[Comprehensive Book] A Rose for Catherine

The Prince Regent's attitude was unexpectedly kind from the beginning to the end, but making him make a promise is not something that can be moved by simple words. Politicians always have deeper considerations.

Fortunately, Catherine still has someone to turn to—Princess Charlotte.

Catherine was waiting for news from her.

After the audience, Catherine returned to Donville Manor.Lydia had already been to the strawberry field to pick strawberries, and she sent Catherine a basket of strawberries and a remodeled old dress with strawberries embroidered on the skirt.

Catherine put it on and twirled in front of Lydia. The strawberry embroidery dotted on the snow-white cotton cloth spun like vines that grew rapidly, full of vitality.

"it's beautiful!"

"Of course!" Lydia walked over and stuck the pin on Catherine's hat, "I traded a brooch for this, and I learned the skill from that French woman, not many French women know how to do this! "①

Catherine knew that the French woman she was talking about was the female teacher who taught French to the girls at Mrs. Goddard's school.

Lydia dressed her up, took a step aside, looked at Catherine, and muttered, "If I had known the result would be so beautiful, I would have embroidered it on my own skirt."

Catherine stretched out her hands to smooth the folds of the skirt, and raised her head with a smile: "So, my dear Lydia, it turns out that you just used my skirt as an experimental product..."

Her words stopped abruptly when she saw Knightley standing in the doorway.

Has he been standing here for a long time?

Catherine pinched the corner of the skirt in her hand.

As if her sudden silence brought Knightley back to his senses, the young man frowned, "Kitty, welcome back."

Catherine nodded in response.

"The dress is beautiful," he praised. "If you excuse me, Longbourne has just sent a letter which I thought you would be delighted to read."

Catherine noticed that he was indeed holding a letter in his hand.

Lydia opened the letter curiously, and unconsciously read the contents of the letter.The letter was written by Mr. Bennet, but some of the words and sentences were in Mrs. Bennet's tone.The mother misses her precious daughter very much and hopes that the two sisters can come back as soon as possible to celebrate Lydia's 16th birthday at Longbourn-if Lydia comes back alone or Catherine brings Mr. Knightley back, it will be fine. is a good choice.

When Lydia read this, her hazel eyes rolled, and her eyes rolled over Knightley and Catherine. Both of them looked normal, and she snorted softly.

Mr. Bennet spoke of a real happy event in a grave tone.Jane will be married to Mr. Leonard in August. The matter was originally decided in May, and even the parents have planned that the eldest daughter and the youngest daughter will be officially engaged together in June, but at this time the two sisters Only then did I know the news.

The good news came too fast, and Catherine was not familiar with the process, so she was a little worried about whether the marriage was rushed, but when she thought about the wedding of Collins and Charlotte, after comparing it, she felt that it would not appear hasty, so she was relieved.

"Then we'll be back in a few days, Kitty." Lydia finished reading the letter and counted her adult years with her fingers.When Catherine heard the words, she couldn't help but subconsciously glanced at Knightley's face, as if she wanted to see the master's reaction.

The smile on Knightley's face is still gentle, and there is no special emotion: "It seems that I made a mistake before. It was not 'welcome back', but 'goodbye'."

Catherine thought for a while and said, "We will have a chance to meet again."

"I'll wait for 'goodbye'," he said softly.

A few days later, Catherine and Lydia packed up their things and boarded the carriage, and Knightley sent them some baskets of strawberries.Lydia had already got into the car, Catherine packed up the manuscripts of the letters, and came out after confirming that there was nothing missing, and Knightley sent her out.

Before stepping into the carriage, she suddenly turned around as if thinking of something, "We will continue to communicate?"

Knightley laughed: "I thought there was no doubt about it."

It was a sunny day back in Longborn.Brett visited early and refused to leave for several hours. He drank two pots of tea with Mr. Bennet in the study, and finally waited for the two sisters to enter the room before dinner.Lydia and Mrs. Bennet embraced tightly as soon as they entered the door, and both mother and daughter were ecstatic.

Catherine pursed her lips and stood by the side smiling. She also walked over and hugged Jane and Mrs. Bennet. When she saw Mr. Bennet standing with his hands behind his back and a cold expression, she also hugged him actively.The father's expression was surprised for a few seconds, and then it was the usual indifferent expression that scared Lydia.Catherine handed over several baskets of strawberries to Mrs. Bennet. Mrs. Bennet was very happy when she saw it, and turned around and told the housekeeper, Mrs. Hill, to give some to the two sons-in-law, keep some for herself, and distribute the rest to her neighbors.

Leonard has gone back to London to prepare for his wedding these days. Only Bright stayed in Longbourne, coming over every three days to chat with Mr. Bennet, ride horses and fish.Anyone with a discerning eye knows why he runs so diligently.

With two more girls, the Longbourne family became lively again.Mrs. Bennet likes hustle and bustle the most, and at this time she thinks of her two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary, who she doesn't like so much.

After Elizabeth finished her temporary stay in Huntford, she went on a trip with the Gardiners again.Her relationship with her uncle and aunt is the best among the five sisters, and making such a decision does not surprise Catherine at all.Elizabeth was genuinely surprised by Jane's engagement, promising she would be back before then, but she might not be able to make it to Lydia's birthday.

Lydia curled her lips: "It doesn't matter if she comes back or not." Anyway, their relationship is not that good.

Mrs. Bennet was more willing to ask some questions about Mary. She kept asking Catherine about Mary’s life in London, whether she got along well with that Miss Sophia, whether those noble ladies bullied her, and complained about Mary’s life. The girl didn't know how to write a letter to her family for so long.

Sophia has not had any female companions around recently.Thinking of this, Brett couldn't help but secretly glanced at Catherine.

Catherine picked out a few questions that could be answered, and turned a deaf ear to Mrs. Bennet's complaints—of course Mary couldn't send the letter home, and the address on the letter would expose her lie.She waited for Mrs. Bennet to finish complaining before saying that Mary's writing to her was the same as writing to home, and she needn't worry.

Mrs. Bennet, who was always foolish, did not pursue her further.

In fact, Mary really had nothing to worry about.She successfully obtained the status of a Cambridge student, and was deeply loved by the old professors in the college. She was successful in her studies and was so busy studying every day that she couldn't spare time to write letters to Catherine.

Mr. Bennet said at this time: "Isn't she unwilling to come back to her sister's wedding?"

"She doesn't know about it yet." Catherine smiled vaguely, "I'll write a letter to tell her about it later, and she will be very happy for Jane."

Mr. Bennet fell silent again.

A few days passed quickly, and it was Lydia's 16th birthday in a blink of an eye.For the Bennet family, it wasn't a very important day, but it wasn't an ordinary day either.

Also on this day, Catherine's collection of short stories was printed, and the first volumes appeared in various bookstores in the London area.

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①: Hat pin: A long, straight needle used to fix a hat, usually very delicate and decorative.

Skills: refers to embroidery, Tambour embroidery, it is said that it was introduced to a small town called Lorraine in France in 1810.Compared with the timeline of this article, it probably means that this kind of embroidery has just emerged, and there are not many people who know it.