Miss Mary in Pride and Prejudice

However, the Earl of Leicester must have been caught up in something very important. He still didn't come until the end of November, but he often sent letters.

One morning, Mary and Anne went to the hat shop in the town. When they came back, Mrs. Jenkinson told Mary that there was a letter from Paris. Mary hurried into the room, took off her gloves, and hurriedly opened the small envelope , but there was no letter paper in it, only a small thing slipped out of the cover and fell on top of the glove she threw on the sofa-it was a very exquisite necklace, and a boy named Fur sat on the back of a looking back goat. Lek, Flek's outstretched arms and the two long horns of the goat form a letter W. The goat and the boy are both made of gold, and the letter W is inlaid with amethyst.

Mary tossed the delicate little gift over and over, wondering what it meant: "What does it mean? Is it a gift? But there's only a pendant and no necklace, it's so puzzling—but I don't know what it means." Such an expensive gift should be accepted."

Anne advised her gently: "Based on the habits of the British, it is not appropriate. But now we are in France, and it is generally accepted for a gentleman to give gifts to his sweetheart. You can do as the Romans do." Anne studied carefully. He pointed out the store logo engraved on the back of the pendant, and said, "This is the work of the century-old jewelry store in Paris, Mylanrui. This store is famous for its exquisite workmanship and only accepts customization, so the Earl gave you this W of Aries. He has a special intention. We'll just wait and see."

They didn't wait for a long time. Two days later, when Mary was pruning the rose branches outside the window, a little boy in a boat cap hurried over and asked "Miss Bennet" in unproficient English. Mary quickly answered herself. That is, the boy stuffed a small box into Mary's hand, and then ran away in a hurry.Mary put down the branch scissors in her hand, wiped the dirt on her hands on the apron, and opened the box that also had the logo of Melanry Jewelry Store. Inside was still a necklace, but this time it was in the shape of a sad Prince Troy leaning on it. The water bottle poured out fine wine, which was inlaid with black agate. Mary said softly, "It's the letter I." She silently thought about the connection between the two necklaces, only feeling a kind of suspicion that was about to emerge.

Two days later, when the Lisbon pastor came to have afternoon tea, the good-tempered and chubby proprietress in the hotel came to serve the tea herself. When she handed the teacup to Mary with a smile on her face, she winked mischievously at her. Blinking, Mary was puzzled, but then when she raised the teacup to her lips, she saw two identical Pisces necklaces lying on the bottom of the teacup: two mermaids with their tails up, their bodies inlaid with citrine, forming two letters L.

She took the pendant out of the teacup with some embarrassment, and carefully wiped off the tea stains with a handkerchief. Anne read softly: "W, I, L, L, there is no doubt, my dear, that the Earl of Leicester wants to I want to ask you a question," she said jokingly, "I just don't know how many gems he will need to ask this question?"

Pastor Lisbon's smile faded from his eyes. He looked at the proprietress who was carrying the teapot, and said slowly, "It seems that the Earl of Leicester has taken all the available people in this town for his own use." He was right in saying this, and since then, he has been pleasantly surprised.

First, the florist in the town began to send flower baskets to Mary. Not surprisingly, Mary found the small velvet box in the center of the bouquet. Inside was a golden scorpion with letters inlaid with tourmaline on the back of the scorpion. Y.

Then one day at breakfast, Mary opened a croissant in front of her, and found another necklace in the stuffing of the bread: a centaur symbolizing Sagittarius, and the drawn bow was inlaid with turquoise to form the letter O .

Now Mary was sure that the Earl of Leicester must have bought the whole hotel, because when she got up one morning, the box with the logo of the same jewelry store appeared next to her pillow, and inside it was the sheep-headed and fish-tailed Faun Paine. His hands, as if he was lifting his beloved fairy out of the water, his raised arms formed the letter U, which was inlaid with aquamarine.And the only one who can enter her room is the maid in charge of cleaning.

Mary put these pendants in a small jewelry box, arranged them in order, and they formed the beginning of a question: WILLYOU.She lived in happiness and anticipation every day. While Anne was happy for her, she laughed at the earl's naughtiness, but she also praised the novelty and romance of this way of marriage proposal. Mary received another letter, and looked at her with admiration, and her attitude was more and more polite.

Ever since the zodiac necklace appeared in all sorts of unimaginable ways, the Lisbon priest didn't come very often. Even at the Sunday mass for Christians, Anne felt that he looked a little depressed, his ancient Greek gods There was a heart-wrenching sadness on the handsome face, but it was indescribable.He restrained himself from approaching or talking to Mary, but he couldn't stop looking at her. Anne was keenly aware that he walked into the room many times, and subconsciously looked for Mary, but once he saw Mary, he couldn't help but look at her. Immediately avert his eyes and talk kindly to those who need his help.

Anne had some sympathy for this infatuated and reserved young man, but there was nothing she could do.Fortunately, Mary was completely unaware of Mr. Lisbon's feelings. She was completely immersed in the sweetness of love and the happiness of being pursued by her sweetheart, and turned a blind eye to everything else.Until one Sunday, when they went to the private house of the pastor’s friend in Lisbon to go to mass, Mary just opened her worship book, and she let out a slight exclamation, and there was a gold crab pendant in the pages of the book. Claws and crabs form a distinctive letter M with red agate.

Mary's exclamation was not loud, and no one else noticed this episode except Anne who was beside her heard it and smiled knowingly at her.But the Lisbon priest standing on the mass altar could hear clearly and see clearly.The gold pendant hurt his eyes, he closed the missal in his hand heavily, and walked out without looking back.The pastor's gaffe baffled everyone present, because the British expatriates nearby had become very familiar with and loved the young pastor during this period of time, and no one had ever seen him lose his temper or It's impatient.

There was a trace of pity in Annie's eyes, and at the same time she was a little worried. She always felt that what Priest Lisbon was trying to suppress was not only his unrequited love, but also some things that even he himself was trying to suppress. objection and dislike.Anne couldn't tell the reason for this feeling, but she occasionally thought of her cousin Georgiana's impression of the Lisbon priest-"He scares me."

Pastor Lisbon quickly returned to the room. He regained himself, or in other words, he abandoned the secular self and found the divine self. He became the perfect priest again, calm and compassionate.Now he could look down at Mary with a deadpan expression without averting his eyes.

Mary didn't know this, how could she notice that there were other men in this world?She just felt that she was the happiest woman in the world. She was so intoxicated in love that she didn't even seem to be polluted by the dust on the ground when she walked.

I don't know how the Earl of Leicester did it. He hid the next pendant in Mary's custom-made hat and sent it to the hotel.The hatter's clerk delivered the hat-box and left, apparently ignorant of the matter.But when Mary took the millinery hat decorated with blue ribbons and violet flowers out of the hat box, she saw at a glance the necklace of the goddess of spring holding ears of wheat, the green grass on which the goddess stepped and the hand in her hand. Ears of wheat form the letter A, this time inlaid with emeralds and emeralds.Another Virgo pendant has been added to Mary's jewelry box.

Now Mary began privately guessing with Anne what sign the two R's would be, Anne guessing Gemini and Mary guessing Libra, both of whom could only admit to being too unimaginative as to how they would appear.Facts have proved that in this regard, Mary and the earl can be called a tacit understanding.

That evening, Mary and Anne came back from an afternoon walk on the tree-lined road, and met a gypsy woman who was holding a red-billed puffin in her hand, which was a very strange and beautiful bird.The gypsy woman persuaded the two ladies to let her puffin tell their fortunes, and Mary, unable to resist her pestering, had to agree, and she took a shilling from her purse and put it in the woman's hand.So the gypsy woman spread out a handful of playing cards on a large smooth rock, and the funny puffin waddled to the edge of the playing cards, tilted its head and thought for a long time, and then took it out of its red beak. When a card was drawn, it flapped its wings and flew to Mary's hand. Putting the playing card into Mary's palm, Mary was surprised to find that there was a balance printed on the center of the playing card.

The gypsy woman sang an ancient ballad that no one could understand. When Mary and Anne were confused, she quickly put away the playing cards and stuffed the puffin into the bag hanging on her chest. , and then she casually wiped it on Mary's palm, and the playing cards disappeared, and a small velvet box appeared, with the familiar logo still on it.

Mary opened the box, and a Libra pendant shone with golden light, and the two Rs were made of the purest diamonds, shining brightly in the sunset.When Mary came back to her senses, the gypsy woman had disappeared without a trace.

Anne happily admitted her failure, and teased Mary: "Honey, the Earl's courtship has sped up, it's only been a day, or maybe the Maillard Jewelry Store has completed his order ahead of schedule." Walking back, joking, "I can't wait to find out what gem the next letter is in." Mary smiled and answered her in the same tone, "I'd love to know too. Maybe tomorrow morning Well, I guess with luck."

But she didn't have to wait until tomorrow morning. That night, when they were sitting by the fireplace, chatting and sewing, Mrs. Jenkinson suddenly said, "Huh? I'm dazzled. There's something shining on that piece of wood." " She picked up the tongs and flicked in the fireplace, and then she pulled out a glittering golden necklace - the two Gemini brothers were closely connected, holding up a letter Y made of rubies.

Mary picked up the pendant and wiped the ashes on it lovingly with the corner of her shawl. Anne smiled and said, "My God, the Earl really wants to thank Mrs. Jenkinson. If she hadn't discovered it in time, this Y would have been burned to ashes." ——I really don’t know what the Earl thinks, does he think you will add wood to the fireplace yourself?” Mary smiled and said nothing, there was already a choir in her heart singing the wedding march loudly—now she composed The third word: MARRY.

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