beauty and money

The Bennet mother and daughter were invited to Rosings, and they intended to stay for a while, waiting for Mr. Darcy to pick them up and visit Elizabeth in London. Therefore, they sent the coachman back early, and now they sent a message to Longbourn to call. When the coachman comes to pick him up, there will be a delay of several days.Lydia, on the other hand, clamored that she would never be a stagecoach, and she couldn't stand it at all, so much that Mary wished to leave them and go back alone.

Mrs. Bennet, who is conscious of doing everything for her daughter, has always adopted an evasive attitude. Ever since Mary became physically disabled, she has been accommodating her daughter in every way, but Mary's various ignorance of time and pragmatism made her worry and angry. And fell ill, once the elderly fell ill, it was more difficult to recover than the young, and Mrs. Bennet was careful not to let Mary go back to Longbourne, so three points of illness became seven points.

Mrs. de Bourgh was obliged to say some kind words to reassure Mrs. Bennet, but Mrs. Bennet and Lydia were the kind of people who took polite words seriously.Because she made her mother angry and sick, Mary also felt guilty, but she really didn't have the mood to take care of her mother now, so she could only forcefully say that there was absolutely no possibility with that gentleman, but Mrs. Bennet seemed to be deaf. Listening to it, it was just a conflict between the young lovers, and he immediately wrote a letter to Mr. Bennet, reassuring him that she was confident in bringing about good things for Mary.

On the second day after the mother and daughter returned to Rosings, Mrs. Graillis came to visit as scheduled. Charlotte thoughtfully arranged for Mary to meet the lady in a reception room where no one was disturbed.There is an antique piano in the spacious reception room. Mary couldn't help touching it when she arrived. She lifted the cover and touched the ivory black and white keys over and over again. The morning sun shines in through the floor-to-ceiling glass, everything is gorgeous and delicate , from the window of the reception room, you can see the beautiful fountain and the lush lawn in the main courtyard. The beauty of Rosings is different from Nemer’s shade and depth. It is sweet and innocent, full of brightness. Remembering that horrible night, and that horrible man.

"Miss Bennet, your guests have arrived." The maid stood at the door and guided Mrs. Graillis in. She was wearing a dark blue dress, white gauze lace gloves, and a delicate ivory fan in her hand. Step by step.

The maid's words made Mary wake up from her memories. She was so miserable that night that she lost her composure, and now she didn't know what to say to her wife. She knew that it was impossible for her to trust her unconditionally. Their relationship was Impossible to recover from mutual apologies.Now, she just wants to hear about Madam's purpose and the whole story.

After the maid served the tea and left, Mrs. Graillis sighed. Her face was no longer young, and wrinkles had crept up the corners of her lips and between her eyebrows and eyes. That kind of sadness was written all over her face.She exchanged pleasantries with Mary first, and then found that they had nothing to talk about with each other, and they were extremely unfamiliar.So I went straight to the topic and talked about the whole story.

"I know, you must have a lot of doubts and anger, but if you are still so angry after listening to my narration, I will never bother you again." Mrs. Grace said, she glanced at the boss It was Mary who was in a daze, and continued: "I said in the letter that I got the Nemer Manor and the large estate through designated inheritance. But the real owner of Nemer is not me, but my son Arlin."

"You have a son?" Mary looked at Madam in disbelief. She was shocked by the news. In so many years of correspondence, Madam Grace never mentioned this in her letters.

"No, he is only my son in name. In order to legally keep Nemer Manor, I married a man who had died a long time ago. The man you saw that day, he is Yarlin, he is Nemer Master of Er." Madam Grace seemed to recall some sad things, her expression was very painful. "This story happened more than ten years ago..."

Mrs. Grace, who was in pain, told Mary a tragic and terrifying truth that was completely different from the wonderful story in the letter.Nemer's former mistress was also named Mary, Mary Guz, and of course she had a more famous name.When the French Revolution broke out, Mary was hunted down for advocating the women's rights movement. She fled to England and hid with her lover Borrant. The Borrant family has always been the owner of Nemer Manor and its dependencies. I will be safe.But those who pursued her infiltrated into England, and created a terrible tragedy in Nemer. The Borrant family died tragically, and a fire burned in the banquet hall.They took Marie Gouz and brought her back to France to be guillotined.The only ones who survived the horrific massacre were the illegitimate son of Mary and Borrant and the old Mrs. Borrant who was invited to attend the banquet in London.Arlin was an illegitimate son who was not eligible to inherit Nymer.And he became like that after he witnessed the tragedy, in order to prevent Nemer from falling into the hands of distant relatives.Old Madame Borant had designed it all, she had forged a document in France.It proves that Grace fell in love with Master Borrant when she was a tutor and professor Miss Borrant, but their identities were very different, so it was impossible for the Borrant family to agree to their marriage, so they married secretly in France and had a son .

Although this is not honorable, it is legal, and the Borrant family also recognized this marriage, so Yarlin is the legitimate heir, the legal owner of the Nemer Manor, and Grace was involved in this incident. She got a lot of wealth from her life and became the nominal hostess of Nemer Manor, but Yarlin has been insane all the time, and her strength is getting stronger and stronger, just like a devil.

This story full of blood and conspiracy made Mary's deep suspicion too bizarre, and Mrs. Grace said with tears: "I have no way to restore him to normal. I can only lock him up. He is like a Nemer's ghost, very aggressive. Mary, when I saw that portrait, I thought, you must be able to help him come out of that horrible night, wake up from that tragedy, I beg you " Madam Grace covered her face excitedly, her tears were sincere, but Mary hardly felt them.

She didn't have any emotional fluctuations in her heart, as if this was another scam, but in order not to embarrass Mrs. Graillis, she still put on a sad and shocked expression. Whether it was another scam or not, it was impossible for her to She was moved and did not want to go back to Nemer Manor. The trust she had lost in her wife was irreparable.

There are too many loopholes in the middle, and Mrs. Grace is at the mercy of that old lady like a puppet?Or she herself coveted the wealth of Nemer Manor, so she agreed. If she is really a housekeeper like she said, then why should she enjoy a rich life for granted, and the outside world doesn't care about that man's existence? If you don't know anything, even if a lunatic wants to hide it, then it won't even erase its existence.

I don’t know if it’s because of a different mentality. The lady who used to make Mary feel stable, reliable and kind now makes her feel a little shuddering. She can’t help but wonder how much Mrs. Grace has gained in these years. Is it because of her old age? No one in succession thought that the imprisoned young master had tricked himself to go to Nemer to help the young master get out of the shadows, or was there another purpose?The more Mary thought about it, the more uncomfortable she became. She lowered her eyelids, afraid of being seen with suspicion in her eyes.

"I can promise you, ma'am, but what can I get?" Mary asked suddenly after a moment of silence with lowered eyelids.

Her question made Mrs. Gralice startled for a moment, and then she carefully observed Mary's expression with her deep blue eyes. Mary didn't show any expression, and the girl was deep and terrifying. "Mary, you..."

"Ma'am, I'm not rich, you know that, I just want to know what will I get if I help you?" Mary interrupted Mrs. Personal emotion, so why not just trade it straight?Would it have ended differently if she had been as rich as Miss de Bourgh?

Mrs. Graillis murmured, "Mary, you have changed."

"The world is difficult, ma'am, weren't you also passionate back then?" Mary asked back, seeing Mrs. Gralice's pained expression lessen, and finally confirmed that she was not as sad as she appeared.

"I'll do what you want." Mrs. Grace gritted her teeth and agreed. She frowned in pain, as if Mary had disappointed her. Yes, I was also disappointed in my poverty and ugliness. No woman was like me. Equally shameless.Mary laughed at herself, she knew it was extremely despicable and immoral to do so, but one must learn to grow, otherwise wouldn't it be useless?

After negotiating the terms, Mrs. Grace left in a hurry, not bothering to talk to Mary any more. The annual annuity of [-] pounds bought out all the affection between them. In terms of income, it is simply not worth mentioning, but once benefits are involved, no amount of emotion will disappear.

Watching Mrs. Graris's carriage leave Rosings, Mary's heart felt empty. She thought over and over again of Mrs. Graris's possible secrets and benefits, as well as the cunning plots involved, and emphasized that she had done nothing wrong. , just learned to be smart, but both emotions and reason told her that she was despicable to the extreme in doing so. Contradictory and complicated sadness welled up in her heart. She covered her face and cried bitterly, lost all faith and courage, and became a A philistine woman.