I think she must have eaten a lot of good food by virtue of her position, and working as a cook in the viscount's house must have earned a lot of money for a year."

"In the viscount's house, she only lives in the servant's room, and she can only eat the food of the servants. I can guarantee that she has never been in the main house very much, and she has no courage to eat any food that is not allowed by the master. Even if it is true She earns more than ordinary servants, and she will definitely not be as comfortable as her in her own home, no matter how good she is in the viscount's home, she is just a servant, no matter how hard she lives here, she is still a respectable elder in the family." Anne said.

Lucy's habit of always only seeing the golden side, but rarely seeing the dark side of things, doesn't know what's going on. It's obvious that they have seen a lot of dark things in various relatives' homes.

"But I still think it's much better to be a cook in the viscount's house than an old lady in the country." Lucy muttered.

At this time, a petite young lady came out from behind the two of them. This young lady had a very beautiful and pure face, but her eyes had an unconcealable arrogant expression. She probably heard Anne and Lucy The whole conversation, echoing Lucy's words: "Yes, there is nothing worse than being a country poor ghost."

Although this lady agrees with Lucy's point of view, but Lucy doesn't like her words being listened to casually and then commented on, and this lady looks like a rich lady, which makes Lucy very In the past, she had been more tolerant towards such young ladies, but she felt that she had nothing to be polite to this young lady whom she did not know at all, so she said, "Who are you, it would be impolite to eavesdrop on others ?”

"You guys said it so loudly, I didn't eavesdrop." The lady said immediately.

"You only hear it when you follow us, and we don't speak loudly at all," said Lucy.

The lady opened her mouth as if to refute, but at this moment a maid suddenly rushed out from the stairs, she grabbed the lady's arm and said: "Miss Elisa, how can you walk around, I'm worried I'm in a hurry, if I can't find you again, I'm going to call the police."

"I just sent a letter to John. We have lived here for ten days, but he still hasn't come to see us." The lady named Eliza complained dissatisfied.

"Then you can give the letter to me, and I will send it. Miss, you should be more careful with your body now. It would be bad if you are bumped into by a reckless person, or if someone sees something. And you definitely don't want to Let your father find you." The maid said, pulling Miss Eliza away forcefully.

The two left soon, and Lucy whispered to Anne with a curious face: "What do you think of this annoying woman? I think she must have eloped, and that John must be her lover. It's only ten days If you don’t come to see her, her future will be very pitiful, but I don’t sympathize with her at all.”

"Lucy, I think you should leave other people's affairs alone." Annie glanced at Lucy, and she felt that if Lucy didn't change her temper, her future might not be too good, "In the next journey I hope you restrain your words and deeds, don't talk too excitedly with Mrs. Palmer, you should talk less and do more, and make more mistakes than you say, and don't let others hate you before you go to other people's homes."

"Annie! You know I don't like talking to Mrs. Palmer very much. It's just that you and Mr. Palmer have been silent all the way today, while Mrs. Palmer has been talking non-stop. If I don't talk Then the atmosphere will become very bad. And I don't think Mrs. Palmer will dislike me." Lucy said looking at Annie a little angrily.

"But I think you are very happy with Mrs. Palmer, and Mrs. Palmer really doesn't seem to dislike you now, but if you continue to be as noisy as her, I believe Mr. Palmer will soon be happy." I like you."

Lucy was panting angrily, but she had to admit that Anne was right. Although it seemed that Mr. Palmer was always accommodating Mrs. Palmer between the Palmers and his wife, in fact it was obviously Mrs. Palmer. Mr. Palmer dominates. If Mr. Palmer doesn't like the two sisters, it is estimated that Mrs. Palmer's impression of them will become worse in the future.And the two of them will need to rely a lot on Mrs. Palmer's care during the time they live in Barton Manor. After all, they were invited by Mrs. Jennings through her, so they must maintain the relationship with the Palmer couple. friendly relationship.