[Pride and Prejudice] Mary's Pride and Prejudice

Immediately after Mr. Alfred left, Mrs. Bennet asked Mary if she had been proposed. She hoped very much to hear the news of Mary's engagement announcement before leaving London. Unfortunately, Mary just shook her head at her and said something besides the question. : "It will be soon, Mom, I promise."

This kind of guarantee was of no use to Mrs. Bennet. Although she seized the time to nag again, Mary was not in the mood to listen to her insights. She returned to her bedroom in a daze, and just stayed there one day.In fact, she couldn't tell what she was thinking about during this period of time. Ever since she fell in love with Alfred, she knew that she would marry him sooner or later.She was an orphan in her previous life, and she was finally reborn into a good family in this life. Although her parents and sisters always had various unsatisfactory situations, she finally enjoyed the support and joys and sorrows of her relatives.

The warmth of home finally satisfied her empty heart, but it also gave birth to more extravagant hopes--love and marriage, which woman has never dreamed of marrying Prince Charming?Although there are all kinds of unsatisfactory things in this world, and marriage is by no means a woman's paradise, she has fully understood the man who will join hands with her before that. He is a true gentleman. Even if there are problems in the relationship between the two of them in the future, he He will never let his wife suffer.Even if the love fades away in the future, as long as she is fully prepared, she should be able to escape from the arms of this upright man.

It's just that she really needs time, and this time doesn't have to be too long or too short. Although she has convinced herself to go on a new adventure, she still needs to sort out her emotions and say goodbye to her past.

The next afternoon, Mr. Alfred came as expected, and he also brought a friend, Mr. Fox, who was not unfamiliar to Mary, and he was Mr. Alfred's solicitor.

Mr. Fox is a good communicator first, and he is very good at reading people's eyes. He succeeded in taking Mrs. Bennet down in less than ten minutes at the Bennet's house, which made Mrs. Bennet very regretful that they were going to leave the next day. Set off to go back to the countryside, so that in the future, Mr. Fox will not be frequently invited to the house as a guest.In order to make up for this regret, Mrs. Bennet sincerely invited Mr. Fox to stay here for dinner tonight. She is very close to the Billings Fish Market and can buy very fresh cod. She definitely wants this gentleman Try something special at Bennet's.

Mr. Fox happily accepted the invitation, and then turned around to flatter other female relatives. Lydia and Kitty were amused by him, and Mr. Alfred had already quietly pulled Mary away when the atmosphere was heated. He took Mary into a small parlor off the side.The small room is very warmly decorated, and the white roses he sent yesterday happened to be placed on the table. The west-facing windows let in plenty of light, shining on the beautiful white roses. This beautiful scene is so suitable for talking about love. love it.

His normally serious face turned tender and affectionate on this occasion, and then Mary didn't need him to carefully consider the words to express herself, so she said first, "I promise to marry you, you don't have to Repeat yesterday's proposal line again."

Alfred's honeyed words were stillborn before he could make an appearance. He looked at Mary complicatedly for a while, which made Mary feel uneasy. She looked at him suspiciously and asked, "What's wrong? Are you Changed your mind and decided not to propose to me?"

Alfred shook his head, he said softly: "Although your performance is a bit unromantic, can I kiss you?"

Mary's face was flushed red, she murmured: "You don't need to ask about this..."

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When Alfred's eyes were very close, Mary felt as if she had entered some kind of magical realm. She opened her eyes wide at first, feeling that the scene was unbelievable, but then she closed her eyes immediately, otherwise She was about to be ashamed of everything she saw in front of her eyes.

When she gave away the first kiss that had been preserved for two lifetimes, she was still in the mood to complain secretly in her heart: those in the novel are all lies, kisses will not make people dizzy at all, and there is no electric current It's an illusion of going through the whole body, but Alfred's lips taste good, it tastes like jelly...

I don't know how many times passed afterwards. Mary felt that it had been a long time, but when she looked up, the clock on the wall had only gone for 10 minutes.Alfred had been sitting in front of the bouquet of white roses with her in his arms for a long, long time.

Alfred said to her: "We may go out and ask Mr. Fox and Miss Bennet to come in."

Mary nodded. This good news was indeed to be told to the people outside, especially Mrs. Bennet. She had wanted to hear the news for a long time, but what Alfred thought was obviously not as simple as she thought.When they announced the news in public, Mrs. Bennet was ecstatic, and Jane immediately stepped forward and hugged Mary. She happily said to Mary: "I always say that I have happiness, why can't my sisters?" Do you have the same? Now you are finally engaged to your sweetheart, Mary, I bless you, I bless you! You will be happy!"

Even Lydia and Kitty jumped up and down for such a happy and happy event. Lydia left behind the depression of these days and sincerely wished the newly married couple, while Kitty even began to fantasize about her own engagement. Here comes the scene, after all, the two older sisters above are both engaged, regardless of what Elizabeth said, it will be her turn.

And Mr. Fox not only congratulated Mary and Alfred sincerely, but also counted the benefits of this marriage to Mrs. Bennet. Regardless of Mr. Alfred's famous family, he alone With his unremitting efforts, he has now become a rising star in London's legal circle, with a bright future.

Finally, he said to Mary respectfully: "Miss Mary, I have been entrusted by my client Alfred to sign a series of contracts for the two of you. After Mr. Alfred's proposal, I think we should invite Everyone present should be a witness, especially Miss Bennet," he nodded to Jane, who was a little surprised, and he said to her politely: "We need a witness to sign, and I want to be the signature Eldest daughter, you are the most suitable candidate."

Jane was a little baffled, but it seemed that she thought Mary had an agreement with Alfred, so she just nodded obediently and kept silent, but Mary was even more baffled than she was. She said to Alfred: " I guess it's a little too early to sign a contract about the dowry?"

And Mrs. Bennet blamed her daughter's faux pas in a fuss: "The girls in our family all have rich dowries, and we don't care when we talk about it." Then she turned to Alfred and said: "But, my My brother-in-law is also a lawyer, and he has always been in charge of our family's legal affairs, and Mr. Bennet is not here, so should I write and call them all?"

Alfred apologized: "Please forgive my recklessness, Mrs. Bennet, I did not invite Mr. Fox to deal with Miss Mary's dowry. She didn't have a pound, and that was enough to make me ecstatic."

Mrs. Bennet proudly said: "Oh, yes, my daughter is so beautiful and intelligent, and her noble birth is enough for her dowry, but Mary will never be without a pound!"

Mr. Alfred immediately assented to this, and then said: "I have asked Mr. Fox to deal with my property."

"Your property?"

Mr. Alfred's words successfully got everyone's doubts.

Mary was even more confused, but she had a faint sense of his intentions, probably her gaffe yesterday did give Alfred some feelings.

In the small study, Mr. Fox took out a thin stack of legal documents, and used his easy-to-understand words to show Mr. Alfred's intentions to everyone present.Alfred signed the document to authorize his current fiancée and future wife, Miss Mary, to handle any of his property, not only the present, but also any form of property he can acquire in the future, and she also She can do with her own dowry as she pleases, without anyone's consent.Mr. Fox said that with regard to the dowry, the two people can make relevant rules again before they get married, but as long as Miss Mary holds this document, she has full property autonomy.

This incident surprised Jane. As a traditional woman, she never cared about the financial subordination to her husband, but this was not a bad thing, so even though she thought it was a bit out of the ordinary, she still Still happy for Mary.But before she had time to be happy for too long, Mr. Alfred made a big move. He also issued a letter of consent to Mr. Fox, which turned out to be a statement agreeing to dissolve the marriage relationship with Mary Edwards.This shocked Jane, and she hurriedly asked Mr. Alfred's intentions about this matter. Didn't he marry Mary sincerely?Or is there a big secret to this matter?She couldn't accept her sister being teased so rudely.

Just when Jane was about to speak harshly, she saw her younger sister throwing herself into Alfred's arms, and her expression turned out to be very moved? !

Jane was anxious all of a sudden, she thought that her sister might have been cheated, my God, is Mr. Alfred more despicable and shameless than Mr. Wickham?Jane, who has always been kind, unknowingly began to speculate on Alfred with unprecedented malice.

When Mr. Fox saw this, he immediately understood Jane's doubts. He was equally shocked and puzzled when he drafted these documents for Mr. Alfred yesterday, but now it was his turn to answer people's questions.

Alfred knew that Mary was full of uneasiness and fear about marriage, not only the discrimination she would suffer as a woman, but also the actual laws and various restrictions on her in the marriage relationship. After Alfred gets married, she will not be able to control her property and freedom as she is now. If Mr. Alfred changes his mind in the future and tortures her and abuses her, all she can do as a woman is patience and bear.

Alfred was determined to eliminate all hidden dangers for her, and these documents took this as a starting point. He envisioned many possible future situations on it, trying to enable Mary to maintain the greatest autonomy in her future marriage.And once Mr. Alfred made some mistakes that men would make in the future and Mary could not forgive him, then she could directly divorce with these documents.

At first, Mr. Fox thought it was unbelievable to do so. After signing these documents, wouldn’t it be a hidden danger for the couple, how could the two of them live happily together in the future?But Alfred's brain circuit is different from ordinary people. He is sensitively aware of Mary's worries, and because he has a younger sister who is passionate about women's rights, he understands Mary's fear and helplessness in marriage, and is willing to start from love and sincerely Sincerely consider her.Although these documents seem to over-interest and detrimentalize the love between the two, for Alfred, only by solving Mary's worries can their marriage truly move towards happiness.Since Mary can't blindly ignore the injustices in the marriage like other women, then he can't turn a blind eye to it like other men. He can't just care about his own happiness while turning a blind eye to Mary's hidden worries.

Mr. Fox explained these documents to Mary and Jane in detail, and finally he said to them with a smile: "I must be honest, dear ladies, these documents are not elegant. These people will inevitably be ridiculed and said that we are ridiculous and disrespectful, but the law itself is ridiculous and disrespectful, so we don't need to care about it.

What I want to tell you is that with these documents, if Miss Mary wants to divorce Mr. Alfred in the future, then her process should be smoother than other ladies. You must know that the King's Court will support an average of 20 years Divorce lawsuit filed by woman.If in the future Mr. Alfred becomes a villain in our common noble lords - I can't imagine that kind of scene, but obviously Alfred has imagined it in various ways and portrayed it very well. Meticulous - if that were the case, the documents may not 100% support the poor woman's victory, but I guarantee Mr. Alfred will be discredited and ruined.So Miss Mary you hang a sword of Damocles over his head, I hope you never use it! "

"I think so too, Mr. Fox, I really never thought that Alfred would do this." Mary looked at Alfred, already incoherent with excitement, she never expected, Alfred De would have considered this step for her.

Alfred chuckled and said to her: "Olivia once said that women will never marry until they can divorce freely. I think since you agree with her so much, I should also give you the same right. You must marry me." You will not lose your freedom, and our marriage is by no means a cage to bind your wings. From now on, I will devote myself to advocating that women have the same right to vote, inheritance and other human rights as men, but please believe that no matter whether social rules are fair to women , I will treat my wife as fairly as I treat myself."

When the four people came out of the study, Mrs. Bennet immediately rushed up to ask what they were doing there. According to social etiquette, Mrs. Bennet's behavior was really rude, but no one present I don't have the heart to blame her.Mr. Fox felt that they should indeed tell Mrs. Bennet something of the truth, and the matter was best for him.

"Mr. Alfred's sister, Miss Olivia, actively promotes women's rights, my honorable wife, so Alfred is very disgusted with the injustice women suffer in marriage. He is not like other wives. A rude man who is treated like an animal without emotion, he thinks he should give his wife the best, so he signed a prenuptial agreement with Miss Mary, and he is willing to share everything about him with Miss Mary, so as to ensure that Mary will not because of marry and lose her pre-marriage rights."

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Did Mrs. Bennet understand what he said? In the end, it was Mary who said concisely: "Alfred entrusted me with everything he had, especially property. After I get married, I can manage my dowry and his property, and He promised to love me forever or lose everything."

Wouldn't it be possible to buy whatever you want?

Mrs. Bennet was overjoyed.

Alfred held Mary's hand and begged her, "From now on, I will live on your love and mercy."