[Pride and Prejudice] Mary's Pride and Prejudice

It was almost noon at this time, and the judge announced that the trial would end early, and the trial would resume in the afternoon. Many people withdrew from the courtroom, and Keira took her husband's hand and rushed to Lily's lounge.Others mostly gathered for lunch in the courthouse dining room.

Mary sat with Lydia and her parents, and across from them sat the Gardiners.Mrs. Bennet happily talked with everyone about Mr. Bennet's performance in court just now, and reprimanded Mary for being too rude just now, "Robert is a thug, dear, you shouldn't rush up alone, in the courtroom There's no need for you to do that with so many policemen! You're a delicate young lady!"

Mr. Bennet agrees with his wife: "You just have to scream, or pass out on the spot if you don't think the image is elegant enough. Pretty ladies do that, and so do pretty ladies, your mother Well, Mary, she's deafening my ears, but if that's not necessarily a bad thing, at least my brain won't have to be disturbed unnecessarily."

Lydia giggled, much to Mrs. Bennet's displeasure, but she was soon distracted by a discussion with her daughters about the broth in the restaurant.

At their table Mr. Darcy accompanied Mr. Bingley to sit with Jane and Elizabeth.Mrs. de Boer sent a servant to invite Mr. Darcy, she dined with the Lord Justice and some nobles who came to hear the trial, and asked Mr. Darcy to go too.But Mr. Darcy declined. He didn't want to miss any chance to get along with Elizabeth. As for those nobles, he had just seen them in court, and eating with them would only make his appetite worse.

On the one hand, Miss Bingley is delighted to continue having lunch with Mr. Darcy, but on the other hand, she is depressed because of Elizabeth at the same table.But she didn't know that Mrs. de Boer, who was rejected at this time, was not in a very happy mood.

Mrs. Woodhouse, who was at the same table with Mrs. De Boer, was happily talking to Judge Grace: "I think Robert can be convicted once the stolen money is found, right? Today's trial really opened my eyes. I have never seen it before. Such a bizarre story with ups and downs and twists and turns. But I always believed that Lily was innocent."

Mrs. De Boer was very unhappy. She raised her chin and said to Mrs. Woodhouse: "That female murderer may not be telling the truth. You must know that those stupid and stupid country girls like to lie the most. They always tell lies. They thought their lies were flawless, but in fact they were full of loopholes. Such idiots will not know how to be afraid unless they teach them a lesson. Even if her father is the real murderer, I don’t think Lily O’Deno is innocent.” She ignored Mrs. Woodhouse looked at Judge Grace with displeased eyes and said: "She really wanted to kill someone and was fully prepared for it, but she didn't do it because Robert interrupted her. It wasn't because she felt remorse. Stop the crime, but her crime is interrupted, Judge Grace, should the cruelty of this girl not be punished?"

Her words coincided with Judge Grace's thoughts. He also believed that Lily O'Deno was by no means completely innocent. The deaths of the last two victims were also inseparable from her.

Mrs. de Boer saw Judge Grace's slackness, and asked happily: "So you should sentence her? At least she is premeditated murder, right?"

Judge Grace stopped the knife and fork in his hand, and wanted to say something, but Mrs. Woodhouse interrupted him in a hurry, and said anxiously: "I think Lily is a good girl, but because fate is too cruel to her, she is so cruel. Almost went astray, but at the last minute God saved her from being a murderer, and we should follow God's will."

The ladies who were close to Mrs. de Boer at the dinner table agreed with her statement very much and persuaded the judge to release Lily.But there were also many in the room who were more sympathetic to Mrs. de Boer's view that people like Lily should be severely punished.

Most of these people have a stubborn class concept, and they look at common people like Lily with contempt and disdain. Most of the crimes that occur in reality come from this class. It does not mean that nobles do not commit crimes, but their crimes Most of the time it's just covered up.

Therefore, these high-ranking aristocrats look at the common people very similar to Mrs. de Boer's point of view, that is, they feel that they are lack of discipline and owe it to others to clean up.

One of Mrs. de Boer's hobbies is to go for a walk around her own land when she has nothing to do, and scold the people there one by one, so that they have no other complaints except trembling. It can be said that Mrs. de Boer is a Kent It has made outstanding contributions to the security of the county.This has always made Mrs. de Boer complacent. She firmly believes that these cunning and inferior people can only be in awe of the etiquette and laws of this society after being severely disciplined, so she dare not take a step forward.

Judge Grace also held the same idea as Mrs. De Boer, and because of his identity as a judge, he had to deal with people of the lower class every day, and sentenced them to crimes. This class has the deepest sense of disgust.As a conservative veteran in the judiciary, he belongs to the steadfast school of severe punishment and the backbone of opposition to the abolition of the death penalty. In his opinion, if harsh punishments cannot be used as a deterrent, then crimes will only become more rampant.

Mrs. Woodhouse is lonely, and her several alliances are not unbreakable. The friendship between the upper class and the lower class is more of a kind of superior compassion. This kind of compassion is more out of class superiority than human nature. goodwill.

Mrs. de Boer won the support of Judge Grace and the majority present, and Mrs. Woodhouse began to retreat steadily.Mrs. De Boer gave Mrs. Woodhouse a contemptuous look, and said in her characteristic condescending tone: "I heard that both of your sons are engaged to the Bennet daughters. Prejudice, but the servants of their family are so inappropriate, and the upbringing of the master can be imagined. And just now in court, didn't you see how rude the young lady's actions were?"

She pressed the corner of her mouth with a napkin, and said in a high voice that was intentionally lowered: "If it were me, I would never marry such a family anyway. Mr. Edwards is obviously in love, and young people will be out of their minds at this time." Fever and loss of reason, but as elders, we should take the responsibility to guide these children, shouldn't we?"

Mrs. Woodhouse was never a quarrelsome person, but Mrs. de Boer always slandered the Bennet family in front of her, which was very annoying. Her two sons are married to the Bennet family, and Mrs. de Boer despises the Bennet family in front of her because she despises her and her son.

Especially the eldest son, Colonel Edwards, the prodigal son has a bad reputation in London. Since he was deprived of his right of inheritance by the old duke, the ladies of noble origin have avoided him like a snake.Later, he was always hanging out with those actresses and courtesans. Mrs. Woodhouse even once thought that she would have an actress as a daughter-in-law, and she also hated Miss Sissy's background.

God knows she couldn't have been more delighted since she learned of the colonel's engagement to Lydia, a lady of a gentleman's family?She really wanted such a daughter-in-law!But now Mrs. de Boer is still here to hold on to the flaws of the Bennet family, which really makes Mrs. Woodhouse very angry.

She swallowed the last mouthful of food, took a sip of sweet sherry from her glass, wiped the corners of her mouth and stood up.She gracefully nodded to Judge Grace and said, "I'm leaving, sir. I can't influence your trial, but I insist on my point of view. The most important thing for us now is to punish the real murderer, isn't it?"

After going out, she immediately changed the calm expression on her face. She hurriedly found Alfred and told him what happened in the dining room just now. Alfred didn't show any nervousness. , He calmed his mother with a few words: "I have good news for you. Detective Owen has sent news that Grant and Sean's wallets have been found in Robert's residence. The evidence is solid! As long as people pay attention to It's much easier for Lily to get away with Robert."

He came here immediately after the adjournment, making sure that Lily hadn't had contact with any of the prosecution before him.He had to communicate with Lily about many important things during the lunch break, which were related to whether Lily would be convicted.

Mrs. Woodhouse was greatly relieved. She had no wish for the Bennets to have anything dishonorous to do with them.

The court session started very early in the afternoon, and most of the people in the auditorium were those in the morning, but the atmosphere at this time was quite different from that in the morning. Everyone was discussing where to go for a cup of afternoon tea after a while. The trial that took place was not taken very seriously.

But after the trial, Mary didn't think so. When Robert stood in the dock, the people around stood up like boiling water.The people shouted: "Hang him hang him—"

It wasn't until the judge entered that order was restored at the scene. Robert's interrogation was very quick. Not only did he have witnesses, but he also found stolen money. The important thing is that he didn't have a lawyer to defend him.Originally, such a case could be tried in another court, but Inspector Owen thinks that this matter should be resolved quickly. He has already lost face because of this case in the morning, and now he absolutely does not want any other twists and turns. The prosecutor very much agrees. his thoughts.

When Detective Owen put the wallet and money seized from Robert's residence in court, Robert collapsed on the ground with a pale face, and people could no longer look at Robert with other eyes. This is a completely shameless Everyone should despise him.

But when Lily was taken to the recruiting bar, the crowd was boiling again. In the morning, people still regarded her as a cruel and greedy slut, but now most people gave her sympathetic eyes. Even the jury No exception.

What Lily told people at this time was different from what she said to Mary: "I have a headache now, and my memory is not complete. But I swear to God that what I tell must be what I saw Fact. I still remember the day my father, Robert O'Donoghue, offered to buy Grant and Sean a drink and let me prepare him a nice dinner. I really didn't want to spend a single penny on him, but there was nothing I could do about it , he said that if I don't listen to him and tell others about my experience, especially Kayla, if he tells Kayla's husband that she was sold to a brothel, then she will be completely finished..."

Speaking of this, Lily covered her mouth and choked up. People felt infinite sympathy for her, and at the same time, they felt extremely disgusted with Robert. As a father, he was not only dereliction of duty, but also worse than a beast.

"I really wanted to kill him and Grant that day, Sean, these people did all the bad things, but they didn't get the punishment they deserved, but they still want to continue to hurt others-they are going to do it again, and then go to the country Looking for a girl like me..." She raised her head and looked around the court, finally resting her eyes on Robert, "Maybe it's God's will, he has a reason for arranging all this - I tied Grant and Sean was tied up but Robert woke up and he knocked me down and he took the knife and killed Grant and Sean. He was going to kill me but I threw the knife outside as I struggled, I didn't know anything after he knocked me out."

The prosecutor said: "Obviously, Robert was going to kill and rob her, but after knocking her unconscious, he had a good idea. He retrieved the knife, hid the money and called the police. Lily O'Deno was seriously injured. Heavy, it looks like she is dying, as long as people believe that she is greedy to kill, he can get away with it without being wanted."

This was almost all the facts, and Robert was trembling and unable to defend himself. The jury quickly found him guilty, and the judge sentenced him to death.People stood up and cheered for it, and it seemed that something very happy happened at last today, Lydia jumped up and followed the crowd shouting: "Hang him hang him—"

In the end, the judge followed the public opinion and sentenced Robert to death.This was a happy thing, but soon Mary couldn't be happy, and the prosecutor proposed to charge Lily with intentional homicide!

Mary looked at Alfred, but Alfred did not show any anxious look, he was still so calm and confident, his calm made Mary calm down quickly, she believed that Alfred Fred will set Lily free.

Alfred did not defend Lily too much. Lily did make sufficient preparations for this murder and committed the crime. According to the law, this is enough to convict her. Any excuse is weak, so Alfred Fred wasted no energy or time on this matter.He just let Lily make the final excuse for himself, just like he taught her at noon, their strategy is to move people.

Lily's words were not long, her tone was very light, and when her eyes scanned the crowd, she revealed a calm and calm: "I hate him! Although I have never thought he was a good father since I was a child, I was brought up by him. In London... I still don't understand why he did that, as a father, why he didn't protect his daughter, but hurt her..."

"I didn't do all this to do evil, I just wanted to protect, protect my family and keep them away from harm. We have finally lived a peaceful life in the past two years, no bad words, no beatings and torture, no hunger And cold, compared to when he was around, we seemed to be living in heaven these two years. When I met him in London, I fell into hell all of a sudden. All the pain in my life came from him, and there was no Restless...he is greedy and keeps blackmailing me, and one day he will tell about me."

Her voice gradually became louder, tears quickly filled her eyes, and dripped from the corners of her eyes again: "I can't let him ruin my home, Keira is pregnant, and will have a beautiful and lovely child soon, I can't let others look down on me She. And my mother, Alice, Albert...Thanks to my kind master, our family finally has a good life, no one will beat us all day long, and we will not be in the cold winter night Waking up because of the unbearable hunger, we could only hug each other and shiver."

Lily was already in tears, her voice was always choked and sad, she seemed to have no strength to cry, everyone could feel a kind of despair and helplessness at the pause of her words, "I know I have sinned I feel so guilty about it, I must have set a bad example for everyone, but... God, I don't know what to do, I can't tell anyone about it, I Praying to God every day to end my suffering..."

Lily said that she couldn't cry anymore, her face was buried in her hands, and the sobbing sound flowed out from between her fingers, and floated into everyone's ears. Many people's eyes were already full of tears. The lady pressed the corner of her eye with a handkerchief and whispered to the judge: "It's too poor"... Only Judge Grace was unmoved.

No one urged Lily, everyone was silently watching her cry until she raised her head and looked in the direction of the jury: "Please forgive me, please forgive me, I don't want to leave my home, leave my My family, my friends, my master, I miss all of this... I woke up from the sofa today, as if I had a dream, I don't know why I had that idea, but believe me, I am not Sincerely wanting to do bad things, I don't want to hurt anyone... I ask to be acquitted, please let me go back to my family..."

At this point, she was already choked up and unable to speak, but many people in the jury and the auditorium showed sympathy, and people talked about how pitiful this girl is...

Seeing this situation, Alfred breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't dare to rest for a minute at noon, and kept mobilizing Lily's emotions.He must ensure that Lily reveals her true feelings, so that the jury and the audience feel sympathetic, but he must not make her too excited so as not to affect her expression. Alfred himself has done his best, and the rest depends on Lily. Now, Alfred believes that his goal has 1% hope to be achieved.

When the judge asked the jury about the final result, the gentlemen in the front row of the jury turned around and formed a circle with the people in the back row. The twelve people discussed in low voices for a long time. Mary's heart hung high, and she saw Looking at Lily, I found that her face was very calm, as if no matter what fate awaited her next, she could bear it peacefully.

At the same time, the audience kept making various comments. The eyes of Alice and Keira were already red and swollen from crying. They stared in the direction of the jury, their eyes hurt like needles but they dared not blink. Clutching his sister's hand tightly, he seemed to hear his own heartbeat, and the thumping sound hit his mind like a gun, and he rubbed his hands on his pants unconsciously to wipe off the sweat from his palms.

In fact, this period of time is not long, but some people feel that it has been a lifetime. Finally, one of the jury members stood up, and he bowed slightly to the judge. Many people stared at his mouth nervously. The voice of one juror resounded loudly in every corner of the court: "We believe that Lily O'Deno is not guilty!"

Mary's heart instantly relaxed, and everyone present stood up and applauded. The applause rolled like thunder, and people couldn't help cheering.Mr. Fox laughed loudly, jumped up and hugged Alfred, and kept patting his shoulders, but no one blamed him for not being a gentleman.Even Alfred, who had always been calm and restrained, couldn't help looking in Mary's direction, raised his hands and clenched them tightly. Mary understood the meaning of his gesture, and couldn't help but blow a kiss back to her fiancé.

Mrs. de Boer sat on it with a cold face, and couldn't help but twitched when she saw this scene. Such a family has no education, and she absolutely can't bear this kind of person marrying this kind of person, not to mention that she has always been optimistic about her daughter and Darcy. The marriage was ruined by such a family, and Mrs. de Boer felt that her authority was challenged unprecedentedly.

She said sharply to Judge Grace: "I can't stand it. If such people are allowed to escape the punishment of the law, there is no order in our society."

Judge Grace didn't seem to respond to her words. In fact, since the jury declared Lily innocent, his face was as cold as ice. Seeing the scene of people cheering enthusiastically in the courtroom, the corner of Judge Grace's mouth He squeezed it even tighter, as if he couldn't bear the disordered side in the courtroom, he picked up the gavel and hit it hard, and at the same time shouted: "Quiet——Quiet—"

The crowd gradually quieted down, and everyone turned their gazes to the judge's bench, but Judge Grace ignored all of this, his gaze was like a faint burning will-o'-the-wisp in the tomb, his deep voice resounded in the courtroom, Mary's heart please follow His words hit rock bottom.

"I ask the jury to carefully consider the facts before announcing the result. Lily O'Deno confessed to all the crimes she committed. What we have to do is to maintain the dignity of the law and social fairness. Everyone must do what he deserves. Responsibility for doing what we do! Once we start defending evil, for whatever reason, our measure of right and wrong will change! And, please jury, once we set up the first such case for the whole of Britain, Countless judges will cite this case in the future, and the impact of this case will be immeasurable!"

His voice was resounding, and the entire courtroom was as quiet as a silent tomb at night. Mary was a little anxious, her eyes shuttled back and forth between the judge and the jury, wondering if the jury would be affected by the judge's words.