[Pride and Prejudice] Mary's Pride and Prejudice

Chapter 57 Embarrassment ([-])

Mary and Charlotte did not dance this time, but stood by and talked.

"It seems that something good is coming for your family." Charlotte said to Mary, looking in the direction of Mr. Bingley and Jane.

Mr. Bingley and Jane were sitting together talking and laughing enthusiastically. Although the two of them still kept a safe distance, the pink love atmosphere between them seemed to have turned into substance, like glue.

Mary shook her head: "I'm afraid that things will last forever."

Charlotte was very surprised: "What happened?"

"It hasn't happened yet, but you can tell just by looking at Miss Bingley and Mr Darcy. Mr. Bingley is a man of no opinion, but his friends and sisters are very firm and stubborn. I'm afraid they won't just sit back and watch him marry a country man. "

Charlotte frowned and said: "If you are worried about this, then it is too far-fetched. Although Mr. Bingley has an easy-going personality, I believe that love makes people strong."

Mary smiled indifferently. In fact, Jane may not have to be Bentley, even though they are the official CP, but Mr. Bingley gave up his love because he was persuaded by his friends and sisters, and he refused to even verify it, which made Jane suffer. Although this has not happened yet, Mary is angry enough to think about it.

Jane is the kindest and most beautiful woman she has ever seen in her two lifetimes. Even Elizabeth is smarter, but she is not as good and generous as she is. Although Jane is sometimes a virgin, she is easily deceived and hurt by others, but she But her relatives and friends are always taken care of by her in every possible way.Those who insult the Virgin Mary online, who would not want to have a friend who is the Virgin Mary?

Her pure kindness is very precious. Mary, who has been cared for by her for more than ten years, can't tolerate anyone hurting her. If Mr. Bingley abandons Jane because he has no opinion, then Jane doesn't need to be in this crooked neck tree. She hanged herself alive, with her appearance and wealth, are you afraid that she won't find a good family?

But Charlotte still thinks that the future between Jane and Mr. Bingley is very promising: "Looking at the atmosphere between them, I bet that as long as Jane gives a little hint, maybe Mr. Bingley will propose to her tonight."

For a girl as reserved as Jane to take the initiative, Mary feels that it is completely difficult for her. Besides, from the perspective of the Bennet family, Jane's affection for Mr. Bingley is already very obvious, okay?

At this time, the dance music ended, and Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy hurriedly separated and walked towards them. In the middle, Miss Bingley said a few more words to Elizabeth, but looking at the faces of the two, it seemed that the topic was not pleasant, Xia Lu Dee said to Mary, "I don't think they have anything in common to talk about happily."

Sure enough, the two broke up after a while, and Elizabeth walked up to the two of them indignantly and sat down, saying: "I have really seen the values ​​of the upper class. I don't judge a person by The standard of character and behavior, but the criterion of birth."

Mary hurriedly asked her what was going on?It turned out that just now Miss Bingley found Elizabeth and made a big talk. She heard that Elizabeth had a good impression of Mr. Wickham, and she came to persuade Elizabeth to stay away from Mr. Wickham out of good intentions. She didn't know anything about the relationship between Mr. Wickham and Mr. Darcy. In the past, Mr. Wickham was described as a shameless villain because he was the son of the butler of the Darcy family.

Elizabeth was very angry: "According to their standards, if a person is born in a stable, he will be a horse for the rest of his life."

Charlotte hurriedly comforted Elizabeth, saying that this was only Miss Bingley's family's statement, and it was not universally representative.

Mary felt that Miss Bingley made those remarks entirely out of the protection of her sweetheart. From this point of view, Miss Bingley was infatuated with Mr. Darcy.Though she had many faults, she was not a bad character, or Mr. Darcy would not have become friends with her.If Mary was in the position of Miss Bingley, she would definitely wish that her rival would fall in love with the enemy of her lover, so that Darcy and Elizabeth would get farther and farther apart, so that she would not run out to defend Mr. Darcy.But it's a pity that she didn't know what was going on, and because of her arrogance and narrow vision, she couldn't find anything wrong with Mr. Wickham, so she had to make a fuss about his background.

But when Mary told Elizabeth of these views, she annoyed her even more: "You also said before that if there are any rumors in Meriton about Mr. Darcy's mistreatment of Mr. Wickham, it must be Mr. Wickham behind the scenes." , but I think Mr. Darcy must have said a lot of bad things about Mr. Wickham to his friends. The old saying is good: praise a friend to the face and attack the enemy behind the back. Is this not human nature?"

Seeing that the two sisters were quarreling, Charlotte tried to persuade them to make peace. She didn't think it would be a good thing to offend Mr. Darcy, who had a higher status, for Mr. Wickham's sake.Fortunately, the two Misses Bennet didn't really want to turn against each other, they reconciled immediately, Mary gave up persuading Elizabeth, and Elizabeth also decided not to say a word about Wickham and Darcy's right and wrong. His eyes turned to Jane and Mr. Bingley.Just now, when Darcy and Elizabeth were dancing, Sir William came over to send a comment. Although there were some compliments to Mr. Darcy, Sir William expressed more congratulations on the upcoming marriage between the Bennet family and the Bingley family.There is only poverty and love that cannot be concealed in this world. I believe that everyone who attended the ball tonight will think that the two of them are in love.

Although the woman's relatives and friends were happy for her, the man's relatives and friends may not be satisfied from the bottom of their hearts. Mr. Darcy had just been reminded, and suddenly found that Mr. Bingley had a deep affection for Miss Bennet, and his heart was very heavy.

Although he admired Elizabeth very much, the concept he had accepted since he was a child told him that the gap between the two families was so great that they might be opposed by relatives and friends if they married in-laws, and unblessed marriages rarely lead to long-term happiness.Besides, Mrs. Bennet is really out of place, and Mr. Darcy can hardly accept such an embarrassing mother-in-law.

Now Mr. Darcy's attention has been completely put on his good friend Mr. Bingley. He has repeatedly thought about the pros and cons of Mr. Bingley's love. In his opinion, the Bennet family is really not a good marriage partner. reasons, but the resulting upbringing problems are really worrying.Especially now he can't see whether Miss Bennet is in love with Mr. Bingley. Of course, her attention to Bingley is very beneficial. Almost every woman who has been admired by Mr. Bingley will do the same, but not every woman sincerely repays him.

In Mr. Darcy's view, Miss Bennet's affection for Mr. Bingley is definitely not as deep as Mr. Bingley's for her. Maybe she just regards him as a marriage partner. Many ladies who have little property and are well educated will regard marriage as a As a decent retreat, they can only reflect their own value in marriage.So London's social season was full of huntresses looking for single gentlemen who didn't want Mr. Bingley being hunted like a prey.

Fortunately, everyone was hungry soon, and people came to the restaurant next door to sit down and have a rest. The chef at Mr. Bingley's house was very skilled, with a wide variety of main courses and desserts, which was unanimously praised by the guests.

Mr. Darcy is sitting not far from the women in Mrs. Bennet's house. He can see Mrs. Bennet chewing on the case and talking with the ladies at the same table about her daughter's upcoming marriage to a wealthy family. , and I could see Elizabeth's embarrassing expression when she heard her mother's impolite words.He thought that if he married Elizabeth, he would be the one who would be embarrassed in the future!

At this moment Elizabeth turned her head suddenly and saw him, her face flushed suddenly, she turned her head away, and after a while went to Mrs. Bennet again and said something softly to her.

Seeing that Mrs. Bennet didn't care, Elizabeth looked discouraged, and Mr. Darcy felt a little distressed. He thought that Miss Elizabeth must be trying to persuade his mother not to be so frivolous, but how could that shallow and stupid lady care about her daughter's thoughts? This is the case with many wives like her. They regard marrying their daughters as their ideal in life. Once they can marry a wealthy family through their daughters, they will get carried away with excitement.At this time, he was a little angry with Mrs. Bennet, thinking that she was really not a considerate and good mother, but if she had thought of Miss Elizabeth a little bit, she would not have made her so embarrassed.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help standing up and walking towards Mrs. Bennet, but he stopped halfway, what was he going to do?Should Mrs. Bennet be told not to talk about it so as not to embarrass her daughter?From what stand does he say these words?If you say it, you will be ashamed!

Mr. Darcy felt that he had gone mad, how could he be so influenced by Elizabeth?He stood up, intending to stay away from Elizabeth, so that he would be less affected by her, so he walked past Mrs. Bennet as if nothing had happened.

At this time Mary came over suddenly, and she was sitting nearby, and she also heard what Mrs. Bennet boasted to Mrs. Lucas: "In the future, the marriage of her sisters can also be entrusted to Jane, and she will be a rich man at that time." Ma'am—Mrs. Bingley, I can't help being called that, and she'll be able to introduce the sisters to a rich man like Mr. Bingley."

She frowned and walked to Mrs. Bennet, and whispered to Mrs. Bennet: "Mom, if I hear you brag about Jane's marriage to others like this again, I will overturn the table and run away." Go into the crowd and grab Mr. Bingley and beat him up, shame the Bennet family, and make Jane and Mr. Bingley's marriage impossible."

The author has something to say:

The power went out three times today, oh my god, I expect it will continue to stop, let’s make it a little bit more, I’m unlucky, every time I catch up with writing something, the power goes out, fortunately word has automatic saving, the loss is not too big Seriously, but my train of thought was interrupted.well!