[Comprehensive Book] A Rose for Catherine

Catherine didn't look relieved that she had to let go, and dealing with a princess is never easy.

Sure enough, it took two hours of detailed discussions between Catherine and Charlotte before they were finally settled.Catherine wondered what Charlotte meant. Her face was only enough for Charlotte to help this time. If they want to use her fame and status to promote their products in the future, it would depend on Leonard's sincerity. up.

But this has nothing to do with Catherine, she planned to inform Leonard and give up, and continue to concentrate on her novel creation.

Charlotte took Chapter 1Chapter 2 at the beginning of Catherine's manuscript when she left, and she was going to make Catherine officially appear in front of her mother, and the necessary detours were indispensable.

Exhausted from the deal, Catherine closed her eyes and took a nap in the bedroom. When she woke up, the maid knocked on the door and asked her to come down to dinner.

There were only Sophia and her for dinner, the dishes were sumptuous, and the maids stood quietly on one side.

Sophia's father hangs out with his mistress all the year round, her mother recuperates in a country manor, her two older brothers go to the front line, and the other is studying in Oxford. She is usually the only one in this large mansion in London, which makes her an uncompromising hostess , arrange things in the house in an orderly manner, and the banquets held have never gone wrong.

Sophia has a normal relationship with her parents, but she gets along well with her second brother who is not that far behind in age, so she mentioned a few more words to Catherine.Catherine thought of Mary in her heart, and wanted to talk about her other four sisters. She followed Sophia's words calmly and occasionally brought the topic back to the direction she wanted.

Sophia is very curious about the five sisters of the Bennet family. All she contacts are noble ladies of the same class. She never has to worry about anything. Just wait for her parents to arrange a well-matched marriage for them, and they will be able to spend the rest of their lives in abundance. .But Sophia herself is not satisfied with this. She followed her brother to enlightenment. There was a French tutor who had experienced the French Revolution. Her thoughts influenced Sophia, which made her think differently from many ladies nowadays.

And in Catherine's account of the Bennet girls, Sophia finds something in common with herself.

Under Catherine's intentional guidance, Sophia was particularly interested in Mary. She asked repeatedly, and vowed never to reveal any secrets.

Catherine hesitated to reveal a little bit of Mary's idea of ​​wanting to go to college.Most of them are tentative.

Sophia didn't know that Catherine was thinking about her, and thought she was thinking about her family's reputation without thinking deeply.

"God," Sophia exclaimed, "she's so brave. I used to want to go to school with my brother, but I gave up when I learned they wouldn't let girls in. Kitty, I Really admire her! Has she gone yet?"

Catherine could feel her sincerity, so she said bluntly, "Not yet, she won't leave until she has attended this salon with me. I hope everything goes well for her."

"Then can you write a letter to invite her to come over as a guest? I can't wait to see Miss Mary, this mood is the same as I wanted to see you before." Sophia asked Catherine excitedly.

Catherine didn't think that it was such a coincidence that she happened to meet a noble lady who shared the same goals as Mary.

Regarding Mary, half of the anticipated biggest trouble has been resolved. If Sophia can help, it will not be difficult to hide it from the rest of the family.

She remained calm and said with a smile: "Then I'll write a letter to ask her. But Mary doesn't like to deal with people."

Fortunately, we all lived in London, and the servants of Fitzroy House delivered the letter, and got Mary's reply on the same day.

Mary understood Catherine's plan and simply expressed her willingness to come over in a text message.Sophia sent a car to pick her up the next morning.

Sofia was delighted to see Marie and talked with her for an hour and a half alone.Catherine took the time to walk around the mansion and came across an acquaintance.

Doctor Bright.

He came to visit his sister in the neighborhood, and unexpectedly meeting Catherine here, he was surprised to say hello first, and then asked how Lydia was doing.

Catherine replied that Lydia was invited by Leonard to modify the clothing design. After hearing this, Brett thought about it and said regretfully: "It's a pity that I can't help you much in this regard."

Catherine smiled, and vaguely mentioned to him that Lydia intends to launch some men's clothing designs, and also talked about Jane accompanying Lydia and trying on Lydia's designs.

Brett's thoughts were clear, and he immediately understood, thanked Catherine, turned and left in a hurry.

After Mary and Sophia finished chatting, the two sisters sat down and talked again.

Catherine listened to Mary briefly explaining the final result, and learned that Sophia had agreed to help cover Mary's whereabouts.She stared at Mary in disbelief, she didn't expect that Mary, who never dealt with outsiders on weekdays, would be able to persuade people easily.

Mary said: "Miss Fitzroy is kind and warm, she loves to help people."

Sophia is not a complicated person. Catherine thought about it for a while and calmed down, and teased Mary with a smile: "If there is no Sophia, what tricks would you come up with that I can't think of at all?"

There was a better solution, and Mary stopped concealing her initial intentions, "I originally wanted to invent an identity - I read some books about the workings of the English government, it has many loopholes, I want to It’s not too difficult to do something with it.”

Catherine went on listening to her.

"Then I'm going to ask someone in this capacity, or I can pretend to be a man and propose to my father-this method only requires a decent suit. I can persuade them to cancel the wedding in the church and just publish the marriage certificate. Papa won't care too much about it, and he won't care if Jane or Lizzie's marriage in the family goes well, and mother, we all know she can't see it. Then I can go away Longborn, mother need not worry about my marriage any longer."

"I didn't intend to implement this plan so soon." Mary ignored Catherine's surprised expression, "Kitty, you know where the biggest problem is - not enough pounds."

Catherine was silent for a while, so she was the one who sped things up.

Covering her face, she let out a long sigh, "It's a good thing you didn't implement this plan. Mary, this plan doesn't look like any school of philosophy at all."

"I'll tell mom and dad about me when I get back, so you'll get less attention. Mum will be glad you know lots of unmarried gentlemen "around a noble lady" and dad won't care when it's over .As for Jane and the others—they are easier to persuade than parents."

Mary smiled softly: "Thank you, Kitty. I hope one day I can help you too."

Catherine returned the same smile.

Catherine and Mary stayed at Fitzroy for a week, and Sophia paid them so much attention, during which Charlotte called twice, but all went well.

The salon party was about to be held, and the servants started preparations two days in advance, with a serious attitude. Sophia personally directed it, so she was so busy that she didn't see anyone for a long time.

On the morning of the salon, Catherine happened to receive a letter from Elizabeth.

The letter mentioned an unexpected and reasonable thing.

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Mr. Darcy proposed to her.

The author has something to say: [Make up the second update owed yesterday, today's update will be later, don't wait for ducks. 】

①: At that time, when decent people got married, they usually published a news about their marriage in the newspaper.