[Pride and Prejudice] Rich Lady

Netherfield was vacant again faster than expected. Manager Morris was a little frustrated. He told the neighbors who asked him: "They left in a hurry that day. The lady's carriage didn't even return to the manor, and went directly to the city. I don’t know why, but I guess it’s just that there’s something urgent for the gentlemen to attend to, and perhaps when they come back to Netherfield, the annuity will be increased again.”

Nobody thought much of the Bennets, even if they had just visited Netherfield that morning.

People in the neighborhood, especially those with unmarried daughters, looked forward to Mr. Bingley's return even more earnestly.Everyone discussed that when the masters of Netherfield came back, they must hold a few more public dances, so that he could feel the warmth and friendliness of the neighbors, and hoped that he could settle here for a long time.

But not long after, even the salute was transported to the city by the servants.On the third day after their departure, Master Maurice announced with dismay that Netherfield had once again lost its owner.

It was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day. Such a handsome, young and wealthy gentleman was lost in vain?He hadn't been a son-in-law of any of the Merytons!

Almost all the hostesses regretted it, and even Mrs. Ron, who had no daughter, felt sorry for her two nieces.

Mrs. Bennet was one of them. She sat on the sofa and put her hand on her forehead, pretending that no one could see her rosy and healthy cheeks.Sighing: "Four! Four unmarried young gentlemen! Four amiable gentlemen who took the initiative to visit us, but none of them became my son-in-law!"

"Dear Mr. Bennet, I am in agony! I, my nerves . . . "

The husband is really a headache. He suddenly finds that there are too many jobs. He has to personally take care of the farm affairs, help his daughters look after their property, and be invited by the newly appointed mayor and sheriff to discuss the town. Meryton's Gentlemen's Association couldn't do without him.It was generally thought that among the gentlemen Mr. Bennet, though still young, was sufficiently respectable to be consulted on everything.

Fortunately, no matter how busy Mr. Bennet was, he did not neglect the family. He was a person who remembered his lessons, and he often took time to care about his daughters' thoughts.Although the time spent at home is shorter, the wives and daughters feel him closer. A troubled gentleman sacrifices most of his time for business affairs in his quiet time in his study.

"Well, my dear lady, my old friend is all right. I'm really nervous." Mr. Bennet called his beloved daughter again: "Lizzie, I'll give you the spice bag your mother used. Put some in Dad's bedroom!"

"You bad children, you can't see your father's hard work, but you always prefer your mother!" the father complained.

It made Mrs. Bennet, including Mrs. Bennet, boo and greet Mr. Bennet.

The sunlight shone in the living room, like a picture scroll of the most warm and ordinary.

The ladies were busy painting at first.When Mr. George was there, he helped to order a lot of picture frames. A few days ago, Uncle Gardner borrowed the place in Longbourn to invite craftsmen to work. In order to make the nieces happy, uncle asked craftsmen to carve these picture frames. And painted.The texture of the walnut and fir picture frame itself is quite beautiful, and it is even more textured after being decorated by craftsmen. The ladies feel that these hanging in the formal dining room will not be too simple.

After half a year of teaching, not only Elizabeth, but even the other sisters are also very aware of some high-society stresses.The ladies will not pursue blindly, but are also willing to make the mansion more comfortable: such as hanging portraits on the bare walls of the main dining room.

Mr. Bennet was happy, but he still insisted: "Longbourne doesn't need so much ostentation. In fact, I don't even plan to hang the portraits of your grandfather and great-grandfather on the wall for people to visit."

The daughters urged him to take out the portrait, and Mr. Bennet 'had to' agree.After seeing the portraits of the ancestors, everyone understood why Dad didn't hang them on the wall: it was too old, and the oil paint had a large area of ​​whitening due to improper preservation.

"Longborn has suffered a natural catastrophe - when I was a child, a storm shattered the glass, and all the portraits we had were destroyed, these two are the best of them all." Said the head of the family said.

"How about we make another copy?" Jane asked.

"That's exactly what I mean," said the sisters.

"You can refer to your father for the unclear places. I remember my father said that he looks like his grandfather." Mary suggested.

The only gentleman stayed behind, ready to give himself a little time to rest. He muttered, "All the men in the Bennet family look alike."

After a while, my mother also came up from downstairs, and the family gathered in the living room. Only then did the "stage" for Mrs. Bennet lament her son-in-law and nerves have the little excitement before.

"My dear Mary, your self-portrait doesn't look right." Mrs. Bennet couldn't keep quiet for long. She paced among her daughters and watched them paint on the canvas.

The whole family unanimously decided to paint a portrait for all seven members of the family. Jane and Elizabeth, who were the best painters, would complete the portraits of the parents, while the sisters could complete self-portraits or mutual portraits.Mary said she was going to draw for herself, and everyone let her.

"What's with the messy hair? God, why do you draw yourself so ugly?" exclaimed Mrs. Bennet.

Mary is very calm, "I'm painting what I used to be, and that's how I remember seeing it in the mirror. If I add a hand-held lens, it will be more like a nerd. I'm wondering whether to respect the truth or take it Concave lens plus better?"

Mrs. Bennet doesn't understand concave and convex lenses, she only knows that this picture must not be hung on the wall: "I won't allow it! Do you want the guests to suspect that there is an ugly girl hiding in our house? My dear, you are so beautiful, I want you to draw a new one."

In fact, if you look carefully at the facial features of the person in the painting, it is not much different from the current Mary, but Mary has captured the essence of her original habit of half-lowering her head and expressing her self-confidence. At first glance, the half-colored painting looks like is another person.

"That's just right!" laughed Kitty. "We can draw another pretty Mary of the same size and hang them together. How fun!"

As the second child who was once neglected by her parents, Kitty doesn't have low self-esteem like Mary, she is careless like a boy.During the last month, Elizabeth had discovered that Kitty had an adventurous spirit, and she was willing to try some things that belonged to gentlemen.

For example, Mrs. Bennet caught her astride the saddle, and the angry mother tried to beat her, but she was reluctant to let her go when she was wearing Garzon shorts; Playing with foxhounds, Mr. Guerding, the owner of the Bennet family and Haye Gardens, is not familiar with them. Kitty dares to get close to the hounds, and the hearts of the sisters who ran into them by chance are so frightened. I don't care much.

"We are good friends. Giselle likes me very much and is willing to play with me. I have asked Mr. Goulding to agree." Kitty said at the time.

The two eldest ladies of the Bennet family saw that she liked the bitch so much, and they couldn't bear to blame her too much. They only asked her to promise that she must be accompanied by her sisters and members of the Guerding family to ensure maximum safety before she could be with her. it plays.

In fact, Elizabeth is already planning to ask a friend to find a King Charles spaniel as a birthday surprise for Kitty.This small and medium-sized dog has a gentle and lovely temperament, but also has lively and brave qualities, which is more suitable for the Bennet family.

Kitty's proposal was approved by the whole family, and everyone liked the nifty idea.

Time passed quickly, and Elizabeth was about to leave Longbourn again and return to the girls' school.

Her last vacation at home had been easy and pleasant: the plans were mostly done, and well done.

And the uninvited guests have also disappeared, and it is estimated that they will not appear in her life again. Since she became Elizabeth, this burden on her heart has been removed as soon as she expected-Elizabeth originally thought that she would be in Langley in a few years. Born met Darcy, Bingley and others. Although this incident did not affect her mood, it was like a light at home that was forgotten to be turned off. People at work always remembered it, and it always made people rush home Thoughts of shutting it down.

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Mr. Darcy was angry and worried. He wanted to explain, but found that the lady had a deep prejudice against him and didn't give him a chance at all.

Then, not long after, Elizabeth returned to London and went back to Taurice College.It was Lady Anne's place, and not a goat could enter it except the janitors and Stoke's guards.

Mr. Darcy had to find another way.After thinking about it seriously, he felt that Miss Surprise seemed to be born at odds with Bingley's sister, so he cautiously decided to temporarily conceal his identity, and first communicate with her in the name of "Mr. .

Elizabeth then received a letter from Mr. William, who had made a very good impression on her.This gentleman acted quite thoughtfully. He glued the envelope with blank letter paper and signed it as Miss William, so that Elizabeth couldn't blame him. At this time, correspondence between unmarried men and women is taboo. If someone finds out, it will hurt reputation.

Fortunately, here is Tao Lisi, which lady who has stepped into the social world does not have many suitors?The ladies are tacit, and they act with restraint: no one will open a letter that does not belong to them, and no one is curious about the sender of others.

It would be foolish for any malicious person to try to discredit or intimidate Miss Doris by sending her an open letter to her: the lady had left her family to go to a boarding school alone, but here they never Not alone, Doris shelters her students more than some families themselves.

Because of the signature, and the addressee "Lizzie," the letter sat in a drawer in the common room for a long time, until Lola found it when she was rummaging through her own letters.Fortunately, the population of Taolis is small, and there is no second Elizabeth or Miss Lizzie. This letter was brought to Elizabeth by Laura half a month later.

It is a pleasant thing to read Mr. William's letters. His writing style is very similar to his own, rigorous and elegant, yet humorous and interesting.It's just that there was a sentence without beginning and end that made Elizabeth puzzled.

"Some ladies, like you, often sincerely misunderstand other people's flaws. But I can't explain it well."

The author has something to say: In the last chapter, it was said that Miss Bingley was cheated by Mr. Darcy, because the incident was entirely due to Mr. Darcy's two long, uncontrollable legs.Miss Bingley's bad words would not have been caught by the parties if they had not gone to Longbourne.

There are causes and effects, so it is only natural that Mr. Darcy was tricked back by Miss Bingley.He was angered by Elizabeth, and the lady refused to have any further contact with him.So poor Mr. Darcy, hesitating again and again, unable to resist his own will, wrote to Miss.

Perhaps one day, what can Mr. Darcy's love letter look like?

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