Miss Mary in Pride and Prejudice

After the two elder ladies of the Bennet family got married, only the third Miss Mary and the fourth Miss Kitty remained in the family.Among the five sisters, Mary is not beautiful. Although she is the most knowledgeable, she is often ridiculed by her family and neighbors.And because of her pedantic attitude, Mary was always a little uncomfortable with social occasions, and sometimes she would inevitably make a fool of herself, which gradually made her a little afraid of participating in social situations.Because of this, when the younger sister Kitty lived in the house of the two married sisters, hoping to become a high relative, Mary declined the invitation of the two older sisters and insisted on staying at home, reading and playing the piano. for fun.

Speaking of which, Mary may be the most orthodox of the five sisters. She has her own opinions on people and things, but because others don't value her opinions, she seldom expresses them.Now she is the only one left in the family, and no one is as beautiful as her, so her mother can take a good look at this daughter. After observing, Mrs. Bennet came to the conclusion that all her daughters are beautiful. beauty.

This can be heard from the conversation between her and her sister: "I said sister, have you noticed that Mary has become more and more beautiful recently? Although she is not as charming as Jane, nor as lively and lovely as Lizzy, but she Her skin is getting more and more delicate, and when she takes off her glasses, her eyes are very lively, not to mention that she is already slender, but recently she seems to be quite graceful." "Yes, sister, Youdao is a female student Well."

Once Mrs. Bennet had the idea that Mary had become beautiful too, she could not restrain her desire to marry her off.So she often dragged Mary to the ball, but because Mary herself lacked interest in these social activities, she always sat on the sidelines and watched others dance, so she never found a lover.What's more, the social circle around Longbourne is really limited, the militia has been transferred away, and there are really not many unmarried gentlemen to be found.So after Mary's 19th birthday, Mrs. Bennet decided to take Mary to visit her eldest daughter who lived in Derbyshire, and see if she could find a suitable husband for her.

Derbyshire is one of the most scenic areas in the UK. Perhaps it is for this reason that Mr. Bingley bought a property in the center of Derbyshire - Howard Manor. Of course, another important reason is that this place is only a short distance from Pemberley Twenty miles, it is convenient for the two married Miss Bennet to come and go.

It was early summer, and the fields were picturesque.Those green ancient villages and towns stand in valleys, wastelands, riversides, and lakesides, harmoniously blending into the complex and changeable natural environment around them.Castles and churches carry glorious or heavy history, and half-timbered structures and thatched cottages decorated with various flowers such as roses and roses attract the attention of tourists and linger on.Along the way, Mary felt refreshed and less disapproving of the trip.

When they arrived at Jane's house, the mother and daughter were warmly welcomed by Jane and Mr. Bingley. Mary had always liked this gentle and beautiful sister, so naturally she was very happy to meet again.The fly in the ointment is that she finds out that Mr. Bingley's sister, Miss Bingley, is also a guest here.Seeing her treating her mother so perfunctorily, and showing contempt in her speech and behavior, Mary couldn't help being a little annoyed, but she was always a good-tempered person and would not confront her mother like the second sister Elizabeth, so she didn't say a word.Kitty probably couldn't stand living with Miss Bingley either, and went to her uncle's house in London last week.After the requisite pleasantries and courtesies were over, she went to the library to enjoy herself, ignoring Miss Bingley's sneers.

While having dinner, Mary heard good news from the well-informed Mrs. Bennet: Jane was pregnant.She hurriedly congratulated Jane with joy, and immediately after the happy event, she found another good sign: because she was so happy that she was going to be a grandmother, Mrs. Bennet temporarily forgot the important event in Mary's life, and therefore Let Mary suffer a lot less.I only heard Mrs. Bennet expressing her joy incessantly, and imparting her experience of being a mother to Jane, forcing her to eat this way and preventing her from eating that way. Fortunately, both Jane and Mr. Bingley He is a good-natured person, and as a new parent, he can listen to these words, so he had a good conversation with Mrs. Bennet.

Both Mary and Miss Bingley seldom talked. Mary didn't like to talk, and Miss Bingley seemed to be full of thoughts.I saw her frowning and thinking for a while, bowing her head and smiling for a while, completely absent-minded about the conversation on the table.Mary couldn't figure out what was going on with Miss Bingley, so she didn't make wild guesses. She had always kept her own life and didn't mind other people's business.However, before going to bed, the maid who helped her change her clothes still revealed a little news to her.It turned out that Miss Bingley had fallen in love with a gentleman of the neighbourhood, a very rich gentleman, whose income was said to be fifty thousand pounds a year!And a count!

Mary couldn't help laughing when she heard this astonishing news, thinking that it was no wonder that Miss Bingley was so lost. Mr. Darcy had already made her fascinated by Mr. Darcy's property of only ten thousand pounds a year. The count, of course, will make her fascinated.Mary had always looked at wealth and fortune with the detached attitude she read in books, so she didn't pay much attention to the earl who had fifty thousand pounds a year.Her imagination soon painted a portrait of her: a prim, stern, bad-tempered old man, perhaps bald, like Sir William.She could not help feeling some sympathy for Miss Bingley.

In the early morning of the next day, Mary had forgotten Miss Bingley and her earl.The air and sunshine in the morning were fine, and she planned to go for a walk around the house alone.On the north side of Mr. Bingley's estate there was a hillside, where the morning dew shone among the green meadows and mountain plants, and the stream that ran through the valley shone like crystal.What a refreshing view!Mary went as far as the high side of the hill, and looked down upon the fields of blooming heather, and found herself delighted.

Before breakfast, Mary came back just in time, talking about the scenery she saw when she got up early for a walk, she still had a lot to say. She planned to go a little farther another day, climb over the farther hill, and go to find a place to visit.Mr. Bingley enthusiastically encouraged her to do so, and told her: "You know, Mary? Go over that hill, and the scenery you will see will be a hundred times more beautiful than this side! Oh, how I wanted to buy it at the beginning." The estate on the other side of the hill!" Curious Mrs. Bennet quickly asked her dear son-in-law why she didn't do this, "because it is the estate of the Earl of Leicester, named Emerald Valley, and his family already owns nearly 200 lands there. It's been a year, and I will never sell it."

Miss Bingley had been muttering to herself: The only thing this family can do is walk. (Because she remembered that Elizabeth walked several miles to visit the sick Jane, and gradually won Mr. Darcy's heart.) At this moment, she heard what her brother said, and suddenly her eyes lit up, so she said to Mary: " Miss Bennet, it is indeed very interesting and elegant to search for a hidden place, and I am willing to go further with you tomorrow morning." Mary was unwilling to go with Miss Bingley, but she had no reason to refuse, I had to reluctantly agree.

After breakfast the next day, the two young ladies set off early.Panting, they climbed over two small hills, and the Emerald Valley Manor appeared in front of them.On the gentle hillside is a beautiful forest, lush and lush, buttercups and wild swallows are dotted on the lush grass in the forest, and the sun is dancing.The sunlight is divided by the treetops into countless rays that shoot into this silent woods, and the chirping of birds is touching.

Mary stared into the distance, intoxicated by the clear scenery.However, her companion didn't seem to care about that, and just kept urging Mary to hurry.Mary was a little strange, because she was already a little tired, so she wanted to go here and go back after enjoying the beautiful scenery with her heart.But she was easy-going by nature, and she was also curious about the canyon beside the woods in the distance, so she obeyed Miss Bingley's wishes and continued walking along the avenue.

At the lowest point of the hill, the two young ladies saw that the woods had also come to an end. Turning the woods, Mary was astonished. The green water in the valley flows long, the bamboos are towering, the pool water is green and transparent, and the bottom is clear. Several waterfalls are flying in the middle, with shocking waves and green waves. The green water reflects the green forest, and the green trees reflect the stream.Under the breeze blowing in early summer, the surface of the water glows with strange brilliance, and the ripples form various beautiful patterns, which is very charming.The water quality is peculiar and extremely clear, and the pebbles at the bottom of the pool are also clearly identifiable, making the green more vivid and changing.The approximate pool is very deep, so it can store such a strange green.Mary couldn't help but hold her breath, dazzled by the beauty.Miss Bingley whispered in her ear: "That's why this place is called Emerald Valley." Mary understood the origin of the name Emerald Valley Manor, and she couldn't help agreeing that the name couldn't be more appropriate.

So Mary and Miss Bingley circled up along the clear spring water. On the right side of the road is the water, sometimes trickling, sometimes splashing, sometimes clear and quiet. .However, not everyone is fascinated by the beautiful scenery like Mary, and her companion has other concerns, which Mary can't think of.So when Mary was so focused on chasing the flowing water and lingering, she suddenly found that Miss Bingley had disappeared.Mary couldn't help being very anxious, because she was very unfamiliar with this area, and she just turned around in the valley without paying attention to the direction, and she found that she was lost.

And Miss Bingley, who had thoughtfully planned this excursion, would give herself an opportunity and a reason to have personal contact with the owner of Emerald Manor.So, after deftly leaving Mary in the valley, she hurried down the path to the manor's house to seek help: her companion was "lost."It was a seamless plan, and Miss Bingley smiled triumphantly as she hurried on.She figured she would have at least two hours alone with the count before sending out her servants to find Mary and take her to the house, and to tell him in a pitiful and eloquent way all her worries and anxieties. Of course, that man would not stop comforting the sad lady, it was hard to say that he would not be moved by his own tenderness.Then what?After Mary was found, the master would of course send someone to notify his brother immediately, and kindly persuaded the frightened lady to calm down before leaving, so that he could spend half a day with him—it was a wonderful idea. plan of.

Miss Bingley's cunning scheme does not quite work, however, because of an unexpected circumstance: the master is not at the mansion.The butler received her politely, and after listening to her explain the situation, he immediately sent all the servants in the mansion to look for Mary.However, this did not satisfy Miss Bingley anymore, she went into the house to rest for a while, and at the same time asked the butler, where did his master go?The answer I got was: I went to sketch in the valley.

Mary turned around in the valley for a long time, and she became more and more confused. She only felt that she had passed the place she just walked, and it seemed that she might be going around in circles. The small road that I passed, slowly walked along the mountain.At the turn of the mountain road, she accidentally saw a young gentleman sitting on a rock above the stream, holding a sketchbook in his hand, and was concentrating on tracing the scenery.Mary was a little hesitant about whether she should rush to seek help, but the situation obviously gave her no other choice, so she had to muster up the courage and walked over.