[Arrogance + Reason] From a poor girl to a rich girl

Covering her eyes with a towel, she listened to Mary's gossip after she fell asleep crying.

Colonel Brandon's clothes were soaked by Miss Bennet's tears, so he had to ask the servant to go home and get the clothes and change them.Then this restless gentleman stayed in the study with Father Bennet all the time, and every once in a while he would ask the servant to come up to ask if Jane was awake, and now the two gentlemen probably knew it.

Jane was so exhausted that she didn't even have the strength to moan. She listened to Mary's statement silently and turned a deaf ear to her teasing and questioning.

In the end, Jane was forced to have no choice but to say impatiently to her sister: "It's nothing, I just want to cry. I haven't cried in so many years, so crying for a long time is not a big deal. Stop talking nonsense. I'll listen to you." I have a headache after hearing this, and I'm crying so hard now, I'll talk to you when I get better.

Jane had never spoken to her sister in such a tone before, and Mary was a little scared and did not dare to continue asking.The bedroom was finally quiet.

Soon there was a message from the maid, and Mr. Bennet asked Jane to go downstairs.

Jane was exhausted to death, and she had no patience to solve the oolong she had made.Let Mary tell Dad that she is too tired to get up, and let them get up by themselves if they have something to do.

The two gentlemen came upstairs soon, looking at Jane whose eyes were swollen into walnuts, they were very nervous, and hurriedly asked about her physical condition.Jane was tired and annoyed, so she could only suppress her temper and tell them that she probably cried too hard, her limbs were weak, and she couldn't get out of bed, so she didn't need to ask the doctor to torment her, she just slept and it would be fine.

The two gentlemen were still a little worried, but seeing that she really didn't have the strength to answer, they could only leave in anxiety.

Soon, the food was delivered downstairs, and with the help of the maid, Jane managed to drink half a bowl of porridge, a few mouthfuls of salad and a little chicken chop.After eating, she finally got a little energetic, and then she remembered the poor colonel, wondering if she had frightened him.The maid told her that the gentleman was eating his meal downstairs.Jane asked the maid to call him up after he had finished eating.But within a few minutes after the maid went down, the colonel walked in anxiously.

Jane was applying a cold towel to her eyes again when suddenly someone grabbed her hand and pressed it to her face.

"Chris!" Jane called listlessly.

"I'm here." The colonel took her hand and kissed it.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." Jane said sullenly.

"I know." The colonel replied calmly.

For a while, neither of them spoke.

"Are you still angry with me? I'm sorry!" The more Jane thought about it, the more guilty she felt, but now she didn't have the strength to stand up and apologize. If it wasn't for the maid just now, she wouldn't even be able to eat.

"It's all right, Jane, you know, I'll never be mad at you." The colonel's voice didn't fluctuate.But Jane felt flustered when she heard it.

"Chris!"

"what happened?"

"Chris!"

"what happened?"

"I just want to call you by your name." Could it be that she didn't know what to say at all.

"Then call." The colonel's voice finally warmed up.

"Chris, Chris, Chris..."

"I'm, uh, uh..."

"Chris, I can't move, can you hug me?" Jane struggled to sit up, but failed.

"it is good."

The colonel gently picked Jane up and put two pillows behind her.Jane put her arms around his neck, not letting him go.He also put his arms around Jane, and the two bodies were pressed tightly together.

The two hugged each other for a while, and the colonel reached out to remove the towel from Jane's eyes.

"Oh, don't move, Chris, there is only a slit left in my eye. It's too ugly." After Jane finished speaking weakly, the colonel had already put the towel on the small table at the head of the bed.

Jane thrust her head into the colonel's arms.The colonel chuckled a few times, pulled Jane out of his arms, and kissed her forehead, swollen eyes, cheeks, and finally her lips gently.The colonel's kiss was light and soft, like kissing a fragile treasure.After receiving Jane's response, his kiss became stronger and stronger, and his arms holding Jane became tighter and tighter.Slowly he began to kiss Jane's neck, ears, and one hand began to move around her body.

Jane was neither able to resist nor had the heart to resist, she was immersed in this passion until she moaned, the colonel seemed to be awakened suddenly, stopped his movements, withdrew his hand, and held her tightly in his arms again.

After a while, he said sullenly, "I'm sorry, dear."

"It's okay." Jane was silent for a while, and then said: "Chris,... I love you."

The colonel pushed her hand harder, almost wanting to rub her into his body and make the two become one.After waiting for a while, he said, "I love you too."

This time, his kiss gently landed on the top of her head, temples, and forehead, devoutly focused, without a hint of lust.The colonel kissed for a while before stopping, reluctant to let go of her.Let her lean on the pillow, help her arrange her dress, and then cover her with a quilt.Then he took Jane's hand, stuck it to his mouth, and kissed gently one after another.

The colonel looked at Jane tenderly, but Jane slowly woke up from the passion.Thinking of her red and swollen eyes that could hardly be opened, she felt embarrassed for a while.Do you want to close your eyes?Does he think I don't want to see him.

After being ruthless, the smug psychology still prevailed. Jane closed her eyes and leaned on the pillow.But even if she closed her eyes, she didn't want the colonel to look at her swollen eyeballs.Well, we can only use beauty tricks.Jane reached out to caress the colonel's face, gropingly put her arms around his neck, pulled him to her, let him lean on the pillow, and Jane buried her head in the colonel's chest.

The colonel patted Jane on the back lightly, as if coaxing a child.

Neither of them spoke, and Jane inexplicably felt the colonel's hesitation and nervousness.

One person at a time, after thinking about it, she asked, "Chris, does what you said this morning count?"

The colonel stopped his hand for a moment, and then said, "Of course it counts."

"Then say it again."

The colonel stopped his hands, sat up straight, and then wanted to help her sit up too, but Jane covered her eyes with her hands and refused to look up. The colonel laughed a few times, and put her in his arms instead.

Jane put her head on the Colonel's chest, listening to him say: "I, Chris Brandon, beg you, Miss Jane Bennet to marry me, I promise, I will love you, respect you, take care of you, and be loyal to you in this life. You, until the end of my life.

Jane was silent for a while, and asked, "Where's the ring?"

The colonel did not speak, his chest trembled slightly, and Jane did not hear the sound, but thought he was laughing.Couldn't help feeling a little depressed.How did you make such a good marriage proposal? Is there anyone else in the world who failed like her?

The colonel helped the girl up with one hand, while groping around himself with the other hand, he took out a velvet box, opened it and handed it to Jane.

With the help of dim candlelight, Jane saw the proposal ring clearly for the first time. In modern popular terms, it is a pigeon egg with a smooth polished red oval surface surrounded by a circle of not-small-sized diamonds. Well, it should be no less than 15 carats, probably more.

After having money, Jane also bought herself two sets of nice jewelry, one with diamonds and the other with sapphire and diamonds.With the mentality of her poor and accustomed dick, when buying jewelry, she must also buy ones that are valuable for collection and can appreciate in value, so they should be larger.In the sapphire set, there is a 14-carat ring with a rectangular ring face and two rings of small diamonds.She usually keeps it in the safe of the bank, and sometimes she takes it out and wears it when she goes to the ball at the homes of noble bankers.

This engagement ring was a circle larger than hers, and the ring was fuller.Seeing this ring, I'm afraid women will agree if they don't listen to the marriage proposal. No wonder so many women like to marry wealthy families.The charm of pigeon eggs.

At this moment, the rich girl who always buys flowers for herself is deeply excited, well, the ones she bought are still different from the ones sent by others.Is this the psychology of female-□□ taking advantage of small things?

This time Miss Jane stretched out her hand without any restraint.

The colonel looked at the white and tender little hand stretched out in front of him, smiled softly, and put the ring on it.

Miss Jane played with this ring for a long time in front of her new fiancé, and even sighed twice, it is so beautiful.Although the style of the ring is simple, there are simple hollow heart-shaped patterns on both sides, and it is also inlaid with very small diamonds, which is very delicate.

Seeing that Jane loved the ring so much, the colonel didn't think it was a philistine at all, but he thought his girl was straightforward and cute.Perhaps this is beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Jane had played with the ring enough, and asked the colonel: "Should I also order a ring for you, what kind of ring do you like?"

The colonel didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "No need, my dear."

"But I remember Liz choosing a ring for Darcy." Jane wondered.She is not familiar with these marriage customs, although she has married a younger sister.But at that time, I just found out that I couldn't go home, I was depressed, and I didn't care much about many things.

"That's a wedding ring, can't you wait to marry me." The colonel laughed.

"I hate it, I don't." Jane wanted to stare at the colonel, but found that this action was really difficult for her eyes, so she covered her face and threw herself into the colonel's arms.

The colonel hugged Jane and laughed for a long time.Then he kissed her again and again.Both of them fell on the bed, hugged each other, said some love words for a while, and kissed each other when they were emotional, until a servant knocked on the door and said that Mr. Bennet invited Colonel Brandon.

At this time, the colonel realized that he had been staying in Jane's boudoir for more than an hour.Thinking that it was not easy for Mr. Bennet to endure until now, the colonel hurried up, tidying up Jane first, and then tidying up his appearance.He kissed Jane's forehead, promised to come to see her early tomorrow morning, let her have a good rest, and then prepared to leave.

Jane gently took the colonel's hand, and then said seriously: "Wait a minute, Chris, I have something to tell you."

The colonel sat next to the bed again, looking intently at her little fiancee.

Jane cleared her throat, and then said: "I, Jane Bennet, hereby promise to you, Mr. Chris Brandon, that I will love you, respect you, trust you, and be loyal to you, in this life, you If you don't leave, I won't give up!"

The author has something to say: I originally wanted to write the marriage proposal in a warm and affectionate way, but when I was moved, it became an oolong. I just found out that a grandpa passed away, and there are things going on today and tomorrow, so I don’t necessarily need to change it.

☆, to marry or not to marry

Soon the news spread that Jane accepted the proposal, because the dress was ordered, so the engagement ceremony was postponed three weeks later.

As for the date of marriage, Jane, who woke up after a nap, began to hesitate, well, older leftover women are generally a little bit afraid of marriage, let alone her very old age.Under the instigation of her sisters, under the pleading eyes of her fiancé, Miss Jian finally nodded and agreed to set the wedding date in June.Liz also specially told her, as someone who has been there, which places are worth visiting on a honeymoon.

Within two days, Mrs. Bennet came to London with her two young daughters, and the Bennet House on Park Street suddenly jumped from the quiet and peaceful spring to the noisy and lively summer.Several women make clothes every day, make jewelry, and purchase some items for engagement and wedding.Even custom-made wedding dresses and wedding rings are also on the agenda.

After Jane chose the wedding dress, she asked the colonel for some scraps left over from the ruby ​​used to make the engagement ring, and ordered a pair of wedding rings for the two. A heart-shaped ruby ​​the size of a grain of rice.As for the love language, she was ready to engrave it after thinking about it.

On this day, Jane went to try on the engagement dress, and the colonel was going to go with him, but John had something to do with him the evening before, and early in the morning he brought a message saying that the matter was not finished and he could not go with him.Jane went down Bond Street accompanied by Mary and Lydia.After trying on the dresses and making some suggestions for revisions, the three sisters drove home together.

The Bennet girls loved pastries from a shop in Bond Street, and they decided to stop by and buy some.Because it was raining lightly, several girls sat in the carriage and ordered the servants to enter the store to buy.

Jane leaned listlessly on the cushion, and slept on rainy days. After being in England for so long, even though it often rained, she still couldn't change the habit of being sleepy on cloudy and rainy days.

"Jane, Mary, look, isn't that Colonel Brandon?" cried Lydia.

Jane sat up and looked where Lydia pointed.Although the rain is not heavy, it somewhat affects the line of sight.On the opposite side of the road, two to thirty meters away from Bennet's carriage, stood a tall man wearing a black cloak, holding a girl across his arms, as if he was anxiously waiting for something.Soon, a rental carriage stopped in front of them, and with the help of the servant, the man got into the carriage with the girl and left.

The distance is not far, and Jane can naturally recognize that it is Colonel Brandon.What did John want from him?How could he hold a girl.The servant seems to have mentioned that he is helping to find someone. Who is that girl?

Jane was still puzzled, and the careful Mary answered what she was thinking: "It seems to be that Marianne from the Dashwood family again, won't she faint again? She is so weak!" Mary pouted, her voice It's all sarcasm.

"How did you recognize it?" Jane asked.

"I guessed based on her hair color, haven't you noticed?"

Jane's attention was all on the colonel, and she didn't look at the woman carefully at all.Well, she just thought that the colonel was helping John to find someone, so why did she have something to do with Marianne again, and when Dashwood was mentioned, Jane felt a little annoyed.She was just a little surprised at first, but now it has turned into deep suspicion and suspicion.

Jane tried her best to suppress the dark thoughts in her heart, and decided to listen to what the colonel had to say first.

Soon Jane knew the answer. That afternoon, the Colonel came to Bennet's house to visit and apologize for today's missed appointment.Jane secretly laughed at her fiancé's rigidity while secretly looking at him.The colonel looked haggard, blue-eyed, and looked tired.After hesitating for a moment, Jane still asked why.

It turned out that Eleanor went to Dashwood's house yesterday, while Miss Marianne stayed at Jennings' house on the pretext of feeling unwell.In the afternoon Marianne got a letter and went out without greeting anyone.Recently, Mrs. Jennings has been very dissatisfied with the girls of the Dashwood family. This attitude of the master has somewhat affected the servants, so some slights are inevitable.

It was not until dinner that Eleanor came back and found that her sister was not at home and had disappeared.Mrs. Jennings was terrified and asked her son-in-law to help find it, and John asked the colonel for help.The two of them searched with their servants all night, but they couldn't find the girl.

Later, the colonel remembered Mr. Edwards and went to him for help. Mr. Edwards was not at home, but the colonel still learned about Willoughby's residence in Bond Street from his servant.He chased down Bond Street and found the girl.And Mr. Willoughby was not there.

Miss Marianne cried out that Willoughby had written to her yesterday, saying that he was going to marry a girl from other provinces, and that it would be inconvenient to continue correspondence.Excited, Marianne ran to Willoughby's rented house in Bond Street.

But what Marianne doesn't know is that Mr. Willoughby has recently moved in with his fiancée.She waited at Willoughby's house for a long time, and it was not until evening that she met Mr. Willoughby who came back to fetch things.There was a quarrel between the two, and Miss Marianne fainted after crying and screaming, and it was already dawn when she woke up.It is said that when the merciless Mr. Willoughby saw her faint, he had her carried into the bedroom by his servants, and then left.

Fortunately, nothing irreversible happened.

After Marianne woke up, she regained some sense. She remembered that she didn't go home last night, and she was worried and afraid. She went out early in the morning for a long time, but she still didn't dare to go back to Jennings' house.She went back to Willoughby's lodgings, of course, with the hope of seeing Mr. Willoughby again, and explaining the matter more or less.

As a result, the colonel came to the door.The colonel listened to Marianne crying for a long time, and repeatedly persuaded her to agree to go home.The lady fainted again when she went downstairs.The Colonel sent her to the Jennings's, had lunch there, and then came to the Bennets to apologize.

Jane secretly lamented Miss Marianne's luck, a bastard like Willoughby didn't take advantage of her, maybe this is true love?Of course, it is also possible that the gentleman left the girl in a hurry because he was afraid that his new fiancée would find out that he had a relationship with Marianne.But Willoughby is getting married again, and it seems that Edwards' golden signature is sealed, and now she has no interest in making trouble for this gentleman, so let him do as she pleases.But next time you see Edwards, you can laugh at him. After all, there are not many such opportunities.

Seeing the tired and honest lover, Jane comforted him and told him to go back and rest quickly.

Although Jane has always disliked Dashwood and does not want the colonel to have contact with them, she is not a colonel if she does not help when encountering such a thing.The man of the Great Father is certainly annoying, but he is too cold and frightening.

Jane thought that this was the end of the matter, but who knows that the development of things is often unsatisfactory.

Then Jane heard that Miss Marianne had caught a cold from the rain, and was probably still depressed, and was getting worse.Mrs. Jennings had to ask John to send for Mrs. Dashwood to London.Perhaps it was the news of her mother's coming that encouraged Miss Marianne, and she gradually recovered.

A week later, Mr. Edwards, who had gone out, came back with even more exciting news.The handsome man looks haggard and gloomy, and he doesn't know what happened in the past period of time.He quickly turned to the topic. Mr. Willoughby did almost marry a lady from Scotland with a dowry of 3 pounds, but the marriage was now in vain.

Mr. Edwards, who has always been smooth sailing, almost missed this time.The object turned out to be Willoughby, a wood turtle that he didn't pay much attention to at all, and even the matter was not a big deal, in his opinion, it was just a prank after dinner.There can be mistakes in this, how can he, a gold broker, go out to meet people.Of course, this has something to do with the fact that he's been busy recently and has sent all his subordinates out.

Mr. Edwards, disinclined to bother Mr. Willoughby any longer, took great pains to find out the reasons for his marriage.It turned out that both of the young lady's parents died, and she was guarded by a couple, who were her elders from afar, but now she is pregnant, and the child belongs to her male guardian.That's why she came to London, hoping to find a cheap father for her child as soon as possible.

Mr. Edwards disclosed the matter to her guardian, whose son had died young and had only one daughter, but her natal family was a common surname in Scotland, and she was quite powerful, and she was right at home.She had a generous dowry, and she had never coveted the property of the ward, but in the end she was coveted by her husband.Moreover, such a thing is a big scandal. I heard that this lady was sent back to Scotland overnight.

Jane felt a little unbelievable that it would be better to marry out, and she suspected that Mr. Edwards had threatened others.But this gentleman was always talking about him, and she didn't bother to bother, so she ended her business with Mr. Willoughby and prepared to settle the bill.Mr. Edwards took a symbolic 200 pounds and left.

My God, iron roosters don't love money anymore!Probably because he was pissed off by Weilebi, thank you Mr. Xiaoqiang who can't be beaten to death.It was just a recollection, Jane thought again, could it be that Marianne recovered because she knew Willoughby would not be married?

Before Jane could confirm the matter, she learned another sad news.Miss Lucy has been driven out of her home by Mrs. Dashwood Jr., sister of Mr. Edward Ferratz.Jane thought of her joy and shyness when she was invited to be a guest, and sighed to herself that there was no good bird in the Ferraz family.

Because of knowing the plot, and because of the name Lucy, Jane still has a good impression of this unfortunate lady, even though she is uneducated and snobbish, which does not meet Jane's criteria for choosing friends at all.Later, in the activity of Tucao Dashwood, Sisters Steele and Sister Bennet formed a profound revolutionary friendship.Now even if Jane doesn't want to see Dashwood anymore, she still has to go.

Jane leaves Katie and Lydia at home, and brings Mary and Colonel Brandon to the Jennings home.Miss Lucy was shocked, ashamed and angry, and kept lying in bed.Mrs. Jennings led the two girls to Lucy's bedroom.Colonel Brandon couldn't go upstairs, so he waited in the living room.Several people talked for a while, and Jane had to send the engagement invitation again. After all, the engagement banquet will be in three days. Although the time is not suitable, it is not good to just send it to Mrs. Jennings.

The sisters then went down to the second floor with Mrs. Jennings.As soon as they entered the living room, they saw that Sister Dashwood was also there.Miss Dashwood stood aside, and Miss Marianne sat in a chair.But Jane didn't pay attention to these, she only saw Marianne was holding the colonel's hands, her whole face buried in the colonel's hands and weeping.The colonel stood by the armchair and looked at her with complicated expressions. There were sympathy and pity in his eyes, and there were some emotions that Jane couldn't tell, maybe it was nostalgia, or pain, or maybe struggle.

Miss Dashwood greeted them with embarrassment, but Jane, Mary, and Mrs. Jennings looked sour, and no one spoke.The colonel also came back to his senses, he quickly took his hand out of Miss Marianne's hand, and looked anxiously at Jane, his eyes were full of anxiety, and his expression was a bit embarrassed.But Jane didn't look at him as usual, but turned her eyes away.The colonel stepped forward and said, "Jane...".He seemed to want to explain something, but looked at the two people next to him, but couldn't continue.

Miss Marianne looked confused, completely unaware of what happened.When she raised her head, Jane found that her face was full of tears, her face was pale and haggard, her whole body was thin and out of shape, and her eyes became bigger and bigger.Seeing Marian, who was usually healthy and lively, become like this, Jane didn't feel gloating at all. What could she say to such a person?Why didn't you take a good rest when you were sick, instead you ran out and dragged my fiancé to cry?

Several people stood in the room in a daze, without making a sound for a while.

Miss Dashwood was the first to break the silence. She explained anxiously: "Marian wanted to thank Colonel Brandon, so I accompanied her here." A little excited."

Jane didn't speak, but Mary snorted coldly and said, "Thank you, why are you holding the man's hand?

"Miss Mary, please be more polite." Eleanor's voice was full of excitement.

"You all know that Jane is going to be engaged to Colonel Brandon. Why, Willoughby doesn't want her, so she came to seduce his fiancé?" Mary said angrily.

"Miss Mary, how can you say such a thing, I can't believe it, this is the upbringing of the Bennet family!"

Several other people in the room were dumbfounded as Eleanor and Mary exchanged words.Hearing Eleanor's words, Jane actually vaguely remembered the last quarrel, and Miss Dashwood finally took her revenge.

"The upbringing of the Bennet family is naturally no better than that of the Dashwood family. Our parents only taught us how to be a decent girl, and of course not like you and your sister."

"What do you mean!" Eleanor said angrily.

"It's nothing interesting. You have seduced Miss Lucy's fiancé, Mr. Ferraz, and now you have ordered your sister to seduce my sister's fiancé. The Dashwood family is such a good tutor!" Mary's voice was full of sarcasm .

Eleanor's face was flushed, and she was so angry that she couldn't speak.

"You won't pretend to faint like last time, be careful, no one will believe you if you pretend too much." Maybe this is what Mary wants to say the most.

Several people all looked at each other in blank dismay, extremely embarrassed.

Mrs. Jennings came back to her senses first, and she smoothed things over and said, "Okay, okay, Marianne hasn't recovered yet, so let's take a good rest. Petty, Petty, come and help Miss Marianne back to her room." Then She turned to Jane and said, "Jane, Mary, let's go downstairs and sit down. I invite you to try my Chinese black tea. The cook baked some butter biscuits today. According to the recipe you gave me last time, add I bought cocoa powder, and you can give me some advice. Eleanor, you can come too."

"No, I still want to accompany Marianne." Eleanor's voice was calm, but she straightened her waist.

Without saying a word, Jane followed Mrs. Jennings out quietly.She felt that all this was extremely ridiculous. She wanted to laugh, but couldn't make a sound.She felt that the blood all over her body was cold, and she wanted to shiver because of the cold.In fact, she didn't even know what she was thinking, her brain was completely numb, and she didn't know how to control her body.

When going downstairs, Jane staggered and almost fell, but the colonel behind her quickly hugged her.But her body went limp, and Jane saw Mary's anxious face, and she stretched out her hand to her, and then lost consciousness.

When Jane woke up in the bedroom, she was alone.She was surprised that she would faint, and it was because of such a little thing.Isn't it just that someone used the fiancé's hand?Is it right?Let him wash it several times.Even if he was caught in bed, he wouldn't faint.Could it be that in the 19th century, she also became weaker and weaker.

God, how to meet people.What do you say to everyone, are you crying?Like Mrs. Xianglin, telling how pitiful she is, how shameless Dashwood is, and how hard-hearted the colonel is?What's the point of this besides showing that you are blind.Jane thought of the Colonel, and for the first time she lost the desire to hear his explanations, or even to see him.

Break up?The invitation has been sent out.Although the scale of the engagement banquet was small, many people knew about it, and even knew that they would hold their wedding in early June.It seems that my prediction last time was right, and I was the first girl to ruin the reputation of the Bennet family.No, she couldn't be so selfish, the Bennet family took care of her, raised her, was her relatives, and she had four younger sisters.She is not Lydia in the book, she has to think about them.

There is nothing wrong with being married, and being married can give you more freedom.Brandon is also good to her, and he should have feelings, and he will tolerate her many small problems.At least not like Bingley. Ever since she analyzed the tea plantation plan in public, he has been evasively looking at himself, like a frightened little rabbit who often stutters when he speaks.

At least until now, Brandon has not heard of bad credit in matters other than relationships.As long as she is strong enough, not stupid, and not controlled by others.Without a man, she still has money, but she has a career.If it doesn't work, they can still live apart, and after a few years when all the younger sisters are married, she can still get a divorce.It's not bad to have a child, anyway, her property has someone to inherit.

I have even experienced time travel, so what is there to be afraid of.For so many years, she has always been just a person, and now she is just a person again.It's nothing, don't be afraid, be brave.Jane lay on the bed silently comforting herself, but for some reason, as she thought about it, tears flowed down the corners of her eyes.

☆, in the end the meaning is difficult

With the help of the servants, Miss Jane tidied up, changed into a royal blue home dress, pulled up her hair with a gold comb inlaid with crystals, and put on a necklace of the same series.Back then when she had nothing to do, she drew a lot of jewelry pictures, but they were all made of crystal, pearl, agate and other inexpensive materials, which could also satisfy her mentality of liking the new and loathing the old, and changing it frequently.

Seeing the huge pigeon egg in her hand, she laughed at herself, sure enough, she couldn't take advantage of it.After a moment of hesitation, she did not take off the ring.Jane put a little powder on the corners of her reddish eyes. At this time, good girls don't like makeup. She doesn't even have blush.Finally she rubbed her cheeks, smiled at the refreshed girl in the mirror, and went downstairs.

Jane walked downstairs in good spirits, and saw the whole family of women staying in the living room with gloomy expressions.But why was it different from what she thought, Mrs. Bennet didn't scream, didn't lament her nerves, but just looked at her sadly.

Jane was cured in an instant, yes, cured by such a cute mother Bennet whom she always looked down upon.She's luckier than a lot of people, and she still has a lot.

She smiled and asked, "What's the matter, Mom, why aren't you happy?"

Mrs. Bennet finally couldn't restrain herself, and rushed forward, still shouting: "Jane, oh, my poor daughter..."

"Mom!" Mary and Lydia cried out almost in unison.

Mrs. Bennet seemed to be crushed, and the rest of the screaming was silenced.

Jane smiled at her mother and sister: "It's okay, dear, I don't know why I fainted. I'm really happy, I still have such a day, you don't know, every time I hear so and so and so and so When I fainted, I didn’t feel like a woman, but this time at least proved that I am also a weak girl.”

Several people laughed when they heard this, and seemed to think that the time was wrong, so their expressions were crying or not, smiling or not, which was very weird.

"Jane, are you all right?" Katie asked timidly.

"Very good, it couldn't be better."

"Jane, what about your engagement ceremony?" Mary asked hesitantly.

"Of course it will be held as scheduled, my dear, I will not be a daughter who will ruin the reputation of the Bennet family." Jane said calmly, her tone was firm and indifferent, as if she was talking about other people's affairs, and let a few girls listen I was inexplicably a little scared.

"No, papa won't let you marry him," cried Lydia.

"Why not? Brandon didn't do anything either? Dad wouldn't stop me from marrying a woman just because he took his hand. If so, how can everyone go to the ball?" Jane said with a smile.

"But..." Lydia pouted, not knowing how to refute.After thinking about it, she turned to Mary and complained, "It's that shameless Marian, why didn't you scold her, what's the use of you arguing with that Eleanor?"

Mary said regretfully: "I saw that kind of person who looks beautiful on the outside but is dark and despicable on the inside. That Marianne has no brains at all, maybe it was her eldest sister who instigated her, and her reputation was ruined." I can't find a good man, so I want to rely on Colonel Brandon, after all, he was the one who found her, even if it doesn't work, he can pretend to be pitiful so that he won't tell the story."

"So that's the case, that Eleanor is really scheming." Katie suddenly realized.

"If you don't have a deep plan, how can you be friends with Miss Lucy and miss her fiancé at the same time? Is this something a decent girl can do?" Lydia said.

"You are not allowed to associate with Dashwood in the future, it is too indecent." Bennet's mother said quickly.

"Mom, don't worry, we haven't been with them for a long time. This time it was just an accident." Mary comforted.

"Just talk about what they are doing, what about Jane's affairs? Dad doesn't know what he is talking about with that colonel, so why hasn't he come out yet." Lydia's voice was a little irritated.

"Jane, I don't think Dad will force you to marry someone you don't want to marry, even if you cancel the engagement ceremony, he won't object." Mary said seriously.

"Yes, Mr. Bennet loves you the most, Jane, and she will never let you marry a bad person." Mrs. Bennet continued,

"I didn't say that I don't want to marry him. In fact, I'm just hesitant now. However, marrying someone else may not be perfect. Dear sisters, I have no intention of changing the engagement for the time being. Alright, Stop pouting, at worst, let uncle give him a few pieces of soap to wash his hands, anyway, he will sell that."

"Jane, don't change the subject all the time. We usually let you go. Today's matter is very serious. You have to be serious. What's going on with Brandon and that Marian?" Lydia looked at