[Comprehensive Book] A Rose for Catherine

After Catherine returned home, she honestly told Jane about the matter. Elizabeth was very angry after hearing this. She was not angry with Mr. Bingley, but angry with Darcy for interfering in Jane and Bingley's affairs at will.

Catherine originally wanted to scold him, but when she thought that what she was going to do next was similar to what Darcy did, she didn't have the nerve to speak ill of Darcy.

Jane looked distraught after hearing this. She couldn't accept the news for a while, and sat on the chair in a daze, even putting aside the needlework at hand.

The person she likes doubts herself so much. With Jane's soft and sensitive character, she doesn't know how to deal with it. She grabs Elizabeth's wrist, bites her lower lip lightly, her beautiful eyes are in a trance.

"..."

Catherine turned her gaze away carefully, not to let herself be softened by Jane's expression.

When it is interrupted, it will suffer from chaos.

After a while, Jane made up her mind and said to her two sisters: "Kitty is right, I... I will think about it carefully, and I will discuss this matter with him at the ball in Netherfield." say clearly."

She looked sad when she said this.

Catherine didn't bother her any more, and left the time and space to herself, so that she could calm down and think about it.Catherine knew that Jane had always been unwilling to think badly and was too gentle, and she needed some external force to separate her and Bingley completely as soon as possible.

Moreover, the matter must not be rushed forward, for without Mr. Bingley, mother and Collins would be more than happy to make Jane into Mrs. Collins.Catherine wasn't sure Jane wouldn't be swayed by her mother, but she didn't want any of the girls in the family marrying Collins, no matter which one.

While Catherine was thinking this way, Netherfield's ball finally kicked off under Lydia's flying skirt.Lydia put on her new dress early on, and made herself look so beautiful that she was sure to dazzle her.

She was wearing a new dress, and happily dragged Catherine up and down the house.

"Hey, Kitty, does that look good on me?"

Catherine nodded: "That's it, it's time for us to set off."

Lydia deliberated for a moment, before Bennet's delighted voice urged her on, and decided to match her dress with a pearl brooch. ①

This brooch was a Christmas gift given to her by Uncle Gardner last year. It was so valuable that Lydia was reluctant to wear it on weekdays.For this dance, she really spent a lot of money.

She's gotta make some jerk fall for her skirt!

Compared with Lydia, who was eager to try the ball, Elizabeth was not so interested. Catherine asked a few insincere words before she knew that Collins invited her to dance the first two dances, and she found no reason to refuse.But there was another reason for Elizabeth's gloom, for she would have liked to dance with someone else.

The man was Elizabeth's new friend at the party at Aunt Phillips's, a young "red uniform," a young officer in the regiment stationed at Meryton, handsome, well-groomed, modest and gracious in conversation. touched Elizabeth's heart.

And this man, Catherine has also seen, is the young man who happened to run into on the streets of Meryton that day, and ran away after seeing Darcy.Mr Wickham.

Catherine listened carefully to Elizabeth's talk about how good she had a good impression of this young man, and she was angry that he was treated unfairly because of Darcy's jealousy. Finally, she said that Wickham was too kind and could not bear to speak ill of Darcy. Much better than Darcy.

When Catherine heard this, she felt that Darcy was really wronged, and she opened her fan with a smile to cover half of her face: "Lizzie, how can we be sure of the truth behind what Mr. Wickham said? Of course, I am by no means saying that he lied on purpose, but come to think of it, Lizzie, how similar would Mum's description be to yours? So we can only be sure that Mr. Wickham said he had been badly treated. Fair treatment, and it is uncertain whether Mr Darcy deliberately insulted him."

"However, I feel that if I really don't want to speak ill of a person, then I will never casually say that he has done some unfair things to me. Let alone with a person who I didn't know well before. Say?"

It was only because of Elizabeth's subconscious prejudice against Darcy that Wickham tricked her into believing her words. After Catherine's analysis, she also realized that this matter might not be what she knew.But she still favors Wickham emotionally.

"Lizzie, although we all don't like Mr. Darcy, there's no need to think him worse." Catherine said and spread her hands, "Let's make a bet, if Mr. Wickham thinks he If he is the one who has been treated unfairly, then he can attend tonight's ball dignifiedly. On the contrary, Mr. Darcy needs to avoid him. If he has a ghost in his heart, then he must not dare to appear at this ball, he is afraid to see Mr Darcy."

Elizabeth nodded: "I believe he will appear."

After Elizabeth had finished speaking, she looked around at the ball at Netherfield for a long time, and finally had to admit with disappointment that Wickham had not shown himself at all.

Elizabeth secretly hoped that he could not attend the ball because he was ill, but after asking other officers of Meryton who came, Elizabeth was sure that Wickham was not ill or delayed by other things.

Then there is only the reason Catherine said, Wickham lied, not because Darcy did something wrong to him, but because he made a mistake.

She was disappointed in Wickham, and felt guilty, annoyed and blamed when Darcy looked over.Collins just came over to invite her to dance, and Elizabeth nodded in shame, turning her head away from Darcy's sight.

Darcy pursed his lips, then coldly looked away from Elizabeth.

On the other side, Knightley walked up to Catherine, and the two looked at each other tacitly, so Catherine smiled slightly.

"Sir, it is time for you to ask me to dance."

She blinked, took Knightley's outstretched hand, and with the other hand picked up the hem of her skirt and walked into the middle of the dance floor.

Most of the dances in the British countryside are lively and relaxed, and the movements are not too complicated. Therefore, although Catherine said that her dancing is not very good, her level is not bad. It is more than enough to keep up with the rhythm with standard movements, but compared to Lydia's movements. The natural agility still seems a bit dull.

But Catherine was lucky today, and found a pretty good partner.Catherine couldn't imagine how a person like him who didn't dance often could easily make his movements so smoothly.

Maybe it's talent.

It is of course a good thing for Catherine to have an excellent and impeccable dance partner. Under the guidance of Knightley, Catherine danced this dance with ease, and felt that the movements were much smoother than usual, and she had always been considered too long. Dance music, too, became a little short to her ears today.

Catherine originally wanted to dance the second song with him, but she thought that dancing with someone several times at the same ball at this time basically meant that they intended to date each other, so she hesitated and gave up.Knightley was good at perceiving people's minds, and quickly understood Catherine's concerns. He said empathetically, "Miss Kitty, you may feel a little tired after dancing for so long."

Catherine, who had only danced once, admitted this sentence without shame: "Yes, Mr. Knightley, I don't dance often, and I'm a little tired. I'll go and sit on the lounge chair over there for a while."

Knightley was not much of a dancer, and Catherine said so and he walked over with her and sat down to rest.

Catherine chatted with him: "Sir, you're such a good dancer that for the first time I don't feel like dancing is a torture. Maybe I should go back and practice my technique, because I'm such a bad dancer that I always find it boring." "

"You're sure to have fun with it, if you want to. Miss Kitty, you're not a bad dancer. You may find it boring depending on who you dance with. You danced with Miss Charlotte at the last ball at Meryton." The dancing is great."

Catherine was thoughtful: "You are right, dancing with friends is more comfortable than letting me dance with people I don't know well."

"Miss Kitty, do you mean that I am your friend?"

Catherine replied: "If you answered 'yes'."

"Then we are already friends." Knightley said to Catherine with a pleasant smile.

"It's a blessing to have a friend like you."

Catherine waved her fan and curled the corners of her mouth.

……

Lydia stood ostentatiously in the middle of the dance floor, and many cautious and veiled eyes fell on her beautiful face, both men and women.

She really shines today.

Even Bright had to admit it.

As soon as he entered the room, the first thing he noticed was Lydia, who was radiant. The beautiful little girl walked towards him with her chin proudly raised.

The envious gazes of other people followed, and Brett's heart beat violently several times as he looked at Lydia who was walking slowly.

Lydia has always been confident about her appearance, seeing him lose his mind about her appearance, she felt faintly proud: "Now you have to admit that your taste and vision are not as good as mine, right?"

The dress designed by Lydia made her waist appear slim when worn on her body. Brett did not expect that the ready-to-wear effect produced by that simple blueprint would be so beautiful. She has both the charm of a mature woman and the natural agility of a girl. The usual ladies of London society were quite different.

Like sunflowers blooming in a field.

Brett smiled softly: "Yes, you are very beautiful tonight. I am sorry for the offense before. I wonder if I have the honor to invite you to a dance?"

He bent slightly, making an inviting gesture.

Lydia raised her chin, her bright eyes were full of complacency and a little pride.

"Ok."

She reaches out.

……

Catherine was stunned to notice the figures scurrying on the dance floor, and she and Knightley talked for a while, and things on the dance floor became like this.

The two people who looked at each other a few days ago and hated each other are now holding hands tacitly at the ball, and their postures are swaying.

Catherine blinked, and asked Mr. Knightley next to her uncertainly: "If I remember correctly, this is their third dance song, right?"

God, is it less than two hours before Lydia, the youngest in the family, is marrying herself off?