[Comprehensive Book] A Rose for Catherine

Catherine still chose to go to the library for a while, looked up some information about the cafe, and then slowly turned back to Aunt Phillips' house.

Elizabeth arrived later than she, and it was Darcy who saw her back, and the young man stood at the door and watched her go into the house.

Catherine was leaning on the window sill, she tilted her head with a smile and stretched out her arms to block Elizabeth's way: "My dear Lizzie, have you brought me a good news worth celebrating? I just saw Mr. Darcy send you came back."

And they were so close together that Brett, who was left behind, was completely ignored.

Elizabeth looked at her and nodded slowly: "Maybe it depends on how you define good news, Kitty."

During the most intense part of her conversation with Madame de Boer, Darcy bursts into the café, startling both women.Especially Elizabeth, who just said to Mrs. de Boer that she must marry him angrily.On the contrary, the aggressive young girl was a little bit at a loss for where to put her hands and feet. The business in the cafe was cold, and there were no other customers except them, and Elizabeth was embarrassed by the silence around her.

Mr. Darcy quickly said something to his aunt, they did not break out into a violent argument, and at last Mrs. de Boer left with a cold face.Brett saw the opportunity and asked Darcy to offer to escort Elizabeth back. On the way, Darcy took the initiative to mention what Elizabeth said to Mrs. de Boer.

For some reason Elizabeth was completely at a loss for words of refusal.The sincerity of the other party is enough to impress her!

This makes Darcy ecstatic.

Catherine was slightly surprised when she heard Elizabeth's thoughts.She couldn't help but think, perhaps when she was busy with school and new works, the two of them had already had developments that others didn't know about.Whether it was Huntford or Pemberley, it was always time to play their part.

She was heartily happy for Elizabeth.

Elizabeth shook Catherine's hand: "Kitty, you know I didn't decide to agree to him because of his ten thousand pounds. At least not entirely."

Elizabeth does not deny that she has considered the man's property when considering marriage. In a marriage, property and affection are best indispensable. ①

"Of course," said Catherine softly, "I've always known you. But Lizzie, when did you fall for him?"

She tilted her head, slightly curious.

"I don't know." Elizabeth let go of her hand and took a few steps on the spot. "Maybe it was after he saved me in March, or maybe it was after I saw his beautiful manor in Pemberley."②

From being tempted to liking is always a process that is not easy to be noticed.Catherine thoughtfully did not ask, but instead teased: "Mom doesn't have any troubles anymore, but Dad will have troubles—his dearest daughter will leave him soon."

In fact, Mr. Bennet did not show much sentimentality about Elizabeth's affairs.It may be that Mr. Darcy's newly appointed son-in-law has not brought him an actual sense of crisis-the wedding date agreed by Darcy and Elizabeth is on Christmas Eve this year, and there are still several months to count.

Mrs. Bennet did not like the haughty young man at first, but when he became her son-in-law, she found that his former annoying characteristics became attractive.

"It's not uncommon for a man on ten thousand pounds a year to be a little tempered," she mused.

Catherine held her chin helplessly and watched Mrs. Bennet walking up and down the living room.But she didn't expect that the first thing Mrs. Bennet recovered from the joy was to ask about Mary's marriage.

"My God! She's been in London for half a year, how many promising young people she should meet! Hasn't she found one?"

Catherine walked away in silence.

Luckily Mary was not at Longbourn, and could not hear the mother's complaints.

She wrote a letter to Mary on purpose, reminding her of this.She wondered apprehensively that Mrs. Bennet would not be able to keep Mary's studies for a long time.

Before Mary's reply came, Lydia returned home. She brought back a new embroidery stitch, and soon gave it to Mrs. Bennet. Mrs. Bennet had fun and gradually forgot about it. Talk about Mary.

Catherine was so amused that she wrote a rare prose to record the rural scenery of Longbourne and the daily life of the Bennet family.She rarely writes articles other than novels, and her writing always has a clear purpose, and it is rare to write something random like this.

Knightley was already on his way from Longbourne, and as magistrate he had enough to keep him occupied.Catherine was also busy with her own affairs, so she didn't have much time to be sad, so the sorrow of parting was briefly forgotten.

When Catherine had a little leisure, at last she began to feel the pain of the slow, belated parting.She couldn't help writing to Knightley--as she wrote, she was glad that they could now finally deliver a letter without the help of others.The letter from Donville Hall arrived at Longbourne before she could post it.

Catherine had to add another paragraph to the long letter.

"...Sir, I really doubt whether you wrote this letter as soon as you got back to the manor. It seems that I don't miss you very much..."

"...Well, I really didn't miss you very much today....Mum asked when you could come to Longbourne for a light meal, and Dad shot a quail two days ago...I've been busy with school lately, so I always It's a bit of an annoyance that's bothering me, but I think I'll be able to fix it soon."

She babbled on and wrote a lot, as if she only wrote this letter in her life.Elizabeth teased that she was "deeply in love".

Catherine ignored her and read Knightley's letter to herself, which contained an anecdote they had talked about long ago, about the Bingleys.

It turned out that the reason why Caroline was deceived by the devil and wanted to marry a prodigal son was that she was cheated of half of the dowry by this man. After defrauding her of her property, he abandoned her, and had no intention of marrying her at all.Mr. Bingley was so angry that he strictly prevented Caroline from interacting with her again.From then on, this young man who does everything he wants to discipline his sister is much stricter than before, and he looks more like a brother.

Caroline was not a strong and shrewd woman, she relied on this brother a lot for everything, so naturally she would not fight against him, and the relationship between brother and sister became much closer for a while.

Catherine told Elizabeth about this, and said with emotion: "This is a blessing in disguise."

Elizabeth quickly said: "Although this is the case, I never want to learn such a lesson. So we should take this as a warning."

Catherine agreed, and finally sincerely hoped that Caroline could learn the lesson and live the life she wanted as soon as possible.She didn't get along very well with Caroline in the past, and she didn't like Miss Bingley very much subjectively, but there was no hatred between her and her. After such a long time, she sincerely hoped that she would live well.

This anecdote was just a small episode in Catherine's life, and Caroline Bingley's weight in her life was too small compared to what she was concentrating on.

She repeatedly polished the speech at hand, and wrote a letter to Princess Charlotte in advance to inform her plan. The other party was very surprised, but in the end she just said that she would send someone to protect Catherine's safety.Princess Sophia prepared the invitations early, and sent them to everyone as soon as Catherine's speech was over.Catherine got in touch with her brother-in-law Leonard, and he contacted several authoritative newspapers in the UK. Catherine herself also contacted some, most of them were the publishers she had worked with—they would give a speech for Catherine After the end of the matter build momentum.Of course, Catherine estimated that even if she didn't need to appear herself, those critics and critics would immediately express their opinions in the newspapers.

Catherine thought about several angles that might be judged wildly, listed the views one by one, and re-refined the speech, before telling her family that she was going to London in the near future.

She didn't say what she was going to do.Mr. Bennet seemed to understand, but said nothing, as was his wont.Elizabeth hugged her worriedly, and Lydia, not quite understanding the situation, excitedly asked Catherine to see if there was anything new and interesting in the store, and bring her some back.

Catherine looked at her carefree little sister and patted her head.

Ms Ryan Upton was seen in London on Monday.

The author has something to say: [Yesterday, due to a little accident, this piece was not published successfully. I changed it today and added a little more. (covering his face), I originally wrote a little more, but I think it's more meaningful to break it here.Do you still remember Catherine’s pseudonym hahahahaha]

①: Elizabeth's views on marriage are referred to the original text of "Pride and Prejudice". From the second volume, it can be seen that Elizabeth believes that property is also an important matter that needs to be considered in marriage.

②: The sentence "Pemberley Manor" is quoted from the original text of the third volume of "Pride and Prejudice".