Miss Mary in Pride and Prejudice

Having obtained Mr. Bennet's consent, the Earl of Leicester now began to discuss the details of the wedding with Mary.According to Mary's idea, she could marry Miss Darcy at the same time, in the chapel at Pemberley, with joy and harmony.But the Earl of Leicester didn't think so at all. He thought it was the most important event in his and Mary's lives. Only a large auditorium can hold all the relatives and friends, and the person who presides over the wedding must not be Mary’s cousin, Mr. Collins, but the Archbishop of Canterbury. The earl even suggested that the priest of Lisbon should be the master of ceremonies for the wedding. , because he was originally the archbishop's personal assistant.

The Earl of Leicester had prepared such eloquent reasons, and only waited for Mary to persuade her when she made an objection. Unexpectedly, Mary agreed after only ten seconds of consideration, and then continued to work on her needlework with her head bowed. This made the Earl of Leicester uneasy, because when he was by the river that day, he just promised that as long as Mary did not make up his mind, he would not bring it up again. Immediately, there was an episode of Miss Bingley, and the marriage was a matter of course. It's settled.It was a matter of course at that time, but afterwards the earl inevitably felt guilty. He was worried that although Mary's temperament was kept silent, he was unhappy in his heart, thinking that it was his plan in advance.So he often tried to test his words and feelings, but Mary stopped looking into the past at all, and focused on being a bride, and she didn't make her own decisions in everything, but only obeyed his arrangements.

Soon after, the earl set off for London, where he would arrange all the details of his wedding, send people to Paris to purchase the most fashionable wedding dresses and gowns, and renovate Leicester Castle to prepare for the hostess ...Although Mary once expressed that there is no need to spend so much money, seeing his enthusiasm, she also enjoys it.

In fact Mary was now beginning to discover the advantages of being a countess.The most affordable point is that when the neighbors of Longbourne come to visit, she no longer has to sit upright and accompany the whole process as before, and she also has to serve tea and water and go along with the greetings from time to time, because all these ladies and her mother Banner None of the topics Mrs. Te talked about interested her in the slightest. They were either trivial or banal.

Mrs. Bennet no longer dared to order Mary to come here or there at will. As long as the guests came in, Mary could have the face to come downstairs for 5 minutes. It was a great honor for both Mrs. Bennet and the guests. Well, if she can exchange a few homely words with the guests, it will be enough to make people like Mrs. Lucas and Mrs. Long feel flattered and proud, so soon Mary will have a good reputation in the surrounding area not to be proud of her wealth, Everyone praised her for being airless, amiable and respectable.

Kitty was the happiest. She returned to Longbourn with Mary, because she was going to be Mary's maid of honor with Miss Darcy, and shortly after the Earl left, jewels, jewelry, cloth, and clothes came from London in a steady stream. , and all kinds of cute accessories, such as handbags, hair bands, hats, gloves, shoes, etc., all of which are so exquisite that Kitty can't put it down.Although most of them were for Mary, several sets of bridesmaid dresses and jewelry were also sent, and Kitty danced around the house every day, arranging all kinds of dresses and hats all over the room. , and pulled everyone in the family to appreciate the effect of her try-on.Whenever the earl's messenger rode into the village, she was always the first to go to the door to meet him and see what good things had been brought.Of course, Mrs. Bennet is as interested as her daughter. Poor Mr. Bennet has been clean for two years, but he was so noisy that he couldn’t even read the book anymore. He finally couldn’t help stretching his head out of the study to warn Ji Dee said: "It was so noisy, and when everyone went to London, she was locked in the house alone, and she was not allowed to go anywhere, so Kitty calmed down a little.

Mary didn't care much about Kitty's joy. Although it was her own wedding, she behaved very indifferently. She sat there quietly embroidering a handkerchief, which was her wedding present to the Count, saying: To be honest, compared with the expensive and gorgeous jewelry and costumes that the earl gave her, she herself felt that this gift was a bit humble, but she really didn't have any valuable things, even if she asked her parents for some money, it was hard for Mary to think about it. Finding suitable items to match the earl, she finally decided that courtesy should be light and affectionate, and it would be better to embroider a handkerchief for him herself than nothing.

The family crest of the Leicester family is very complicated. It is a shield with three crossed swords, a circle of laurel leaves around it, and a crouching cheetah under the shield.This emblem can be seen everywhere on the Earl of Leicester's personal items, carriages and servants' uniforms, but Mary is not proficient in embroidery. There was also such a cheetah on the handle of the cane, which Mary thought would be easier to embroider.

However, when she really started to embroider, she found that animals are the most difficult to embroider, especially the cheetah's figure and eyes are even more difficult to express with one stitch. It became a bunch of grapes, green leaves, purple grapes, and two swirling grape vines, reminding Mary of an old event in the vineyard in the past.Mary is very satisfied with her work, and she has been embroidering vigorously recently. Although Mrs. Bennet often complained that she embroidered a bunch of grapes as a gift to the earl, it was not in line with the earl's status, but Mary insisted on going her own way and resolutely declined her mother's desire to help. Kindness to embroider two stitches.

The day of the wedding is getting closer, and the jewels Mary received are also full of two jewelry boxes. She has finally opened her eyes when she grows so big. It turns out that it is really not a legend that those noble ladies change their clothes and jewelry without repeating every day .But even though she was mentally prepared, she was still stunned by the bride's wedding dress that was delivered later.The material of the dress is made of a kind of silk that has never been seen before. According to the famous tailor in Paris, it is an imported product from India. The price per ounce is equal to that of gold. It is light, soft, thick and dense. The faint luster flashes different starbursts with the change of light.Thousands of pearls the size of rice grains were densely dotted on the wide skirt. When Mary was trying on the dress in front of the mirror, Mrs. Bennet and Kitty next to her kept gasping, and Mrs. Bennet burst into tears of joy. , and Kitty repeatedly asked Mary to lend her the gown when she herself married.

The thin and tall French tailor couldn't understand the women's words, but he could guess the meaning. When Mary put on the dress and arranged it without any blemishes, the French tailor asked his young assistant to hold her. A long slender box, she opened it inscrutably, and shook out a veil, and Kitty screamed: "Oh, the bride's veil, my God, what a beautiful veil, I never had in my life." seen..."

Mrs. Bennet echoed, "Yes, baby, so soft, like a mist, what are those shiny things, oh, diamonds! Countless diamonds! Baby, I'm going to pass out... Smelling salts... my smelling salts..."

So there was a little commotion, as often happens at the Bennets, and before long the smelling salts were brought in, and Mrs. Bennet came to her senses and went on talking about Mary's veil: "It's beautiful, darling, You just wear it like this, let me take a closer look, oh, the face of the bride is faintly visible, hazy, and the design is too thoughtful. When I got married, I had to pull the veil back, otherwise I would see I don't know the way in front of me, and my father is dragging me to go too fast..."

Kitty also said: "Yeah, I've been to so many weddings... well, not too many, but Elizabeth and Jane don't have such pretty veils... Oh, Mary, when I get married, please Lend me this veil, and I shall be sure to dazzle my dear Andrew."

Considering that neither the tailor nor her assistant spoke English, and certainly could not understand the unseemly ramblings of her mother and sister, Mary did not try to stop them, but she was relieved that Kitty, after her recent turn of events, seeing her sisters marry richer than the other, did not refer to her "dear Andrew" for a long time, and Mary feared that she would ruin the old Her marriage contract was ridiculed by others, but now it seems that she has not moved on, so she agreed to her request.

However, when she stared at herself in the mirror, she couldn't help being a little stunned: Is that the original Mary?So noble and elegant, so refined, so beautiful...

The French tailor quipped: "Brides are the most beautiful women, and especially a bride with this gown and veil - worth planning a robbery for it."

Mary also smiled and said, "Yes, and I guess the one who was snatched must not be the bride." Fortunately, they spoke French, and Mrs. Bennet couldn't understand a word, otherwise she would be the first to jump out and object , because now Mary was her favorite daughter, like no one else.

On the first weekend of autumn, the Earl of Leicester came to Longbourne again. This time he was ready to pick up his fiancée for a grand wedding in London.All the relatives and friends have gathered in London. As one of the bridesmaids, Miss Darcy joked when she met Mary: "Dear Mary, I was going to ask you to be my bridesmaid, but you gave Take the lead."