[Comprehensive classics] Darcy or Brandon

The next morning, Jasmine cooked a seafood-filled breakfast as Annie ordered, and the guests responded very well to it. Whether they liked seafood or not, they all praised the delicious food several times out of politeness. Including Edward.

Putting down the knife and fork, Anne put her hands on Lucy's lap. She knew that Lucy must be very sad to see Edward, but she has behaved very well so far, and no one except Anne could see her emotional changes.But Anne knew that Lucy must be suffering a lot in her heart. This can be seen from the fact that she didn't talk and laugh with the guests as usual. Her performance this whole morning can even be described as silent.

Of course, Anne believes that Lucy will be able to overcome this difficulty. Lucy has always been a strong girl. Compared with most young ladies, her life is already very unfortunate, but she can say that it is not bad now. of.At this moment, Lucy is doing very well. She has fully utilized her strong character, trying hard to hold back her sadness and anger, and she even puts on a decent smile on her face to deal with these people sitting here.

Feeling Annie's comfort, Lucy reached under the table and patted Annie's hand, indicating that she was fine.Lucy was sad, but it was better than when her father and mother died and she knew she would have nothing, at least it was a redeemable mistake.

"Edward, seriously, I think you should stay here at least one more day. Look how bad the weather is outside. I don't think it's going to rain before noon. If you start back to London now If you don't, you will definitely be stuck on the road." Caroline earnestly persuaded Edward to stay, she is already 23 years old this year, and she is eager to marry herself to a rich gentleman, and Edward is obviously a Nice object.

Edward has been enduring physical pain this morning. When he woke up this morning, he found that the places on his body that had been beaten last night were all swollen badly. The medicine left by Dr. Taylor last night was not enough for him to cover all the wounds on his body. , the shirt he was wearing, which had been so comfortable to him, was now a painful burden.Edward glanced at Anne, who was sitting opposite him comfortably eating breakfast, and thought ironically that he should thank Anne for not hitting his buttocks, otherwise he would not even be able to sit down now, let alone ride a horse later .

No matter what Edward was thinking, when he saw the food made of seafood on the table, all these emotions turned into dull pains in his stomach.Edward really had a stomachache. Last night he only got a bowl of creamy seafood soup for dinner and supper. The maid also told her that Mrs. Pratt specially asked the kitchen to cook him digestible food. He didn't even have the chance to refuse. No, out of usual courtesy he couldn't ask the kitchen to send him some more food.For this reason, Edward had to choose between hunger and stomach pain for a long time. In the end, he drank a few mouthfuls of seafood soup to pad his stomach so that he would not suffer from the pain of hunger when he was in pain.Although it was really just a few mouthfuls of seafood soup, he had a faint stomach pain all night, but this pain was completely negligible compared to other pains in his body.

Seeing this table of seafood now, Edward almost has the urge to overturn the table. He wants to have a full meal without being disturbed by stomach pain, but the owners here are constantly recommending him to eat more, eat more, In order not to offend the faces of his masters, Edward had no choice but to keep eating the seafood, and at the same time, kept praising their deliciousness.

Hearing Caroline's words, Edward felt that he was temporarily relieved. He immediately put down the spoon, put the last piece of bread on the table on his plate, and said, "Sorry, Miss Caroline, I have to I'm leaving, and my mother has sent several letters urging me to go back. I have already booked a time with her to go home, if it is late, it will be too late. And I'm sure the rain will not come before noon I came down, and by that time I had reached the city, and I could have found a hotel to stay in."

"So do you plan to stay in London forever? Will you still remember these friends in Plymouth? Will you come back?" Caroline asked eagerly.

Seeing his sister like this, Edmond laughed and said, "Caroline, even if Edward doesn't have time to visit us in Plymouth in the future, we can go to London to find him. I believe my father will agree to take us before the London social season." Went to visit London.

The girls were very excited when they heard about London. It represents the most fashionable clothes and jewelry, the most lively dance parties, and the richest and most handsome gentlemen. In short, in the eyes of the four ladies of the Pratt family, London represents everything. Good thing, they longed to go to London and go to the balls given by the rich.It’s just that it costs a lot of money to go to London once. Even if Mr. Pratt’s annual income is good, but he has too many children, he needs to leave enough property and dowry for each of them, so going to London Spending is still a little stressful for the Platts.

"Really, Dad? Can we really go to London?" Caroline asked happily.

Mr. Pratt nodded, and the four ladies of the Pratt family cheered happily. The youngest, Aimee, hadn't been to London yet. She excitedly ran to Mr. Pratt's side, hugged his arm and said: : "Dad, can we really go to London this year? Will you take me there? I promise it won't cost anything."

"Yes, Papa, how can we go to London this year?" asked Daisy.

"Yes, Dad, especially now that our lives are costing more and more." Lily continued Daisy's words, and looked at Anne and Lucy meaningfully.

Except for Mrs. Pratt, almost everyone else pretended not to see Lily's eyes. Emond laughed and said, "You should all thank me. This trip is entirely to celebrate my smooth graduation from college, so our whole family They will all go to this year's London social season."

"And will Cousin Anne and Cousin Lucy go together?" asked Amy, taking Mr. Pratt by the arm.

Mr. Pratt hesitated, and Mrs. Pratt said directly: "Of course not, my dear, Annie and Lucy can't stay with us all the time, they also need to take care of their own property. Aimee, you know, the house has always been If you don’t live with people, it will be easily broken.”

Mrs. Pratt sarcastically mocked the Steele sisters, but neither Anne nor Lucy showed any anger.Annie didn't care much about the words of Mrs. Pratt and others. Anyway, no matter how bad Mrs. Pratt said, she would not lose a piece of meat.Lucy has long been used to these things, since she and Anne often stayed at Pratt's house for their livelihood needs, these words have been with them all the time.

"But the social season is coming soon, so are Anne and Lucy going back?" Caroline asked. She often worried about these two cousins. Their dowry was pitifully small and they didn't have much education. , she is not the most beautiful, Lucy is okay, but it is really difficult for Annie to find a suitable husband.

The social season in London will be here in about three months. If the Pratt family wants to go, they may leave about a month earlier. Anne and Lucy obviously can’t be cheeky to stay until a few days before the Pratt family’s departure They are going home, so they probably have to go back more than a month in advance, that is, they can probably stay in Pratt Manor for a month.But minding that so many things have happened in the past two days, Anne plans to take Lucy home early, so as to save Lucy from pretending to be happy to please the Pratt family and their guests when Lucy is very sad.

"Oh, yes, Lucy and I are going home in the past two days." Anne said.

"Yes, I miss Hader of our family very much." Lucy said, she can't wait to return to her home now. Although their living conditions in Pratt Manor will be much better, but in terms of mood It is definitely not as good as your own home.

"Cousin Lucy, will Hader have puppies this year?" Aimee didn't pay much attention to whether Anne and Lucy would accompany their family to London. When the big hound came, he immediately asked enthusiastically.

"Aimee, if I remember correctly, Hud is a male dog. He can only eat for free and cannot have puppies." Lily said, and satirized Sister Steele by the way.

After the not-so-pleasant breakfast, everyone saw off Edward and the other two guests. Anne and Lucy went back to the room. Lucy put down her shawl and lay down on the bed and said, "I'm so happy, Anne, we can go back home."

"Yeah, it's really good to go home." Annie said, without much joy in her tone.

Lucy looked at her and asked, "Annie, aren't you happy to go home? Although the room here is comfortable, the food is delicious, and there are servants to serve me, I still like my room that hasn't been redecorated for a long time and my home. Ordinary meal."

"Of course I like our home," said Anne with a sigh.

The not very big house in Steele Manor is already a very good house for a person like Anne who has seen every inch of land, with a few hundred square meters more than enough.It’s just that the house didn’t belong to their sisters in the end. The property of Mr. Steele who passed away due to inheritance laws must be inherited by the man with the closest blood relationship. Therefore, after Mr. Steele’s death, the Steele estate and his name A farm in my hometown was inherited by a distant cousin whom Anne and Lucy had never met before. Fortunately, that cousin lived a pretty good life and was a nice person, so he just took it away. The farm, as for the manor, he was willing to wait until Anne and Lucy got married before taking it.

Lucy also thought of this, and the mood that was just a little bit better disappeared again. Yes, their sisters have nothing but a dowry of [-] pounds and a yearly subsidy of [-] pounds from that cousin.