[Comprehensive Book] A Rose for Catherine

【Szabadság, Szerelem】

While Catherine was busy drawing a successful conclusion to this year's work, the girls' school that had been preliminarily established also began to formally enroll students. Taking advantage of the unabated discussion of Catherine's new work, it was logical to publicize it, attracting many interested Students who have been studying here.

The admissions work does not require Catherine to come forward in person, Elizabeth wants to help her, but unfortunately she is also a little busy with her upcoming wedding recently, so she only assists from the side.The admissions process is set early in the morning, so there is no need to spend a lot of thought on the fly.

The person in charge of this work is an experienced older woman. She once worked as Charlotte's tutor for a period of time.Elizabeth followed her and learned a lot.

The school was just completed, and the interior decoration has not yet been purchased, so another place was chosen as the enrollment location. It is a private manor under the name of Princess Charlotte. It is in a village outside London, with extraordinary style.Mrs. Bennet also went to have a look, praised Princess Charlotte, and boasted of Princess Charlotte's extraordinary taste, even the arrangement of a plate was ingenious.

In addition to compliments, there is eight parts of her sincerity in what she said. As long as she doesn't say anything inappropriate, it will still make people happy.

The girls lined up in a neat and orderly queue, took out number plates, filled in their personal information and home addresses, and were led by the maids to the corresponding rooms in batches to wait for the test.Teachers are already at work, making recommendations for the girls' courses based on their test results and their interests.

Advice is usually given by letter to the address left by the girls, who will have a winter to think about their course options.

——The official course will not come until next spring after this Christmas.

Not only young girls, but also married women who have come here to sign up. Some of them have given birth to several children and are no longer young.Elizabeth was somewhat surprised to see them, and asked Catherine if there would be a need for a separate class for these ladies in the future—young girls and women sometimes think very differently.

But in the end it didn't do that.

“People of different ages may teach each other more by being together,” Catherine writes.

The class setting is not fixed, and everyone has chosen the same course to have the opportunity to sit in the same classroom.The right to choose courses is left to the students themselves, and they can combine freely. In this case, it seems that it is inappropriate to open up a special class for older women. different from ordinary students.

Elizabeth figured this out, too, and jotted down a summary in her notebook.

The first student to sign up was naturally Sophia, who had been agreed a few months ago. Her parents didn't discipline her very strictly, so she became a new student at a girls' school without any resistance from her family.She still doesn't quite know what she wants, and the teachers can't give accurate advice based on her test scores. She is good at socializing and observing words and emotions, which cannot be fully realized in the test, and other scores are not bad, but not Highlights.The teachers gave her the right to choose.

Sofia studied for a few days and announced with gusto that she wanted to be a foreign secretary in the future. ①

"I want to be the Queen's Foreign Secretary in the future." She whispered to Catherine.

It's hard.Difficult perhaps even more difficult than what Catherine was doing now.Especially at a time when women had little real political power.

Catherine thought.

"Then after you finish the basic courses, university courses are also essential." She just reminded Sophia.

In the girls' school that Catherine visited some time ago, the two girls who gave roses to Catherine also achieved excellent results in the test.The girl who was good at mathematics was indeed as talented as the headmistress and her partner had said. One teacher on the spot admitted frankly that "her talent in mathematics is absolutely extraordinary. None of us here can match her."

It is of course a surprise to get such an excellent student.

The other of the two girls, Jane Grey, showed an excellent gift for languages, although not so good that it attracted the same attention, but her fluency in French was still recognized by many.

"Not only talented, but also very hardworking."

The teachers commented in amazement.

It is also worth mentioning that among the students who signed up, one of them named Catherine was a little surprised. Miss Anne de Boer, Darcy's aunt, and Mrs. de Boer brought her here in person. It is not low-key, and it is easy to attract attention.

When Mrs. de Boer saw Elizabeth here, the two looked at each other in surprise.

Miss Anne chose a more literary course, and Mrs. de Boer frowned, as if she was not satisfied with the result, but she didn't say anything.

"Mrs. de Boer met me and said she would never attend my wedding with Darcy, but Miss Anne offered to invite me to afternoon tea... I gave them wedding invitations..." Elizabeth wrote and shared with Catherine, " Madame de Boer, when she was with Anne, reminded me a little of us and Mamma..."

Although what Elizabeth wrote in her letter was all the facts of that day, on the wedding day, Mrs. de Boer and Miss Anne still attended the wedding on time.

Mrs. de Boer still looked condescending and unhappy, but Elizabeth could not help but have some subtle emotions towards this lady.

She whispered to Catherine: "Kitty, I think Darcy's character comes from his mother more, they are really aunts and nephews!" Elizabeth couldn't help laughing as she thought of some interesting pasts.

She always loves to smile, and besides the usual happiness in her bright eyes, there is also a faint twinkle of happiness.Catherine lowered her head, not daring to look directly at her, and pulled the folds of the snow-white dress for her. ②

The gown was designed by Lydia herself, and she had clamored that she would never make clothes for a bad girl like Elizabeth.She hates her!But Lydia still made this one, the beautiful lace is embellished on the skirt, although it is complicated, it is not particularly cumbersome.

The pure white skirt reminded Catherine of the wedding dresses of later generations.

Its designer, Lydia, yelled at Elizabeth: "I just made one for you because I just had time and nothing to do. Don't think I like you very much!"

Elizabeth didn't choke with her, she changed into the dress that Lydia brought over, walked up to the little sister, and hugged her gently.

"Lydia, I apologize for the past."

"You are not a likable sister, and I am not a qualified sister."

Lydia broke away, turned her head away from Elizabeth, and said a cold "hum".

When Elizabeth walked away, she lowered her head and muttered in a low voice: "I hate Lizzie the most."

Two weeks before Christmas, the second daughter of the Bennet family, Elizabeth and Darcy, held their wedding in the church as scheduled.

The author has something to say: [The last subtitle, start the ending! 】

①: The first Foreign Secretary in British history took office in 1782, and now he is combined with the Minister of Commonwealth Affairs.The first female British foreign secretary came in 2006.So Sophia's idea is actually quite unrealistic in this way.

②: At that time, white wedding dresses were popular, but many people who were not very well-off also chose blue and other colors as their wedding dresses, which could also be worn as regular clothes after the wedding.