[Comprehensive classics] Darcy or Brandon

Anne was telling stories to the three children of Sir John's family in the living room at the moment. The children kept interrupting, making Anne very troubled by the noise.These children are completely spoiled by Sir John's family. When they first saw her and Lucy, they knew how to pretend to be quiet for a while. Now that they are familiar with each other, they resumed their posture of the devil king. Even the girls in their family are very naughty. , Climbing trees and fighting can do everything, and I will get my white skirt covered with mud every day.

"Children, if you don't keep quiet, I can only tell the story tomorrow." Annie said.

"No!" cried the three children at once.

"Then you guys just shut up and be quiet. How about I make delicious snacks for you after the story is over?" Annie tempted, and when dealing with disobedient children, she had to grasp their weaknesses. Otherwise, it is impossible for these demon kings in chaos to be obedient.

"Okay!" The children shouted loudly when they heard that there were snacks to eat.

The snacks Annie mentioned are actually just ordinary bread and biscuits, but when Annie makes snacks, she always adds a little vegetable juice to them to make them colorful, and she will make bread and biscuits into various The appearance of cute little animals and flowers.These snacks are always very popular with children after they are made, but Anne does not make them every day, but uses them as a small reward for children's obedience, and the effect is still very good so far.

Everyone else was sitting on the sofa and chatting. Mrs. Jennings held a teacup and looked at Anne with several children with satisfaction, and said to Lucy who was sitting on her body embroidering: "Your sister really knows how to take care of children." , these few grandchildren of mine seldom sit so obediently."

"Anne has been fond of children since she was a child. She has been taking care of me when I was young. Now the children in our relatives' house are also very well-behaved by her. She can always come up with interesting stories, and she can also Make a lot of delicious snacks." Lucy said quite proudly.

"That's really good. I think Anne will be a good mother in the future. Colonel Brandon, do you think so?" Mrs. Jennings asked intentionally.

Colonel Brandon was reading a book, but in fact his eyes would always stay on Anne from time to time these two days.Many times, when a person has a certain liking for another person, he will involuntarily pay attention to the other person, and the more he looks at him, the more he likes him. This is probably the case with Colonel Brandon now.When he likes Marianne very much, he can ignore all the shortcomings of Marianne and only appreciate her good points, but when he has a good impression of Anne, he feels that Anne's lack of good looks and little dowry are not a problem at all .

Therefore, upon hearing Mrs. Jennings' words, Colonel Brandon nodded and said, "Miss Steele is indeed a very gentle person to children."

"I think Anne will treat her children more tenderly." Sir John said with a smile. He knew the changes in Colonel Brandon's heart best, so Sir John felt that maybe this summer he could join the old It's a friend's wedding.

"Oh, Colonel Brandon, you must think Anne is very nice now, right?" Mrs. Palmer said with a mocking smile.

Colonel Brandon didn't know how to answer the question, so he pretended not to hear and lowered his head to continue reading.

But Mr. Palmer raised his head from the book, glanced at Colonel Brandon, snorted, and said to Mrs. Palmer, "Mrs. Palmer, why don't you go get your sewing box?" Well, make me a nightcap too. Because of your negligence, I brought only one nightcap, and because of your negligence, a lot of coffee was spilled on it this morning. Can't wear it anymore. I think I might not sleep well tonight, so why don't you think of me!"

"Oh!" Mrs. Palmer stood up with a startled cry, and hurried to find her sewing basket. This morning she soiled the only nightcap Mr. Palmer brought, However, Mr. Palmer made several ugly faces. Originally, she thought that she must make a new nightcap for Mr. Palmer today, but the chat with Mrs. Jennings just now was really pleasant. , even forgot.

Colonel Brandon narrowed his eyes and glanced at Mr. Palmer. He always felt that Mr. Palmer seemed to have some opinions on him in the past two days, but he had no idea how he had offended this gentleman.

Mr. Palmer noticed Colonel Brandon's eyes, snorted coldly and continued to look down at the book.Mr. Palmer is really upset with Colonel Brandon these days, because he noticed that this gentleman has really started to pursue Anne, which is not acceptable!

Mr. Palmer has always felt that Colonel Brandon is a very irresponsible man, and no matter how infatuated he is, he can't hide this.When Mr. Palmer heard the story of Colonel Brandon's first love, he scoffed at it. If he were Colonel Brandon, when he knew that his brother only wanted to marry his lover for money, he would He would go over and beat him up so hard that he would give up the idea of ​​getting married.In Mr. Palmer's view, if Colonel Brandon had not escaped and joined the army, but had resolutely opposed the marriage and taken action on it, things would have been different. He wants to marry that woman, and if he insists on objecting, that woman probably won't agree to marry his brother.

Besides, Colonel Brandon's behavior of adopting the adopted daughter of that woman was even more irresponsible. He only considered his own feelings, but he didn't think how much harm his future wife would suffer because of his actions. This kind of harm Not just about the inheritance rights of their future children, but only emotionally.That adopted daughter is the proof that Colonel Brandon loves another woman. The better he treats his adopted daughter, the more it shows that he never forgets his first love, the more he shows his disrespect for his wife, and the more he shows his disrespect for his wife. Disrespect for marriage.

So Mr. Palmer thinks that Colonel Brandon is definitely not a good destination for a woman who cares about marriage. He thinks that Anne should never choose a man like Colonel Brandon. Anne deserves to be loved by a better man. Her man in charge.

At this time, the servant who went to Dasherwood's house came back, and he reported to Sir John: "Sir, there will be five people from Dasherwood's house, and one of them is their good friend..."

"I know, it must be that Willoughby." Mrs. Jennings interrupted the footman. She had heard some rumors about Willoughby, so she didn't like the gentleman very much. She also asked Dasherwood at the ball. The wife mentioned it cryptically, but the lady didn't take it seriously.

In fact, Mrs. Dasherwood cannot be blamed for this, because Mrs. Jennings has always said things that are baseless and exaggerated. Mrs. Dasherwood thinks that Mrs. Jennings’s statement that Willoughby’s character is problematic may be just her speculation. There was something really wrong, probably just a small mistake made by the young man and exaggerated by Mrs. Jennings.

"No, it's a Mr. Ferrars, Edward Ferrars!" said the servant.

"Ferras, f, it seems that Miss Dasherwood is the suitor. I hope he is a good gentleman. I think Eleanor has a better vision than Marianne." Mrs. Jennings came immediately after hearing this. Although she is now disappointed with Marianne, she still likes Eleanor very much.

"How is that gentleman, have you seen?" asked Sir John to the valet.

"Yes, I saw it. He is a dignified and elegant gentleman. He is also very handsome, and his family background should be very good." The servant replied.

"Oh, that's right. It seems that it is quite right for us to invite the Dasherwoods tonight. At least we can meet a new friend, and this new friend seems to be very good so far." Mrs. Jennings was happy Said.

"What new friend, what new friend?" Mrs. Palmer came from the next door with a sewing basket, and asked eagerly after hearing what Mrs. Jennings said.

"It's Miss Dasherwood's friend, a nice young gentleman, the footman says, and he's coming back to dinner with us tonight," said Mrs. Jennings.

"Oh, that would be great!"

As soon as Lucy heard Edward's name, her complexion was very good. When she heard that he was coming with the Dasherwood family, she felt angry and sad. She tightly grasped the half-embroidered handkerchief in her hand, trying to restrain her emotions. After all, Edward was the one she really liked. She almost lost the most important thing in her life because of Edward, but after Edward turned around and left, she immediately found a better lady than her. How could this make Lucy Don't be angry, don't hate!

Annie has actually been paying attention to the situation here, and when she saw Lucy like this, she came over and sat beside Lucy, holding her hands and saying to everyone: "That friend from the Dasherwood family is called □□ Edward Fellers? I did know a gentleman of the same name when I was in Plymouth."

"Same name, Miss Steele, why don't you think they are the same gentleman?" asked Sir John.

"Because..." Annie pretended to be shy and lowered her head, and said, "Lucy and I used to be very good friends with that gentleman. He studied at a university near Plymouth and lived in my uncle's house all the time. , We have been together for a long time. When he graduated last year, he had to leave Plymouth due to some family reasons. He said that he would come back to us, so I think it may not be that gentleman."

Seeing Annie like this, and hearing her veiled words, everyone understood what Annie meant.Probably that gentleman once pursued Annie and promised Annie that he would go back to find him. If this is the case, then that gentleman should still love Annie, so naturally he cannot be Eleanor's suitor.

Lucy was very surprised when she heard Annie say this. It is obvious that Edward is pursuing her, and they are also the same person. Lucy really didn't understand what Annie meant, but she didn't dare to ask, and just sat silently. On the one hand, try not to think about these things related to Edward.

Anne also had a good suitor before, and Anne seemed to have some feelings for that suitor, which made Colonel Brandon worried. Originally, he was very sure about the matter between himself and Anne, but now it seems that It seems that it is not so easy.Colonel Brandon took a deep breath and made up his mind to pursue a more ardent pursuit.

Afternoon tea time soon ended, Annie and Lucy went back to the room to prepare for today's dinner.As soon as the door was closed, Lucy couldn't wait to ask: "Annie, why did you say that Edward was pursuing you?"

"Don't you want Edward and Eleanor to be together? I'm doing this, you just need to cooperate with me to make everyone think that Edward has pursued me, and he did to me when he left Plymouth. Will continue to pursue my promise That's it." Anne took off her skirt, lay down on the bed in a petticoat and said, taking care of Sir John's children is very tiring, and Anne plans to have a good sleep before dinner to refresh her energy Good for things at night.

"But didn't Edward reveal his secrets when he came?" Lucy asked.

"No, you go and take out that pocket watch, and he will be obedient when he sees the pocket watch." Annie said.