[Sense and Sensibility] Fascinated by you

Although the weather in London has begun to warm up in February, the nights are still cold and shivering.Thick ink shrouded the land, and a light mist descended on the city of London again. Hathaway had already seen Butler's mansion looming in the mist from a long distance, because it was the only place nearby that was brightly lit to show that the owner Did not fall asleep.

The carriage hadn't stopped yet, and Eileen, who was restless along the way, couldn't wait to open the door and go out.Seeing this, Hathaway could only speed up her movements while telling the coachman to stop the carriage and go to rest.

Before Hathaway entered the living room, she heard Elena chattering about what happened to her at the ball and the rumors she heard. After entering, she found a chair and sat down to relax. Take a look at the back and neck that were tense just now.Philip was quietly looking at the documents in his hand on the chair opposite, and there was still a half-drunk red wine glass on the table. He occasionally diverted his attention to his wife next to him to show that he was listening.

Elena, who had been talking to herself for a while, finally realized that the two brothers and sisters were not paying attention to her. She angrily grabbed the wine glass and drank it down, and said bitterly: "Oh my God! Are you two? Don't you want to give me some response? How terrible this thing is!"

Only then did Philip raise his head, and exchanged glances with Hathaway, "Eileen, we have already discussed this matter." Hathaway nodded in agreement.

Elena was once again irritated by the attitude of the siblings, her chest heaved violently, "So? So you two can remain indifferent? Oh my God! How can you be so calm? It's about Hathaway's business. Reputation, the reputation of the Butler family! You two ruthless fellows!" She slammed the wine glass on the table and returned to the room angrily.

Philip raised his head and rubbed the space between his brows, then put down the document he had been holding in his hand.Maybe this is the reason why he and Elena are drifting away, at least one of the reasons, she is always so emotional, she has to express everything excitedly, she expects others to have the same feelings and opinions as her, If the other party didn't show the same emotion, it would definitely disappoint her, and his calm expression in her eyes became cold and heartless.Her thoughts even once made Philip wonder if he was really ruthless, but that was just the difference caused by different personalities and education. If Elena can learn to understand and tolerate, the two of them might not be able to become happiness.

He retracted his gaze and looked at another guy who was criticized for being cold, "Hathaway, what do you think?"

"I met Mr. Wallace at today's ball." Hathaway talked about another topic. She believed that Philip must know who this gentleman was, and he also knew very well about what happened in Rockfield. "I told him I would soon be engaged to the Colonel."

Philip's ice-blue eyes stared at Hathaway for a long while, and Hathaway looked back at Philip calmly. It took so long that she almost thought an hour had passed.

Philip stood up, "Tell him to get the engagement ring ready, and come back as soon as possible, as soon as possible." He emphasized his tone, and then returned to the room with the documents.

As soon as he left Hathaway, he breathed a sigh of relief, and his whole body relaxed, only then did he feel his heart beating so fast just now, and his whole body tensed up.But thinking that Philip had agreed to her marriage with the colonel, she stuck out her tongue again. She would never admit that she had forced Philip just now.

Hathaway got up early the next morning and wrote a letter to the colonel. In the letter, she first expressed her concerns about the colonel's trip, asked him if things were going well, and then detailed what happened last night. Tell the colonel and explain Philip's request. Of course, she doesn't want the colonel to feel that he is too impatient to get married, so she still tells him to focus on his own affairs.In the end, she implicitly expressed her missing, hoping to get his reply as soon as possible.

Because Hathaway didn't know where the colonel was, the letter was finally sent to Brandon's house on St. James Street. The letter would be forwarded by Andrew to the colonel. As for how Andrew would hand it over to the colonel, it didn't matter to Hathaway. thing.

For the next half a month or so, Hathaway and Elena were busy attending various banquets, dances, and tea parties. Hathaway appeared in front of everyone calmly and completely ignored those who discussed her behind her back. Ignored, showing her disdain for rumors. Of course, no one would be rude to ask her face to face.

Compared to her, Elena is much busier. On the one hand, her interpersonal relationship in London has always been good, so there will always be some acquaintances who will ask her whether the matter is true or not in private. Lina came forward to clarify this matter, so it turned out that the busiest person in the ball was not the host of the banquet, but Elena who came with diplomatic purposes.

By the end of February, there were gratifying developments in this matter. Some people believed Elena's words, while others were dubious. The rest still believed that Hathaway was infertile.Such a result can already satisfy Philip, and it is enough for some people in his expectation to be dubious. Of course, even if this is the case, it is still very difficult for Hathaway to find a suitable marriage partner in London, but fortunately She doesn't need this.

Along with this good news came the colonel's reply letter, and the Borg sisters who had promised to come to London as guests last November.

The colonel's reply letter was quite long, and he was very happy that Philip agreed to their marriage, and he was extremely looking forward to it.But he may not be able to complete his work in Bath in the short term. He wrote down Elizabeth's situation in detail. He conducted a rather detailed investigation in Bath, and the result was not optimistic. The young girl was deceived by the bohemian and unseemly gentleman. He deceived her away from Mrs. Edwards and took her to nowhere. I don't know if this is useful, so I can only look for it with the idea of ​​just in case.

He said that he will stay in Bath until April, and if he can't find the two at that time, he will immediately set off and rush back to London to prepare for the engagement. He has already prepared the engagement ring, please Hathaway don't worry about it .In the end, the colonel said very tenderly that he misses Hathaway day and night, misses her snow-white skin, shining blond hair and bright green eyes, misses her naughtiness and the little troubles she caused, please take care of her body, Looking forward to meeting her again.

After reading the letter, Hathaway felt worried about Elizabeth's condition, and felt sweet about the colonel's thoughts at the end of the letter.She told Philip about it. After all, after the colonel left for two months, she must tell Philip the reason, so as not to make Philip feel more dissatisfied with the colonel.

Philip didn't say anything about it, but just indicated to Hathaway that he already knew about it.That's not because he doesn't care about it, it's just that he has other things to do recently, but it's not suitable for Hathaway to know about it.How could he easily let go of a guy who damaged Hathaway's reputation? A while ago, it was only because that matter was still being discussed, and he was not easy to do it. Now that Hathaway is getting engaged, he doesn't mind Taught the Marshalls a lesson.

Of course Hathaway knew nothing about it, and she was looking forward to the arrival of a friend she hadn't seen in a long time.The weather in London today is very good, there is no shadow of fog, and the sun is shining warmly on people, making Hathaway's mood as clear as the weather.

Near noon, the Borg family's carriage stopped at the gate of Butler's mansion. Miss Borg and Winnis got out of the car together. This time, they were the only two traveling, and Mr. Borg was left at home to learn how to deal with it. family business.

As soon as Winnes saw Hathaway, she couldn't help but stepped forward and hugged her warmly, "Oh! Hathaway, I miss you so much! Forgive me, my mother didn't let me go out until she went a few days ago I can go out with my sister only after I get to my aunt’s house.”

Hathaway also smiled and said: "Yes, yes, poor Winnes, of course I will forgive you. Not being able to come out to play is already your biggest punishment, but I think you have to drive with me tonight." I can completely forget about it after a sleepover meeting." The two of them looked at each other and smiled.

Over there, Miss Borg had already bowed to Philip and Elena. She saw Winnes chattering about her boring life after returning home, and interrupted her impatiently, "Winness, come here, You are so rude."

Winnies blushed in embarrassment. She didn't even dare to raise her head to salute the Butlers. She didn't notice that Philip's attitude towards her was milder. He would never be stingy with Hathaway's friends. Some kindness, not to mention such a cute and shy girl.

After everyone had dinner in the evening, Hathaway dragged Winnis back to the room without incident. The two of them had so much to say that Hathaway doubted that they would not be able to finish it tomorrow morning.

It wasn't until ten o'clock in the evening that Hathaway finished talking about what happened at the ball on the 23rd. Of course, she only talked about what happened on the balcony when Colonel Brandon rescued her, and the subsequent paragraph was not suitable for children.This has already made Winnis exclaimed again and again, she never knew what dangers would be encountered in the dance.

But Hathaway wanted to say one more thing than this. Yes, she had to tell Winnis about her relationship with the colonel. As a friend, she couldn't hide it anymore.She interrupted Winnes's continuous compliments to the colonel, "Winnes, I'm sorry, there's one thing I haven't told you."

Winnies' big deer-like eyes looked extraordinarily docile and innocent under the candlelight, "What do you mean?"

Hathaway's cheeks slowly turned red, "I'm about to get engaged to Colonel Brandon."

Winnis immediately widened her eyes, "Colonel Brandon? The Colonel Brandon we met in Rockfield?" After receiving Hathaway's affirmative answer, she was so surprised that she couldn't speak for a while.

"Oh! My God! When did you two start? In Rockfield? It's amazing that I didn't find out. You kept it from me for so long, and I'll never forgive you! Unless you Tell me how you fell in love!"

In the end, the two laughed until the candles were about to burn out before they fell asleep. After saying goodnight to each other, the two girls cuddled each other and slowly fell asleep.