[Comprehensive Book] A Rose for Catherine

Bingley came for the horse he had left with Mr. Gardner's on a rainy day.

He had a reason for it, but Mr. Darcy's visit was a bit of a surprise.Mr. Darcy's thoughts were seldom shown in his expression, so Elizabeth did not notice the hidden emotion in his expression, and thought he was as cold as before.

When the footman went to lead the horses, Bingley and Darcy sat in the living room talking to Mr. Gardner, and several ladies sat beside them, mentioning each other's recent situation in their conversation.

Bingley glanced at Jane again and again from the corner of his eye, hesitated for a long time before saying: "Caroline is very happy to hear that you are coming to London, and would like to invite Miss Bennet to visit."

"Wait until the next time you come to London." Jane's voice was soft and gentle, and the smile on her beautiful face was as dazzling as it was at the ball in Longbourne. Bentley looked at it, and felt a little sour in his heart unconsciously.

"We're going back to Longbourn soon for Christmas. The holidays are approaching. We won't be in London for a few days. Maybe it's too late to visit."

Her tone was gentle, but her refusal was firm.

Darcy sat on the side, and couldn't help but keep looking at Elizabeth. After leaving Longborn for a short period of time, Darcy found that his mood was unusual compared with the past.On the one hand, he has an uncontrollable fondness for Elizabeth, and he keeps thinking of her bright eyes after parting, and on the other hand, he thinks that her background is not enough to match him, which makes him extremely tormented.Under the torment of this thought, he could not control the intense emotion in his heart. When Bingley proposed to visit Mr. Gardner's house, he blurted out "I will go with you" almost uncontrollably.

Catherine noticed that the gentleman was restless, and her eyes couldn't stop drifting to Elizabeth, and she couldn't help but smile.

She does not intend to interfere with the affairs between Elizabeth and Darcy, and she believes that Lizzie can make the most intelligent and most appropriate decision.And Catherine secretly hoped that Elizabeth would not marry so soon that she would not be able to stay with her often.

The footman quickly got Mr. Bingley's horse ready, but Bingley made no intention of moving at once, and Mr. Gardner offered to invite them to stay for supper.Mr. Bingley eagerly agreed, and Darcy hesitated for a moment, then nodded lightly.

It seems to be reluctant.

In the long period before dinner, everyone can spare time to do something on their own.The young ladies are guests in the first place, so there is absolutely no reason for them to entertain guests.

So Lydia simply went back to her room to pack the gift she bought today, and Catherine went in with her. She wanted to use this time to write down the plot she conceived on paper——Princess Charlotte Catherine specially came to find her customized novel and worked hard.One is that the remuneration she pays is really considerable, the other is that Catherine hopes that Princess Charlotte can help her become famous, bring more readers, and make her books sell better, and the last one is that Catherine hopes to be able to Convince the princess to wear the clothes designed by Lydia and Leonard in order to get her reward smoothly.

As long as the wording is appropriate, it is not difficult for the princess to fall in love with the dress designed by Lydia, which is why Catherine dared to boast about Leonard before.

All in all, under the support of various reasons, Catherine put a lot of thought into this book related to the British royal family, and even her previous work had to temporarily make way for "The Life of Princess Caroline".

In the living room, Bingley had been looking for an opportunity to talk to Jane alone, but he had to deal with Mr. Gardner's enthusiasm. When Darcy and Mrs. Gardner were chatting, it happened that Mrs. Gardner was also in Derbyshire before she got married. Having lived there for a long time, the place was not too far from Pemberley, which gave them a lot to talk about.Mr. Darcy mentioned some people that Mrs. Gardner knew or heard, and he could always get a few sentences back. ①

Their conversation made Mrs. Gardner feel good about Darcy, thinking that he was not as arrogant as her niece Elizabeth said. Although his personality was a little colder, he had a lot of manners.

Elizabeth sat with her for half an hour, and offered to go to Mr. Gardner's study to get a book to read. Darcy took advantage of the situation and asked if he hadn't the honor to visit Mr. Gardner's collection of books.

Of course, Mr. Gardner did not refuse, and wanted to lead the way himself, but his wife secretly stopped his blind behavior, so only Elizabeth and Darcy went to the study.

Mr. Gardner's collection of books is considered rich among ordinary people, but it is still not worth mentioning compared to the collection of books accumulated by Darcy's ancestors for generations. What's more, he didn't care about these books at all. Did not see clearly.

Elizabeth didn't really want to be alone with him, and planned to go out with a book.She turned her eyes randomly and landed on a volume of novels by Daniel Defoe on the top shelf of the bookshelf. She was more interested in this book than other tomes, but she couldn't reach that height if asked to take it by herself.She cast a quick glance at Darcy and decided to give up the idea of ​​taking the book. ②

Elizabeth was about to take out a book from the shelf in the middle, but Darcy's arm suddenly passed over her head, took the novel for her, and handed it to her.

Darcy lowered his eyes slightly and looked at her: "Miss Elizabeth, I see that you are very interested in this book just now..."

Elizabeth was startled, then twitched the corners of her mouth: "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Darcy."

She took the book and said again: "Now I am leaving the study, do you want to stay and continue to visit by yourself?"

Darcy turned away unnaturally, he didn't dare to look at Elizabeth, and only gave a soft "hmm".

Elizabeth breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly left the study with the book in hand.She saw that Darcy still had difficulty liking him, and though he might not be as bad as Wickham said, the fact that he interfered with Bingley's and Jane's feelings irritated her very much.It's just a good thing that Jane doesn't like Bentley now, otherwise she will definitely be more angry.

After a while, the people in the living room finally talked dry, and stopped chatting with enthusiasm and witty words. At this moment, Bingley couldn't help standing up: "Miss Bennet, what can I say to you alone?" Words?"

Jane glanced at him in surprise, but found that Mr. Bingley was more nervous than her, and nodded slightly after thinking for half a minute.

Mr. Gardner and Mrs. Gardner looked at each other, and kindly left the living room temporarily, leaving room for them to talk.

As soon as the others left, Bingley said eagerly: "Jane, I have already learned about the existence of that letter from Caroline, and I don't have ... admiration for Miss Darcy. Miss Darcy Caroline misunderstood that she came here because of her brother..."

He didn't know what to say next.

Jane listened to him gently and quietly, and when he couldn't say anything, she said in her most usual soft tone: "It's enough for you and Caroline to explain this matter clearly. To me, you didn't Duty to explain. I was so warmly received by you and Caroline when I was a guest at Netherfield, and I am grateful to have met such warm and kind friends.”

Seeing that Bingley's face turned pale little by little, Jane couldn't bear to continue hitting him, so she didn't say anything.But Bingley had sensed her true thoughts from her silent posture, and he knew that there was nothing to redeem, so he said: "Yes, Miss Bennet, you are a very good friend, the days when I met you Makes me very happy."

What if he was willing to trust the relationship between them a little more?

Too bad he didn't.

Jane frowned, a little unbearable, but she didn't say anything to comfort him.

Mr. Bingley was in a trance, as if he had not recovered from the shock, until supper time. Darcy was in better condition, but the host could still feel that his mind was not on the table.The matter involved several of their nieces, and the Gardners were not good at expressing their opinions rashly.

After finally getting through the dinner, the two gentlemen left in a hurry.Jane knew that after this farewell, she might not have the chance to meet again. She felt a little unspeakably sad, but she didn't feel too sad—maybe she didn't fall deep enough at the beginning.

After experiencing this incident, her emotional attitude became more cautious.Seeing Lydia drawing design drafts with great interest, I was sincerely happy for her, but at the same time, I couldn't help but feel a little bit lost because of her completely different personality from Lydia, which made her destined not to be like Lydia.

Elizabeth thought she was sad about Mr. Bingley's affairs, and found various reasons to comfort her.Jane resignedly reassured that she was not sad about this matter, but she sincerely wished Mr. Bingley could find a like-minded wife.

Elizabeth was still worried, and quietly told Catherine, asking if there was anything that could divert Jane's attention.

Catherine was looking at the design draft of Lydia's new drawing, and those handed over were said to have begun to be produced according to the drawings, she couldn't help but subconsciously said: "Let Jane do something else to divert her attention, for example, she can try on Lydia's design. The skirts that came out, so you can see the effect of these clothes. And she is so beautiful!"

The author has something to say: [The speed of life and death, there is a plot today that was not written smoothly.I will write more QAQ tomorrow.After I finish the exam in these two days, I will start to try double shift. 】

①: Mrs. Gardner was born in Derbyshire. Refer to the second volume of the original text of "Pride and Prejudice".

②: Daniel Defoe, the one who wrote "Robinson Crusoe", is called the father of European novels.He has run some literary newspapers and magazines, and has made great contributions to the newspaper industry.