[Comprehensive Classics] Detective Mary

Despite the cruel words to Wickham, Mary did not go to Meryton for a walk the next day.She didn't want to push people into a hurry. If Wickham jumped over the wall in a hurry, he came to the wall and made public that Miss Georgiana Darcy had an appointment with him to elope, and Miss Darcy's reputation would be ruined. .

Mary gave him three days.

On the third day, Wickham found a magnificent reason-he stayed in the militia, in fact, to attend the wedding of Jane and Mr. Bingley, so that he could personally bless them.And when the wedding was held, seeing the two couples so happy, the smiles on their faces awakened the love in Wickham's heart, and he found that he was still deeply in love with Miss Kim, who had a wealthy family.

In order to find his love, he decided to leave the militia and continue to pursue his love.

When this word reached Mary's ears, she almost didn't think about it, and just laughed out loud.

It was said that he had actually gone looking for Miss King, who had moved away from Meryton, which in turn reassured Mary.It's best if he doesn't give up, and Wickham doesn't give up, so the other ignorant ladies may be safer.

And Mary has also put on the agenda the arrangement of leaving for the northern town of Milton.

Mary didn't really want to take any relatives away if she could, especially Lydia.

Catherine was fine. When she heard that Mary was entrusted by Mr. Holmes to go to Milton to track down the clues of the case, she immediately became energetic. Without Mary asking, she asked Mary to take her with her.

As for Lydia...

Mrs. Bennet was so annoyed by her little daughter's "backward posting" that she wished she would stop dangling in front of her eyes. She immediately agreed when she heard Mary's proposal. Looking at that posture, she seemed to hope that Lydia would never want to came back.

Mr. Bennet, on the other hand, was much calmer.

In the original book, Lydia actually eloped, and her absurdity finally made Mr. Bennet understand the necessity of disciplining children.But now Lydia just confessed and failed. Seeing that Lydia, who has become more frivolous recently and was praised by several officers, was heartbroken, Mr. Bennet even gloated a little.

However, he still seriously considered Mary's opinion, and finally agreed to let Lydia go to Milton.

The father's reason is also very simple: it is better to keep her away from the officers of the militia regiment during this time, lest she do any stupid things again.

But for Lydia, such a result seemed to be as terrible as the sky falling.

——The confession was rejected overnight, and she was "exiled to the north" by her parents. Where did the little daughter who was loved at home suffer such grievances?

Lydia has been crying for the past few days, her eyes are swollen from crying and she still refuses to stop.

She tried to get angry with Mary several times, but she couldn't find a reason—the confession was her own decision, and Mary exposed the fact that Wickham was in debt, proving that she had not misunderstood this man's nature.Left and right Lydia had no position to accuse Mary, so she took her anger out on her mother and refused to go to Milton no matter what.

It seems that he still hasn't learned how to use his brain.Mary thought so every time she saw Lydia get angry.

If you really don't want to go to Milton, act a little sad and keep a low profile, maybe your mother will let her stay because of her distress.Little did she know that the more the disturbance, the angrier Mrs. Bennet became, and she became more determined that it was the right choice for her to leave Longbourne temporarily and visit her relatives in Milton.

Half a month later, Elizabeth went to London to join her uncle and aunt Gardner and his wife. At the invitation of Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth went to Pemberley Manor as a guest.

And no matter how much Lydia resisted, the fact that she would be forced by her parents to go to Milton with Mary and Catherine to visit relatives was a certainty.

On the day of the trip, Mr. Bennet personally sent the three daughters to the train station in a nearby town.

In the original book of "Pride and Prejudice", because the book was written earlier than the entire Victorian era, the railway system was not yet perfect, so traveling far was a luxury and troublesome thing.If a wealthy single lady wants to go out to see the world, she must be accompanied by a relative or an elder.

But it was much better during the Victorian period. The railways extended in all directions, and it was no longer such a difficult thing to travel far. Miss Margaret Hale, the heroine of "North and South", has been able to take the train from Milton to London by herself.

Besides, Mary had two younger sisters with her.

"At Milton," said Mr. Bennet, "your Uncle Mr. Hale will be there to meet you himself."

"Okay Dad," Mary nodded, "I'll take care of Katie and Lydia."

"Don't read on the train, it hurts your eyes."

"I do not know."

"is it?"

Mr. Bennet teasingly pointed to the full mailbag in Mary's arms: "Can you resist unpacking on the spot?"

Mary gave her father a big smile back.

When she arrived at the train station, the first thing Mary did was to go straight to the local post office and pick up the package sent by Editor-in-Chief Hall.

The new issue of "Seaside Magazine" has already been published, and the next issue of the magazine has entered the stage of typesetting.Therefore, the feedback of the second issue of "Serial Killer Chess Game" arrived as scheduled.

"I won't watch it at night," Mary promised, "try to finish it during the day!"

After speaking, she gave her father a big hug and bid farewell to Mr. Bennet.

But in the end, it was the father who understood Mary. When the train moved slowly and left the station, Mary couldn't hold back immediately and opened the package sent by Editor-in-Chief Hall.

"What are these," Catherine asked curiously, "so many letters?"

"It's the feedback on "Chain Chess Killer" sorted out by Editor-in-Chief Hall," Mary replied.

"Wow."

Catherine's eyes widened in surprise.

She didn't read much books and newspapers on weekdays, and since Longbourne was far away from London, she never expected that readers in the city would be so leisurely and write letters to magazines.

"Can I have a look?!" Catherine said expectantly.

"of course."

Mary was worried about the inefficiency of reading it by herself: "You can take it apart and read it casually, and pass it to me if you find it interesting."

Catherine raised a smile: "Okay, okay."

Lydia: "Hmph, boring."

Seeing that Catherine, who had always been behind her, became a "traitor", Lydia was overwhelmed and jealous at the same time.

She glanced at the letters in Mary's mail bag, and was inevitably a little surprised.

It's one thing to know that Mary's novel is in a magazine, but it's quite another to see so many people write letters because of her serialization.

You must know that Lydia hangs out with the officers all day long. The red uniforms in the militia come and go, and they are often constantly transferred due to tasks and assignments. Those young people who leave will always write letters to Lydia, but in reality She never received a few letters at all.

The original Lydia didn't care about letters. After all, if the old ones don't go, the new ones won't come. After Mr. Wickham came, she left all the other officers behind. What young man can compare to Wick? Is Mr. M more handsome?

But Mr. Wickham refused her.

Lydia felt like crying at the thought, especially when she thought of Mr. Wickham's determination not to write to her.

And Mary has so many, so many people who care about her.

Writing novels... so popular?

Seeing Mary happily unpacking, Lydia's mood became extremely complicated.

As for Mary, she didn't care what Lydia thought. What could be more important than her own letters?

She first discovered two letters bearing the name of Hall's editor in a large package of letters.The two letters were addressed to Editor-in-Chief Hall himself and had been torn apart, apparently having been read by the editor-in-chief.

He couldn't have packed it in by mistake. Mary took out two letters, glanced at them hastily, and immediately understood Editor-in-Chief Hall's intention.

These two letters were not from readers: one was from a reporter for The Times, and one was from a rather prominent literary critic in London.

——In other words, this is the evaluation of Mary’s serialization by professionals.

Oh my god, it's only the second installment!

Mary couldn't believe her eyes. The [-]-word serial was published in two issues, but it was published for less than [-], and there was already feedback from professionals?

Is she that successful?

But before Mary had time to swell with pride, her eyes had already passed the beginning of the first letter.The content of it made Mary calm down quickly.

The first letter was from the critic, who wasn't praising her.

The letter was sent to the editor-in-chief Hall, but the letter was addressed to Mary—or rather, Philip Luther, the author of "Serial Killer Chess Game".So after reading the letter, Editor-in-Chief Hall directly put the paper back and sent it to Mary.

The critic's words are quite unkind, right from the beginning to the motivation of "Philip Luther" - the lines are full of detailed descriptions of the devil's behavior and the author's complacent attitude. It is really disgusting to show off the evil deeds.

Mary raised her eyebrows as she read this.

She could probably guess what happened next without reading it.It is nothing more than the description of the modus operandi is too detailed, the attitude of the murderer is arrogant and proud, which is not at all the attitude that an arrested criminal should have.

At the end of the letter, the reviewer threw out his conclusion: the story was written with a sense of substitution, so the impact was extremely bad.What if someone learns the detailed crime process in the story and kills people for fun?

Mary's feeling about this is that, no matter what era it is, the appearance of human beings is the same when they are worrying.

Editor-in-chief Hall is also worried about this kind of verbal criticism, which is why Mary deleted a large number of details of the Edmund Campbell case. She has blurred a lot of the process, but she still inevitably received negative feedback.

In her view, this is as ridiculous as the 21st century US President Trump blasting violent games such as Grand Theft Auto for promoting juvenile crime.Teenagers not only love violent games, they also love "Ace Attorney" and "Pro Evolution Football". However, replacing lawyer Wright Wright did not make teenagers become lawyers; replacing Real Madrid's club manager did not turn teenagers into talented football stars.

It is really too low-level to attribute personal crimes to legitimate arts or other entertainment industries.Besides, this kind of comment was completely expected by Mary, so she was not at all discouraged, but she just put down the critic's letter and picked up another one.

The letter from the reporter of "The Times" was actually written to the editor-in-chief of Hall.

Editor-in-chief Hall stuffed a note in the envelope, to the effect that he had a good relationship with the reporter and had already obtained my consent to forward the letter to Mary, so there was no privacy issue.

In fact, it doesn't take Editor-in-Chief Hall to say, Mary can also tell that Mr. Reporter has a great relationship with him. The reporter's words in the letter are very casual, which is completely an attitude towards an old friend.

A reporter's perspective is different from that of a literary critic.

He first jokingly asked the editor-in-chief where he picked up the treasure. If he can write such an appetizing text, if he still submits to "Seashore Magazine" for the next serial, he will have to pay the submission fee to avoid being poached by other competitors.

Then the reporter raised the most critical question—is Philip Luther really a real person?

"I'm not asking about the author's real name," the reporter wrote in the letter. "It doesn't matter whether he is a detective or not. It's just that the starting point of this case is quite sharp. The author of the mystery novel is so There are many, but very few really touched the lives and thoughts of workers. Philip Luther's writing made me feel that he was describing real people and real things, as if he had seen Edmund himself."

This... can't be wrong, Mary is ashamed.After all, she did pay attention to the whole story of the Edmund Campbell case, because she was very interested in suspense reasoning, read a lot of books and related documentaries, and adapted film and television dramas.

What the reporter said next made Mary understand why he asked this question.

This is an economic news reporter, which also means that he often travels around in major cities in the UK. Naturally, he has seen many factories, worker strikes, and the difficult lives of workers.

Mary's description of Edmond's mental distortion and her mother's morbid description of screaming are completely in line with the phenomenon of distorted human nature under the pressure of society.Contrary to critics, journalists not only do not feel that this cannot be written, but even feel that it is necessary to describe "social pathology".

“A trauma cannot be covered up just because it stinks,” the reporter wrote. “While covering it up meets the ‘standards of decency’ in the eyes of a gentleman, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Since Dostoevs Key can write double characters and lurid crimes, why not Philip Luther?"

Mary: "..."

She couldn't help herself when she got to the end, and Mary dropped the letter and covered her face.

Catherine, who was reading letters from other readers, looked up blankly: "What's wrong?"

Mary's whole face flushed red: "It's nothing."

This is blowing, blowing too much! ! !

To be reasonable, in this era Mary also belongs to the short-sighted lady country gentleman.When she started writing, she had never seen how real workers lived, and she was completely relying on more than a hundred years of history, literature, and theoretical knowledge than in the nineteenth century to create.

This is downright cheating for a creator!And even so, Marie still felt bad about putting her pseudonym together with Dostoevsky.

Of course she likes to see others praise herself, and it has to be worthy of the name-comparing her work with one of Russia's great writers is too much, and Mary is not only unhappy, but even embarrassed to lift her head.

This lethality is greater than critics scolding her, okay?

Mary rubbed her face, and it took her a long time to regain her normal expression. She looked at Catherine and changed the subject: "Did you read any interesting letters?"

"Ah, I think it's interesting to have more."

Catherine hurriedly handed the letter to Mary: "This, this, and this are all very good."

There were a lot more letters this time than last time, and Mary hadn't expected so much feedback.Catherine hurriedly handed over the letters, but Mary didn't catch any of them, and the papers fell on the floor.

Catherine: "Ah!"

Mary: "It's fine."

She bent down to pick it up, and an unopened letter by her leg was scraped to the ground by her sleeve.Mary glanced at it and paused.

This is a letter from abroad.At a glance, Mary recognized the French on the postmark, which was different from the other letters.

from France? "Beach Magazine" is not so popular that it is exported overseas. Mary picked up the letter, and immediately saw the name of the letter.

— Sherlock Holmes.

The author has something to say: Today's update has another 4500, I'm awesome 0v0!

Lydia, a silly girl, will get better. A 15-year-old girl. No one told me what to do before. She didn’t come from time travel like Mary. She was limited by her age and education, and spoiled. She has not experienced setbacks to become like this, and she will grow up when she sees the world!

There will be nothing else for her for the time being, Mary will be obsessed with intrusion and solving crimes!

Love everyone and thank you >3