Pride and Prejudice Becoming Jane Bennet
Chapter 43
The brief visit was a pleasant one for both parties, and before leaving, Miss Darcy, encouraged by her brother, stepped forward to invite Jane and Mrs. and Mrs. Weston to visit Pemberley Park tomorrow, which they happily accepted.Then Mr. Darcy came forward and asked them to have afternoon tea with them tomorrow, so that several gentlemen could have time to go fishing together, and they all agreed.
If Mrs. Weston had only seen the clues of the relationship between Mr. Darcy and Jane before, she is now very sure. It is obvious that Mr. Darcy is in love with Jane, and although Jane's feelings are not very clear , but based on her understanding of Jane, she must have a good impression of this gentleman.As soon as she spoke to Mr. Weston in this way, she found that they were of the same mind, and that Mr. Darcy's affection for them must be due to Jane.
So after noon the next day, Jane and the Weston couple went to the far and near Pemberley Manor in an open carriage.Jane's heart beat faster the closer she got to Pemberley, and she couldn't figure out why.She and the Weston couple rode through the vast and deep beautiful woods for a long time in a carriage. Finally, she saw the famous Pemberley Manor. At that moment, she felt that her heart suddenly stopped...
A sparkling stream was at high tide, flowing in front of the tall and beautiful stone building, and finally merged into the wide Swan Lake in front of the building.Behind the house is a small hill with a continuous stretch of dense woods.Jane has seen so many manors before and after crossing, but she has never seen a place with more natural taste than this one. The natural beauty here is not contaminated by vulgarity, just like a fairy dwelling in a paradise generally.
Madame Reynolds, the housekeeper of the manor, was a dignified old lady, who received them with extraordinary hospitality and courtesy.Jane and Mr. and Mrs. Weston followed her slowly through the hall.The shining marble floor, carved wall tiles, magnificent and exquisite oil paintings on the ceiling, graceful stair handrails, and soft lake-blue carpets made this group feel as if they had just entered the door of Pemberley Building. Full of love for this building.And as they saw more and more rooms, they found that each room was tall and beautiful, spacious and comfortable. Although the furnishings were not as luxurious as the Rosings Manor that Jane had seen a few days ago, they were more elegant and original. , I appreciate the taste of the owner of the building even more.
They met the owner of the manor who had already been waiting there in the music hall, and it was natural for the group of people to exchange pleasantries when they met, but Jane noticed that Miss Bingley was not happy to see her here. When she was in De County, she was still polite to her because her brother had admiration for Jane's sister, and Jane herself was an excellent person to get along with, but now she found that Mr. Darcy has developed an admiration for Jane in all likelihood. It was no longer polite to invite her to visit Pemberley Park when she met her in Birmingham.
She greeted Jane's family members coldly, and sent her best wishes to Jane's sister Mary and Mr. Hunter without enthusiasm, and there was no more.
Jane had already expected such a situation, so she didn't care. She was just about to chat with someone else, when Miss Darcy came up to her and invited her to play a song for everyone.This request had already been made once when she and Jane met at the Langton Hotel, and Jane naturally agreed.The two walked to the piano, and Jane sat down and turned over the music score.
After turning over a few chapters, she smiled and asked Miss Darcy: "So you like Mozart?"
"Yes," said Miss Darcy sheepishly, "I like Mozart very much... but I can't play her well sometimes."
"Mozart's music is always very delicate." Jane said, "His delicacy in continuity and dynamics is really difficult to grasp, just like still water flowing deep and waves dark."
"Yes!" Miss Darcy said pleasantly, "but recently I can't grasp the tempo well. Although I play everything correctly and others say that I play very well, I always feel that something is missing."
Jane smiled. At this time, she happened to turn to "The Marriage of Figaro" among the three most outstanding operas by Mozart. With a thought, she put the score on the piano stand.
Several people in the room have been paying attention to the movement of Jane and Miss Darcy. At this moment, seeing that Jane is about to start playing, they all quiet down and turn their heads to the direction of the piano.
Jane selected a short passage of the music, and began to play it, while Miss Darcy stood beside her happily to help her turn the pages.
The choice of this song is very good, because the wedding of Mary and Mr. Hunter will be in the near future, and all the people present are invited to the wedding. Except for Miss Bingley who feels a little uncomfortable, Mr. Bingley thinks it can be It was a pleasure to meet Elizabeth by taking the opportunity of attending the wedding. Mr. Darcy always looked at Jane and his sister with a smile on his face. Mr. and Mrs. Weston have always been Jane’s loyal supporters. Besides, Jane's playing was always so pleasant, even Mr. and Mrs. Hurst were forced to admit it.
"You play beautifully!" said Miss Darcy, when Jane had finished.
Jane smiled and said, "I think you now have a deep understanding of my opportunism. You must have noticed that I have fooled through some complicated chapters, right?"
Miss Darcy lowered her head and smiled, and said: "But I think you play more beautifully than every note, Miss Bennet."
Jane smiled and said, "I can't think of what ability I have to deserve this praise. You are too kind."
"No, I mean it, Miss Bennet!" said Miss Darcy hastily, "let me know what I'm missing."
She smiled shyly, and said: "I think I may have paid too much attention to playing every note during this time, and instead forgot that music is to convey my inner feelings..."
Jane looked at her, smiled slightly, and said: "You really make me envious of you, Miss Darcy. You are so keen on music, and you are willing to study hard."
"Oh, no!" said Miss Darcy sheepishly, "I don't speak so well as you... I mean, you have a finer sense of music than I do, Miss Bennet."
Jane laughed, and said: "I'm sure you're being too self-effacing, Miss Darcy, why don't you play a piece? I'm very eager to hear you play."
"Now?" asked Miss Darcy, slightly startled, "in the presence of so many people?"
"Yes," said Jane, rising to give Miss Darcy her seat, "you were playing the piano before we came in, I suppose?"
Miss Darcy nodded blushingly.
"The music is very beautiful," said Jane. "I should very much like to hear it in its entirety. Miss Darcy, shall I have the honor?"
Miss Darcy is shy by nature and is not used to showing herself in front of strangers. When she heard Jane's proposal, she hesitated at first, but with Jane's encouragement, she still plucked up the courage and sat down on the piano chair , playing again the piece that Jane and the Westons had played before their arrival.
Jane stood beside her for a while, seeing that she still had some time before turning the next page of music, she planned to go to the table to drink some wine to moisten her throat, but she was stopped by Mrs. Weston just two steps away. , she had just been looking at the portrait stamps in front of a glass window placed in a corner.
"Jane," she said softly, "look at this one. It reminds me of someone we knew."
"I think it's him," said Jane, looking at the stamp Mrs. Weston pointed to.
The portrait on that stamp was Mr. Wickham, younger than he was now.The seal is placed with the portraits of other Darcy family members, and it is obvious that when he was still in the family, the master of the family did not treat him as a servant.
Jane wondered why Mr. Darcy still left the portrait of Mr. Wickham in the place where Miss Darcy played the piano, but after looking at the position of the window and the size of the stamp, she understood that Mr. Darcy and Darcy Miss West probably didn't even notice that Mr. Wickham's portrait was still there, and the servants would not remove his portrait because they didn't know the real relationship between Mr. Wickham and their master.
Jane was about to tell Mrs. Weston not to mention the gentleman's name, so as not to cause unnecessary embarrassment to the master, but at this moment, Miss Bingley saw the two standing in front of the window and whispering, and came over , asked: "Which one are you talking about? Maybe I can help you understand."
Jane looked at her, and said: "Which old Mr. Darcy are we talking about?"
"Oh," Miss Bingley said familiarly, pointing to a portrait in a hostess manner, "old Mr. Darcy! Don't you look very much like Mr. Darcy?"
Then, without waiting for Jane and Mrs. Weston to answer, she pointed to the one next to the portrait of old Mr. Darcy and said, "This is old Mrs. Darcy. I think maybe you know that she and your cousin's benefactor, Lady Catherine A sister, Miss Bennet?"
Jane nodded.
Miss Bingley was flattered by her response, and felt that by it she had succeeded once more in making Jane aware of her inferiority, and of the great disparity between herself and Mr. Darcy's family.
"This is a portrait of Georgiana when she was a child," continued Miss Bingley. "It was painted when she was about thirteen, and I must say it is very much like her at that time."
"Surely I don't need to tell you about this one?" said Miss Bingley, pointing to Mr. Wickham's portrait again, "you have all seen him in Hertfordshire."
"Who is this gentleman?" asked Mrs. Weston, pointing to the other side of old Mr. Darcy's portrait, where stood a portrait of a serious old gentleman.
"Ah!" said Miss Bingley, "that gentleman is old Mr. Darcy's steward, and Mr. Wickham's father."
The moment she uttered the words "Mr. Wickham", the music stopped abruptly.With a "huh?" in Jane's heart, she subconsciously turned her head to look at Miss Darcy, guessing that she must have heard their conversation, and she felt a little bad in her heart.
In fact, Miss Darcy did not hear the specific content of Jane's conversation with Mrs. Weston and Miss Bingley, she just heard the name of "Mr. Wickham" spoken by Miss Bingley.But this situation made her feel even more anxious and uneasy. Because she didn't know the process of their conversation, she only thought that they knew about the things she did impulsively to discredit her family.
Jane saw at once what she was afraid of, as Miss Darcy looked at them with a little pale face.Like her, Mr. Darcy knew the reason for Miss Darcy's unusual behavior at the moment. When he heard Miss Bingley mention Mr. Wickham's name, and saw his sister's behavior like that, he immediately changed his leisurely attitude. Sitting, he looked at his sister, and then at Jane, his nervousness and worry could not be concealed.
Because of the interruption of the sound of the piano, the room suddenly fell into a strange silence. Miss Bingley looked at Miss Darcy and then at Mr. Darcy, not understanding what happened.Although she also knew that Mr. Wickham had done very immoral things to the Darcy family, she didn't know what happened. She only thought that Mr. Wickham stole the owner's property to pay for gambling debts at most, but this Such a thing would not have caused such a reaction from Miss Darcy.
Jane saw that everyone present except herself and Mr. Darcy looked at Miss Darcy suspiciously, but Miss Darcy was extremely flustered at this moment, she lowered her head and did not speak, nor continued to play the piano.
"I'm so sorry!" Jane said suddenly, drawing the attention of the people in the room to her.
She pursed her lips, and suddenly she had a flash of inspiration, and continued: "I'm so sorry, Miss Darcy, I was talking to Mrs. Weston and Miss Bingley just now, and I forgot that you were playing the piano. How can there be no one? How about you turn the sheet music?"
As she talked, she walked quickly to Miss Darcy's side.At this time, Mrs. Weston also reacted, realizing that she had put the owner of the manor in an embarrassing situation because she talked to Jane, and hurriedly said: "Miss Darcy, you played very beautifully just now. I am very sorry that I occupied you assistant."
"I hope you will forgive me, miss." Jane also said, "I will not leave you in the next step, please don't feel uneasy about not being able to complete this movement satisfactorily."
As she spoke, she turned a page of music on the piano stand for Miss Darcy.Happily, at this moment Miss Darcy came to her senses and realized that the things she had tried to hide and forget had not been discovered.She tidied up her emotions, and instead of following Jane's newly opened movement, she continued to play where she left off before. Fortunately, she was already familiar with this piece of music before, and at this time people could hear it in the slightest There was no discontinuity. Those present, such as the Weston couple, the Bingley sisters and the Hurst couple, all thought that the interruption of the previous performance was indeed due to the end of a page of music. Only Jane and Mr. Darcy knew in their hearts that the fact It's not like that.
If Mrs. Weston had only seen the clues of the relationship between Mr. Darcy and Jane before, she is now very sure. It is obvious that Mr. Darcy is in love with Jane, and although Jane's feelings are not very clear , but based on her understanding of Jane, she must have a good impression of this gentleman.As soon as she spoke to Mr. Weston in this way, she found that they were of the same mind, and that Mr. Darcy's affection for them must be due to Jane.
So after noon the next day, Jane and the Weston couple went to the far and near Pemberley Manor in an open carriage.Jane's heart beat faster the closer she got to Pemberley, and she couldn't figure out why.She and the Weston couple rode through the vast and deep beautiful woods for a long time in a carriage. Finally, she saw the famous Pemberley Manor. At that moment, she felt that her heart suddenly stopped...
A sparkling stream was at high tide, flowing in front of the tall and beautiful stone building, and finally merged into the wide Swan Lake in front of the building.Behind the house is a small hill with a continuous stretch of dense woods.Jane has seen so many manors before and after crossing, but she has never seen a place with more natural taste than this one. The natural beauty here is not contaminated by vulgarity, just like a fairy dwelling in a paradise generally.
Madame Reynolds, the housekeeper of the manor, was a dignified old lady, who received them with extraordinary hospitality and courtesy.Jane and Mr. and Mrs. Weston followed her slowly through the hall.The shining marble floor, carved wall tiles, magnificent and exquisite oil paintings on the ceiling, graceful stair handrails, and soft lake-blue carpets made this group feel as if they had just entered the door of Pemberley Building. Full of love for this building.And as they saw more and more rooms, they found that each room was tall and beautiful, spacious and comfortable. Although the furnishings were not as luxurious as the Rosings Manor that Jane had seen a few days ago, they were more elegant and original. , I appreciate the taste of the owner of the building even more.
They met the owner of the manor who had already been waiting there in the music hall, and it was natural for the group of people to exchange pleasantries when they met, but Jane noticed that Miss Bingley was not happy to see her here. When she was in De County, she was still polite to her because her brother had admiration for Jane's sister, and Jane herself was an excellent person to get along with, but now she found that Mr. Darcy has developed an admiration for Jane in all likelihood. It was no longer polite to invite her to visit Pemberley Park when she met her in Birmingham.
She greeted Jane's family members coldly, and sent her best wishes to Jane's sister Mary and Mr. Hunter without enthusiasm, and there was no more.
Jane had already expected such a situation, so she didn't care. She was just about to chat with someone else, when Miss Darcy came up to her and invited her to play a song for everyone.This request had already been made once when she and Jane met at the Langton Hotel, and Jane naturally agreed.The two walked to the piano, and Jane sat down and turned over the music score.
After turning over a few chapters, she smiled and asked Miss Darcy: "So you like Mozart?"
"Yes," said Miss Darcy sheepishly, "I like Mozart very much... but I can't play her well sometimes."
"Mozart's music is always very delicate." Jane said, "His delicacy in continuity and dynamics is really difficult to grasp, just like still water flowing deep and waves dark."
"Yes!" Miss Darcy said pleasantly, "but recently I can't grasp the tempo well. Although I play everything correctly and others say that I play very well, I always feel that something is missing."
Jane smiled. At this time, she happened to turn to "The Marriage of Figaro" among the three most outstanding operas by Mozart. With a thought, she put the score on the piano stand.
Several people in the room have been paying attention to the movement of Jane and Miss Darcy. At this moment, seeing that Jane is about to start playing, they all quiet down and turn their heads to the direction of the piano.
Jane selected a short passage of the music, and began to play it, while Miss Darcy stood beside her happily to help her turn the pages.
The choice of this song is very good, because the wedding of Mary and Mr. Hunter will be in the near future, and all the people present are invited to the wedding. Except for Miss Bingley who feels a little uncomfortable, Mr. Bingley thinks it can be It was a pleasure to meet Elizabeth by taking the opportunity of attending the wedding. Mr. Darcy always looked at Jane and his sister with a smile on his face. Mr. and Mrs. Weston have always been Jane’s loyal supporters. Besides, Jane's playing was always so pleasant, even Mr. and Mrs. Hurst were forced to admit it.
"You play beautifully!" said Miss Darcy, when Jane had finished.
Jane smiled and said, "I think you now have a deep understanding of my opportunism. You must have noticed that I have fooled through some complicated chapters, right?"
Miss Darcy lowered her head and smiled, and said: "But I think you play more beautifully than every note, Miss Bennet."
Jane smiled and said, "I can't think of what ability I have to deserve this praise. You are too kind."
"No, I mean it, Miss Bennet!" said Miss Darcy hastily, "let me know what I'm missing."
She smiled shyly, and said: "I think I may have paid too much attention to playing every note during this time, and instead forgot that music is to convey my inner feelings..."
Jane looked at her, smiled slightly, and said: "You really make me envious of you, Miss Darcy. You are so keen on music, and you are willing to study hard."
"Oh, no!" said Miss Darcy sheepishly, "I don't speak so well as you... I mean, you have a finer sense of music than I do, Miss Bennet."
Jane laughed, and said: "I'm sure you're being too self-effacing, Miss Darcy, why don't you play a piece? I'm very eager to hear you play."
"Now?" asked Miss Darcy, slightly startled, "in the presence of so many people?"
"Yes," said Jane, rising to give Miss Darcy her seat, "you were playing the piano before we came in, I suppose?"
Miss Darcy nodded blushingly.
"The music is very beautiful," said Jane. "I should very much like to hear it in its entirety. Miss Darcy, shall I have the honor?"
Miss Darcy is shy by nature and is not used to showing herself in front of strangers. When she heard Jane's proposal, she hesitated at first, but with Jane's encouragement, she still plucked up the courage and sat down on the piano chair , playing again the piece that Jane and the Westons had played before their arrival.
Jane stood beside her for a while, seeing that she still had some time before turning the next page of music, she planned to go to the table to drink some wine to moisten her throat, but she was stopped by Mrs. Weston just two steps away. , she had just been looking at the portrait stamps in front of a glass window placed in a corner.
"Jane," she said softly, "look at this one. It reminds me of someone we knew."
"I think it's him," said Jane, looking at the stamp Mrs. Weston pointed to.
The portrait on that stamp was Mr. Wickham, younger than he was now.The seal is placed with the portraits of other Darcy family members, and it is obvious that when he was still in the family, the master of the family did not treat him as a servant.
Jane wondered why Mr. Darcy still left the portrait of Mr. Wickham in the place where Miss Darcy played the piano, but after looking at the position of the window and the size of the stamp, she understood that Mr. Darcy and Darcy Miss West probably didn't even notice that Mr. Wickham's portrait was still there, and the servants would not remove his portrait because they didn't know the real relationship between Mr. Wickham and their master.
Jane was about to tell Mrs. Weston not to mention the gentleman's name, so as not to cause unnecessary embarrassment to the master, but at this moment, Miss Bingley saw the two standing in front of the window and whispering, and came over , asked: "Which one are you talking about? Maybe I can help you understand."
Jane looked at her, and said: "Which old Mr. Darcy are we talking about?"
"Oh," Miss Bingley said familiarly, pointing to a portrait in a hostess manner, "old Mr. Darcy! Don't you look very much like Mr. Darcy?"
Then, without waiting for Jane and Mrs. Weston to answer, she pointed to the one next to the portrait of old Mr. Darcy and said, "This is old Mrs. Darcy. I think maybe you know that she and your cousin's benefactor, Lady Catherine A sister, Miss Bennet?"
Jane nodded.
Miss Bingley was flattered by her response, and felt that by it she had succeeded once more in making Jane aware of her inferiority, and of the great disparity between herself and Mr. Darcy's family.
"This is a portrait of Georgiana when she was a child," continued Miss Bingley. "It was painted when she was about thirteen, and I must say it is very much like her at that time."
"Surely I don't need to tell you about this one?" said Miss Bingley, pointing to Mr. Wickham's portrait again, "you have all seen him in Hertfordshire."
"Who is this gentleman?" asked Mrs. Weston, pointing to the other side of old Mr. Darcy's portrait, where stood a portrait of a serious old gentleman.
"Ah!" said Miss Bingley, "that gentleman is old Mr. Darcy's steward, and Mr. Wickham's father."
The moment she uttered the words "Mr. Wickham", the music stopped abruptly.With a "huh?" in Jane's heart, she subconsciously turned her head to look at Miss Darcy, guessing that she must have heard their conversation, and she felt a little bad in her heart.
In fact, Miss Darcy did not hear the specific content of Jane's conversation with Mrs. Weston and Miss Bingley, she just heard the name of "Mr. Wickham" spoken by Miss Bingley.But this situation made her feel even more anxious and uneasy. Because she didn't know the process of their conversation, she only thought that they knew about the things she did impulsively to discredit her family.
Jane saw at once what she was afraid of, as Miss Darcy looked at them with a little pale face.Like her, Mr. Darcy knew the reason for Miss Darcy's unusual behavior at the moment. When he heard Miss Bingley mention Mr. Wickham's name, and saw his sister's behavior like that, he immediately changed his leisurely attitude. Sitting, he looked at his sister, and then at Jane, his nervousness and worry could not be concealed.
Because of the interruption of the sound of the piano, the room suddenly fell into a strange silence. Miss Bingley looked at Miss Darcy and then at Mr. Darcy, not understanding what happened.Although she also knew that Mr. Wickham had done very immoral things to the Darcy family, she didn't know what happened. She only thought that Mr. Wickham stole the owner's property to pay for gambling debts at most, but this Such a thing would not have caused such a reaction from Miss Darcy.
Jane saw that everyone present except herself and Mr. Darcy looked at Miss Darcy suspiciously, but Miss Darcy was extremely flustered at this moment, she lowered her head and did not speak, nor continued to play the piano.
"I'm so sorry!" Jane said suddenly, drawing the attention of the people in the room to her.
She pursed her lips, and suddenly she had a flash of inspiration, and continued: "I'm so sorry, Miss Darcy, I was talking to Mrs. Weston and Miss Bingley just now, and I forgot that you were playing the piano. How can there be no one? How about you turn the sheet music?"
As she talked, she walked quickly to Miss Darcy's side.At this time, Mrs. Weston also reacted, realizing that she had put the owner of the manor in an embarrassing situation because she talked to Jane, and hurriedly said: "Miss Darcy, you played very beautifully just now. I am very sorry that I occupied you assistant."
"I hope you will forgive me, miss." Jane also said, "I will not leave you in the next step, please don't feel uneasy about not being able to complete this movement satisfactorily."
As she spoke, she turned a page of music on the piano stand for Miss Darcy.Happily, at this moment Miss Darcy came to her senses and realized that the things she had tried to hide and forget had not been discovered.She tidied up her emotions, and instead of following Jane's newly opened movement, she continued to play where she left off before. Fortunately, she was already familiar with this piece of music before, and at this time people could hear it in the slightest There was no discontinuity. Those present, such as the Weston couple, the Bingley sisters and the Hurst couple, all thought that the interruption of the previous performance was indeed due to the end of a page of music. Only Jane and Mr. Darcy knew in their hearts that the fact It's not like that.
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