Pride and Prejudice Becoming Jane Bennet

Jane stood at the door of the study, anxiously waiting for Mary to come out and announce the final result to herself.She now blamed herself especially for being careless, and had made Mr. Collins succeed in proposing to Mary.It is still uncertain what Mr. Hunter's feelings for Mary are, and it is very likely that it is a wishful thinking, but what if it is not?Mr. Hunter is several times better than Mr. Collins!

Jane originally planned to sabotage Mr. Collins' proposal to Mary, so as to give Mary and Mr. Hunter time to develop their relationship, and let Mary confirm her mind before facing Mr. Collins' proposal, but now everything has been disrupted.She remembered that she had talked to Mary about Mr. Collins' hospitality to her, and she replied "Mr. Collins is indeed not the type I really like, but he is also a gentleman", which once made her feel entangled.Now Mary has rejected Mr. Collins, but what if Mr. and Mrs. Bennet insist that Mary accept?

While Jane was thinking wildly, Mary opened the door and ran out.

Jane grabbed Mary, looked at Mrs. Bennet who was mad at the door, and quickly thought about it.

"Dad supports me! Jane! Dad supports me!" Mary almost cried with joy, and said incoherently while pulling Jane's sign.

Jane patted her hand, and mouthed the word "thank you" to Mr. Bennet in the study.Mr. Bennet smiled and nodded at her.

At this moment Miss Charlotte Lucas called.When Jane took Mary's hand and walked into the hall, she saw that she was talking to Elizabeth.

"What happened?" Charlotte asked in surprise, they could hear Mrs. Bennet's distraught voice standing there.

"Mr. Collins proposed to Mary just now," said Elizabeth.

"And Mary refused." Jane added, and patted Mary's hand to signal her calmness.

"Then I'm really sorry for him," said Charlotte, turning again to Mary, "but I don't know whether to be happy for you..."

"Of course," said Jane, turning her head and smiling at Mary.

"Mother is very excited," said Elizabeth, and at this moment they could all hear Mrs. Bennet's frantic cry, "and Mr. Collins said he was leaving tonight."

Charlotte was stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly, "I think... Should I invite him to Lu's Village for dinner..."

"Go ahead," said Lydia at this moment, running down the stairs, "take him away and feed him, he's been mad all morning."

As she spoke, she took Kate's hand who came down with her, and rushed out of the house like a plague god.

"Kate and I went around town," she told her sisters.

"Then let's go to the woods by the lake." Jane said to Mary, "avoiding mother, she can't figure it out for a while."

Mary nodded approvingly.

The two bid farewell to Elizabeth and Miss Lucas, and walked to the lake together. Mary told Jane what happened when Mr. Collins proposed to her.

"He said that because he wants to inherit Dad's property, he should choose one of us as his wife to reduce our loss, otherwise he will feel sorry!" Mary said, "What a ridiculous thing this is!"

"That's right." Jane frowned.

Mary paused, and then said: "He said he doesn't care that we only have a dowry of [-] pounds, doesn't care that we can only get [-]% of the [-] pounds in interest every year, and won't deal with this matter after marriage. Dissatisfied . . . Jane, do you know how embarrassed and irritated I was when he said that!"

"I can totally understand you."

"I rejected him, but he actually said I was playing hard to get!" Mary said hastily, her chest heaving with anger.

Jane had to stop and pat Mary's hand and stroke her hair to calm her down.Mary took a few deep breaths and finally calmed down a bit.

"Jane, you probably can't even imagine what Mr. Collins said after I rejected him!" Mary grabbed Jane's hand and said, "He said that his status and his relationship with the de Bourgh family are superior to mine. Much more, that apart from him, no one else will propose to me!"

When Mary said this, her body was a little shaky, and Jane held Mary's hand tightly and looked at her worriedly.

"I know I'm poor and not pretty," said Mary, "but I have a soul and I have feelings!"

She looked at her eldest sister, tears welling in her eyes.

"I have my pride!" she said. "It's too much for me, Jane, too much—"

Before she finished speaking, tears flowed down her delicate face.Jane pulled her into her arms, put her on her shoulders, stroked her back with her hand, and said, "I understand, Mary... I understand."

At this moment, she suddenly heard something behind the bushes!

"Who is it?" cried Jane, in great amazement. "Who's there?"

"It's me." A man's voice said.

Behind the bushes, there was a chatter, and after a while, two gentlemen turned out from behind, it was Mr. Darcy and Mr. Hunter!

"Please don't panic," Mr. Hunter said to Jane, "Darcy and I just passed by here, and we saw someone here from a distance, so we wanted to come over and ask..."

When he said this, he suddenly found that the atmosphere at the scene was not quite right. The two Miss Bennet stood very close, and one of them turned his back to them without turning around.

"Mr. Hunter," Jane calmed down, and then glanced at the person standing next to this gentleman, "Mr. Darcy."

She paused, organized her words, and said, "I'm sorry I didn't notice you coming. Mary got something in her eye just now, and I was blowing it for her."

"Ah!" Mr. Hunter replied clearly, and asked again, "Is Miss Mary's eyes better?"

"It's much better, thank you." Mary wiped the tears from her face with a handkerchief, tried her best to calm down her agitated emotions, turned around and said softly.

Mr. Hunter took a deep look at her, then turned his head and asked Jane: "Are you going to walk, or are you planning to go back?"

"Go back," said Jane, "we've been out for a while."

"Then, please allow me and Darcy to give you a ride." Mr. Hunter said.

Jane glanced at Mary and found that although her expression had returned to normal, she was still a little absent-minded, so she thought about how to reject Mr. Hunter's proposal.

But at this time Mr. Hunter came up and said to them: "Come on, let's enjoy the beautiful autumn colors, Miss Bennet, and please tell me how the scenery is different in different seasons. "

His manner was so sincere and courteous that Jane could not say a word of refusal, and he seemed to be speaking to Jane when he said this, but he was actually looking at Mary. After he finished speaking, he put his arm Reach out to Mary and invite Mary to walk a distance with her.

Jane frowned at his slightly tough attitude, and glanced at Mary.Mary looked at the gentleman in front of her, then at Jane, and put her hand on Mr. Hunter's arm hesitantly, and the two took the lead towards the Bennet House.

Jane followed them anxiously, not noticing for a moment that Mr. Darcy had come to her side.

"I am very sorry for the fright Hunter and I have given you and your sister," said Mr. Darcy.

"Ah? Oh...it's okay..." Jane recovered and said.

After a pause, she explained again: "Few people come here. I didn't expect to meet you and Mr. Hunter here."

"Mr. Hunter and I were admiring the autumn scenery in Hertfordshire. We didn't pay attention to the direction for a while, and we came here." Mr. Darcy said.

Jian Wenyan lowered her head and smiled, and said, "Walking without direction is indeed the best way to appreciate the beautiful scenery."

She noticed that Mr. Darcy seemed to be a little puzzled by her words, so she explained: "Your steps must take you to a place that you think is worth seeing."

Mr. Darcy looked at her sideways, and smiled involuntarily.

The two walked forward in silence for a while, and Mr. Darcy asked again: "Are your parents and sisters all right?"

"It's all good, thank you." Jane replied briefly.

Mr. Darcy nodded, and fell silent again.

Jane looked at him, thinking of the discord between the two of them last night, she hesitated and said, "Last night's dance..."

Mr. Darcy glanced at her quickly, causing Jane to choke for a moment. She looked at Mr. Darcy's seemingly angry side face, hesitated for a while and said, "Sorry, I shouldn't judge your behavior."

Mr. Darcy turned his head and took a deep look at Jane when he heard the words, but he seemed to be more angry, the lines of his face became more stern, and his brows frowned slightly.He didn't speak, and quickly turned his head back.

After that, neither Jane nor Mr. Darcy said a word until they reached the front of Bennet House.

When the gentlemen were about to say good-bye to the young ladies, Jane politely invited them in, but Mr. Darcy promptly declined, saying he had some business to attend to.Mr. Hunter originally wanted to go in and sit for a while, but seeing his friend's cold expression, he had no choice but to express that he also had some letters to write, and he would come to visit another day.

The two gentlemen left quickly. Jane looked at Mary and asked her if she would still like to walk in the garden with her, cut some flowers that bloomed well and go back to decorate the house. Mary agreed.

"Tell me what you think of Mr. Hunter." Jane said to her.