[Comprehensive Book] A Rose for Catherine

Facing the contradictions in the Bennet family that are not on the bright side but are well known to everyone, Catherine always chooses to be wise and protect herself.It may be sad to say it, but she really doesn't know how to deal with these things - she can't even solve her own problems completely.

"Writing" was reluctantly accepted by the Bennets under the blessing of Princess Charlotte's reputation, but all the problems that followed were submerged in surprises. Maybe one day, a certain fuse was ignited, and then those problems would be It exploded completely.

The first duty of a lady is to marry a gentleman of the right kind.

Secular concepts have always been like this.

Catherine stood in the corner and watched quietly for a while. Mrs. Bennet warmly and loudly invited several gentlemen to hunt in Longbourn, and at the same time, she did not forget to show off Jane's happy marriage to the guests.

Mrs. Bennet was genuinely happy for her daughter.But Catherine looked at it with an indescribable feeling—as if all her emotions came from her children, and had nothing to do with her own feelings.

Knightley felt the gaze from the corner, looked back intently, and smiled at Catherine.Catherine paused, nodded, and walked away.

When Lydia came back from a walk, her skirt was slightly stained by mud. She entered the room unhappy and complained to Catherine: "The depression in front of our house is really annoying. You Look! My dress!"

Catherine wrote some ideas about the school on white paper. Although she has seen many schools in later generations and today, it is not easy to figure out how the school works.She couldn't help but find it a little funny when she wrote it. She didn't have enough money, no convincing reputation, or even enough manpower. She didn't have anything and dared to plan such a thing with Charlotte.

But she won't give up because of these troubles.

She rubbed her forehead, thinking of the memories of her previous life—in fact, they were a little blurry, she forgot many things, even the place where she used to live, but she still remembered, as a Girl, her fate can not be limited to this.

Lydia's crisp complaints brought her back to her senses. She looked at the stains on Lydia's skirt and showed a regretful expression, "Change to another skirt. It's a good thing it's not your favorite skirt."

Lydia carefully held the hem of the skirt and changed into another skirt.In passing, she gushed to Catherine about her experience: "Kitty, you don't know! Brett's cousin! She's dying of a corset!"

Lydia was in disbelief.

Catherine looked over suspiciously.The fanatical pursuit of corsets by women in England in this era was not as good as later, and even women's corsets were relatively loose, and there were no tragic cases of broken ribs because of corsets.This incident has always made Catherine feel lucky. She never expected to hear such a tragedy from Lydia. ①

Brett's cousin has a fanatical pursuit of a slender figure, so she tosses herself to take two extra steps and is out of breath.As a doctor, Brett was well aware of the harm and gave her a stern warning for her actions.But the young lady didn't listen to his words and insisted on continuing to tie her waist, so her body suffered great damage.

Catherine thought about the scene and couldn't help sighing.

Lydia continued: "Kitty, I really don't understand her. We have more beautiful dresses to choose from, and some dresses make us completely invisible to the waist."

Although the thin waist looks good, we must also pay attention to the overall proportion.Lydia thought.

"People's enthusiasm for the things they pursue is unimaginable." Catherine commented calmly after hearing this. After she finished speaking, she opened her mouth, and did not say any other thoughts after deliberation.

"Anyway, I would never want to do that." Lydia changed her skirt and jumped up. "Kitty, come and see my new inspiration-look, such trousers, they have only just appeared. But I like them."②

Catherine leaned over and took a look, "Great design."

It had been a long time since she had seen trousers designed for women.At this time, the skirt is still an irreplaceable mainstream.

She said to Lydia: "If you design it, send me some."

Lydia shook her hair proudly, "Of course."

Catherine looked at the design drawing again, and suddenly said, "I don't know what my mother will think when she sees this?"

Lydia opened her mouth in surprise, not quite understanding what Catherine meant: "Kitty...?"

"Mom has worried enough about our marriage, and now things almost have a happy ending—" Lydia and Jane both got a happy marriage, and Elizabeth seemed to be getting better soon, and Mary was obsessed with her studies. She made up her mind, and no matter how dissatisfied Mrs. Bennet was, it would not help. It can be said that as a mother who worried about her daughter's marriage, Mrs. Bennet had fulfilled her responsibilities, and the rest of the time should belong to herself.

"And what about Mom? What's she going to do next?"

Lydia scratched her seaweed-like long hair in surprise: "...you mean, let mom be like us?"

Lydia struggled to come up with an example for comparison.

Catherine understood what she meant under the clumsy description, and nodded: "Yes. I hope that mother can find some hobbies of her own at best - even if it is to match other people's marriages."

She made a little joke.

Lydia put down the blueprint in her hand, fell on the bed, covered her face with her hands, and said sullenly, "Kitty, I don't know what mother likes at all."

Her voice was a little sad.

Catherine was silent for a few seconds, and sat down beside Lydia: "I don't know either."

"that's terrible."

Lydia was unhappy about this for two days. When Brett met her, he thought she was upset because the dress was broken, so he specially asked someone to bring back some of the most fashionable dresses in London and give them to Lydia.This includes both recent ready-to-wear and dresses pre-ordered in London.Lydia looked at the clothes, "I designed this one!"

Brett's smile froze slightly upon hearing this.

Lydia glanced at him and snorted softly, "Okay, I'll give it a try."

Brett breathed a sigh of relief, but he swore to himself that he would never send clothes again.It's better to give jewelry, he thought about the ancestral jewelry in the family, those will never go wrong.

Love is so painful and sweet.

He didn't know what to think of, showing a joyful and happy smile.

Until one day when he went back, he ran into his good friend Darcy who was temporarily staying in his house. He said proudly: "Oh, my dear friend, I don't know when you will be able to call me brother-in-law? I am very much looking forward to meeting you You become brother-in-law."

Darcy replied coldly: "I thought it was too early for you to say this, Miss Lydia is only 16 years old."

Bright laughed: "But we're engaged. My family really likes Lydia too."

Brett's parents are no longer alive, his brother has inherited the title, and the property has been divided in the will. No one in the family can decide what kind of girl he will marry.

He even claimed that he did not inherit the title, and that he happened to be of the same class as Lydia, and they belonged to each other.Under such circumstances, at least no one has any opinions on the surface.

The Bennet family didn't know that their two prospective sons-in-law had started "fighting openly and secretly", but Catherine discovered something interesting-Jane's new husband didn't seem to like Mr. Darcy very much, and even had a bit of vague hostility .

When they came to visit together that day, the newlyweds Jane and Leonard came back from a walk, and several gentlemen greeted them. Leonard's attitude towards Darcy was not as friendly as the others.After Jane said that they were moving to London soon, and Darcy said that he would go to London soon, Leonard's hostility almost overflowed his eyes.

Catherine on the side just noticed this little detail.

She didn't understand where the other party's emotions came from, and Darcy never showed affection for Jane. What he admired was her second sister Elizabeth, the sister who had the best friendship with Jane in the family.The hostility came in a strange way.

She couldn't help confiding her doubts to her friend in a conversation, and Knightley smiled slightly after listening: "Kitty, since we can all confirm that it's not Mr. Darcy's problem, why don't we think about the relationship between him and Jane?" People who have been in contact."

"Mr. Bingley?"

Catherine blurted out in surprise.

This was the first answer she subconsciously thought of. Looking back, it was also logical.

If Mr. Bingley and Jane hadn't lost a little bit of fate, they would get married naturally after thinking about it.It is reasonable for Leonard to mind such a gentleman.

Bingley and Darcy are good friends again. Although they know who Darcy is here for, Leonard, who has just arrived, doesn't know.It is understandable that he was mistaken.

"This is really interesting."

After thinking about it, Catherine covered her mouth and laughed.

After one doubt was resolved, Catherine hesitated for a moment, and asked the other party the second question that had troubled her in recent days.

—of her discussion with Lydia in the room with Mrs. Bennet that day.

Whatever Mrs. Bennet's faults as a mother, the two of them were remiss of duty as Mrs. Bennet's favorite children.Catherine came to this era, not without hating Mrs. Bennet's ignorant and frivolous behavior. She took it for granted that Mrs. Bennet was not good enough.But in the end she found out, how much better is she as a daughter than as a mother?

She wanted Mrs. Bennet to do something other than find a son-in-law for her daughters. Didn't she have an idea of ​​telling Mrs. Bennet not to bother her?

Catherine felt bad.

Knightley noticed her depressed mood, and did not rush to comfort her, but first answered Catherine's doubts on this matter.

"Kitty, since you can't get the answers yourself, why don't you ask other people to help you find out more?"

Catherine raised her head, "When you say that, it reminds me—"

She didn't go on, but she always felt that Knightley knew whom she wanted to talk about.

—Mr. Bennet.

Their father, their mother's husband of more than 20 years.

The author has something to say: [The words are swallowed, humble. 】

[I don’t dare to watch infinite streaming at night, woohoo, and I don’t dare to watch it during the day. 】

①: In the Regency era, women's corsets were looser and had the function of lifting the breasts.Later, the Victorian era was more stringent, and the whole body would be bound, bound very tightly.

In addition, men also wore corsets at that time.

②: At that time, trousers had just become popular, and many people thought that trousers were very strange.