[Pride and Prejudice] Rich Lady

It was not until Mr. Darcy's safe return to London from the North of England that Parliament and the Church of England had dealt with the branches of the "Educational Almighty".The efficiency of these noble lords and senior priests is really amazing.

Elizabeth couldn't believe it. This was the case of "sacrificing vacation plans and being loyal to duty" praised by the newspapers.

No wonder some people say that British gentlemen are slow for anything but vacations.

It took another three weeks before the newspapers began to publish and disclose the crisis. In fact, at this time, even the crumbs of the cake after the collapse of the cult had already been divided.The Madman exhibition in Bethlehem was also closed, and more than half a year had passed since Elizabeth's 'tour'.

People in the East End of London are still in fear of yellow fever. Their news seems to be well-informed, but in fact they are extremely closed. What circulates are low-level gossip. news.Really useful information often spreads in the upper class of London for a long time before it is known to the lower class.

For example, this time, the workers who suffered the most from the deliberately spread yellow fever were the densely populated workers in Dongcheng District, but they didn't know that the crazy pharmacist who led the spread of yellow fever had long been sent to prison by the Stoke family ——After the Duchess herself and the Taurus College were attacked, Stoker, who was offended, caught this small wave of fanatics who created chaos and diverted attention before the cult planned to infect the attending physician when His Majesty the King fell ill last year (Note) .It wasn't until the pharmacist who was a fanatic of the "Educational Magnum" was sent to the gallows that the people of London's East End learned from the newspapers that yellow fever had been completely eradicated from London three months ago, not as they heard rumors That has spread to the royal family at Windsor Castle.

The workers were rejoicing and indignant at the same time. They gathered together and said: "Parliamentary democracy has always been boasted in the newspapers, and the right to vote is only available to the upper class who pay high income taxes. The noble house is only for the benefit of a few people." Serving, while ignoring the poverty, suffering and aspirations of the majority (Note ②). Newspapers are the tongues of Parliament, but they would rather publish a full page of lace news about the Prince of Wales than take up a little space to inform that the appeasement is being shrouded in fear of yellow fever. of us."

Educated aspirants among the workers began to gather together with the goal of "getting universal suffrage" to improve the status of workers through political change.Some of them drafted a petition to Congress, but it failed to cause any splashes. The factory owners united, fired several leaders, and temporarily subdued the disgruntled workers.

When Elizabeth read the news in the newspaper, she couldn't help being surprised. It turned out that the "Charter Movement", one of the three famous European labor movements, had already begun to take shape at this time (Note ③).At this time, the drafter of the news satirized the poor people's whimsical and overreaching behavior, but they didn't know how tenacious the fire was, and it almost turned into a prairie fire after decades—Elizabeth was keenly aware that workers Class has begun to make its silent debut on the political scene.

Darcy looked at the newspaper for a long time, couldn't help but glanced sideways, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, the acceptance of people with black blood in the East End of London has been greatly improved, thanks to the person who is 'infected with yellow fever. The black slave maid who never left the sick master'. The Ming people in Kensington also confirmed that the experience of 'that maid' was useful. After the people in the East City eliminated the mosquitoes, many people escaped the fate of being infected, which made' The loyal servant Lakasa' is well-known in the East City. (Note ④)"

His good-natured jokes touted Elizabeth's contribution to yellow fever—the job-seeking advertisement she wrote like a story ran in six or seven different newspapers for a month, and the effect was Obvious:

"The East End of London has become a lot cleaner. People are as grateful to the maids as they are to the high priests of the church who hide from the disease. Not only does the purpose of expanding the number of believers of the Anglican Church not be achieved, but more people are attracted to Protestant evangelicals. , the evangelicals grew in power in the Church of England faction."

Mr. Darcy knew that the lady hated the factional struggle hidden in this incident as much as he did, and he shared with her the news that some radical attempts to go bankrupt by the State Church.

Elizabeth whispered in her heart that not only the idea of ​​the Church of the State Church was shattered, but the political purpose of the parliament was not much better, and the consciousness of the political struggle of the broad working class had already sprouted.In this incident, one of the two controllers did not take advantage but suffered a loss, and the other personally planted the fire for his own decline, which is really gratifying.

Even though she was muttering in her heart, the young lady was still taken off topic. She put down the newspaper and said seriously, "Do you favor evangelicals?"

"The evangelicals have indeed done a lot of good things." Darcy said relaxedly, "Many evangelicals can see the difficulties that exist in reality, and are willing to mobilize people to do more charitable acts. But as long as it is a belief faction, there are always some Stubbornness. What do you think, Miss Elizabeth, that the evangelicals are not your preferred Protestant sect, and that you even allow their preachers into our hospitals."

Elizabeth replied positively: "Havering allowed the pastor to enter because it is a last resort. Some patients need to comfort their souls when they are awake. Many of them actually think that they are entangled by the devil because they are born dirty. An enlightened pastor is better than a doctor. To untie the heavy shackles they have put on themselves. Evangelicals who spread the Gospel are the best we can find who are willing to save and enlighten these sick people."

"However, I really don't like some of the views of the evangelicals." The lady recited like a machine without emotion: "The pastor and the maid hired by the hospital preached that 'the family is the cornerstone of a peaceful and orderly society, and the wife and mother are the core of the family. (Note ⑤)''Spend time every day to make life comfortable for husbands, parents, brothers and sisters; regardless of illness and health, pain and happiness, women must maintain moral chastity; influence society with their noble moral behavior. (Note ⑥ )'..."

In the end, the lady concluded: "I think soon, Havering will have to hire some new maids to take care of the patients. The kind-hearted evangelical pastors will impress them again. The maids we have trained and taught will return to the family. —they are to serve their husbands and children as they would the sick, until they are spoiled in every possible way.”

Mr. Darcy laughed at the young lady's rare meanness, and he quickly comforted her: "This time, we can hire all black slaves--sorry, I don't mean to offend or belittle--I mean, we can hire black women Workers, most of them are more capable than ordinary maids, and they are most suitable for Havering Hospital."

Of course Elizabeth wanted to do the same, and just looking at the assistants she chose, you can understand how fond this lady is of black blood.In her opinion, these black slaves of mixed blood or simply from foreign countries have countless advantages. They are hardworking, loyal and reliable, and they are basically seldom controlled by England's dogma on women. The only thing they need is patient teaching.And Elizabeth is good at grasping the advantages of people, and she can always put them in the right place quickly.Driven by her, the maids and assistants of the Miss Bennets are almost all brown and dark-skinned women, which has become a well-known topic in the local area.

"I'd like to," the lady said with concern, "but people's acceptance of dark skin? I'm worried that some patients and their families will be dissatisfied with this."

"Also, what we need are strong female workers. If all of Havering's black-skinned nurses are strong, will anyone think that the hospital mistreats patients?" Three slender English girls pinched together, standing out in a row, it was a bit scary.

"Don't worry." Mr. Darcy said gently, "Because of your efforts, people's acceptance of black people in London has become much better, and black servants have almost become synonymous with 'loyalty'. Under the shadow of yellow fever, many families in the city are willing to employ them."

The two of them were chatting and discussing things, and they came and went naturally.

Georgiana, who had just finished the fall semester and had two weeks off, sat between Lydia and Mary, watching the conversation under the glass window on the other side, and couldn't help but say: "My brother and Lizzie always have something to say. If I can’t finish it, I’ve never seen him chatting with anyone like this.”

Mary was looking at the accounts of the workshop, she frowned, she was a little puzzled why there were so few orders for such a convenient product, and when she heard Georgiana's words, she answered the truth smoothly: "But it's actually useless, Lizzie still treats him Not close. You must know that it took only half a year for Mr. George to hold Jane's hand, but Mr. Darcy could only say 'we' to Lizzie in Havering Hospital."

Georgiana half-opened her small mouth, not knowing what to say for her brother, in fact, there was nothing that could save his face, Mr. Darcy's clumsy pursuit made the whole Netherfield peaceful--"Can my brother specially write The manuscript is requested to be published in the Times, in order to help Lizzie, but why can't he follow the example of other gentlemen and write some beautiful verses for her?" Georgiana was very puzzled.

Lizzie wrote such a job advertisement in the name of the black maid Lakasha. After reading this advertisement, her brother not only let people know how to stop the transmission of yellow fever, but also unexpectedly improved the public's perception of black slaves. Immediately through channels, the Times added several news items such as "blacks are not infected with yellow fever" and "dark-skinned loyal servants", which really helped Lizzie.Georgiana didn't know anything else, but she knew that the fact that Lizzie's personal maid was a black slave had caused bad comments in Tauris; but after the college was closed and reopened, many ladies were willing to hire a black maid, Lizzie will never be criticized again.

In the eyes of the little girl, one of them is flexible, the other is steady and careful, and they cooperate very well!They are a perfect match, but they just haven't been able to get together yet.

My brother once said that "poetry is the food of love" (Note ⑦), but now he has completely forgotten it!After Georgiana received the suitor's love poem for the first time, she thought that a beautiful and moving sonnet was the key to the lady's heart, just like herself. Although she didn't like the suitor, she was still moved , and my impression of that man is much better.

Sure enough, Lydia also thought of this, and she smiled and said, "Like the love poems you received? God, please forgive Lizzie, I guarantee that she won't be able to accept it. Lizzie is worse than Mr. Darcy Romance, we went to the opera together, the other ladies were crying for the eternal tragedy of love, almost fainted, only she and Mary, the two of them have been analyzing the reason. The final conclusion is that the male protagonist is impulsive and reckless, and the female The protagonist is negligent, they said that the most unbelievable thing is a major event related to love, freedom, life and death. The hero and heroine have not communicated and discussed in advance. Even a message is enough to change the ending-they almost convinced me , Since then, I don't want to go to the theater with them to enjoy the opera, it's torture!"

"What opera?" Georgiana was attracted and asked quickly.

Mary replied flatly: "Romeo and Juliet."

The little girl's tongue-tied appearance amused her friend, Lydia quickly said: "It's nothing, at least it can guarantee that if Mr. Darcy can't succeed, Lizzie won't be easily moved by others."

Miss Darcy blinked and said slowly: "So, someone is indeed pursuing Lizzie?"

Georgiana was sometimes very clever, and Lydia had no choice but to answer her dryly: "It's not really a pursuit, it's just a painter supported by Lizzie, and his mother suffers from madness and is currently being treated at Havering Hospital—" — That gentleman is full of gratitude, so he will naturally get in touch with him more.”

"But Mr. Turner is a shy and uncommunicative gentleman. I don't see that he has any intention of pursuing Lizzie. Lizzie just likes his paintings."

It was fine if Lydia didn't add anything, but the more she explained, the more panicked Georgiana became.shy?The little girl thought of herself, Lizzie was very soft-hearted towards shy and cute creatures...

Sure enough, they were brothers and sisters. On the other side, Mr. Darcy also asked casually: "Is Mrs. Turner okay? I heard that Mr. Turner often visits her. Mrs. Turner has not been sick for a long time. I really hope she can recover as soon as possible." .”

"However, Mr. Turner's style seems to have caused some controversy, and many of his colleagues are attacking him (Note [-]). Although I can't help, but if he wants to appreciate some art collections to improve himself, I will I can recommend him." I hope he can focus on improving his skills and avoid visiting Miss Lizzie.Mr. Darcy again made the mistake of covering himself with pride.

Elizabeth raised her eyes to look at this gentleman carefully, and Mr. Darcy allowed her to look at him calmly, as if he really mentioned it casually.

The lady suddenly laughed, and she said, "Okay."

"England does not yet have a National Gallery, and good works of art are collected in private hands. I will pass your words on to Mr. Turner, and I think he will be very grateful to you."

Mr. Darcy watched her smiling face fascinated, and with the sour feeling came a surge of reckless courage, he lowered his head, looked into her eyes and said softly: "So, dear Miss Lizzie, when will you Allow me to hang your portrait in the gallery at Pemberley?"

The author has something to say: fish overturned, fg overturned, please call fish, sunfish...

Comments in this chapter give 500 small red envelopes, Yuhui will wait until April 4st to use the **system red envelope tool to give them away uniformly, little angels pass by, don’t miss it~

Add 5 words, Sunfish wants to faint, discuss with the little angels, whether to divide it into two days, add 5 tomorrow, and add [-] the day after tomorrow.

In addition, I want to explain that there are at least ten chapters in the outline of the "cult" incident, and I want to deal with this part as a turning point in the relationship between the two.But some are too dark, many cherubs are not used to it, and the fish are cut off.However, Havering Hospital is an important point of succession, and it is an important point to break Li Qi's heart... Well, no spoilers, the turning point is coming soon~

Note: George III suffered from paranoia. In 1801 and 1804, George III had two relapses.George III's attending physician was a doctor named Francis Willis, the boss of a private asylum in Lincolnshire.Treatment consisted mainly of reprimands, intimidation, and tight-fitting straitjackets. ——Encyclopedia George III

Little angels, don't think that a mental patient is a king, and his doctor will be tall. In fact, the treatment of a mad king is extremely miserable.

Note ②: "The honorable court only serves the interests of the few, and ignores the poverty, suffering and aspirations of the majority" - adapted from the second petition of the British Chartist movement to Congress: "The honorable court The current composition is neither elected by the people nor determined by the people. It only serves the interests of the few and ignores the poverty, suffering and aspirations of the majority."

Note ③: The Chartist movement was a labor movement launched by British workers from 1836 to 1848 to obtain their own rights. This movement had a political program - the "People's Charter", so it was named the Chartist movement.

The purpose of Chartist movement was that workers demanded universal suffrage so that they could have a chance to participate in the administration of the country. "The issue of universal suffrage is the issue of rice bowls", and the working class hopes to improve their economic status through political changes.They published their demands in the form of the People's Charter.The British Chartist movement, the Silesian textile workers' uprising in Germany, and the Lyon silk weaving workers' uprising in France were called the three major labor movements in Europe, indicating that the proletariat had entered the stage of history and laid the class foundation for the birth of Marxism. ——Encyclopedia British Chartist Movement

Note ④: In Chapter 89, Elizabeth told a story through a job advertisement, telling people how to prevent yellow fever.She borrowed the identity of Lakasha's black maid, but she did not expect that with the help of Mr. Darcy, the status of the black servant was promoted.

Note ⑤: Evangelicals declare that "the family is the cornerstone of a peaceful and orderly society, and the wife and mother are the core of the family." ——Quoted from "Family and Society: Women's Role Positioning"

Note ⑥: Social moralists in the 19th century emphasized the three most important responsibilities of women: "Spend time every day to make life comfortable for husbands, parents, brothers and sisters; Remain chaste; influence society with your own noble moral behavior." - Quoted from "Family and Society: Women's Role Positioning"

Note ⑦: "Poetry is the food of love" - ​​quoted from Chapter 9 of the first volume of the original book: "I always think that poetry is the food of love." Darcy said.

Note ⑧: In the early years of the 19th century, conservative voices began to charge that Turner's style did not enhance the scenes he painted.Critics who wrote in Pore in 1801 accused its style of being vague and "disguising its indiscretions", and subsequent evaluations of Turner's exhibited works have mainly been based on such slanders.Equally important was the private disapproval of his colleagues, many of whom felt that his painting method lacked integrity. — Wikipedia, William Turner.

Note: In the last sentence of this chapter, the gallery of the manor generally only hangs portraits of family members.Portraits that do not belong to family members will not be hung here as collections, but will be displayed in a separate collection room of the manor, and guests can be invited to visit and comment.