[Comprehensive Book] A Rose for Catherine

Charlotte and Collins.

This is really an unexpected couple.

Elizabeth talked about this incident in a very complicated tone. She felt unbelievable. She couldn't understand that Charlotte would fall in love with such a stupid person as Collins, and she vaguely felt betrayed and angry.

Catherine clutched the fine feather on the quill, fell silent for a moment, and expressed her opinion.

"There's nothing wrong with her doing it this way—apart from Collins' stupid nature, this is a well-matched marriage. Charlotte has no hope of marriage. She has no generous dowry to give her a choice. She just wants to find for herself. A support that can make her prosperous for the rest of her life."

Charlotte's choice is very realistic, but if she has a better choice, she will definitely not choose Collins.

"You also agree with her approach?" Elizabeth's eyes widened, she couldn't believe what her sister and friends thought.

In her opinion, this marriage would never bring any happiness to Charlotte, and spending the rest of her life with a man like Collins would simply ruin her.

"No, I don't agree." Catherine shook her head, "The pain of being married to Collins is far more than the happiness you can get."

Elizabeth: "But she has promised to be engaged to Collins." This makes it impossible for them to be as close as they used to be.

Catherine is not a character who likes to meddle in other people's affairs. As an adult, as long as he is not a fool, he should be responsible for every choice he makes. But emotionally speaking, she really does not want Charlotte to marry someone like Collins.

But since Charlotte agreed to the proposal, she must have made a decision after careful consideration, and Catherine knew she couldn't persuade her.

However, Catherine went to find Charlotte.

Charlotte was not happy or disappointed because of the important event in her life, she looked very calm, and when she saw Catherine, she asked, "Kitty, do you want to persuade me too?"

Catherine hesitated for a moment, then shook her head honestly: "No, I know you have made a decision and I can't persuade you, and the engagement that has been promised cannot be broken casually." If Charlotte suddenly backs out, not only will Collins lose face, Lucas The reputation of the family will not be much better, so this is basically a sure marriage.

"Then do you want to wish me happiness?" Charlotte smiled. She actually looked pretty when she smiled, making her mediocre face lively.She has a more gentle and transparent temperament than Elizabeth, but if she is too transparent, it becomes a disaster.

"No." Catherine still shook her head, "I can't say such words against my will, but Charlotte, I want to tell you that no matter who you marry, our friendship will not change in the slightest, and... Don’t worry too much about Collins, England’s laws are here, no matter what, he will give you alimony, if one day you really can’t bear him, there’s no need to wrong yourself.” ①

Charlotte smiled happily this time, and she couldn't help hugging Catherine, "Kitty, thank you."

In a place where Charlotte couldn't see, Catherine sighed quietly. A thought that had only sprouted in her heart seemed to be suddenly watered with a lot of rain and dew, thrived, and penetrated deeply into Catherine's heart.

After separating from Charlotte, Catherine returned to her desk and began to write desperately, as if this could vent all her emotions.She put Meryl's story aside temporarily, spread out the paper and started writing a short story quickly.

Alice is a beautiful and ambitious girl. She made a stunning appearance at the ball and married a well-known local squire after careful consideration. The Duke, the Duke is stupid and hypocritical, but the compliments from countless people make him think that he is the only smart person in the world. Alice quickly grasped his weakness of being flattered, and seduced him with a little trick, and soon became the Duke's wife. lover.And her husband also knew this, but for the sake of family reputation and fear of the Duke's power, he acquiesced to the shady relationship between his wife and the Duke.

In order to gain a higher social status, Alice killed her husband without hesitation, and threw a large sum of property into the arms of the Duke. The Duke thought that he had reaped love, but he did not know that the person next to her pillow was actually a Ambitious Viper.Only the son of his ex-wife saw through the truth and decided to expose Alice's true face.

It's a pity that the only heir of the duke is in the same line as his father in many aspects. He was unknowingly attracted to Alice, and even killed the old duke for her like a demon in the end, and voluntarily pleaded guilty when Alice was under suspicion.

"Now, she is a duchess that everyone respects. Some people pity her for her husband's death at a young age. She usually keeps silent about it, and occasionally attends balls, and people start to pay her attention at balls."

When Catherine finished writing in one breath, the candle had burned to the bottom, leaving only a short part less than half the length of a thumb.She skimmed through the manuscript, only to see from the lines that there were many shadows of Collins in the old Duke.

She smiled bitterly, feeling helpless for her impulsiveness, and slightly revised a few descriptions so that people would not think of Collins before she put away the manuscript.

Catherine plans to write several more stories and send them to her publisher in a collection of short stories.Writing short stories is much easier than writing long ones, and she doesn't mind writing more if the sales are good.

She began to feel the pressure from money urgently, and she wanted more pounds to gain her absolute initiative in getting married.

Charlotte's incident still stimulated her, and this effect had not disappeared until Mr. Bennet blatantly accused Charlotte of stupidity the next day.

Mr. Bennet was outspoken when he said that he thought Charlotte was a clever girl, but now she looked stupid--even more stupid than his daughters.He didn't say the latter sentence directly, but the meaning was very obvious.

Catherine was the only one who responded.

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Elizabeth's expression was still a little dazed, she was thinking about how to face her relationship with Charlotte in the future.Mrs. Bennet, distressed at the absence of both Darcy and Mr. Bingley, worried her greatly, and would she think of her daughters in case they were bewitched by someone in London?This worry made her pay less attention to the engagement between Mr. Collins and Charlotte. She put it aside after a few casual blessings, and wholeheartedly pestered Jane to ask her to write to ask Mr. Bingley when he would return to Longbourne.Jane couldn't hold back her, and the two went back to their room to write to Miss Bingley.Mary went to the town library, and Lydia accepted a tea party from a nearby girl and went out happily in the early morning.

"Father, to be honest, you're not very good at marriage!"

After Catherine said this willfully, regardless of what Mr. Bennet behind him thought, she picked up her things and went upstairs.

Catherine lay in bed and thought wildly for a while, and finally fell asleep for two hours. When she woke up, she walked to the window and looked at it.

And at dusk, outside the Bennet family mansion, looking out the window, Catherine clearly saw a young gentleman in a light gray shirt and vest, leading a horse, standing upright among the verdant vegetation.

The last rays of the setting sun fell on him, making his whole body seem to be shrouded in a thin layer of warm and bright brilliance.

Hearing the sound of Catherine opening the window, he raised his head, and a handsome and familiar face fell into Catherine's sight.

It's Mr. Knightley.

He smiled at her across the air.

Catherine's head was a little messy.Didn't he leave Netherfield with Darcy Bentley and the others?Why did he appear outside their house today?What is he here for?What's the matter with him?

All kinds of thoughts filled Catherine's consciousness. She didn't have time to sort out all her doubts and come up with a reasonable answer. Her legs and feet reacted first, and she quickly ran down the stairs to the Outside the house.

Mr. Knightley, still standing there quietly, took off his hat, held it in his hand, and smiled genuinely at Catherine, who was hurrying up.

"Kitty."

Catherine had calmed down at this time, and although the messy questions in her mind had not yet been answered, reason kept her from coming any closer.She was standing a few steps away from Knightley, her fingers were trampling on her white petticoat, a thin layer of sweat unknowingly emerged from her palms, she was a little confused and didn't know what to say, and finally could only She nodded slightly reservedly, and spoke softly to him.

"Good day, sir."