[Pride and Prejudice] Liz's Little Vest

At last, at the end of February, Mr. Collins and Miss Augusta, who disturbed the peace, left Longbourn.

They graciously invited the neighbors of Meryton to their wedding, but few people were willing to go, because the neighbors had already experienced the noise and ignorance of the Collinses and did not want to be trapped by them for another half month.

Only Miss Elizabeth and Miss Charlotte went with them.

Elizabeth is naturally for her "secrecy", while Charlotte is to accompany Elizabeth, fearing that she will be sad and painful because of her broken relationship.

When Elizabeth returned to the ball at Netherfield that day, Charlotte saw that her lips were red and swollen, and guessed that she had some stories with Mr. Elton.She was rejoicing for her when she heard that Mr. Elton had left Meryton early.

The kind-hearted Charlotte felt sorry for her friend, so she asked for such companionship.

Originally, Jane also wanted to accompany Elizabeth.But Elizabeth reassured her, saying that Charlotte was enough, and that she was still waiting to come back to Jane's wedding—she needed to get ready.

Elizabeth was in a happy mood when she embarked on a journey in a carriage that day.Because Miss Augusta was probably tired the night before, she was rarely noisy in the car, so she had time and energy to enjoy the scenery.

The scenery along the way from Meryton to Hanswald is very good.As they passed Rosings Gardens, Collins began to talk eloquently about his clientele.

"Mrs. Catherine de Bourgh is a very noble person. If you look at her window, it is worth a full eight hundred pounds. My dear lady, she invites me to her mansion for an afternoon drink every month. Tea, she is quite kind. I guess she will also invite you this time—”

"Of course, my Mr. Ke. I believe you must be a good friend of Catherine's?" said Miss Augusta triumphantly.

"Oh no—I'm just a vicar in the parish of my esteemed lady." Collins said, but he also said it very proudly, because in his eyes, anyone who has anything to do with Mrs. Catherine de Bourgh The positions are very noble.

Seeing that Augusta didn't say a word, he thought she was nervous because she was about to meet Mrs. de Bourgh, so he said quickly: "Ladies, you don't have to be nervous. When you go, you never have to worry about your clothes. Madame Catherine is the one." We won't ask us to dress up gorgeously, because only she and her daughter are worthy of it. I advise you to just choose a simple dress in your wardrobe, and don't be too particular. Lady Catherine will not dislike it Yours. She likes everyone sticking to their own duties, and there is a high and low [1].”

"I don't want that," cried Miss Augusta. "This afternoon tea is obviously for me. I'm just going to dress up. I'm going to wear my red dress and my hat." A red hat inlaid with pearls would be fine. Oh yes, I also want to take that pale yellow floral blue cape and white shawl."

"Mrs. Catherine de Bourgh will be unhappy with you, Augusta," said Mr. Collins gravely.

"What does this have to do with me?" Miss Augusta said, "My Mr. Ke, I am so disappointed that you are not on my side."

Collins frowned, and fell silent suddenly.

When he heard Miss Augusta's voice, he suddenly missed the days when he and Miss Bingley flattered and flattered Lady Catherine together.

Indeed, when he first met Miss Augusta, he never thought he had ever seen a lady with such a figure—she caught his eye immediately.

But now, he really doesn't agree with what she said.

He did not feel that he could back down on matters contrary to the flattery of Lady Catherine.

After making noise for a while, the carriage fell into silence again.

Elizabeth and Charlotte looked at each other and smiled.

Seeing the current scene, Elizabeth is now very grateful for the presence of Miss Augusta, who saved Charlotte from a potentially unhappy marriage.

As the carriage approached Hansford, Miss Augusta kept her eyes fixed on the window.

She hadn't seen Collins' house, only heard his hype passing by.Though she could not quite believe it, having seen the houses of Collins' poor relatives, she thought his would be just as good.

Miss Augusta's confidence was not shaken until the carriage stopped at a small gate.

From here to the so-called vicarage, there is only a small cobblestone passage.The road is narrow and shabby.

Her gaze started to look from the road, but within a second she saw this very simple house in front of her.The walls are gray with crooked creepers.The whole house was as small as its garden--much smaller than the Bennets' mansion, much less Maple Grove's.

"Collins——" Miss Augusta didn't call him "Mr. Ke" for the first time, her face was very ugly, "I remember the first time I met you, you said you lived in a Inside a very gorgeous and beautiful house."

"Isn't this beautiful enough?" Mr. Collins was intoxicated in his own house, and he didn't care about Augusta's expression at all.

"No no—not at all!" cried Miss Augusta. "It's so far from what I imagined."

"That's because you have too much imagination, Augusta," said Collins.

He was going to comfort his fiancée, but unfortunately there was a sound of horseshoes outside the garden.Collins put away his lazy look in an instant, and exclaimed very excitedly: "Oh, Augusta, cousin, Miss Charlotte, you are really very lucky. On the first day you came to Hansford, you met To such a marvelous occasion—there is a guest from Rosings."

Elizabeth was stunned for a moment, only to see a low four-wheeled carriage coming from the garden, and two female guests came down from the carriage[1].

The young guest was thin, with weak eyes, and looked very dull.But she has aristocratic etiquette and temperament in her gestures, and her clothes are very simple and elegant.

The older guest, who appears to be accompanying the younger guest, is dressed in pale yellow and holds a book.The hair was tied up, but it couldn't hide the whiteness in it.

"Oh! Is that so? I thought it was a pig that broke into the garden. It was only Lady Catherine and her daughter," cried Miss Augusta. "But, Mr. Ke It seems that the relationship between you and Lady Catherine is really good. She has just heard the news of your return to Hansford, so she hastily came to visit you."

Thinking about it as she said it, Miss Augusta's disappointment with Collins's humble residence was also reduced by three points.

The author has something to say:

This is a short chapter~ It seems that I like to write about Collins... Uh, he does have a lot of roles~ I hope he can be qualified to play the villain's jokes haha~

[1] Quote from Chapter 28/29 of my original text.