Pride and Prejudice Becoming Jane Bennet

Under the leadership of Miss Darcy, Jane and the Weston couple visited all the rooms open to the public, and also visited some private rooms that outsiders could not see.They visited the morning parlour, the banquet hall, the dining room, the library, the small study, the drawing room, the statue gallery, the small parlour, where Miss Darcy entertained her friends, and the principal bedrooms.

Visiting Pemberley Manor is a very enjoyable thing. The Darcy family is very keen on art appreciation and collection. The mansion can be seen everywhere in the mansion with oil paintings, sculptures, porcelains and various delicate and beautiful decorations collected by famous masters, and this group visits together The people here are quite artistic appreciation people, they don't just talk about the size of the room and the price of the furniture, they walk all the way, talking about the beautiful oil paintings they have seen, the painters they admire, The artistic style of those sculptures and decorations, I just feel more carefree than ever before.Before the visit was over, Jane and Miss Darcy began to call each other by their Christian names.

The North Gallery is the end point of this pedestrian's indoor visit. It is a long corridor with bright and clean windows and an extraordinarily elegant arrangement. It is one of the many corridors in the manor where paintings are displayed, and it is full of portraits of successive generations of the Darcy family.

"This is a portrait of my father and mother," Miss Darcy said, leading a group of people to an oil painting. "Standing beside my mother is my brother, and the child in my father's arms is me. My brother said I drew it when I was 9 months old."

"Mrs. Darcy is a very beautiful lady," said Mr. Weston, "and old Mr. Darcy is a very handsome gentleman."

"You are very much like your mother, Georgiana," said Jane, looking at the portrait.

Mrs. Darcy is a blond beauty, very different from her sister, Mrs. Catherine. She looks gentle, elegant, dignified and generous. Although Miss Darcy is not as good as her mother in appearance, she is similar to Mrs. Darcy in appearance. But it is exactly the same.

"Mr. Darcy's manner seems to have been cultivated in childhood," said Mrs. Weston at this time. "He is also very similar to old Mr. Darcy."

"My brother is indeed becoming more and more like my father," Miss Darcy said. "My father and mother passed away early. I can say that my brother brought me up by himself, but sometimes I think he treats me a little bit. Too forgiving."

Jane smiled, thinking of the early death of Mrs. Darcy and old Mr. Darcy, and of the age difference between the two brothers and sisters. Mr. Darcy did not teach his sister as a young daughter.

"You have a good brother," she said.

"Yes," said Miss Darcy, "I couldn't find a man with a better heart."

She looked at the way Jane looked at herself with a smile on her face, smiled embarrassedly, and said, "Here is a bigger portrait of my brother, which I drew for him, do you want to see it, Jane? "

"Of course," Jane said.

Miss Darcy led them to the end of the gallery, pointed to a huge portrait and said, "That's the portrait I drew for my brother. It was painted about three years ago, before my father died. .”

Both Jane and the Westons looked carefully at the portrait.This portrait is not as sophisticated as the other portraits in the gallery, but it is very skillful, and it can be seen that it was done at Pemberley Manor. The portrait shows Mr. Darcy, well-dressed, with a book in his hand, leaning on a certain part of Pemberley House. In front of the window of a room, the scenery behind her is exactly the scenery Jane and the others have seen along the way.

For a few minutes, the entire group looked at the painting without speaking. Jane looked at the painting and the person in the portrait, and suddenly had an unprecedented familiar feeling. She felt strange at first, because She had never seen this portrait before, nor had she seen Mr. Darcy in that period, but soon, she realized that it was the vague smile on Mr. Darcy's mouth that made her Feeling familiar, she suddenly realized that this is how Mr. Darcy usually looked at her.

When did this start?Jane thought in her heart, because she was sure that Mr. Darcy was usually in front of people, and he must not be like this, otherwise he would not be said to be indifferent and arrogant, and he would not be seen by others at the ball. .His aura standing there is always cold, but the smile on his lips will soften his facial expression, making him look less cold, and people will not dare to talk to him because they are too afraid of him say.

"You draw very well, Miss Darcy." Mr. Weston suddenly exclaimed. "You have painted your brother very well. You have such skills three years ago. It is amazing." People admire."

"Oh..." Miss Darcy said shyly, "I'm not as good as you said, sir. I have been painting this painting for nearly two months, and only my brother can stop there for a few minutes Hours, let me draw him."

"Miss Darcy, you are too self-effacing," said Mrs. Weston. "Two months is not a long time to paint deeply. If Jane has half your patience in painting, I will be satisfied."

Jane heard them talking, recovered her senses, and said with a smile: "My dear Mrs. Weston, if you go on, it will embarrass me."

"But Anne told me in your letter that you draw very well!" Miss Darcy said, looking at Jane in surprise after hearing what they said.

"Miss de Bourgh?" Jane asked with some surprise.

"Yes." Miss Darcy smiled sheepishly, and said, "I understand that you and she are also corresponding?"

"Yes," said Jane.She did correspond with Ms. de Bourgh from time to time, and she also told Ms. de Bourgh in her letter about her trip to the north.

"Anne told me in her last letter that she knew you," said Miss Darcy. "She said you were her new friend, and that you were a wonderful painter! I never saw her compliment a man like that." human!"

Miss Darcy looked at Jane with wide eyes as she spoke.She and Miss Anne de Bauer are cousins, so they have correspondence with each other, but because of the difference in personality, their communication is not deep, and the communication is more of a formality, not like a real boudoir friend That will pour out your heart.Now her gloomy and self-closing cousin actually expressed joy and liking between the lines when referring to Miss Jane Bennet. My cousin is convinced of what she said.

"Miss de Bourgh is a very talented lady," Jane said with a smile, "she has a unique view on painting."

"She really likes to paint," said Miss Darcy, nodding her head. "She and her aunt go there every year when there is an exhibition in London."

Jane nodded. She remembered that Lady Catherine had mentioned this matter before she left Hansford, and she also thought of the letter from Miss de Bourgh received when she stayed in Birmingham, saying: "As far as I know, recently There is an exhibition of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the city every month."

"Yes," said Miss Darcy, "it seems that Anne and Aunt Catherine will be going in the next few days. The Royal Academy does not show all famous works, but there will be landscapes that Anne likes."

After a pause, she said to Jane again: "Do you like landscape painting, Jane?"

"Extremely!" Jane laughed, "It's a pity that there are not many painters who are willing to paint landscapes, and even fewer good ones."

"Yes," said Mrs. Weston, "the famous men only paint portraits."

"It's because portraits are more popular these days and more likely to fetch a good price," said Mr. Weston. "The dignitaries in the city always need painters to keep a record of what they look like every year."

"Would you prefer landscapes more, or portraits more, Georgiana?" asked Jane.

"I can't say..." Miss Darcy said with some hesitation, "I myself paint more portraits, recording the appearance of people I know... But it's not that I don't like landscape paintings."

Jane smiled. She originally thought that since Miss de Bourgh and Miss Darcy both liked painting, they should be able to chat together, so to what Mr. Darcy said before, "Even my sister Georgiana can't We chatted so well with her" was puzzled, and now she finally knew what caused it.The reasons why Miss de Bourgh talked better with herself than with her cousin may be because of personality problems, and the other is because of the different types of paintings she likes.

They were chatting happily when they saw a few people coming from the other side of the gallery. Jane took a closer look, only to find that the few people who had stayed in the concert hall came together.

Mr. Darcy brought Mr. Bingley and his party up to Jane and stopped - she was originally behind the Weston couple and Miss Darcy, but now she was at the front that.

Mr. Darcy bowed to her, and said: "I heard the servant say that your indoor visit is over, Miss Bennet?"

"Yes, sir," said Jane.

"I hope you still like Pemberley?" asked Mr. Darcy. "I suppose Georgiana has told you about the estate?"

He asked this question a little differently from his usual self. Because Mr. and Mrs. Weston didn’t know Mr. Darcy’s previous image—his demeanor after meeting the couple was very pleasing, so they only thought he was a Yu Yuan asked that question, but Mr. Bingley's family, who knew Mr. Darcy's usual way of doing things, all looked sideways at his question. Miss Bingley even changed her face on the spot, because Mr. Darcy had never been so kind as before , so cared about other people's evaluation of Pemberley Manor.

Jane didn't know what they were thinking, so she just smiled and said, "Of course, I don't think anyone will dislike it. Georgiana is also a very good guide. Having her lead only makes this manor more attractive."

Miss Darcy looked at Jane shyly at her when she heard her comments, and was a little embarrassed, while Mr. Darcy looked at Jane in surprise when he suddenly heard that Jane had begun to call his sister's Christian name.

"It seems that you and my sister are already good friends." He smiled slightly and said.

"I think so." Jane also smiled, and turned her head to look at Miss Darcy.

Mr. Darcy took a deep look at her, then turned to the Weston couple and asked: "I hope you are satisfied with this visit, Mr. Weston, Mrs. Weston?"

"Could not be more satisfactory, sir," replied Mrs. Weston, laughing.

"Indeed," rejoined Mr. Weston, "I must say that what has been said of Pemberley Park is not at all exaggerated."

Mr. Darcy nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Visiting Pemberley is a huge project, Miss Bennet, Mrs. Weston, are you tired?"

Both Jane and Mrs. Weston shook their heads with a smile, expressing that they were not tired. They were both in high spirits and did not feel tired at all.

"Pemberley is very pretty, sir," said Mrs. Weston. "Before you came we were asking Miss Darcy to take us again for a walk in the garden."

"That's exactly what I'm here for," said Mr. Darcy, with a smile on hearing what she said, "I don't think you mind if I change the place of afternoon tea to be held outside?"