Dear Mr. Darcy [Pride and Prejudice]

Parting always comes unexpectedly.

When the dusty George appeared at the door, Emma thought she was hallucinating, and couldn't help blinking. She felt that she didn't miss George to this extent after not seeing him for a month.

George strode in, threw the whip to the servants behind him, took off his hat and held it in front of his chest, bowed slightly, his curly hair on his forehead was slightly messy, and his voice was a little hoarse: "Sorry, I didn't have time to inform you about my visit. I am George Kentra, thank you very much for taking care of my sister." The words were addressed to Mr. Thomas, but George kept looking at Emma sitting on the sofa from the corner of his eyes, and after confirming that Emma did not look injured and thin, George He turned his head and greeted Mr. Darcy. "Fitzwilliam, long time no see, you look fine."

Mr. Thomas on the stairs shrugged his shoulders: "It's a bit of a surprise, but I welcome you anytime." Mr. Thomas had just received a notice from a servant. He first asked the servant to invite George in, tidied up his appearance and hurried down the stairs. , without even having time to inform Mr. Darcy and Emma.He looked at George: "It seems that you have driven for a long time, so, do you want to wash and rest first?"

George pushed his hair back with his hands, exposing his full forehead. "Thank you very much, I really need these very much, but if you don't mind, I would like to say a few words to my sister first."

Mr. Thomas and Mr. Darcy could well understand this.Mr. Darcy greeted George tersely, and went upstairs, leaving the drawing-room alone to his long-lost brother and sister.

Within a few words, Emma had already determined that this was not her hallucination, and then immediately remembered what she had done, and threw herself into George's arms in surprise and joy a few seconds before George spoke: "Brother .”

George was indeed worried and angry at the same time. He thought several times to make Emma reflect on himself. It was not easy to teach Emma in front of outsiders just now, and his face became serious when there were only two people left.But before the words came out, Emma greeted her with blinking clear eyes in surprise and joy, and called her brother sweetly.George subconsciously showed a smile on his deliberately stiff face, and opened his arms to hug his soft and lovely sister.George looked her up and down again carefully.Emma had a healthy flush in her cheeks, and she had even gained a little weight from Mrs Thomas' enthusiasm.George knew that although she was in danger, she was not hurt much, and her anger was relieved a lot.However, he still grunted to express his dissatisfaction.

Emma was caught off guard by George. She thought it was too early to settle the accounts, so she had to wait until she went back to Yorkshire. She didn't expect George to appear suddenly, and the manuscript about admitting mistakes hadn't been finished yet.She silently planned to change the topic first, and then rush out the manuscript when George went to wash and rest.Regarding this matter, she has different explanations to several parties, and she is afraid that the words will be messed up.

Emma made up her mind, and then asked, "Brother, why are you here?" Her expression was not guilty at all, and it was definitely not to change the subject.

George snorted again, but he had come all night for a reason, not just because he was worried about his sister.He decided to talk about the business first, and he can take his time to settle the accounts later. "All those who stopped me were caught, and all those who attacked you were also arrested."

Emma's first reaction was: "The Duke has made a move?" It's not that she looks down on the police force of the British Empire. The parish police officers who have not received professional training and usually only catch thieves and persuade them to fight, and their marksmanship skills are all fugitives honed on the battlefield. There is a certain gap.But Emma quickly denied her words. "Impossible. Exposing his identity now will not do him any good. It will only make us and Mr. Brown wary of him."

George raised an eyebrow. "Duke?"

It seems that George didn't receive the secret letter that Emma asked the servant to bring recently, and he probably missed it on the way. "The person behind Officer Scat is the Duke's subordinate. He can use the information in our hands to bring down Mr. Brown, and then use the events of the year to control you into his camp."

A sneer appeared on George's face. "This lord's appetite is still as good as ever."

"That's right, but this time he might have indigestion." Emma was still puzzled by the original question. "If it's not the Duke, is it everyone caught by the police?"

"Criminals who commit treason on the battlefield are not only wanted by the police as ordinary wanted criminals, but the military also has special departments to deal with them. These people are not qualified as the main criminals of treason, they are only implicated, so although there are records Occasionally, I will look for it, without spending a lot of manpower and material resources to find it."

The puzzled look on Emma's face melted away like snow in the sun, replaced by worry.That's hardly good news. "I haven't been able to catch it, but did I shoot it suddenly?"

George understood what Emma meant. "They didn't hesitate to expose me this time and wanted to openly hunt me down because they knew they were being targeted." But this didn't mean anything, maybe the Duke had acted secretly earlier.

Emma narrowed her eyes slightly.

George went on to say, "I saw what you said about the police officer in your letter, and I'm afraid they won't know the information and attack you." This is the real purpose of George's coming. The lady who has a grudge is a good and cheap bargaining chip when the prisoner refuses to speak. Otherwise, even if these people are caught, George doesn't need to come here in such a hurry. He is worried that his sister's life will be used to exchange information.Of course, the revenge of ordinary people would not involve women, but since knowing that these people were the group that killed the old Mrs. Kentra, George had great doubts about their character.

Emma felt that this was unlikely to happen. "We now know that the mastermind is the Duke. It is much better for him to pay off the Kentra family at this stage than to completely fall out."

Emma was right. If George had been lucky enough to receive the last letter, he probably wouldn't have rushed here so desperately. "My reason told me that I should breathe a sigh of relief because my life would not be threatened, but I still felt the crisis."

Emma nodded. "I guess we have a lot to prepare in advance."

At dinner time, George, who had taken a nap for half the afternoon after washing up, appeared at the dining table in good spirits.Free of the unkempt stubble, disheveled hair and travel-stained clothes, George looks like a perfectly respectable aristocrat.He can still be very likable if he wants to.At least that's what the easy-to-please Thomases think.

George said, suddenly remembered something.Turning to Mr. Darcy. "Fitzwilliam, I didn't expect you and Emma to meet this time by such a coincidence. Is it rare that you met on the road?"

Emma was startled.It seems that George is well aware of her habit of reporting good news and not bad news, and this is asking a third party to confirm.Careful not to be discovered by George, she tried to turn her eyes to Mr. Darcy for help.According to what she knew about Mr. Darcy these days, Mr. Darcy was willing to be tolerant to her if it didn't involve issues of principle.

Mr. Darcy cleared his throat and was about to speak when he caught a glimpse of Emma staring at him pitifully like a small animal from the corner of his eye.Mr. Darcy could not tell the truth which he had intended to speak.He hoped that George could restrain Emma more after he knew the truth, but Emma's appearance made people feel uneasy.He nodded vaguely.The two can be considered to have met on the road, although Emma didn't call him out at that time, and only later crawled into the room to reveal their identities.

George noticed that Mr. Darcy's expression was different, and he turned his head to look, just in time to see Emma lowering her head and gracefully putting the food into her mouth.Although he didn't see anything, George instinctively felt that something was wrong.Several times he looked suspiciously back and forth between Emma and Mr. Darcy.His misunderstanding of Mr. Darcy had been cleared up by Emma. At that time, Emma was very frank when talking about the whole matter, which made George a little relieved and a little disappointed.The reassuring thing is that his sister didn't take it seriously, so he didn't get hurt. The disappointment is that he selfishly thinks that Mr. Darcy is his favorite choice for his sister-in-law, but Emma doesn't seem to have any intention of this.Is it his illusion?Although there was no eye contact or physical contact, George felt that the relationship between the two was much closer this time.He tentatively said, "This matter hasn't been resolved yet. I need to take Emma back to Yorkshire as soon as possible. I'm leaving tomorrow morning."

Mr. Thomas felt a little sorry.After staying with the strict Mr. Darcy for too long, I suddenly met George, who was very active and informal, and I was a little reluctant to leave him. "Oh, what a pity, I wanted to tell you about my experiment."

George smiled and said, "I will visit again when this matter is resolved. Of course, Yorkshire welcomes you at any time." He was talking with Mr. Thomas, but he kept paying attention to Mr. Darcy out of the corner of his eyes.Sure enough, there was a hint of surprise and reluctance on Mr. Darcy's expressionless face.

If it wasn't really not a good time to care about emotional issues, George would definitely grab Mr. Darcy and drink until he asked clearly what happened during this period.In view of the special period, George made a note in his heart, and prepared to solve the most difficult matter first, and then ignore this matter for now.

In the presence of George, and the imminence of parting, Emma and Mr. Darcy did not sit and talk together as usual.Emma chatted with Mrs. Thomas, who was full of kindness and reluctance.Mr. Darcy picked up a book, and listened absently to the conversation between George and Mr. Thomas, turning a page in a long time.

On nights when there is little entertainment, people always go to bed earlier.After George, Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Thomas started to walk out of the living room, Emma and Mr. Darcy also got up to go back to the resting room.

Emma has business to do when she goes back. Mr. Darcy understands intellectually, but emotionally regrets that the time spent together day and night is too short.He warned himself in his heart that he had already respected Emma's will not to intervene in this matter, so he couldn't help too much, let alone trouble Emma with emotional problems at such a critical moment.Now that she is facing such a crisis, she should not have the mood or time to think about emotional issues.Mr. Darcy's expression was a little stiff, and his voice sounded stiff, as he refrained from expressing inseparable emotion. "I've been out for too long, and I should go back to Derbyshire." After a pause, he chose the safest and most practical parting word he thinks now. "Be careful on the road."

Emma paused, and restrained herself from showing her reluctance to part.After all, she is facing a crisis now, and she doesn't want to involve Mr. Darcy at this time. "I will, and you too, be careful on the road."

Maybe it's because of the veil-like moonlight coming in from the window, or maybe it's because the two people in the silent living room met their eyes and felt reluctance in their hearts. There seems to be a different kind of tenderness in such dry words.Mr. Darcy nodded silently. "I will."