Pride and Prejudice Becoming Jane Bennet

Of the ladies at Bennet Hall, Mary was the most distinguished in terms of temperament.Not only does she have a very high ability to appreciate music, but she is also willing to work hard to practice piano skills, and when she plays in public, she does not just show off her skills, but adds her own understanding of music, which makes people like it.

Jane's music appreciation ability is not low, but in terms of playing skills, it is much worse than her sister Mary.At Longborn’s home, she prefers to listen to Mary’s performance, sharing with her their different understandings of music and how to perform better when playing, but she doesn’t know how to play a certain piece well Practice hard for movements that require high fingering.

At the ball, when someone invites her to perform in public, if Mary is near her, she will definitely recommend Mary to replace herself, but this method is not always effective. Many times, after Mary finishes playing, she She still has to go up and play, for this reason, she selected and practiced a few less difficult repertoires for emergencies, and her performance is always infectious, even if her skills are not as good as those of other performers , and can still get the praise of most people.

At this time, Lady Catherine and Colonel Fitzwilliam asked her to play a piece, she couldn't shirk, so she sat in front of the piano, and Colonel Fitzwilliam immediately walked to her side eagerly, picked up the Sheet music, ask her to choose.

Jane flipped through the music scores, trying to find some less difficult pieces, but what frustrates her is that although Mrs. Catherine and her daughter don't play the piano, the music scores next to the piano are almost all correct. A piece with high fingering requirements.

"Liszt's clock?" Jane turned a chapter, "Is this... the roar of the forest? Hungarian Rhapsody... Number Two?"

She flipped through a few more chapters, and found that most of the works left here were Liszt's works, and they were all quite difficult pieces.

"This must be the piece that Miss Darcy often played at Rosings?" She put down the movement in her hands helplessly, and asked Colonel Fitzwilliam with a smile.

"Indeed," said Colonel Fitzwilliam, "my aunt and Cousin Anne don't play the piano, you know. The piano here is used most often when Georgiana is here. . . special tune."

"I really want to meet this Miss Darcy," said Jane. "These pieces are not easy to play. Miss Darcy must be a very talented lady."

"She is indeed versatile." Colonel Fitzwilliam said with a smile.

"It's a pity that I don't know Liszt's music very well," Jane put down the music score in her hand and said, "Maybe your aunt won't mind if I play someone else's music?"

"Of course not." Colonel Fitzwilliam laughed.

Jane smiled, picked a piece of music that she was familiar with in her mind, and that was close to Mrs. Catherine's needs, and played it.

What she played was Mozart's Turkish March, which was a rare piece that she worked hard to master, in order to cope with some occasions that required her to play some difficult pieces.

Her hard work was not in vain. After playing the song, even Lady Catherine said: "Although you are far from my dear Georgiana, Miss Bennet, you are still passable. It seems that your former family Teachers are still useful."

Jane just wanted to speak, but Lady Catherine didn't give her a chance.

"It must be the first time you've played the piano since you arrived in Kent, Miss Bennet?" , Miss Bennet, the piano needs to be practiced diligently, you can practice in Mrs. Jiang Jinsen's room, and you can take those famous music scores at will."

"Thank you, ma'am," said Jane, "you are very kind."

Mrs. Catherine directed Jane and told her to take advantage of the rare opportunity to meet such a good piano to practice quickly, but she no longer focused on her, but talked to Mr. Darcy as before. .

To be honest, Madam Catherine's attitude was very domineering and uncomfortable, but Jane didn't care too much.Since it was impossible for him to contradict Mrs. Catherine or leave with his sleeves when he was a guest at Rosings Manor, no matter because of his self-cultivation etiquette or because of Charlotte's face, he might as well find some fun by himself. It is not a bad thing for her to be able to get in touch with some famous repertoire and have a valuable piano for her to practice. What's more, Madam Catherine did not say this out of malice, and judging by her attitude, she just said that , and did not take this matter to heart.The only thing that surprises Jane is that even though the guest has changed from Elizabeth in the original book to herself, and her piano skills have been recognized by Mrs. Catherine, the situation of asking her to continue practicing piano still happened.

Because Jane herself is not very keen on playing the piano, now seeing that the lady's attention is not on her, she slowly searched for the pieces she had played before in her mind, and played Get up, chatting with Colonel Fitzwilliam one after another, and Colonel Fitzwilliam is obviously not thinking about how she plays, but talks to her very cooperatively, the two of them revolve around the piece played by Jane , different musicians with different composing styles, and the popular operas nowadays, we enjoyed the conversation very much.

Just as Jane thought she could hang out in this way till supper began, Mrs. Catherine ordered them to move, and Mr. Darcy came up and stopped before the piano.

"Mr. Darcy?" Jane raised her head and looked at him in some surprise, and said, "Did my sloppy playing make you unbearable any longer, and made you come here to listen to me playing?"

After a pause, she added: "If this is the case, I am very sorry."

"No," said Mr. Darcy, "you need not be sorry, for anyone who hears you will think you are flawless."

Jane was almost frightened by his remarks. She knew that she didn't care about her playing just now. Although the sound of the piano was still pleasant to the ears of laymen, there would be no incoherence, but she wanted to say "flawless". , that would be too much.She stared at Mr. Darcy for a few seconds, not even noticing that the playing had stopped.

"Miss Bennet, are you tired of playing?" Colonel Fitzwilliam said aloud at this moment.

"No, no, I'm all right..." said Jane, turning to Colonel Fitzwilliam, "I'm just surprised... It's astonishing that your cousin should say such a polite thing." Incredible people!"

"Oh! what an impression he made on you!" said Colonel Fitzwilliam in surprise. "I should like to know what he did in Hertfordshire, Miss Bennet. Please tell me, I'd love to know how he treats strangers!"

Jane smiled. She turned her head to look at Mr. Darcy's face, a little hesitant whether she should tell his cousin about his deeds in Hertfordshire, but found that Mr. Darcy was showing a hint of Staring at herself with an imperceptible smile, she couldn't help being stunned again.

"Isn't he stern, like no stranger?" Colonel Fitzwilliam continued.

Jane regained her senses, turned her head to Colonel Fitzwilliam and said, "If Mr. Darcy in my senses is so different from yours, surely you can't expect him to be able to talk and laugh with strangers?"

"Indeed," said Colonel Fitzwilliam, "please tell me how it was when you first met Mr. Darcy?"

Jane froze for a moment, she suddenly thought of what happened in Ramsgate more than a year ago, that should be the first time she met Mr Darcy, but such a thing is absolutely inappropriate to say, so She said: "The first time I met Mr. Darcy was at the ball."

"Ah—yes, the ball!" said Colonel Fitzwilliam, looking narrowly at his cousin. "I don't think there is anyone in the world who finds balls more intolerable than my cousin. Miss Bennet." , I think I can understand why you feel that way, I can almost imagine the scene at that time..."

Jane couldn't help laughing, looked at Mr. Darcy, and said, "Yes, first impressions are always indelible."

Colonel Fitzwilliam also laughed, and asked: "Please tell me, how many dances did my cousin dance at that ball?"

Jane remembered the scene at the ball. Mr. Darcy only danced four dances at that ball, and she was the partner of one of the four dances, Mr. Darcy, and the other three danced Darcy. The gentleman danced with Miss Charlotte Lucas, Miss Bingley and Mrs. Hurst at the time. Except for Miss Bingley and Mrs. Hurst, both himself and Charlotte were danced by Sir Lucas Deadlift and Mr. Darcy made a pair.

"Four, sir," she said.

She looked at Colonel Fitzwilliam's overjoyed look after hearing this answer and Mr. Darcy's frowning and turning away, and she felt a little sorry, so she said, "I'm sorry, but it's true."

"I fully believe it!" said Colonel Fitzwilliam, laughing.

"I'm afraid I'm not worthy to present myself to strangers," said Mr. Darcy suddenly.

Hearing this, Jane looked at him strangely, and asked uncertainly: "Aren't you worthy of recommending yourself to strangers?"

She turned to look at Colonel Fitzwilliam suspiciously, and found that he was as surprised as herself.

"I don't have the gift that other people have," continued Mr. Darcy, "and it's very difficult for me to talk to strangers."

Jane stared at him for a while, then slowly said: "I used to think that playing was a difficult thing, but when I really started to learn...practice...I found that things were too simple to be true."

She paused, lowered her head and smiled, and said, "Look, I can't avoid playing in front of people, and I have to prepare for it... Although I may never be able to play like my sister Or the other ladies and ladies are as sweet and mesmerizing as they are, but I take it to be my own fault, for I am too lazy to practice properly."

Mr. Darcy was silent for a while, and said: "It can be seen that you use your time much better than me... We are all people who don't want to perform in front of strangers, but your performance can definitely impress anyone who has heard it. "

Jane raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard his last words, wondering what he meant, when Lady Catherine interrupted them loudly.

"What are you talking about?" she cried. "What are you telling Miss Bennet, Darcy? I must join in the conversation!"