Pride and Prejudice Becoming Jane Bennet

Did Mr. Darcy feel offended?At first, he did. He only felt that his character had been questioned—it was from a lady he had a crush on, which made him very annoyed.However, when Jane and Elizabeth were standing by the wine table in the middle of the dinner talking in low voices, he happened to be standing behind the vase next to the wine table, which was a hidden corner, almost invisible to those standing by the wine table. There are people behind that.When he first heard them talking, he wanted to leave, but by chance he heard his name, and for some reason, he stood still and listened to the conversation between Jane and Elizabeth in its entirety.

He felt that what he did was demeaning, but he couldn't help but feel a little happy when he heard Jane's subtle defense of him, and felt a little bit sorry for himself for saying harsh words to Jane.

He didn't know how Wickham described the enmity between the two, but after re-studying the meaning revealed in the simple sentence, he guessed that Wickham must have concealed what he did, and told all the reasons why he joined the army. Push it on yourself.Wickham may have explained the promise his father made to him before his death, but he has not explained why he ultimately failed to fulfill the promise.

It has to be said that Mr. Darcy has excellent insight. He just combined the words of Jane and Elizabeth, and after careful deliberation, he guessed the whole thing to be indistinguishable.

He was angry about this incident, but he really couldn't explain the grievances between himself and Mr. Wickham clearly on this occasion-because it was related to the reputation of his sister and the Darcy family-this was even if he sacrificed himself. Reputation must also be maintained.Maybe the only way is to confront Wickham face to face, but he himself is not a person who is willing to explain his motives to strangers, and he is also worried that Wickham will spread the news about his sister in a broken pot, and he is also worried that Wickham will Considering John's actions today, even if he wants to expose his true face, I'm afraid he won't give himself this chance to face him face to face.

At the end of the dinner party, he stood beside Jane and wanted to go up and talk to her alone, but there were always so many people around her, and in the end, he could only do a lot for her when the Bennet family left. A brief goodbye.

Jane was completely ignorant of all these complicated thoughts about Mr. Darcy.Now that she had given up any expectation of her relation to Mr. Darcy, she soon put the matter out of her mind, for she had another concern at present.

On the day after the ball at Netherfield, something new happened at Longbourn—Mr. Collins proposed!Although Jane estimated that if Mr. Collins proposes marriage, it should be in the near future—because his vacation will expire next Saturday, but the marriage proposal came a little faster, which caught Jane off guard.

She came back from her usual morning walk, and just as she entered, she saw Mary open the door and come out of the dining room.Looking in the door, she saw Mr. Collins alone, and immediately understood what was going on.

"Mr. Collins proposed to you?" she asked, clasping her sister's hand.

"Yes..." said Mary, startled.

"How did you answer?"

"...I refused..." Mary looked at Jane dreamily and said.

"Good job!" Jane couldn't help saying, after a pause, she said again, "But Mom won't let it go so easily, let's go find Dad!"

She took her sister's hand and quickly went to the study room, where Mr. Bennet was holding a book and reading it intently.

"Jane dear? Mary?" He was startled to see them rushing in. "What happened?"

"Mr Collins proposed to Mary," said Jane quickly, "and Mary refused him."

"Really, Mary?" Mr. Bennet looked at Mary.

"Yes, Daddy," Mary replied.

"I suppose mother will come soon and ask you to persuade Mary to marry Mr. Collins," said Jane. "I beg you to respect Mary's choice, sir."

She looked at Mr. Bennet with his mouth slightly open, looked at herself with some surprise, and said, "Mary and Mr. Collins...I believe that they are not speculative..."

Mary stood aside and said nothing, but her expression showed approval.

Mr. Bennet was about to say something when Mrs. Bennet suddenly walked in.

"Mr. Bennet, you must come here at once!" she cried, opening the door. "What a mess we are!"

She suddenly noticed two other people in the room.

"Jane? What are you doing here?" she said, "Get out, I have something to talk to your father about."

She looked at Mary again and said, "You go out first too, Mary, but don't go too far, just wait at the door."

Jane glanced at Mr. Bennet hesitantly, and found that he was nodding slightly towards her, she settled down a bit, turned around and left the room with Mary.

While in the room, Mrs. Bennet immediately reiterated to Mr. Bennet what had just happened.

"You've got to marry Mary to Mr. Collins," said Mrs. Bennet to her husband. "This silly girl has declared that she won't accept Mr. Collins! If you don't hurry, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Collins will change his mind." , don’t want her anymore!”

"What can I do at a time like this?" said Mr. Bennet, looking at his book. "It sounds hopeless, doesn't it?"

"Oh!" cried Mrs. Bennet. "Go and tell Mary that you insist! Mary will obey your decision!"

Mr. Bennet looked at her, put down his book, and said, "Let her in."

Mrs. Bennet felt that she had achieved her goal, and immediately turned to open the door and called Mary to come in.

Mary and Jane had been waiting at the door. Seeing Mrs. Bennet come out and ask her to come in, Mary squeezed Jane's hand tightly, and stepped into the door of the study with a look of death.

As soon as she stepped into the door, Mrs. Bennet closed the door tightly, and before she closed it, she gave Jane a hard look, which made Jane dumbfounded.

In the room, Mary stood anxiously at the door looking at her father, feeling terrified and almost crying.

"Come here, boy," Mr. Bennet said to her.

Mary moved slowly towards Mr. Bennet.

"As far as I know, Mr. Collins proposed to you, but you refused?" Mr. Bennet confirmed again.

"Yes." Mary replied again.

"Okay, now, you're faced with a choice," said Mr. Bennet. "Your mother insists that you accept the proposal, doesn't she, Mrs. Bennet?"

"Yes!" said Mrs. Bennet, "or I shall never see her again!"

"Well, here comes the difficulty," said Mr. Bennet. "From today onwards, you will be strangers to one of us."

Mary stared at Mr. Bennet, unable to react for a while.

"If you don't marry Mr. Collins, your mother won't see you anymore," said Mr. Bennet, "and if you do, I won't see you again."

Mary understood instantly, and couldn't help but stare at her father with wide eyes.

"You can tell your sister the news." Ignoring Mrs. Bennet's loud accusation, Mr. Bennet said to Mary.