[Comprehensive Classics] Detective Mary

Sherlock Holmes proposes to Mary!

When she first met the detective, Mary couldn’t imagine such a day would appear—that’s Mr. Holmes, whose reason is always greater than emotion. In the original book, he was single all the time. Sherlock Holmes with two ladies.

But the dreamlike scene appeared in reality. Not only was Mary unhappy, but she was about to vomit blood because of Mr. Holmes' actions.

"In this case," Mary said helplessly, "I won't agree to you, so you don't need to say the next thing, lest I have to be the villain who cruelly refuses again."

Fortunately, Sherlock Holmes is not Blackwood, and his unspoken marriage proposal is not a conspiracy, but, as he says, a solution.

So after Mary bluntly rejected her proposal, Holmes did not insist.

He just looked back coldly: "Since this is your request, Miss Mary."

Mary: "...you don't agree with my decision."

Holmes: "Of course."

The detective took it for granted, and when he heard Mary say this, he expressed his point of view: "No matter what plans and considerations you have, Mary, the reality has already exceeded your plan, and what you have to deal with is not the future. It's about what it is. And the best way to solve the problem is to give what your parents want most, which is that you have a marriage."

Mary knew he was right.

Sherlock Holmes has always been a pragmatist.He deems astronomy to be of no value, and removes all common sense from his mind.And whenever he thinks it is useful, Mr. Holmes can analyze and research the usefulness of five hundred kinds of soot for analyzing cases.

Obviously, if Mary hadn't stopped him first, he would have blurted out a marriage proposal, also because it was "useful".

The greatest hope of Mary's parents, especially her mother, in life is to marry off all five daughters.What Mary did was nonsense in her eyes, and it was nothing more than Mrs. Bennet worried that these actions would affect her reputation and make it difficult for her to marry.

If Mary had already made a marriage contract with a certain gentleman, Mrs. Bennet would naturally not make further entanglements.

And a Brahms sonata is enough for Sherlock Holmes to understand his feelings, and Mary's feelings are even more self-evident.In his view, the frank admission that he was a private investigator who took risks and confronted bad guys proved that Mary was unlikely to find a wealthy and decent husband.

That being the case, his proposal is the most practical and direct solution, which can be regarded as a pleasing relationship and can help Mary.

Mary believed that Mr. Holmes had thought of the possibility of refusal when he planned to speak the words of marriage proposal-it was not surprising to see him at all.

But she still spoke seriously: "Thank you, Mr. Sherlock. But to be honest, I don't think this is solving the problem. Your proposal...directly eliminates the root cause of the problem, and does not mean that the contradiction has been resolved."

Mary originally wanted to describe it as avoiding problems, but after thinking about it carefully, it was not quite accurate.

To be fair, wouldn't Mary want to go to church with her beloved?It's just that, as Holmes himself said, she should focus on the current problem.

With a marriage contract, the Bennets will no longer hold Mary for dangerous and outrageous things, will not accuse her of showing up in the slums, and will not feel ashamed when she learns that she was at the murder scene.

But that doesn't mean her parents understand her.

Don't pursue it, just because after Mary Bennet and Sherlock Holmes got married, she was no longer under the care of the Bennets, but Holmes.

In the eyes of Mr. Holmes, he will not interfere with Mary's choice anyway, so it doesn't matter what the outside world thinks.

But it's important to Mary.

"I think I have to face the problem head-on." She closed her eyes, her tone inevitably a little heavy, "The so-called face-to-face is to be honest with them. The most direct factor that can give me courage and confidence is money and status, Mr. Sherlock. "

Holmes sneered a few times.

His tone was calm, but he didn't hide the negative tone: "I don't think your parents understand you."

"Parents can't understand, it's the parents' problem, but I avoid being honest by concealing, deceiving, or bypassing, that's my problem."

What's more, Mary is not too reconciled.

She felt that she could have a wider world than just being the wife of such and such a gentleman-to put it another way, before becoming such and such a gentleman's wife, she was first and foremost an author, a detective, not a manager. Mrs. Holmes who engages in creative work in addition to housework to help her husband solve the case.

Mary has the memory of the 21st century, and she is a modern person who has gone back to the past.Even in the Victorian era, even if she is a woman, it is not too much to have such a small ambition, is it?

But these words need not be said, Mary believes that Holmes can understand her subtext.

The detective fell silent after Mary's words fell to the ground. He looked her up and down with those sharp eyes, as if he had just seen the emotionless scrutiny——Sherlock Holmes hadn't observed Mary with such emotions for a long time. up.

"There were other options," said Holmes, "but you chose the most difficult one."

Hell mode, Mary knows.

"But this is my life."

As Mary spoke, she couldn't help showing a smile.The petite girl was smiling and seemed gentle and docile as usual.

"Besides, I have food and clothing, and a wealthy family. I was lucky enough to meet a noble person and start my own creation," she continued. "There are difficulties, but they are far from the 'most difficult'. Miss Morstan She deserves to be called the most difficult life, but she still chooses to be an independent and strong person with self-thought, I am luckier than her, and the conditions are much better, shouldn't I learn from her?"

After finishing speaking, Mary paused, and before Mr. Holmes could speak, she continued: "And this is only one of the reasons, and it is not the most important reason."

Holmes raised his eyebrows: "You have a second reason."

Mary: "Of course."

She slightly restrained her smile: "And this reason, I have told you a long time ago, Sherlock."

The detective said nothing, and Mary didn't expect him to.

"Supposing I were the one who would choose a husband on account of the many advantages you have considered," she said earnestly, looking up into Holmes' eyes, "do you think you would have the opportunity to stand before me and mention it?" ?”

"..."

Just looking at the "favorable conditions", why didn't Mary just agree to Blackwood's marriage proposal?

The dead leader of the Illuminati had money, a title, and a well-liked reputation in London, and he was even outwardly a loyal reader of Philip Luther.In terms of objective conditions alone, under the standards of the end of the nineteenth century, could Sherlock Holmes be better than Blackwood?

To be honest, Mary was a little annoyed that the detective thought this way.

If marriage was a matter of equal exchange in Mary's eyes, she would have agreed to Blackwood's marriage proposal long ago.Sacrificing true love in exchange for a stable life and a platform for career development, why not do it, there is no chance for Holmes to stand in front of Mary and re-enact the same scene again.

"I interrupted him for much the same reason I interrupted you, Sherlock," said Mary, "that I would not see marriage as any equation, or what you call a solution."

And Mary Bennet once confessed to Holmes that there is only one reason for her rejection of Blackwood, that is, she does not love him.

After Mary finished explaining, only the sound of the wind outside the window and the breathing of the two remained in the huge piano room.But there was no awkwardness between them, and neither Mary nor Holmes was one to be embarrassed by thought and silence.

After a long time, Holmes finally looked away.

"I see."

She doesn't love Blackwood, so does she love Holmes?

His expression relaxed, and the detective's cold and sudden facial features were almost soft.

"Since this is your choice," said Holmes, "I have no room for criticism. You say to face the problem, have you thought about how to confess it to your parents?"

Mary let out a long breath.

She knew Mr. Holmes would understand!Mary laughed a few times, although she still had some headaches, her posture had completely returned to its natural state.

"It's a good confession," Mary said. "As for their reactions... I'll keep them, good or bad."

With that said, the discussion between the two of them on "current issues" is completely over.

They left the piano room to join Ms. Irene Adler's celebratory party, and no one mentioned the matter again.After Holmes and Watson left Serpentine Avenue, Watson who learned everything was shocked and said, "Miss Mary rejected you? She rejected you?!"

No wonder Dr. Watson was shocked, not to mention what Sherlock Holmes thought, but Miss Mary had never concealed her fondness for the detective.Now the two people basically know each other well, which can be called a deep relationship.In Watson's eyes, the difference between Sherlock Holmes and Miss Mary is that he took the initiative to ask for a lifetime together.

And now that Holmes took that step, Miss Mary turned him down?

"I don't understand," Watson asked incredulously, "Miss Mary likes you so much, why would she reject you?"

"...she has her own ruler in her heart, Watson," commented Holmes, "no one can shake it."

This did not convince Watson.Especially after he showed his affection to Miss Morstan many times but got no response, Dr. Watson felt a bit of sympathy when he heard what happened to Holmes.

He sighed: "It's really 'people are divided into groups', no wonder Miss Mary and Miss Morstan can become friends. It doesn't matter if she has her persistence and purpose, but a little concession, it's not too late to talk about anything after marriage .”

Holmes glanced at Watson: "Give it a little, and you won't know her in Milton at all."

Watson: "..."

Although not as talented as Holmes, Dr. Watson is not a dull person.A word from the detective was enough for him to react.

If Mary Bennet was willing to compromise, she would not be busy with Milton's workers, let alone forge a deep friendship with Dr. Watson-even thinking about it further, if she was willing to compromise, she would not How could he leave Longbourn without holding a kerosene lamp and "nosing his own business" to help Mr. Bingley track down the thief who attempted to burglary over the wall?

If Mary is willing to compromise, is she worthy of Holmes' sonata?

After figuring this out, Dr. Watson suddenly burst out laughing.

"You two are truly attracted to each other," he concluded with seriousness. "It seems to me, Holmes, that you and Miss Mary are a perfect match."

The author has something to say: Let me talk about the economic strength that Mary has repeatedly emphasized in these chapters. First of all, she does not necessarily have the same economic conditions as Lao Fu. Mary is pursuing economic independence (she is not yet self-reliant).Secondly, I know that some girls do not agree with this point. I have my own understanding and life experience. I don’t force it. I also understand why everyone expresses their opinions. I agree with various ideas, because everyone’s journey is different. Same.But the author's point of view determines the character's point of view. Forgive you Jiang Hua is a very strong and insecure person. I warmly praise the female image in literary works that burn everything for love-life, soul and even the whole world, because I feel that the pursuit of Freedom of love and freedom of desire is the first step in the awakening of a female soul.But when it comes to marriage, starting a family, and maybe even procreating offspring, to quote a line from the one-liner "Green Snake": "All of a sudden, everything is vulgar."—I believe that love can burn, but I don't believe that love can resist triviality Vulgar ordinary life, I will not describe reality in romance novels, I will crush romance with boring and pitiful trivial matters, but economic strength means the right to speak in life, and it is important for Jiang Hua to have a certain economic strength for women in marriage A matter of principle.Nineteenth-century women didn't have this perspective, so Jane and Elizabeth were happy.But Mary is a person of the 21st century, and I can't imagine why a soul of the 21st century would give up this insistence—even if it is true love.Taking a step back, even if she has countless reasons, Jiang Hua personally cannot accept it. This is very important to me, so it is also very important to the Mary I wrote. It is a question that cannot be compromised at all. I am really sorry!