[Emma] Becoming Jane Fairfax

Two days before publication, Lance breathed a sigh of relief.

Jonas Mayer's fourth article has finally arrived.

The previous newspapers did not publish his novels, which caused dissatisfaction among readers, and the sales volume of newspapers also declined to a certain extent.He had been mentally prepared that he would not receive Mayer's manuscript this month, or read his novels in other newspapers, but Mayer's fourth article still came at the last minute.

The style of the fourth article is the same as the first three, and it still takes a realistic route, but after reading it, I have a different feeling. The irony of this article is reduced, the interest of the story is increased, and the writing style is improved, which makes people read more There are fewer sentences that I don't understand.

Lance and old Jack once guessed that Jonas Mayer is a foreigner, and his mother tongue is not English, otherwise how to explain that there are always some unreadable sentences in her novels! ?

This article is called "The Magnificent Ball". It describes a ball held in London from the perspective of a 7-year-old boy. The characters include nobles, merchants, servants, guards and beggars outside the venue. The story uses two lines to express The characters are interspersed together, the two story lines also cross each other, the plot is reversed and reversed, the novel is not long, but each character has its own characteristics.

As soon as the old Jack received the manuscript, he read it twice first, and then handed it to Lance after making revisions. He liked Mayer's fourth novel very much. Although the first three novels were refreshing, no matter the structure of the story or the use of words and sentences They all seem immature, and the story itself is not interesting enough.

He also thought about whether to write to Mayer to remind him not to blindly criticize reality, write so cynically, and the dark side will certainly attract many readers, but they will get tired of it after a long time.He received the fourth letter before he started writing the letter, and was pleasantly surprised to find that Mayer's writing style had improved significantly.

"Mr. Amedeo, after reading Mr. Mayer's fourth article, I am more sure that he is a talented writer. Although he can't help but have problems of one kind or another, compared to contributing to the "Daily Morning News" He is more worthy of nurturing. If he is allowed to write for other newspapers, it will be a big loss for our "Daily Morning News". I am sure that once the fourth article is published, the response will be greater than the first three. .”

Lance quickly finished reading the first time, and still felt that he was still not finished. Suddenly, he had a feeling that he hoped that the author could continue to write this dance, which was not the case in the first three articles.

In fact, in his opinion, the first three articles are just a little more novel than the popular adventure novels, far from being good works. He also thought that Mayer would continue to write in the style of the first three articles, Once it loses its freshness, it will be quickly abandoned by readers, which is why he is not so anxious to let Mayer submit the manuscript.

"This article is well written." Lance flatly praised, picked up the letter paper and started to read it a second time.

Old Jack felt a sense of pride.

"Mr. Amedeo, the second part of this story is the most interesting..." Lance's face suddenly changed, and Old Jack asked hurriedly, "Is there something wrong?"

Lance's eyes stared straight at one place, his brows were frowned, as if he was exploring something, old Jack was beating his heart, and he didn't know what he was dissatisfied with.

After a while, Lance raised his head, with a strange expression of half-smile, half-joy, and half-joy on his face. He asked old Jack to bring over the first three articles of Mayer, including the letters and envelopes, and frantically handed over the four papers. The novels are unfolded one by one for comparison.

The handwriting in the first two articles was scribbled, but it became neat from the third article, each stroke was clearly written, each word was like a small square, but the writing habit will not be easily changed.

Although he only glimpsed at Bates' house that day, Jane's handwriting left a deep impression on him, because Jane's handwriting is really not good-looking.

No wonder I didn't hear from Mayer a few days ago, because she came to London.The more Lance thought about it, the more he felt that he had guessed right.

Jonas Mayer, Jane Fairfax, Highbury, he should have thought of it.

Should have thought of it earlier!

"Mr. Amedeo, is there any problem with Mr. Mayer's fourth novel?" Old Jack was confused by Lance's behavior.

"Mr. Mayer?" Lance recovered. "Oh, yes, yes, sir. No problem, I just suddenly understood that he—" No, he couldn't say he had guessed Mayer just yet. His true identity will bring trouble to Jane, "It's nothing, I just suddenly changed my opinion of him. I used to think that he was a cynical person who hid in a dark attic all day long, kept out of touch with society, and maybe he was a long time ago." He has a big beard, his hair hasn't been washed in a month, and he's dressed in tatters, but after reading the fourth article, I found that I was wrong. Old Jack, you are right, he is very talented, We should cultivate him well. Write him a letter, we have to encourage him to continue to create."

Old Jack was relieved at last. He admired Mayer's works and thought he was a promising young man. He had been an editor for nearly 40 years, and he had trained countless authors. He couldn't help but be overjoyed when bright newcomers appeared, and he hoped that Mayer would gradually grow into the most famous author of the "Daily Morning Post".

"Mr. Amedeo, since you agree with me, I have a small suggestion. Why don't you write a letter to Mr. Mayer this time. I think it will encourage him more."

Lance thought about writing to Jane himself just now, but he wanted to talk to her face to face and see her expression, whether it was shyness or anger, he couldn't stop thinking about it, his heart was surging , Emotions hit the body violently like the waves of a typhoon passing by.He might be at Highbury in the evening, if he had not already fixed his departure for Manchester in the afternoon.

Old Jack didn't understand what the young boss was thinking, he only saw a smile on his always stern face, as if thinking of his lover, Old Jack was taken aback by his guess, and quickly said: "Amidi Mr. Ou, why don't you say it and I'll write it."

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It has been two days since Wei Lai received a reply from Jack Owen, editor-in-chief of "Daily Morning News".

Jack told her that the fourth article was adopted, and in the letter he strongly praised her writing improvement, the storyline was greatly improved, but still pointed out some problems.

In the fourth work, it can be seen that she has made great efforts in choosing words and making sentences. However, no matter how much she learns and practices, her Chinese thinking of more than 20 years has been deeply ingrained. Jack also realized this problem and recommended some books to her. Some writing method points.

The reply this time was different from the previous ones. It used to be a few cold and clichés, but this time it was three pages of eloquence, each line of which was a valuable suggestion for her writing.

There is another sentence at the end-the above are all suggestions made by the owner of the "Daily Morning News", and Mr. Mayer is cordially invited to come to London.

The magazine that Wei Lai used to work for belonged to a group that had nothing to do with literature. The president was the daughter of the group boss and knew nothing about literature. Let alone giving advice to authors, she didn’t even know how many editors she had .

Suddenly, Wei Lai had a good impression of the boss of "Daily Morning News".

She imagined that the boss was a gentle, kind-hearted old gentleman with meticulously combed hair, a suit and leather shoes, a suit handkerchief in his coat pocket, and a cane.

A letter from Mrs Dixon came with the reply from the Morning Post.Wei Lai quickly read both letters on the way home, then put the reply letter from the "Daily Morning News" into his coat pocket, and entered the house with Mrs. Dixon's letter.

Before she went out to pick up the letter, she stewed bone soup on the stove for Miss Bates. As soon as she opened the door, she could smell the smell of bone soup. Peanuts were added to the soup and it was stewed until noon. no.

During the period when Miss Bates was injured, she completely took over the financial power of the family, and figured out that the current economic situation of the Bates family is indeed not optimistic. The meat and beef have been processed and eaten for as long as possible. When spring comes, she will go to Margaret Town next door to buy vegetable seeds, and open up an open space behind Bates' house. As long as the vegetables can grow, How much can save some money.

Miss Bates didn't have the ability to be a housekeeper when she was young. Now that she is older, she finds it even more difficult. Wei Lai is willing to take over. When she picked up the matter, she felt depressed when she thought about it.In this regard, Wei Lai can only comfort her.

Going into the living room, I saw Emma coming.

Miss Bates knew that Mrs. Dixon had written a letter and said she wanted to read it. Wei Lai was afraid that she would be sad when she read Mrs. Dixon's comment on the governess, so she didn't give it to her, but just told her that Mr. and Mrs. Dixon would I will go back to Ireland next Monday and write to her to tell her.

Fortunately, Miss Bates still took into account that there were guests, so she didn't say anything more, "Miss Woodhouse, I am so happy that you still come to visit me on such a cold day. Mr. Woodhouse is really nice to our family. Generous, I don't know how to thank him for the chicken that came before the leg of pork was delivered last time. I think we have some at home, and Mr. Woodhouse has it, which really confuses me .Miss Woodhouse, do you know what Jane does with a leg of pork? I've never seen anyone do that...'

Miss Bates couldn't stop talking for a while. Emma listened patiently and made sure she would not speak again. Then she looked at Wei Lai, her face collapsed, and said, "I really can't stand El Mrs. Ton! Do you know what she has done, Jane? Mr. Knightley came to Hatfield last night and dined with father and me, and he proposed to organize a trip to the woods in Margaret Town. I don’t know who built it, but it’s a very beautiful cabin in the woods. You know, there is a lake outside the cabin and a forest behind it. Mr. Knightley said that we can have a fire and cook there Meals and playing cards, I agreed, and the rare thing is that Dad also agreed. After Mrs. Elton found out, she offered to organize it. My God, do you know what she said?"

Emma cleared her throat: "She said, 'I've been to a lot of parties in Bath, and I've had the most experience organizing them. I think I'm the most suitable organizer, and my brother-in-law, Mr. Suckling, has praised me for that too. , and my butler can help Knightley with your ideas. After all, you don’t have so many opportunities to organize parties in Highbury. You lack experience. Leave it to me.’ It’s unacceptable. Bury has nothing!? Knightley! Knightley! How can you call him by his first name so rudely! If she organizes a party, I will never go to it."

Wei Lai poured Emma a cup of tea to calm her down: "What did Mr. Knightley say?"

Holding the teacup, Emma pouted displeasedly: "He didn't say anything. I know it's not good for him to refuse Mrs. Elton. I don't want to embarrass him, but that woman's behavior is unbearable."

Wei Lai pursed her lips and smiled. She would not tell Emma that it was her idea to go to the cabin in the woods. She guessed that Mrs. Elton would jump out and take the lead, which would naturally anger her, "I think Mr. Knightley Didn't make a decision, is it because he wants to arrange it himself, or wait for someone to arrange it with him?"

Emma blinked, as if she understood: "Who is it? Mrs. Weston?"

"Why not you?"

"Me?" Emma thought about it carefully, her anger disappeared immediately, and she smiled foolishly, "Yes, I have known him since childhood, who else can help him more than me? Wait for him to come to Hart at night When I was with Field, I offered to help him, and he would definitely agree."

Of course, in order to make you happy, he thought of many ways.

Emma came here specially to complain about Mrs. Elton. After complaining, there was no need to continue to sit down. Wei Lai sent her out and happened to meet Frank.

Emma asked: "When will Mrs. Churchill come? Dad said that Mrs. Churchill will be invited to Hatfield as a guest."

Frank looked at Emma and smiled: "Auntie will be happy, Miss Woodhouse, please thank Mr. Woodhouse for me. Uncle and aunt will arrive in Highbury tomorrow."

The author has something to say: the second is a little later.