[Comprehensive Book] A Rose for Catherine

Catherine had always been mild in her dealings with people, and she was seldom so faux pas.

Elizabeth didn't take this matter to heart at first, and even planned to tell it as a joke to several sisters and friends, but when she saw that Catherine seemed to have a quarrel with someone, she hurried over with small steps.

"Kitty."

She whispered Catherine.

Mr. Knightley was unaware that there had been a quarrel, but he soon deduced from the unkind looks of several of the gentlemen and ladies that there had been an argument, which might have come from his new friends and associates. Aroused by an inappropriate sentence.

He and Mr. Bennet walked over.

"Lizzie, Kitty, what happened?" asked Mr. Bennet.

Catherine had no intention of letting this conflict come to the fore, so she held Elizabeth's hand aside: "Dad, it's nothing. It's just that Mr. Darcy told a very funny joke."

Mr. Bennet gave her a surprised look. He didn't think that Mr. Darcy, whose haughty reputation had spread throughout the ball, would joke with his daughter.Seeing his hesitant expression, Catherine immediately changed the subject: "Okay, Dad, what kind of irremediable conflict can two young girls have with two gentlemen?"

When Catherine said the word "gentleman", her tone was slightly raised, with a slight irony.

Hearing the meaning, Bingley couldn't help but blushed slightly.Darcy's expression remained unchanged.

Elizabeth could not help but glance at him.Probably the young man didn't think his words were wrong.

Mr. Knightley judged the situation by his social experience a little longer than that of young girls and gentlemen, and Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy succeeded in offending both young ladies with his harsh temper and words.

This is quite disrespectful behavior.

Still, he knew a little about his partner.Sure enough, Darcy quickly said dryly to the two girls of the Bennet family: "I apologize for my rudeness in my previous words."

Elizabeth didn't expect that he would take the initiative to apologize, and she stood there for more than ten seconds before reacting.But this tone sounds utterly reluctant and disgusting.

She thought that she and this Mr. Darcy had no possibility of communicating in the future, and she didn't like to care about it, so she gave this young man who was run over by her sister a step down.

She bent her lips and smiled, showing that she didn't care.

Mr Knightley added for his friend: "Darcy is a very nice man, he's just a bit inarticulate."

Hearing this, Catherine opened her fan again, half-hidden her face behind the fan and gave a faint smile: "I don't think so, Mr. Darcy's words made me, a little girl who can only stay at home and embroider, very excited." Vision. However, as a good friend, I believe that your evaluation must be credible, but unfortunately I have no chance to meet Mr. Darcy's ineloquent side."

"Then don't disturb the small talk of the few."

Catherine took Elizabeth's hand and left. Charlotte was left in the cold by her. Catherine didn't want her to be involved in the Bennet's family affairs.

After all, even she herself felt that the matter of the Bennet family was an incalculable bad debt.

Elizabeth glanced back at Darcy, meeting his gaze.Darcy met Elizabeth's bright eyes, his heart skipped a beat, and he quickly looked away unnaturally.

Mr. Knightley has always been considered fair and sober, and his words are rarely ridiculed, sharp but gentle.

"Miss Kitty is a very thoughtful girl."

he said to Mr. Bennet.

Elizabeth told Charlotte about Catherine's exploits, and she couldn't help laughing.

"Mr. Darcy has probably never been so crushed by a lady in his life."

Charlotte also thinks Mr. Darcy is too arrogant, but she also thinks Catherine is too serious.

"There's nothing wrong with that." Elizabeth unconditionally supported her sister on this point, "We don't marry him, so why should we care what he thinks?"

"But if he is of poor character, he may take the opportunity of interfering with Mr. Bingley and Jane's marriage to avenge Kitty's behavior tonight."

Charlotte gave her guess.

Mr. Bingley's performance this evening was obvious to all, and everyone could see that he was interested in Jane.Besides, he asked Jane to dance twice alone!

"He apologized to Lizzie, which proves that he is not too bad." Catherine couldn't help frowning when she thought of Charlotte's assumption, "If Mr. Bingley can change his mind because of others' words, then he is too uninitiated. I would think him not a good match for Jane."

"They haven't reached the point where they are talking about marriage, and things need further observation."

Elizabeth agreed with her, but for the moment she did not think Mr. Bingley a very independent man.

Charlotte answered: "If there are no accidents, it won't take long for them to get there. Emotional matters can't be observed and waited for too long."

"Maybe so, but being together enough is enough for them to understand each other."

"And I don't like his two sisters." Catherine muttered in a low voice. She was always sensitive to people's emotions and knew that they didn't like Jane as much as she showed.

But if Jane didn't live with his sister after marriage, it wouldn't be a big deal.After all, the Bennet family is not a likable relative.

Elizabeth echoed: "They have no manners like Mr. Bingley's."

She turned to Mr. Knightley: "He's a lot kinder than Mr. Darcy."

"Perhaps so, but perhaps he has packaged his arrogance. We don't know him as yet, nor can we judge whether he is worse than Mr. Darcy," said Catherine.

"I don't think it's possible." Elizabeth teased, "After all, there is probably only one unmarried man in the world who is hated by his mother for [-] pounds."

Mrs. Bennet likes to communicate with people. Except for the distant relative of the Bennet family, the Reverend Collins who will inherit all the property, Darcy is the first one whom she hates so much that she can even ignore his ten thousand pounds.

"If he proposes to you now, mom won't hate him."

"He'd never propose to a 'barely passable' girl. Kitty, you need to be sober."

Elizabeth couldn't help laughing when she said that.

A few days after the ball, Catherine finished the first three drafts of her new novel.Sitting at the desk for a long time brought a lot of fatigue, so she couldn't help thinking of going out for a walk.

The sky is fine.

Catherine happily called Jane and Elizabeth who were willing to join her.The three sisters just took the opportunity to chat.

So she couldn't help insinuating about Jane and Mr. Bingley, and Elizabeth's thoughts coincided with hers.

Jane naturally had a lot of praise for Mr. Bingley, but Catherine frowned when it came to Miss Bingley's desire to do the housework for her brother.

But she didn't give her opinion on the matter right away, except that Jane shouldn't think everyone is as good as she is.

"There is no difference between their arrogance and Mr. Darcy's arrogance. It's just that one doesn't show it face to face, and the other shows it directly. In contrast, sincerity is at least a good quality."

Elizabeth could not help thinking that if Kitty were to be unkind, Mr. Darcy might not be her match.

Soon she put the thought behind her and began to talk about something new.

About a doctor who has been in the limelight lately in London.There are few doctors in this era, and they belong to the gentleman class. The one they are talking about is not only a superb medical skill, but also an aristocrat. ①

Richard Bright, the youngest son of an earl, with excellent medical skills, was ordered to treat the king of England, and was very popular in London.

"Can he see what mother's headache is?"

Jane asks what concerns her most.

"Maybe." Catherine shook her head as she said, "But this doctor may not be easy to get hired. I asked my uncle to help us inquire about this doctor's itinerary."

"That's great." Elizabeth couldn't help but feel happy.

A few days later the ladies of Longborn called on the two ladies of Netherfield.Catherine didn't want to go at first because she didn't like the two ladies, but Mrs. Bennet told the girls to keep an eye on Catherine and not let her sneak out alone in a rude manner.

"Mom, I swear I'm just going to return a book!" Catherine reassured helplessly, "If I don't return it, the borrowing time will expire. I promise to be back before everyone goes out."

Elizabeth came to her rescue: "I'm going with Kitty, mother. I'll keep an eye on her."

Mrs. Bennet was very reassured about her two eldest daughters. If Elizabeth came forward, she would no longer prevent Catherine from going out.

Catherine couldn't help casting a grateful look at Elizabeth, and hurried upstairs to escape Mrs. Bennet's sight with two biographies she borrowed from the town library.

In order not to lose time, Catherine and Elizabeth had to walk as fast as possible.

"I think the only point of this trip is Jane."

Catherine said, stepping through a shallow puddle with her skirt lifted.

"You can't say that, Kitty. It's just a basic social courtesy," Elizabeth persuaded her.

"My dear Lizzie, do you think mother would have been so enthusiastic about Mr. Bingley if he hadn't the possibility of becoming his son-in-law? Do you think of that Mr. Darcy? Or that Mr. Knightley whose income is unknown?"

As the magistrate, Mr. Knightley was also the son-in-law candidate in Mrs. Bennet’s eyes, but when she learned from Mr. After that, her enthusiasm immediately dissipated a lot. ②

Catherine thought that the gentleman was not a person in financial distress. Although his clothing was low-key, the details showed that his family was in a good family.Otherwise, he wouldn't have discussed business with Mr. Darcy, maybe he just simply didn't like to ride in a carriage.But she will not remind Mrs. Bennet of this, lest the girls suffer from more forced marriages from their mothers.

Let her think that Mr. Knightley is a rich poor gentleman, Catherine thought.

"You're right." Elizabeth shrugged.

The two walked to the door of the library, and before they went in, they saw the two protagonists who were used for comparison in their chat just now standing in front of the counter to check out.

Thinking of the conversation just now, the two sisters couldn't help but look at each other with smiles in their eyes.

Mr. Darcy's expression was still indifferent, and Mr. Knightley greeted them gently when he saw them.

"Good day, ladies."