[Comprehensive Book] A Rose for Catherine

Half an hour later, Mr. Bennet brought the man into the study.Several ladies gathered in the living room to chat, Mrs. Bennet was resting in the upstairs room, Jane and Elizabeth went out for a walk, and there were only three of them in the living room.

Mary didn't bother to care about this matter, after all, she won Lydia's game this time-who said that a gypsy is not a gypsy at all?She picked up the book before she went out and read it again, and expressed her opinion on this matter along the way.

"So the truth we usually see may not be the truth at all, just like this time, the gentleman said his name was Mycroft Holmes, but that doesn't mean he must be called that. He could be a jeep Sairen, or a detective, maybe next time it will be something else?"

Catherine rubbed the sullen Lydia's long hair, hugged the little sister in her arms, and talked to Mary: "Maybe it will be a famous scholar next time? Didn't he say that he is a student at Cambridge? Mary, You also mentioned the university some time ago, if you are curious, you can ask him for some information."

In the country of Longborn, it was rare to see a Cambridge student.And in this era when universities are not open to women and there is no Internet, if you want to know information about universities, you can only do so in a roundabout way.

After Catherine finished speaking, she comforted Lydia: "My dear, don't be angry. Although he is not a fortune teller, he is also proficient in other things. Otherwise, how would he know about you in London? He said he was a fortune teller. A detective, maybe this is the result of proficient reasoning."

Mary also echoed and dryly comforted Lydia: "Divination cannot be learned by ordinary people like us, but reasoning may be mastered by us. That——Mr. has mastered very brilliant reasoning skills."

Lydia pouted, and said to her two sisters even more unhappily: "God, do you think I'm smart enough to learn who the murderer is? Even if I learned it, what use would it be to me?"

Lydia's own cognition was very clear, which made Catherine couldn't help laughing: "Since it's useless, we don't need to pay attention to him. I'm more looking forward to the new dress you want to design for me."

The dress Lydia designed for Catherine is what she will wear at the salon in the near future, and it is also the first step to unlock Lydia's fame.Lydia is very concerned about this dress, and she must make this sister a grand debut at the salon, so as not to make people look down on her, and at the same time let those noble ladies recognize Lydia Bennet's extraordinary design.

Besides that, Lydia also needs to design a dress.It was to be given to Princess Charlotte through Catherine. With Princess Charlotte as a high-end walking sign, the joint business of Lydia and Leonard can easily occupy a place in the upper class.

Speaking of this, Lydia patted herself on the head as if remembering: "It's already drawn, but I'm not going to ask a tailor to do it, I want to do it myself! There are still some fabrics and ribbons missing. Gad Uncle Na said that Leonard is going to send a batch of purple fabric to make clothes for Princess Charlotte, and it is still on the way... I don’t know if there is enough fabric. If there is enough, I want to make one for you too. And make some more ornaments... that is the purple that is nobler than gold!" ①

Thinking of the situation, Lydia felt eager anticipation and excitement.

Catherine thought for a while: "Let's make a white skirt, white can never go wrong. Purple is too eye-catching, and I can't wear it in my daily life." ②

Lydia curled her lips: "Since you said so, I'll use it to make more trinkets, and it can also be matched with skirts."

Despite this reply to Catherine, Lydia secretly planned to add some purple accents to Catherine's skirt.

Leonard called Kitty, an idiot, to work for nothing, so he must pay something, right?Lydia thought bitterly.

After talking to Catherine, Lydia raised her chin awkwardly, and said to Mary: "If there is time, I will make one for you too. Don't let those people think that our family is so poor that we don't even have a decent dress. "

Mary turned a page of the book: "If in a literary salon, we don't talk about literature, philosophy, or art, but we talk about which lady has the most beautiful dress, then it doesn't make much sense. It's better not to go."

"Then it's impossible for you to talk about Shakespeare and Thales all the time."

Lydia was puzzled.

"No problem." Mary replied lightly.

Catherine did not participate in this conversation. She stood at the window and looked out. From the living room window, she could see the approximate location of Mr. Bennet's study.She was still thinking about the unknown "Mr. Holmes".Catherine always had a strange feeling, as if his purpose was not for a simple case, and a case did not seem to move such a person.

Catherine searched her memory for the name "Mycroft", hoping to get some clues from her long past life.

Got nothing.

Her knowledge of "Sherlock Holmes" is really limited.Catherine regrets that she did not have a good understanding of British history before.

When she was in distress, Jane and Elizabeth came back from the outside. Seeing Catherine frowning, they couldn't help but ask with concern: "Kitty, what's the matter with you today?"

Catherine thought about her words: "Today there is a very special guest at home."

Elizabeth joked subconsciously: "Could it be another Collins?"

"No." Catherine shook her head. "He said he was a detective, and Dad received him in the study. They've been in for an hour."

"What's taking so long to talk about?" Jane was surprised.

Catherine hesitated for a moment, and told the truth: "The detective said that he came to Longbourn to investigate a case, so he wanted to discuss it with his father, who is the magistrate. It has to be reported to the sheriff of the county."

The latter sentence is Catherine's own conjecture.

As soon as Jane heard it, she showed a worried look: "If it is a murder case, it will be terrible. We have to be careful."

Elizabeth was more than she thought: "There have been no new guests in either the village or the town recently. If what the detective said is true, then there is a vicious guy hiding among us. But the The identity of the detective is also unknown, so what he said may not be credible."

This concern is not unfounded.Because of the surname "Holmes", Catherine subconsciously wants to believe that he is a detective, but it is hard to guarantee whether he is a real "Sherlock Holmes".

"Daddy will find out if he is lying." Catherine comforted her in this way, giving the sisters a reassurance.

Whatever the leading ladies of the family may think of Mr. Bennet, it cannot be denied that Mr. Bennet is not confused in important matters, or he would not have been magistrate for so many years.Mr. Bennet, who has a wealth of experience, should always be more accurate than them in judging people—even if Mr. Bennet has rolled over Wickham once.

After another half hour, Mr. Bennet finally came out with the young detective, his face extremely serious, not a bit relaxed as usual.

Several ladies who were still in the living room saluted with their skirts in their hands. Seeing Mr. Bennet's face, they realized that things might be very bad.

Mr. Bennet beckoned Mycroft to sit down, and glanced sullenly at the three daughters sitting in a circle: "Where are Mary and Lydia?"

"In the room," Catherine answered.

"Call them over," Mr. Bennet ordered, "and then tell your mother... Forget it, I'll talk to her myself later."

After a while, Mrs. Hill, the housekeeper, brought Mary and Lydia over. Lydia wanted to complain that they interrupted her drawing, but she swallowed it back when she saw everyone looking serious, and yelled "Father" carefully sat down beside Catherine.

Mary glanced at the detective sitting next to Mr. Bennet, and saw that he was much stronger than he seemed at first.She glanced at him, paused, and dropped her light brown eyes before he looked back.

Mr. Bennet said in a deep voice: "This is Mr. Holmes. You already know that he is an excellent detective. He came to Longbourne this time to investigate a murder case. In London, there is a widowed lady Tragically murdered, the murderer stole the lady's jewels, but the murderer the police found was drunk and fell to his death two months ago, and Mr. Holmes found out that the murderer had an accomplice."

Several sisters looked at each other, and Catherine calmed down first: "Dad called us together on purpose, is it because we know this gentleman?"

Lydia flinched away from Catherine in fear, clutching the corner of Catherine's skirt tightly.

Mr. Bennet nodded solemnly: "That's right, Kitty is right. This accomplice is Mr. Wickham from Meryton Town."

The expressions on the faces of the sisters suddenly became more serious.

Mycroft added, after Mr. Bennet had finished: "Wickham owed a gambling debt of three thousand pounds at a casino in London some months before, and shortly after this case, his debt suddenly disappeared. was paid off."

As he said, a meaningful smile spread from his lips: "However, he soon owed another gambling debt."

The author has something to say: [As usual, the second watch will be delayed a little, don't wait. 】

[I feel that everyone doesn't like Mary, so I decided to—

Sell ​​Amway in person. 】

[Philosopher and Great Demon King.The love of otaku and otaku. (cross out)

Mary: The only good thing about him is that he is studying at Cambridge, and I want to go too.

Mary: He can reason?No, I only love the truth.

Mrs. Bennet: Does he have an annuity of ten thousand pounds?No excuses. 】

[I don't understand reasoning, but you don't understand philosophy either. 】

[Actually, Sherlock's character is quite weird in the original book, and he doesn't quite get along with Mary.So in the end it was Maggie and Mary.And this is Maggie who hasn't grown up to be a big devil yet (nor fat). You have to trust Mary Duck. 】

[And you should believe that the author's IQ will definitely lower Maggie's IQ. 】

①: At that time, the refining cost of purple dye was very high, more expensive than gold, so it was once called the color of the royal family.Even in the early nineteenth century, purple dye was still valuable.Queen Victoria was also famous for wearing purple.

②: White skirts were popular at that time, and women's white skirts are always in season.This is mentioned in other Austen novels.