[Comprehensive Book] A Rose for Catherine

Catherine helplessly spread her hands to Elizabeth, and only explained to her when there were only two of them.

"I told my mother that it's okay if you reject Collins, because you have better options."

"A better choice?" Elizabeth frowned, she didn't know what "better choice" she had.

Catherine took a step back calmly, "I told my mother that Mr. Darcy has a crush on you."

This sentence is true.I swear by Catherine's reputation as a second-rate novelist, Darcy does have a crush on Elizabeth, but Mrs. Bennet can't help thinking more when she hears this.

Elizabeth opened her mouth slightly in disbelief, looked at her, and wanted to make sure if she had an auditory hallucination.

Catherine quickly explained: "Lizzie, I swear this is the truth. And I told my mother not to mention this to anyone, otherwise you would not want to get married in the first place and she would be even less willing to mention it." Catherine completely believed that The importance Mrs. Bennet attaches to her daughters' marriages must be able to keep this secret.

"But how will I explain to my mother in the future?" Elizabeth frowned, worried, "Besides, how could you tell my mother that Mr. Darcy likes me, he looks down on everyone in our family!"

"Lizzie, don't worry too much. Believe me, he really likes you. At least he has a crush on you. What I told my mother is true. Besides, after this winter, they will leave. Mr. West hates it so much that there is little chance of him coming back. Then there will be new young people and Mom will forget about it, and you don't have to face Mom now anger." Catherine explained to Elizabeth slowly.

Although she still couldn't see the direction of Darcy and her second sister, it was not a big mistake to use his name to block it out of emotion and reason at this time.

Elizabeth shook her head as hell in the daytime: "I still can't believe what you said."

"That's probably because you really hate him, so much so that you can't believe he doesn't hate you the same way." Catherine shook her head like her, "Forget it, let's not think about him for now, anyway, the situation will not be worse than mother forcing you to marry Worse for Collins. I found out a little about that Mr. Wickham yesterday."

Catherine related to Elizabeth at length what Mr. Knightley had told her.

Elizabeth was very curious, and immediately stopped thinking about the bad marriage proposal scene this morning, and expressed her opinion on Wickham.

Although she didn't believe in Darcy's character, she still had a good impression of such a steady and approachable gentleman as Knightley, and she was willing to believe his words.

"If there's nothing wrong with his wording, then the word vengeance is a bit serious. I really can't believe how bad a person has to be to come up with such a thing."

"Perhaps the next time we have a chance to meet, we can hear what Mr. Wickham has to say," Catherine went on. "I don't think a word of what he said can be trusted. Lizzie, you remember that day in the street Wickham seemed Afraid of Dr. Bright? He may have something in Dr. Bright's hands. This also shows that he is indeed not a person of high morals."

"He's really scary when you say it like that." Elizabeth breathed a sigh of relief, subconsciously feeling a little lucky, "He convinced me to believe him with a few casual words."

Elizabeth became annoyed again when she said this: "I shouldn't judge a person casually because of my prejudice against him. It's not fair to us."

"It's unavoidable, and we always think that the disadvantages of the hated person are better than the advantages."

Catherine concludes.

The next day, Elizabeth came back after going to Aunt Phillips's house and expressed new views on Catherine who was staying at home and writing novels.

"Kitty, you know people better than I do. We met him today, and Lydia invited him to sit with us for a while at Aunt Phillips's, and he did try to excuse his guilt, saying he was afraid. Darcy didn't attend the Netherfield banquet because of embarrassment. If Darcy is really as shameless as he said, then he will definitely not feel guilty for Wickham's appearance, and he will only bully him more arrogantly."

Catherine scratched her hair: "Now that we've figured it out, we don't need to have anything to do with him. Collins will be leaving in two days, and the house can finally be clean."

Elizabeth breathed a sigh of relief when she thought that Collins was leaving, but she saw Catherine's distressed expression in a blink of an eye, and couldn't help asking, "Kitty, what's the matter with you?"

Catherine's expression changed. She couldn't tell Elizabeth that the plot of her new novel was written about the only brief moment in the heroine's decayed life. As a single author who had never experienced a girl's sweet first love, she was stuck in this plot Pause for a long time.So she passed vaguely.

Elizabeth was not suspicious, so she comforted her and went to Jane again.

Jane received a new letter, written to her by Caroline, which mentioned that they had left Netherfield for London and did not intend to return, and the lines were full of excitement and pride, for they did not have to be with Ben. The Nat family is happy to be relatives—she must not know that Jane rejected her brother, otherwise she would not be in the mood to write to Jane as she is now.

Catherine curled her lips, and secretly felt that there was nothing wrong with this marriage: "Since they are doing this, it is a good thing for us to stop the loss in time." You must know that there are so many things in Netherfield, and they can be cleaned up in just one or two days. It's not easy, it can only be said that they have long thought of leaving.

Elizabeth also echoed: "Yes! Look at what she said in the letter-my brother has fallen in love with Miss Darcy deeply. If we had known that he was such a changeable person, we might as well not have it in the first place. Get in touch with him!"①

"Who would have expected what happened today?" Jane made it clear to Mr. Bingley one step earlier, so although her mood was depressed, it was not to the point of being restless, but rather relieved that the dust had settled.

Catherine couldn't help but suddenly thought of Knightley. Since the Bingley family as the hosts had left, guests like Knightley would not stay. He formally thanks.If it wasn't for his reminder, I'm afraid Jian Jian would have been sad for the departure of the Bingley family for a long time.

She forgot that she had thanked her many times that day at the Lucas house.

This kind of strange melancholy has been lingering in her heart for several days. Catherine attributed it to her boredom-her new novel ideas were blocked, Mr. Pen Pal never replied, and Lydia was called by Brett under various names. Asking out tactfully, Elizabeth was busy comforting Jane, and there was no one to accompany her.

Catherine didn't want to think about the possible reasons for this, and decided to find something to do for herself to pass the time.

After thinking about it for two hours, she decided to place an advertisement in the newspaper. ②

"I am Ryan Upton, hereby intends to write a custom novel. If you are interested, please write your request in the letter and send it to No. 142 Grosswino Street. The price will be attached with the reply letter."

This nondescript ad was commissioned by Catherine from her publisher to run in several newspapers in the London area—she had carefully selected several newspapers that were mainly for gentlemen and nobles with money and leisure. People may not necessarily be able to afford the price of a custom novel.Catherine felt distressed for a while when paying for the advertisement, and she only silently hoped that the slightly famous pseudonym "Ryan Appleton" would attract one or two people who liked her.

The immediate purpose of her writing novels is for the pound, and she doesn't care much about what to write about.Custom-made novels are still a trendy thing that no one else has tried in this era, and Catherine has no doubt that some prodigal sons from London will come to her.She has already begun to figure out how high the price should be to maximize her own interests.

But she still has to hide her identity for the time being, for a lady from a respectable gentleman's family to write a novel is not something that can add luster to the lintel.So Catherine chose to communicate by letter instead of showing up directly.

After the advertisement was published, Catherine's sense of depression due to the novel's stuck thinking disappeared, and she hummed Lydia's favorite Scottish tune in a good mood, and she leaned over the table with a quill to make corrections. change.

Catherine still couldn't write the plot where Meryl was tempted and ashamed. She wanted to ask Jane about her feelings about falling in love, but she was afraid of stimulating Jane's soft temper, so she gave up the idea of ​​taking a shortcut.She didn't want to finish writing this plot casually, so she decided to skip it for the time being.

Sure enough, Catherine wrote the various schemes and confrontations and the various aspects of human nature more smoothly. She even felt that she could finish the whole story in one day.

Of course, the story couldn't be finished in one day - at the end of the day, the news that Charlotte agreed to Collins' marriage proposal was announced through Elizabeth's mouth, scaring Catherine's quill away.