[Comprehensive Classics] Detective Mary

"At Rosings Park, Mr. Darcy proposed to me."

—and yet Mary was not as happy as when Jane and Mr. Bingley confided in each other.The reason is simple, if Elizabeth agreed to the marriage proposal, she would certainly not keep it a secret from her family.

There was a lot of noise on the way back to Longbourn, and it was not until the evening when Elizabeth was ready to rest that Elizabeth found an opportunity to tell Jane and Mary about it.

"What - Mr. Darcy?!"

Sure enough, the introverted Jane showed a surprised expression.

But since Mary had secretly told Jane about Mr. Darcy's feelings for Elizabeth long before London, she quickly reacted and subconsciously glanced at Mary.

Mary winks at Jane desperately, beckoning her not to tell Elizabeth about the conversation between the two.

Elizabeth: "..."

But what secrets can there be between sisters?Elizabeth looked at Mary and Jane quite speechlessly and signaled to each other through the air: "You two think I'm a fool. Mary jumped up and down in front of me, babbling good things about Mr. Darcy, okay, once he proposes, I fully understand that she must have been bought by Mr. Darcy early! Come on, Jane, has this girl come up with some bad idea again?"

Mary: "I don't!"

Elizabeth: "You have no credibility with me, and I won't listen to your excuses."

Mary: "Woo."

Seeing Mary's aggrieved expression, Jane laughed out loud.

She shook her head: "You have wronged Mary, Lizzie. She just told me about Mr. Darcy's crush on you early on."

Thank goodness!Jane kept the promise between them and did not tell Elizabeth the whole truth.

Mary really had the idea of ​​finding a way to match them up if the two of them failed.Fortunately, Jane reacted quickly, she only confessed a part, and this part was enough for Elizabeth to raise her hand and poke Mary's forehead.

"You really are an insider," she tapped Mary's head, and said angrily, "You know about it, but you told Jane first and didn't tell me?!"

"It hurts!"

Mary covered her forehead and hid behind Jane, still trying to quibble: "What do you want me to say, once I say the word 'Mr. Clear up the misunderstanding, can you believe me when I tell you?"

This is true.

Elizabeth felt a little embarrassed when she thought of her one-sided impression of Mr. Darcy.

But she didn't regret that she had been prejudiced. Before Mr. Darcy apologized repeatedly, Elizabeth's prejudice was also generated from his actions, and she didn't think there was any problem.The problem is...

While comforting Mary, Jane saw that the smile on Elizabeth's face gradually froze, and she also restrained her relaxed attitude.

"You haven't told the story," said Jane anxiously, "because you've rejected Mr. Darcy, have you, Lizzie?"

Elizabeth recovered.

The always smart second sister raised her chin slightly, and she kept a calm tone: "Yes, I rejected him."

Mary: "Why?"

In fact, as early as when Elizabeth came back alone and had to explain Mr. Darcy's marriage proposal in private, Mary already had an idea in mind.

"Yes, Lizzie."

In Jane's view, Mr. Darcy's conditions are one-on-one. He is upright and experienced. Although he is not very good at speaking and a little arrogant, he is a person who knows his mistakes and can correct them.

Such an excellent man, falling in love with Elizabeth is a natural match.

"Since Mr. Darcy has apologized to you, and you have accepted it," she said softly, "you know he is not a mean person, why refuse him?"

"Because I don't like him."

Elizabeth said of course: "His sudden proposal really shocked me. Apart from apologizing, we didn't communicate much. He doesn't understand me, and I don't understand him. You can't blindly agree just because he has a lot of money." Get married."

Definitely Elizabethan style.

Mary was not surprised to get such an answer.Elizabeth's view of love is the same as that of Jane Austen, the author of "Pride and Prejudice"-that is, material conditions are of course crucial, but emotional understanding and love are also essential.

Mary believes that in time, Elizabeth will understand Mr. Darcy's goodness as well as the original plot, and will be deeply attracted by his excellence.But she also agrees with Elizabeth's refusal at this moment: Material money is by no means all the conditions that can make women make concessions.

"Then how did you reply to him?" Mary asked.

The plot of Rosings Manor in the original book can be described as quite exciting.On the one hand, Mr. Darcy couldn't help himself, and proposed to Elizabeth directly; on the other hand, he put on a gesture of I love you so condescendingly, and you didn't hurry up and be grateful, and reprimanded her whole family.

It can be said that the straight man has come home, and Mary can't help laughing when she thinks of the plot of the novel.

But now there is no misunderstanding or prejudice between the two.Even though Elizabeth's refusal was reasonable, Mary couldn't help being curious about the scene at that time.

"I said it was too sudden," Elizabeth said frankly, "at least at the moment, I can't promise him."

Mary and Jane looked at each other in tacit understanding.

If you don't agree "at the moment", it doesn't mean you won't agree in the future.Elizabeth didn't say anything to death, which proved that she still had a good impression of Mr. Darcy.

so good.

Mary is relieved.It seems that there is no need for her to toss about any ghost ideas, as long as there is no misunderstanding, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy will walk together because they appreciate each other.She couldn't help being happy when she thought of the happy pictures that might appear in the future.

It was the right choice to find a way to eliminate the misunderstanding before!

It not only saved Jane and Mr. Bingley from the torment of forced separation due to misunderstanding, but also made Mr. Darcy realize the problem early, talked with Elizabeth respectfully and equally, and saw that the two sisters were both galloping on the road to happiness , without having to bear the tortuous grief and torture in the original book, Mary felt as if she had solved the major events of her life.

It's just... she doesn't just have two older sisters.

"Actually, Mr. Darcy's marriage proposal is a trivial matter compared with what you describe below."

Elizabeth restrained her thoughtful expression, and she frowned slightly, ignoring the eye contact between Mary and Jane because of her own worry and anger.

"Although I did not agree to Mr. Darcy's marriage proposal, he still expressed his understanding very generously," she said. "This performance is completely different from the Fitzwilliam Darcy in Mr. Wickham's mouth."

Ah, Mary understood at once that Elizabeth would change color when she mentioned Mr. Wickham during the day at the inn.

"I then proceeded to confront Mr. Darcy."

When Elizabeth said this, she showed an angry expression: "Wickham is deceiving us! It's not that Mr. Darcy didn't give him the priesthood, but he voluntarily gave up that position, asked for a large sum of money and left. Wait for the money to be spent Guangshi approached Darcy shamelessly, and came to Meryton after being rejected, planning to join the militia."

"Varied--"

Jane's eyes widened: "There is such a thing? Then why didn't Mr. Darcy explain it?"

Elizabeth: "..."

Hearing this question, Elizabeth looked very unwilling, but she still calmed down: "This is about the reputation of an innocent person. Mr. Darcy told me the truth because he trusted me. I must bear the responsibility of others." reputation."

What she said was firm, and it was difficult for Jane and Mary to ask further questions.

But Mary knew that the innocent in Elizabeth's mouth was Miss Georgiana Darcy.Like Lydia, Mr. Darcy, the beautiful and innocent younger sister, is also deceived by Wickham's rhetoric and decides to elope with him.

The difference is that Mr. Darcy stopped her sister's innocent impulse, while Lydia really did something stupid.

"From this point of view," Jane concluded, "this Mr. Wickham is not only unreliable, but also a villain of low character...Mary is indeed right in seeing people."

These are all golden fingers brought by time travel.

Recalling Wickham himself, if she didn't know the plot of the original book, Mary wouldn't dare to say that she could see through his beautiful skin at a glance.A scumbag is a scumbag. In fact, Mr. Wickham's dual quotient is very high, so his behavior is convincing and impeccable.

It's a pity that his cleverness was not used on the right path.

"The question now," Mary went on in Elizabeth's words, "is that Lydia is obsessed with ghosts and refuses to believe reality. What should I do?"

Elizabeth hooked the corners of her mouth: "Don't use your accent, I think you have already made up your mind, otherwise why do you have to provoke her and ask her to bet with you?"

Mary just laughed at the teasing.

She does have a little idea.

Actually Mary doesn't mind Lydia looking for love.In her opinion, boldly choosing one's own ideal husband and taking the initiative to attack is one of the manifestations of courage, enthusiastic self-expression, pursuit of independent soul and independent thought.

But the premise is that first of all you have to have an independent soul and thought.

If Lydia can really marry a guy with excellent personality, handsome appearance and who loves her deeply, even if she is a fool and sweet for the rest of her life, she will be very happy, won't she?The difficulty now was that, no matter what everyone said, Lydia was blinded by Wickham's handsomeness and decided that he was a good man.

According to Mary, for a silly girl like Lydia, she has to stumble to realize her mistakes from the bottom of her heart.And you have to fall hard, the kind that smashes your body to pieces.

But in the 21st century, women who marry the wrong person can go back on their word and get divorced. Everyone is accustomed to this, but this issue is very different now.

Besides, this is her sister anyway, Mary can quarrel with her and bully her, but others can't!

"Lydia likes hats the most," said Mary, "so I want her to bet on hats, so that when she loses a lot, the next time she's a fool and doesn't listen to her parents and sisters, she has to think about it." Some favorite hats."

So Mary can only temporarily use this small method to provoke Lydia, and reversely guide her to think step by step.

After all, everyone knew who Wickham was, and it couldn't be easier to expose him.The problem is, there are other scumbags after Wickham. If Lydia doesn't learn how to distinguish human nature by herself, she will stumble sooner or later.

And when Mary was thinking about how to bypass Miss Georgiana Darcy's past and expose Wickham's scumbag nature to Lydia, he came to the door himself and gave Mary a ready-made opportunity.

Early the next morning, Mr. Bennet found that the weather was fine, so he decided to leave Longbourne and visit the posting station at Meryton.Mary had nothing to do, so she went with her father.

She was walking on the street with Mr. Bennet, and she ran into Mr. Wickham who had already put on a red uniform.

The author has something to say: Jane: Lydia is so confused, what should I do?

Mary and Elizabeth: oh my silly white sister [恋爱.gif]