[Pride and Prejudice] Mary's Pride and Prejudice

Christmas, wedding

The servants carried the luggage to the room, and the whole family entered the house.

The first thing Aunt Gardiner had to do was distribute the presents, but since the three nieces were all in London, the presents had already been given to them in London.

Everyone sat down, and Mrs. Bennet spent a long time complaining about her dissatisfaction. After she was refreshed, she had the leisure to ask Aunt Gardiner about the latest fashion trends in London.

And the good sister Jane, who is an important pillar of the family, has done her best to take care of the four young cousins. The naughty children can only play in the countryside to their heart's content when they come to Meriton. It is still winter, but the scenery outside still attracts city children who have never seen the world. Jane and Daphne chased them with their servants.

Mary and Elizabeth were left sitting on chairs by the piano and whispering.

"We saw Mr. Bingley when we were out of town." Lydia said sneakily to Elizabeth like a thief.

"Really?" Elizabeth was very surprised. "Did you talk to him? How does he look? Did he mention Jane?"

Lydia and Kitty scrambled to narrate the matter, and then she touched her chin and said to Holmes, "I think he should still like Jane. When I mentioned Jane, he lost his composure. I also said that I thought he Will propose to Jane, and the young man immediately becomes at a loss."

Kitty sighed and said: "What a wonderful young man he is, I thought we would be a family."

Lydia shrugged: "Maybe there is still a chance. Aunt Gardiner wants to bring Jane to London. If they meet there, maybe they will rekindle their old relationship."

Kitty smiled and said, "I think Jane might have an affair in London. There are a few gypsies living on Tian'en Temple Street who can tell fortunes..."

Mary wondered, "Why didn't I know that there are gypsies who can tell fortunes?"

Lydia snorted: "You go out to date Mr. Alfred all day, of course I don't know, I know but I can't go because of you, but I don't feel sorry, when will I get married? Those who live in tents have the final say."

Speaking of this, everyone can't help but joke about the relationship between Mary and Mr. Alfred, but Mary is very frank. She and Mr. Alfred have a good impression of each other, but when it comes to going further, the two are currently in a relationship. There is no such plan yet, Mary is deeply afraid of the current marriage system, and the status of married women in Britain is not even as good as that in ancient China.

However, the sisters were too focused on her emotional life, Mary still caused trouble and asked Elizabeth about Mr. Wickham's recent situation.Elizabeth said that Mr. Wickham has come to be a guest several times recently. He likes the famous food of the Bennet family very much, and is also very considerate to the Bennet sisters.

Jane and Mr. Bingley failed to get married, but Mr. Wickham took the opportunity to say a lot about Mr. Darcy. He concluded that Mr. Bingley must have been imprisoned in London by that gentleman. Even if it is the wife of a good friend, that nosy and self-righteous gentleman will measure it according to his own value standard. Once he thinks that it is not in line with his own value standard, he will never If he destroys it mercilessly, he won't care whether he destroys the lifelong happiness of others!"

These words of his made Elizabeth agree. Elizabeth thought she was good at observing. During the days when Mr. Bingley stayed in Meriton and what she saw and heard at the ball, Elizabeth had concluded that Mr. Bingley had a deep affection for Jane. The reason why he changed his mind midway must have been bewitched by his sisters and friends.

Elizabeth's dissatisfaction with Mr. Darcy reached a new peak.

But Elizabeth admits that she has a good impression of Mr. Wickham, but she has not fallen in love with him.She said to Mary: "You once said that if Mr. Wickham spread rumors against Mr. Darcy after Mr. Darcy left, it would show that his character was flawed. Now things seem to be what you said, but I After thinking about it, if I were treated unfairly and harshly, I would inevitably be complained by others. This only means that his moral standards are not [-]% perfect and noble, and we should not To shut up the wronged man from talking about what happened to him. And I don't ask too much, a flawed person is enough to satisfy me."

Mary said to Elizabeth: "If you have time, you can tell him that our current dowry is not as much as my mother claimed. If you get married next year, the dowry will only be a few thousand pounds at most, and most of it is not cash. Then look at her." attitude?"

"Mary—" Elizabeth was very dissatisfied with Mary's contempt for Mr. Wickham: "I think you have serious prejudice against Mr. Wickham!"

Mary is full of black lines, second sister, as Elizabeth Bennet, what qualifications do you have to criticize other people's prejudices?

Uncle Gardiner's family is originally from Meridon. This Christmas, besides the Bennet family and Philip's family, there are many old friends and neighbors who need to visit. Everyone entertains each other, and Meridon is like running water Officers, these days, there are dances and feasts every day.The Bennet sisters are never free, and because of their mother, they stole the limelight.

This day it was the turn of the Bennet family to be the host again, and there were a lot of guests. Because Mr. Wickham and Aunt Gardiner were fellow villagers, the two had a very pleasant exchange. Mary thought that Aunt Gardiner had a good impression of Mr. Wickham. , I was secretly a little anxious.

However, Aunt Gardiner said afterwards: "Although we have talked about many mutual friends and are very nostalgic for our hometown, I also like Mr. Wickham's demeanor very much, but it is still too early to make a conclusion about him. .A young man needs to have other obvious and good qualities besides good looks and eloquence.”

Mary immediately gave a compliment to her dear aunt in her heart, she really has the eyes to recognize whores!

Unfortunately, Aunt Gardiner's indiscriminate attack made Mr. Darcy also swept to the tail of the typhoon. She said: "I have indeed heard that Mr. Darcy had a bad temper when he was young and was not pleasant, but he was still young at that time. , I don’t know if he has corrected it now.”

Elizabeth snorted: "Obviously he didn't. If I had to find one advantage in him to praise, it would be that he has maintained a consistent noble quality in this shortcoming."

Mrs. Bennet agrees with Elizabeth very much. She thinks that no one in this world is more annoying than Mr. Darcy. Based on this point of view, she thinks that the experience of Mr. Wickham in red uniform is really lovable.

Mr. Bennet, sitting next to Mr. Gardiner, said to the ladies: "That Mr. Wickham is indeed a lovely man, and a very considerate man. He knows that we live in the country and are poor and boring, and he always likes to talk about his miserable past. Come entertain us."

Mrs. Bennet dissatisfied: "Mr. Bennet, Mr. Wickham is pitiful enough, you are still laughing at him."

"My dear wife, I am not laughing at him, but sympathizing with him. He is still young, but he likes to recall the past and lament his fate more than a dying old man like me. This is not good for his health."

"If I was in that situation, I would be like him. Anyone who has been unfairly has the right to complain, just like Jane, how poor she is, I thought she could get married at Christmas." Then Bennett The wife began to complain at length again.

Fortunately, Jane is taking care of a few cousins, otherwise, I don't know how embarrassing it would be to hear such words.

Aunt Gardiner immediately offered to take Jane to London for a walk before she left.

Mr. Bennet immediately agreed: "She stays here just to force her face to smile. It is better for her to change the environment. Although it is inevitable for young people to lose love, my daughter really does not hate others. If this matter If it happened to Lizzie, she'd be laughing at Mr Bingley at me instead of sitting around like Jane."

Mrs. Bennet readily agreed, thinking that Mr. Bingley was still in London, and that if Jane could meet him there, she might renew her relationship.She also pretended to express her deep embarrassment for her daughters always disturbing the uncle's family, but Aunt Gardiner said that since Mr. Gardiner invested in the cannery, he was several times busier than before, and the arrival of his niece greatly comforted him. Living as an aunt, and the children are educated by their cousins, it made her a lot easier, and she was very willing to keep her nieces by her side.

When Mrs. Bennet heard this, she immediately took back the pompous embarrassment. She said: "If the nieces can't help the uncle's family, who can?"

Aunt Gardiner also said that because Uncle Gardiner was increasingly neglecting his wife, he decided to squeeze out some time to take his wife on a trip to the Lake District in May and June next year. Aunt Gardiner wanted to take Elizabeth with her.

Elizabeth was overjoyed. She wanted to leave the house for a long time to relax. Recently, her mother complained endlessly at home because of Jane's affairs, and she tried her best to show off her daughters' wealth outside. Elizabeth was under a lot of pressure. She wanted to hide a long time ago. This proposal is very good, but it is a pity that there are still four or five months before it can be implemented. This is probably the only regret.

Uncle Gardiner's family stayed in Langbourne for a week and finally set off for London. Prior to this, Lydia tried every means to go with Jane, but was finally left behind by Mary.Mary's reason is very good. Charlotte and Collins will hold a wedding in a week. As the closest relatives of Collins and neighbors of the Lucas family for many years, the Bennet family must attend the wedding. Great opportunity for reconciliation.

Lydia scoffed at this arrangement: "Why should I reconcile with him, I feel sick when I see him, do you think I care if he hates me? No! I don't care at all! Let Collins go to hell Bar."

But the more this happened, the more Mary insisted on letting Lydia stay. There was no fundamental conflict between them and Collins. Even if he wanted to inherit the property of the Bennet family, no one could do anything about the power given to him by the law at that time.Regardless of whether they are at odds with Collins or not, it has little impact on their lives, but Mary feels that Lydia still has to learn to face the disgusting reality of life, and no matter who she marries in the future, she has to learn to follow Dealing with some fake guys and how to deal with those people face to heart.

Besides, Mary wanted to divert Lydia's mind to other things, to keep her from thinking about going to London all day.

As the saying goes, one go at a time, then decline, and three times exhaust, and it is the same when it comes to feelings. No matter what kind of feelings Lydia has for Colonel Edwards, she must cool down her fiery feelings and carry out a full-scale investigation. Azimuth three-dimensional strike.

Therefore, during this period of time, Mary uncharacteristically supported Lydia and Kitty to socialize everywhere, and encouraged Lydia to associate with young men nearby. Seeing that Lydia gradually stopped talking about going to London, Mary thought she had a plan.

In fact, she didn't know it at all. Let Lydia meet Colonel Edwards, a mature, humorous, personable, and playboy who can please women. When she saw these young people in Meridon, she immediately realized the feeling of being in trouble. Those boys who are usually very pleasing to the eye are always compared with Colonel Edwards, so they all look ugly, either not handsome, or frivolous and naive. Even Mr. Wickham inevitably looks unmanly.

In her low, bored mood, Mr. Collins was belated in arriving.

Except for the first day when he visited the Bennet family in Longbourn, he spent the rest of the time at Lucas House, which relieved Mrs. Bennet, who could not bear seeing Mr. Collins now, and she Said: "If I can, I want to leave here. It doesn't matter to me whether I attend their wedding or not. Their marriage is impossible to be happy."

Elizabeth was very unwilling to hear such words. Although she also maintained a pessimistic attitude towards this marriage, she still sincerely wished Charlotte to reap her own happiness from the standpoint of a friend.

Mr. Collins was very tolerant in front of Lydia. He said that he had already forgotten his little cousin's offense to him. At this moment, he was about to obtain the greatest happiness in the world. Miss is his wife, he also expressed his regret and wished all the cousins ​​happiness.

Lydia's response to this is: Hehe——

In addition, he specifically mentioned Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley, and he was very disappointed when he learned that they had left. He originally wanted to invite Mr. Darcy to attend his wedding, and he thought that Mr. Darcy would definitely not refuse.However, after suddenly learning that both Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy had left Nathanfield, he even blamed Jane for being too unattractive. If she could marry Mr. Darcy's good friend, then obviously as her cousin—— The sole heir of the Bennet family, his relationship with Mr. Darcy will go further, and his relationship with Mrs. Catherine will also be closer, and now everything is in vain.

Mrs. Bennet never imagined that Mr. Collins was as sad and disappointed as Jane's broken love!

The wedding day came soon, and the Bennet family attended the whole process with smiles on their faces. Compared with the genuine joy of the Lucas family, it can be said that their smiles are very fake.

Elizabeth looked very lonely looking at the carriage where the newlyweds were leaving. Mary knew that when Charlotte came to bid farewell yesterday, Elizabeth and Charlotte had a lot of words. The intimacy in the past is obviously impossible, and the gap created by the differences in ideas and concepts is not so easy to eliminate, especially when they were so united and confiding in the past.

The author has something to say:

There is always a power outage on Saturday afternoon. My word is automatically saved, but I don’t know if it is 15 minutes or 10 minutes, so I am sadly reminded.

I have been busy all day today, so I didn't write much. This is written on Saturday.

Looking at the clean manuscript, I want to work hard ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh