Miss Mary in Pride and Prejudice

Mary was stupefied by the picture drawn by the Earl of Leicester, but she had to admit that if the Earl of Leicester hadn't voluntarily helped her, Jane would most likely have fallen into that situation. Can love last?She was sad to find that she did not dare to judge.

"Do you think money is the guarantee of a happy marriage?" Mary asked suspiciously.

"Of course," the Earl of Leicester replied without hesitation, "I'm not saying that money is the only guarantee of happiness, but money is indeed an indispensable guarantee of happiness. Mary, you have never experienced that kind of poverty." In life, poor and lowly couples are sad about everything, no matter how much affection they have, worrying about bread day after day will only kill the love - I am not talking about it in general, but from the experience I have gained from my childhood life Feelings. People who claim money can't buy happiness just because they're too stupid to deserve it - if my parents were rich they would be the happiest couple in the world, sadly... ..."

It was the first time for Mary to hear such outrageous remarks—openly singing the praises of dirty money. The problem was that she couldn't refute it, because deep down she had to admit that the Earl was right.She could only say weakly: "But not everyone is like this. The life I want to live doesn't need much money support."

But the Earl of Leicester immediately asked sharply: "But will you always be satisfied with staying in one place, guarding a farm forever, and doing the same job forever without getting bored? The function of money is to give you the freedom of choice." , so that you can be the master of your own life, you can enjoy the idyllic life in a country farm, and when you get tired, you can go to the city to participate in the carnival, or go abroad to travel... Mary, when you are wandering When you were in Boen, you were also very happy when Annie invited you to travel to Europe, didn't you? This shows that if conditions permit, your heart is not so content with the status quo. If you don't taste every life , if you don’t have the opportunity to choose a different way of life, if you don’t have the financial resources to travel to every corner you want to visit, how do you know that the life in the log cabin in the Lake District is the anchor of your life’s happiness?”

Mary was speechless, but at this time the Earl of Leicester strategically changed the subject: "However, I still know that what I have done recently is unforgivable, please believe me, it is all because I can't bear to let you suffer , I should have made things more acceptable, I should have let Howard auction as scheduled, and then used more subtle means to slowly restore Mr. Bingley's strength, but I thought that you would endure a lot of pain."

Now Mary is more able to accept this kind of rhetoric, but she still can't let go of Abu: "Is sending Abu as a birthday present to save me from suffering? I have to say, it's just the opposite."

The Earl of Leicester smiled: "That's my selfishness, and it's also because I feel that if you don't take action, you will focus on positioning yourself as an old aunt who can't get married, and spend all your intelligence and talents on taking care of you My sisters’ children. What’s more,” his face darkened, “there are still people who have been watching, so how can I not act first?”

Mary was a little angry at first, but when she saw him rubbing her wrist, she suddenly found an obvious bloodstain on the back of his hand. Although she is not a person who likes to make a fuss, she still couldn't help but put other things behind her: " What's going on here? Are you hurt?"

The Earl of Leicester glanced at his wrist indifferently, and said, "Maybe he bumped into a tree trunk when he came, maybe he bumped someone's nose..." He said this a little strangely, and with These unconcealable pleasures caused Mary to have new questions.

At this time, the Earl of Leicester brought the topic back to the issue she cared about: "My dear, in order to make up for my mistake, I swear to you that I will never be rash again. On the issue of engagement, I will definitely not force you Yours, until you sincerely agree, I will always wait for your judgment." His sweet words are naturally loved by every young woman.

The two of them made an agreement like this, and Mary felt a lot more comfortable in her heart. At this moment, she realized that she was too close to the count, and she could almost hear his heart beating. She was ashamed and embarrassed , hurriedly pushed the earl's chest, wanting to stand away, but the earl grabbed his wrist domineeringly, and his lips and teeth were once again intertwined.

This time, maybe the earl used too much force, or maybe Mary didn't stand still, and they both fell into the grass together. Mary's mind was buzzing, and all the saints in the books she had read were talking to her earnestly. She was preaching on the concept of chastity, but she found it difficult to refuse the man who was pressing on her. The most embarrassing thing for herself was that she wanted to push him away and blame him, but in fact she took the initiative to respond to him , obey him...

By the way, Miss Bingley was not idle that night. After she sent the note to Mary, she went to find all the playful young people in Howard End, and she encouraged them to play a game of hide-and-seek at midnight. Responses were obtained from seven or eight young people including Kitty.Knowing that the girls were all admiring of the Vicar of Lisbon, she told them that the Vicar of Lisbon was also participating in the game, and that if they went to the river at midnight and found his hiding place, they would get a special reward.For the sake of mystery, she didn't say what the reward was, which was enough to whet the appetite of Kitty and others.

In fact, Miss Bingley had not lied to them, and the Vicar Lisbon would indeed appear by the river at midnight, for that was what he and Miss Bingley had planned.Miss Bingley only deceived Mary, because the note she sent to Mary was not from the Earl of Leicester, but was forged by Mr. Lisbon. Their plan was that when Mary came to the appointment, Miss Bingley Show up with a group of people and catch the two people who are dating just right, so in order to protect her reputation, Mary will have to marry Mr. Lisbon.

This is really a perfect plan where everyone gets what they need, but it is a pity that people are not lucky enough. When the Earl of Leicester arrived at the octagonal pavilion ahead of time to wait for Mary, he saw Mr. Lisbon creeping through the garden through the gaps in the bushes. , so driven by curiosity, he followed him all the way to the river, and when he saw Mary coming from a distance, the Earl of Leicester understood Mr. Lisbon's intentions, so he knocked Lisbon unconscious in the grass.Poor Mr. Lisbon, although his brains are not inferior to the Earl of Leicester, he is still a weak scholar in essence, and he is no match for his fists and feet. Mary heard a movement in the grass, but in fact it was the Earl of Leicester. Pour Mr. Lisbon.

Mary would never know whether or not the Earl of Leicester had anticipated Miss Bingley's plot, for he would later spend his life beheading and refusing to admit that he knew beforehand that Miss Bingley would appear by the river with a company of girls, and that it was at his When the two are full of enthusiasm.At least at the time, he acted as surprised as Mary.Miss Bingley led the group of silly girls to the river with silent and light steps. When she saw the two lingering people on the grass in the dim night, she laughed secretly in her heart, in order to achieve the ideal drama. As a result, she deliberately waited until she was close enough before jumping out from behind the bushes with a loud cry, and the ignorant girls behind her also jumped out laughing, thinking they had found Mr. Lisbon.

Then the Earl of Leicester lazily got up from the grass, squinted his eyes and looked at Miss Bingley, and said in a slow tone unique to nobles: "So many people came together to witness this happy moment. I was moved." He pulled Mary up, put her on his arm and announced to everyone: "Perhaps all of you already know that Miss Mary and I will soon become the happiest couple in the world." After the silly girls were amazed, they Clapping hands enthusiastically, the Earl of Leicester bowed with an exaggerated gesture.

He looked at Miss Bingley with a cold smile, which made the sweaty Miss Bingley shiver suddenly. She realized that she was self-defeating and might have offended a person who was very good at holding grudges.

At this point, Mary has no choice but to cooperate with the earl's performance. In fact, no matter who she meets at the riverside at midnight, the best result is to marry that person immediately.This was what had occurred to her when she heard that Mr. Lisbon had been found unconscious in the bushes by the river the next morning.

Mr. Lisbon explained that the reason he went to the river in the middle of the night was to look for apocalypse, but he tripped over a tree root and hit his head on a rock. Everyone expressed deep sympathy for his experience. Mr. Lisbon was lying on the hospital bed. It took him a week to get out of bed, and once he got out of bed, he left Howard Manor immediately regardless of his injuries, and even refused to participate in the upcoming grand wedding. Neither regretted it.

Now that the news spread that Mary became the fiancée of the Earl of Leicester, she immediately felt a lot of pressure, especially when she returned to Longbourne to be married, she was even more congratulated by neighbors from all directions Headache from the noise.Mrs. Bennet is so excited and overjoyed. She has become the wife who is known far and wide as being the best at raising daughters. With such good luck, it should be said that Mrs. Bennet had too much experience to impart in this regard, and she was so busy that she almost suffered from a nervous breakdown again.

On the contrary, Mr. Bennet was quite self-cultivated. When the Earl of Leicester came to his study and asked him to marry his daughter to him, he was very calm. The old man only asked one question: "Mr. Earl, there is a sentence If so, I will only ask this time, and I will never ask again in the future, why is it Mary?"

Earl Leicester replied with a smile: "The answer is very long, I have to spend my whole life to answer it."