[Pride and Prejudice] Becoming Katherine Bennett

Recently, the Bennett family has become the center of Meriton's topic again, becoming the most envied family of all families in the ten miles and eight towns.

When Jane got married before, everyone talked a lot. They thought it was ridiculous that Jane failed to marry Mr. Bingley, but married an ordinary priest like Charlotte.

But when Mrs. Bennet spared no effort to brag about how prominent and rich her son-in-law is after the wedding, the status of her relatives and the importance of the inaugural parish far surpassed that of Mr. Collins. He changed his words again, and praised that he had already seen that Jane's marriage was destined to be unusual, and that her beauty and character should be suitable for such a family.

Everyone's frank envy made Mrs. Bennet elated. She quickly forgot her regret that Jane did not get together with Bingley, and kept saying that Mr. Walker was good, both inside and outside the words. Belittling Mr. Bingley who "abandoned my daughter with blind eyes", "I will never meet a girl as good as Jane again", and "has no noble relatives", this made Catherine and Elizabeth very speechless. They hoped that their mother would stop connecting them. Together, it is a pity that it is useless, and we can only hope that Mr. Walker, Mr. Bingley and the people they know will never come around again in this life.

Everyone has not seen the grand occasion of Jane's marriage and the strength of her husband's family, but only listened to Mrs. Bennett, but Mr. Darcy's wealth and dignity have been witnessed and heard by everyone.

After Darcy and Catherine asked their parents for permission to marry, in just half a day, Mrs. Bennett visited three or four families non-stop, and there was only one topic when visiting each house, and that was unscrupulous showing off. The monstrous and rich marriage of the fourth daughter.

Elizabeth was worried that her mother's arrogance would scare Mr. Darcy away as it disturbed Jane and Mr. Bingley, causing Catherine a lifetime of heartache, so she changed her habit of not wanting to go out with her mother and followed Bennett closely all the way Ma'am, whenever my mother is about to say something exaggerated and presumptuous, she quickly speaks out to bring the topic back to a reasonable range.

To her surprise, however, both Mrs. Bennet and Mr. Darcy displayed a restraint which she had not expected.

No matter how exaggerated and self-satisfied Mrs. Bennet is outside, she is always silent in front of Mr. Darcy, and dare not make mistakes.And when Mr. Darcy is facing Aunt Philip, Mr. Lucas and other relatives and friends who are close to their family and are not so "excellent", no matter how vulgar or stupid the other party's topic is, he can keep smiling and be patient. After listening to the other party's speech, don't change your face or walk away.

Elizabeth and Catherine marveled at this incident, and Catherine smiled and said that she and Darcy had already reached a consensus on similar issues.He loves her, and he is willing to love her family and give her family respect and face in the few contacts with her relatives.

Catherine said: "After all, if he doesn't like them outright, then he's not belittling them, he's belittling me."

In response, Catherine will also try to reduce this kind of contact. She and Mr. Darcy go out early every day and return in the evening. They hold hands, ride horses, and travel around every inch of spring nearby.

In fact, she felt sorry for Darcy, her sister only saw his smile and silence, but Catherine could see that her husband tried his best to endure, sometimes even the corners of his eyebrows twitched, but he tried his best to maintain politeness.

Catherine couldn't help but think of a sentence that was badly said, but it was also very touching.Like is presumptuous, but love is restrained.

A few days later, Catherine decided to tell her parents that she wanted to get married in London, so that Darcy could leave Longbourne first.

Darcy is very reluctant to part with her.He understood Catherine's thoughtfulness, and he felt uncomfortable, but he thought that these patiences and concessions were nothing compared to being with her.

But Catherine's persuasion is really touching.

She leaned in his arms, with her arms on his chest, the two were extremely close, yet kept a slight distance.She looked at him with bright eyes, and her tone was full of joy: "The sooner you go to London to get ready for the wedding, the sooner I can marry you."

Darcy stared at her deeply, tightened his arms, pulled her close to the distance where he could hear his own heartbeat, planted a pious kiss on her forehead, and agreed: "I listen to you, Mrs. Darcy."

After Darcy left, the Bennett family gradually resumed their old life.Mrs. Bennet had heard enough of the compliments around her, and Catherine and Elizabeth stopped going out. The two sisters stuck together all day, either talking about the wedding or discussing other things.

When I went to London a few days ago, Catherine found a lawyer by the way, and changed her house and all the national debts into Elizabeth's name. These properties are not much, but they add up to about [-] pounds, which is a small sum. wealth.

After Elizabeth knew about it, she was moved but insisted on asking her sister to change it back.

Catherine refused, and said plausibly: "After I get married, the money will belong to Mr. Darcy. That's too bad. I don't work so hard to make money to support men."

Elizabeth pinched her face and smiled helplessly: "Kitty, Mr. Darcy doesn't like your money."

"Yes, anyway, he doesn't like it anyway. Between giving the money to you and giving it to him, of course I choose to give it to you."

Elizabeth was determined not to.Catherine thought for a long time, and could only tell her sister that she had only a budding plan in mind.

"In fact, the money will be placed with you for the time being. I may make a major decision in a while. I am not going to tell Darcy yet. For the convenience of using it, it is most appropriate to put the money with you." In fact, Catherine would of course tell Darcy that she was just looking for a suitable reason.

Although she has already taken root in this era, no one knows which will come first, the accident or tomorrow.Catherine felt that if she left one day, the family member she couldn't let go of was Elizabeth.Put these extraneous things under Elizabeth's name, and if something bad happens, she can disappear with peace of mind.

Elizabeth didn't know that this was actually her sister's "will", so she asked curiously, "What important decision?"

Catherine said: "I have always wanted to cooperate with Alma and sell the skin care products she made. I didn't have the time before, and I couldn't find the right person. It will be much more convenient after marriage."

"Can those things make money?" Elizabeth was dubious.

Catherine thought of the women who gave Papa Ma the richest man with their hands, and nodded with great certainty: "Absolutely, trust me! I've already thought up the brand name, and it's called Elizabeth Bennett. If you think it's too ostentatious, I can get rid of Bennett."

Elizabeth's eyes widened, and she was stunned for a long time before she murmured, "Why do you use my name?"

"Because I hope that 100 years from now, when people buy this brand, the story of the brand will be passed on from generation to generation. As long as this brand is still there, people will always remember that there was a very good girl named Elizabeth in the Regency era. Bennett, she was Catherine Bennett's best sister."

Darcy had had his servants come three or four times in the few days since his return to London.Catherine handed over the wedding to Darcy, including dresses and jewelry, which girls care about.Because of poverty, Catherine has always been indifferent to such things, and now she has a lot of money (?) She doesn't mean to kill him, she thinks it's troublesome, so she dumps these things to her husband, and the latter is happy Taking over the "sweet" task, under Catherine's repeated "don't be too expensive, don't be too expensive", Darcy really didn't spend much money, but just put the jewelry, gemstones, and his parents' marriage At that time, the dress and other items were delivered.

The English seem to like this set very much, and everything that has been passed down is far more valuable than a newly made item.

Mr. Darcy had told her it had been his great-grandmother's wedding dress.Looking at this Robe gown with strong Dutch style, Catherine was delighted by its natural simplicity and gracefulness, but she couldn't help but rejoice that the Darcy family didn't have such a long history, otherwise he would really give her a dress that looks like it would make you gain more than [-] catties If she had a renaissance Spanish style dress, she would probably disappoint her husband by rejecting that dress.

In terms of marriage contract, Darcy's generosity is more sincere than that of Mr. Walker.When he discussed with Catherine, he would generously give her a thousand pounds a year for sewing, and promised that all the jewelry in the family would belong to her, that she could control the assets of the family, and everything he owned would belong to Catherine and their children.

"If we have no children in the future, no matter who inherits Pemberley Manor, you will be the mistress there. I have written this into my will. There are some things that belong to the family that I can't touch. But I will do my best to put what I can Give you everything you have."

"I don't need such a will," Catherine said. "Besides, if you do this, your clansmen will scold you for losing your mind."

"Then I will answer, do you know? My heart has been taken away by you long ago."

Catherine is very moved by Darcy's words, and then rejects him.

In the end, both the marriage contract and the will were altered in part.First of all, the money for needlework was reduced, and Catherine said that she would make money herself, and, "I would be too embarrassed to quarrel with you for so much money", and then Catherine didn't want anything that belonged to the Darcy family and Pemberley, "I want yours." What are you doing, I can't afford it."

But correspondingly, Darcy added that Catherine's property rights belong to their sons, and if there is no son, she will give it to her sister's son. Show the utmost sincerity.

This pleased Catherine.Darcy fulfilled his promise and gave her enough respect instead of asking her to compromise with "I'm doing this for your own good".Darcy also had enough trust in Catherine's abilities. After the engagement, he joked that maybe one day, Catherine would be richer than him.

Catherine liked the idea of ​​it.Although she is currently penniless, she has already dreamed of being a rich woman.

She made a squinting look on purpose, touched Darcy's face frivolously back and forth, and said briskly: "This handsome gentleman, you seem to need help very much. Poor child, you are as lonely as my wife and I, Come to my house to be a guest at night! There is no one else in my house except the servants, and then we can have a deep chat."

Darcy looked at Catherine in shock and didn't speak for a long time.Catherine saw that she had gone too far, and immediately swore to him that she had never done any related behavior, but she had seen it on others.

Darcy glanced at her, and thoughtfully did not ask "Where did you meet?"He stretched out his hand, and rarely embraced him with a little anger, and said in a statement and silently: "I must stay with you and live a few more years."

The days passed with the eager anticipation of the Darcy family and the Bennett family.

Early this morning, the postman delivered a letter from Brighton, and Mrs. Bennett happily took it, muttering something like "Lovely Lydia must be home soon, in time for her sister's wedding", Catherine Sitting with Elizabeth to discuss her upcoming journey next month.

After a while, however, perhaps only half a minute, Mrs. Bennett screamed.The voice was so sharp and tragic that it startled the whole family.They looked over at Mrs. Bennet, and saw that she was in a very bad state, and was on the verge of fainting.

Elizabeth was the closest to her mother. She hurriedly helped her mother's precarious body and asked her what was wrong.And Catherine strode forward, supported her mother, took the letter, and read it at a glance.

Every time she read a sentence, Catherine's face paled a little, and after a quick glance, her face was pale and almost bloodless.She raised her head, looked at the other family members who looked panic-stricken, and said tremblingly, "A letter from Colonel Sford said that Lydia and Wickham... eloped."