[Pride and Prejudice] Mary's Pride and Prejudice

Elizabeth thought about it all morning and still couldn't make up her mind. She asked Mary to discuss it, and Mary raised her eyebrows when she heard her plan: This second sister has sharp eyes and has the potential of a matchmaker.She also observed Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley yesterday. To be honest, her observation ability is not strong, but she can still feel that Mr. Darcy does pay attention to Elizabeth intentionally or unintentionally. The two brothers-in-law-to-be are indeed caught in the Bennet sisters' love network, but one is sullen and has a secret love, and the other is silly, white and sweet, and they are in a two-way relationship, but they can't figure out the situation.

Elizabeth suggested that Jane should come here, and it would be better for Mr. Bingley and Jane to get along again. When Jane came to London, one of the purposes they never announced was to meet Bingley again.As Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley mentioned yesterday, they have been living in Darcy’s villa recently, and Colonel Fitzwilliam lives on Earl Fitzwilliam’s farm. All the wild boars that harm the crops on the farm are killed, which is both a man's pastime and a gentleman's dedication.So in the past few days, they will not leave, and they only need to bring Jane here, so that she has time to go for a walk on horseback. It is inevitable to meet Mr. Bingley, and things will follow naturally in the future.

Mary expressed her deep agreement, so they immediately wrote a letter, and Miss Edwards sent servants back to London. They told Miss Edwards their purpose openly and honestly, and they did not hide anything. Their frank attitude was greatly appreciated by Miss Edwards. She agreed to do her best to make this happen. She said: "Although I personally think that the current marriage system has too many flaws, in fact, many ladies want to enter the palace of marriage and reap lifelong happiness. If I can help It is a natural duty for a young lady to obtain the love of her dreams."

So the letter full of hope was posted before noon that day. Both Elizabeth and Mary believed that Jane would arrive here before dinner, and when they went out for a walk together tomorrow morning, Jane could meet Mr. Bingley by chance.

Elizabeth had never felt so urgent. Ever since she sent the letter, her heart seemed to have returned to London. She couldn't help imagining what Jane would think after receiving the letter—she definitely wanted to see Mr. Bingley, but She definitely didn't want to be too impatient.Jane, always prudent, would have chosen to set out on the next day, in order to show her sisters that she had given up on Mr. Bingley, but perhaps the courage of a young lady's love would have prompted her to do it that day.

Elizabeth was immersed in various speculations all day long. When she and the ladies went for a walk by the lake that afternoon, she happened to meet Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingley and Colonel Fitzwilliam. Seeing them very happy, she asked around Their itinerary for tomorrow.Mr. Darcy said that they seldom came here for a walk before, and they were all near the forest yesterday, because the Fitzwilliam family's farm was there, but thinking about their actions yesterday, they might have brought some troubles to the ladies. They were frightened, so today they changed their direction of action. They decided to search east from here every morning, so that even some terrible beasts would not be driven here like last time.

When Mr. Darcy said these words, his face was expressionless. Elizabeth thought that he was unhappy because he had to start from here every day and was too close to them country people. Talking to the husband can minimize his unhappiness, and of course, it can also keep her away from the source of unhappiness.Nor did she tell of Brief's arrival, for she had suspected Mr. Darcy to be one of the executioners of the relationship.

So in order to alleviate the awkwardness of having nothing to say between them, Elizabeth turned to talking to others, pretending that she did not intend to snub Mr. Darcy, but because she had made interesting new acquaintances, she had no time for it.In fact, she did meet a new friend - Colonel Fitzwilliam.Originally Elizabeth was wary of Mr. Darcy's cousin. As the saying goes, if you want to know someone, you will know your friend. Mr. Darcy is full of superiority and arrogance in the upper class, so the cousin who is close to him is the earl's youngest son. , maybe even better than him.She believed that the combination of friends like Bingley and Darcy was an exception.

But soon after talking with Colonel Fitzwilliam, Elizabeth's opinion of him was quite the opposite. He was very pleasant, very friendly, and very good-natured, easy-talking, and he had nothing that she found in Mr. Darcy. This place really surprised her.

She communicated so happily with Colonel Fitzwilliam that she almost forgot her original intention of talking to him.Even Mr. Bingley, she was less anxious than at first, guessing whether he would go out for a walk tomorrow, and how he would look and behave when he met Jane.After about ten minutes, the two sides happily ended the afternoon exercise. When she and Miss Edwards met Mary and Mr. Alfred in the corridor, she could wait as calmly as Mary Jane's arrival, whether it is today or tomorrow, she believes that Jane will definitely come.

In fact, Jane was not overly reserved. She decided to set off immediately after receiving Elizabeth's letter, and went to Richmond with the servant who delivered the letter. On the way, she did regret that her behavior was too impulsive, but she repeatedly warned herself Well, she didn't go here entirely to see Mr. Bingley, she had completely let go of her feelings for Mr. Bingley, and when she saw Mr. Bingley, she could completely talk to him calmly and as usual.

And she believed that her sister would never laugh at her impatience too much, because Miss Edwards, the owner of the farm, sent a letter asking her to take care of the frightened Elizabeth, which gave her ample reason to come here to visit her sister And linger for a while.Jane took a few deep breaths and clenched her lace-gloved fingers. She didn't know what fate was waiting for her there, but she knew she had to go.

The fact that Mr. Bingley did not return to Nathanfield caused Jane to suffer a lot. The whole Meridon was full of speculations about her, but the rumors and rumors from the outside world could not cause her too much harm. .She is kind and tolerant by nature, she never suspects others with malice, and naturally she doesn't think that others will guess her maliciously.

Most of her pain comes from herself. She has always been modest and prudent, and thinks that she does not have many outstanding qualities. Therefore, after Miss Bingley wrote to her and said that she hoped that Miss Darcy could marry Mr. Bingley, she felt a little ashamed Dirty.She often reflects on her over-conceitedness, and deeply blames herself for her over-confidence in emotions. God and fate have no reason to favor her, thus enabling her to obtain extraordinary happiness.But in the dead of night, she often unconsciously recalled every detail of getting along with Mr. Bingley, no matter which scene told her that Mr. Bingley loved her.Women's intuition about love is amazing, and most of them would rather believe it than believe it. This kind of contradictory struggle made her suffer: on the one hand, she said that Mr. Bingley could not love her, and she didn't have any. Capital to obtain the greatest happiness in the world, on the one hand, she kept thinking that Mr. Bingley's feelings for her were clearly real and sincere, which could be proved in the way he looked at her many times and in his words a guess.

After she arrived in London, she was eager to see Mr. Bingley. She believed that if she could meet with Mr. Bingley twice more, let her observe calmly, objectively, carefully, and cautiously twice, and she would break away from the preconception she thought he loved her. Illusion, this time she must be able to truly feel Mr. Bingley's feelings for him. If he doesn't love her, she will never suffer from it. If he loves her...

Thinking of this, Jane immediately calmed down. If Mr. Bingley loved her, what could she do?Mr. Bingley had given her up, and even if he loved her, they probably would have been fruitless. Mr. Bingley had shown that he would never propose to her!What's more, there is a great possibility that he doesn't love her. His tenderness and consideration for her probably comes from his kindness and generosity in nature.

Thinking of this, Jane's heart was cold. She regretted her impulsiveness. Maybe she shouldn't come here. What would Mr. Bingley think of her if he met her?She is completely deceiving herself like this!

But it was too late to get off the bus now, the road was not very far, and she happened to be in time to attend everyone's afternoon tea when she arrived.

When Jane entered the room, she was not in the same smug mood as when she first got into the car. Now she put Mr. Bingley aside and cared only about her sister.

Lydia jumped up as soon as she saw her: "Jane, why are you here? My God, you should have sent the letter earlier, do you know who we met two hours ago? We should have told him you would come!" "

Jane understood what she meant, and her face was a little red. It is really not a decent thing for a lady to run after a man. Fortunately, Miss Edwards made a rescue in time. She told everyone that she was the one who invited Miss Bennet to come here ——Miss Bennet is the closest to Miss Elizabeth. She firmly believes that Elizabeth must have been frightened yesterday, and she firmly believes that Jane's arrival will surely soothe Elizabeth's frightened heart.

This explanation was reasonable, and all the young people present said that Miss Edwards' arrangement was really good, and there was nothing wrong with it.

Colonel Edwards wanted to make a joke, but his younger brother stopped him with a stern look. Of course, the sophisticated gentlemen immediately understood the reason for Miss Jane's arrival through Lydia's publicity this morning, but they all Consider this behavior to be logical.

Colonel Edwards is a prodigal son in love, of course he will not look down on the foolish things the ladies do for love, and Mr. Alfred is generous and strict in character, even out of gentlemanly demeanor, he will never reveal such things.

So Jane stayed there as a matter of course. Both Elizabeth and Mary expected that she would meet someone on a nearby path or in the woods the next day, but they didn't know that Jane had cooled their hearts.

There was not much to talk about at dinner that day, and the host family tried their best to make the new guests feel at ease, and they were successful. Colonel Edwards and his younger siblings managed to make their guests feel at home.

The next day was a fine day. During breakfast, everyone was still talking about the gentlemen they met in the past two days, saying that they would definitely meet them today, and everyone naturally talked about the families they lived in nearby. , this natural attitude comforted Jane, who had always been somewhat reserved.

In order to let Jane and Mr. Bingley have a good talk, Mary decides to go riding with Alfred today as yesterday, and she also invites Colonel Edwards and the sisters of both sides.But Kitty couldn't go on, for her feet were better, but they were not very smooth, and it was really inconvenient to get on and off the horse.

Colonel Edwards was very winking. He offered to take Kitty and Lydia to go fishing. He knew where the fish were plentiful, but Lydia didn't want to go. It was really hard for her to stay quiet and wait for the fish to take the bait. she is gone.Colonel Edwards still has a solution. He even said that he could take her aboard to learn how to spear fish. With her younger sister and the two young ladies of the Bennet family, Elizabeth decided to take a walk with Jane nearby to enjoy the beautiful scenery nearby.This arrangement naturally satisfied everyone.

The next day Mary was in a very good mood when she rode with Alfred, and she was fully convinced that this time Jane and Bingley would be successful and fruitful.Even Mr. Alfred couldn't help teasing her about her absent-mindedness, but she didn't mind it at all, and this bit of teasing from her sweetheart was nothing compared to Jane's lifelong happiness.

Of course, Alfred would not break Mary's mind. In his opinion, no matter what Mary was thinking, she probably couldn't escape Miss Bennet's desire, and with Miss Bennet's excellent appearance and elegant Character, it is not difficult to impress Mr. Bingley again.

It's a pity that things didn't go as smoothly as everyone expected. When they got home, they didn't see how happy and smiling Jane was.She sat in front of the piano calmly and turned the music for Kitty.Lydia chatted happily with Colonel Edwards, while Elizabeth sat on a sofa and read a book expressionlessly.

Mary couldn't understand, what's going on?Did things work out?If they were successful, Jane and Elizabeth would never have such expressions, but if they suffered setbacks from Mr. Bingley, their expressions would be too calm.