Dear Mr. Darcy [Pride and Prejudice]

Mr. Darcy doesn't think Emma's behavior is right, but he doesn't like others to emphasize Emma's difference. "Yesterday's situation was critical, and Miss Kentra had no choice but to do so."

Although Mr. Darcy was as expressionless as ever, Mr. Thomas could feel that he did not like the conversation just now. "Fitzwilliam, you seem to have misunderstood me. In fact, I admire Miss Kentra very much. Her courage and wisdom saved herself and my favorite student."

Mr. Darcy knew that Mr. Thomas meant no harm, but he didn't want to start a discussion with Mr. Thomas on this subject. He had one more important business. "I have a request. If anyone asks, please don't tell the truth. Miss Kentra and I left separately under the escort of the servants. It is a coincidence that we went in the same direction. She accidentally got separated from the servants. When it comes to my cousin who needs to leave urgently, I will pick her up with you only after I got the news."

After encountering the confrontation between Mr. Darcy and Irwin in London, Mr. Thomas had inquired about Emma and learned about her general experience, including the situation of her fiancé.Later, when Emma and Alvin broke off the engagement, Mr. Thomas had already left London, and he thought Emma still had the engagement.In this case, it is best to hide it for the sake of Emma's reputation.Mr. Thomas readily agreed. "Of course, it's a good-faith concealment. But in such a special situation, even if Miss Kentra's fiancé knows about it, she will understand."

Mr. Darcy was a little dark in the face. "Miss Kentra has broken off her engagement this year."

Mr. Thomas froze for a moment. "That's a pity. Then, why hide the truth?"

"For the honor of Miss Kentra."

Mr. Thomas knew Mr. Darcy's integrity very well, but he didn't expect Mr. Darcy's performance in love to be the same, and he began to worry about Mr. Darcy's future. "Is this the result of your negotiation with Miss Kentra?"

"I will discuss it with Miss Kentra later." Mr. Darcy felt that he and Emma had a tacit agreement on this matter, and they only needed to discuss the details.

For the first time, Mr. Thomas's always smiling face took on a serious expression. "Fitzwilliam, I don't agree with you doing this. You must know that the feelings of ladies are very delicate. If Miss Kentra has a crush on you, but you have made such a decision unilaterally, Miss Kentra will definitely think that You have no feelings for her. Why don't I ask Miss Kentra for your opinion..."

"No need." Mr. Darcy interrupted the teacher rudely for the first time.It should be that time in the hotel, the confrontation between him and Alvin let Mr. Thomas know Emma and his feelings for Emma. "Miss Kentra will agree to that."

Mr. Thomas doubted whether Mr. Darcy's feeling was accurate. "The lady's virtue is modesty. If I didn't know it, I might be a bachelor by now."

"No." Mr. Darcy didn't want to mention the failure of the marriage proposal, but if he didn't say it, he couldn't convince Mr. Thomas of his judgment in a short time.In case Mr. Thomas really asks Emma's opinion... the lesser of two evils, Mr. Darcy said in a deep voice: "Miss Kentra rejected me, and I decided to give up too."

"Oh, boy, please forgive me." Mr. Thomas was very apologetic.Although he only met once, he could feel that Emma was not the kind of lady who used her reserve to increase her status.To refuse is to refuse. "I'll ask the servant to take you to your room and change into a clean dress."

Mr Thomas sighed when Mr Darcy left the study.It was a pity that he could feel that Mr. Darcy was genuinely in love with this Miss Emma.Mr. Thomas shook these exclamations out of his mind, took out the letter paper, and prepared to write a note asking the familiar sheriff to come to the house.

Night gradually enveloped the town of Drews.A room on the second floor of Mr. Thomas's house was still lit by candlelight.

"Dear brother." Emma stopped writing after writing this sentence.There were a lot of clues in this incident. The strength of the parish police officers alone could not catch those people in the shortest time, and George still needed to take action.But she worried that George would overreact when he heard about it.It's not safe enough outside, it would be bad for George to come out rashly.She had thought that she would not be in danger, and that George would not be too excited even if he was angry.Unexpectedly, the development of things was completely beyond imagination.

Emma imagined George's reaction in her mind, and tapped on the table distressedly, holding her chin.Being preached and grounded is a trivial matter, and what she worries about is losing George's trust from now on.She took great pains, step by step, and finally managed to make George ignore her gender and believe in her ability. If she fails because of this...

Emma put down her pen, and decided to take a walk downstairs and relax.In the living room Emma sees an unexpected person. "Mr. Darcy?" Mr. Darcy left the living room just before she went upstairs. She thought that Mr. Darcy was tired and wanted to rest earlier, but Mr. Darcy returned to the living room again.

Nor did Mr. Darcy expect to meet Emma. "Miss Kentra."

After greeting each other, the two fell silent at the same time.Neither Mr. Darcy nor Emma expected to meet again so soon after Bloomberg's failed marriage proposal.The situation was critical yesterday, and everything except escape was temporarily put aside. At this moment, the two of them remembered that confession at the same time, and they were both a little embarrassed.

Compared with Emma, ​​who was more open about emotions, she spoke first. "Do you have any urgent matters these days?"

Mr. Darcy hesitated for a moment, but still chose to shake his head. "No." Although Wickham might run farther after a while, the servants are all separated now, and Emma will stay at Mr. Thomas's house for a period of time for safety reasons, and he cannot leave Emma alone. In such a strange place.

Emma breathed a sigh of relief. "That's all right." Mr. Darcy had better not go out until all the prisoners had been arrested. "I'm really sorry to involve you in such a thing." Speaking of which, since she met Mr. Darcy, she and George have caused Mr. Darcy a lot of trouble.For example, this time, Mr. Darcy was on his way in good health, but somehow he was involved in a kidnapping and murder case.

"It's not your responsibility." Since yesterday, Mr. Darcy has been wanting to say thank you to Emma.As Emma once said, in order not to cause him a burden, she rarely reveals her contribution, and this time is the same, Emma lightly skipped the process of turning back to save him, but he can probably guess that love What kind of danger did Ma go through.Mr. Darcy bowed solemnly. "Thanks."

Emma was first startled, then deeply ashamed. "You have helped me selflessly. Besides, this incident happened because of me. If it wasn't for me, you would not be in danger at all. You don't have to be so polite."

The verbal thanks are too insignificant. Mr. Darcy hoped to do something for Emma. He noticed Emma's tangled expression when she came down the stairs. "You look troubled."

If it was before, Emma would definitely not speak out about her troubles, but now that Mr. Darcy has understood her essence, maybe ask Mr. Darcy to get inspiration for writing a letter?Emma heaved a long sigh. "I'm writing to my brother, and I don't know how to explain it to him. If my brother no longer believes in my ability because of my misjudgment this time, or overprotects me because of this danger, it will be bad."

Mr. Darcy could not yet understand Emma's thoughts. "Isn't it nice to live like a normal lady?"

Emma did not answer, but asked instead: "Why do you think this way of life is normal and correct? Because everyone agrees with this way of life?"

Mr. Darcy had thought this over carefully after the failed proposal. "No, I think it is right because it is reasonable. How each person lives depends on how he is made by God. Women have more delicate emotions and weaker bodies than men, so they are protected by men , learn art. Men are stronger than women and more gifted in areas other than art, so men become leaders and protectors in the country and family. Men and women perform their duties, so society develops and people I feel happy in fulfilling my responsibilities. Why go against the functions I was born with and pursue something that doesn’t belong to me?” Mr. Darcy really can’t understand, just like he can’t understand why a duck insists on being the champion of running.

Emma knew that Mr. Darcy did not belittle women because he was worried that his status would be threatened by women. What he said was the consensus of all people in this era. "So, in your eyes, I am also weak and delicate, and I am not as good as men in fields other than art?"

Under Emma's gaze, Mr. Darcy could not tell a lie.Before, he thought that Emma was just smarter. Since Emma confessed to him, he sorted out what Emma did since they met. Now he has to admit that Emma does have abilities that ordinary ladies do not have. "You are born with more talents than others. I don't think George will not believe in your abilities because of this incident, but in view of your recklessness this time, he will provide the necessary protection in the future."

It was not easy to get Mr. Darcy's compliment.Emma laughed. "I thought you thought I was just lucky enough to deal with things like that, and this incident shows that I'm just not as good as men."

Mr. Darcy did have such an idea when they first met, but he no longer thinks so.

With Mr. Darcy's affirmation, Emma's uneasy mood calmed down a lot, and she went back to her room to continue writing letters.Just as he sat down, there was a knock on the door. "Miss Kentra, may I come in?"

"Please come in."

The maid came in and handed Emma a folded petticoat with both hands. "The clothes you asked me to cook in boiling water in the afternoon have been dried. The hot water is also ready. Would you like to bring it here now?" It turned out that there were nobles who temporarily stayed at Mr. Thomas's house, and Emma was the most noble she had ever seen. The fastidious one asked her to wash the dirty petticoats and boil them in boiling water, saying that only in this way could they be kept clean.

Emma nodded with satisfaction. "Bring it here now." She had too many action scenes in the past two days, and it was inevitable that she bumped into each other. Before she met Mr. Darcy, she cut her thigh.At that time, I dealt with it briefly, and wrapped the cloth strips torn from clean clothes a few times. Later, there were too many things and I didn't have time to change the bandages.The wound was neither bleeding nor inflamed, so Emma was going to secretly change the bandage herself, so as not to cause any further impact on this trivial incident.

The maid quickly brought a basin of hot water.Emma let her go out first, lifted her skirt and tied it to her waist.The wound was not deep but very long, the cloth strips were soaked, and there was a dark brown bloodstain.

Emma carefully uncovered the hardened cloth strips layer by layer. The innermost cloth strip had been stuck to the wound by blood. Emma couldn't get it off after repeated watering, so she had to tear off the cloth strip cruelly. When he got down, blood gushed out immediately.Emma tore the boiled petticoats to make new bandages, and wrapped the bandages up after washing the wounds.After dealing with it, Emma faced an important question: how to deal with that basin of blood.

The maid knows she is hurt = Mr Thomas knows = Mr Darcy knows.Emma looked out the window, and there was a small back garden outside, and there was no one around. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but I was forced to do so." Emma sincerely repented and poured the water down.After a while, the maid came to bring the water, and she said that she saw a dark shadow outside the window just now, she was frightened and subconsciously poured the water over.She had just escaped danger, so it is understandable that she overreacted.

After settling this matter, Emma went back to the desk to write letters. Just as she picked up the pen and wrote a line, the light in the room gradually dimmed.Emma went to the candlestick and saw that the candle was about to burn out.

Call the maid to change the candles, and let her take the tub away by the way.Emma was thinking like this, but before she had time to call for someone, footsteps suddenly came from outside.

It should be the maid who came so late.The light of the candle could only cover an area of ​​one or two meters, and the room was very dark. Emma picked up the candlestick and walked to the door, intending to pass the candlestick to the maid directly.She just unlocked it, and the door opened with a crisp knock.

Emma couldn't dodge and was hit by the door. She fell to the ground and the candlestick fell to the side.She looked up, and a tall black figure appeared at the door. "Tick tock, tick tock", some liquid kept dripping from Sombra's body.

The dark liquid flowed to Emma along the cracks in the floor.The candlelight was about to be extinguished, and only a small circle on the ground was illuminated. Emma could see the liquid on the ground clearly with the faint light. It was red and had a fishy smell. It was blood!

Emma raised her head slowly and stiffly.The tall black figure at the door stretched out his hand to her, blood was still dripping from his fingertips. "Ken..."

A scream pierced the silent night sky.

The author has something to say: Little angels, I, Hu Hansan, are back again. I’m sorry for stopping the update for so long. There’s no such thing as the essay written test interview for the time being. The daily update will start tomorrow or the next day.

The source of inspiration for this chapter: I have a classmate who goes to the bathroom in the middle of the night.While washing her hands, the girl next to her called her: "Classmate." She turned her head and saw that the girl with long hair raised her head slowly, with blood dripping from her face and hands. "Do you still have toilet paper? I can't stop my nosebleed."