Pride and Prejudice of Jane Eyre

Mr. Briggs did not answer directly, but looked at Jane Eyre: "Miss Eyre, what do you think?"

"Personally, I want to come back. My friends are all in the UK." Jane Eyre said frankly, if she wants to leave and never come back, she always feels nostalgic for this place, although there is no inseparable intimacy , but it is difficult to accept that she will never come back for a while, psychologically.

Mr. Darcy added in a deep voice: "However, it takes more than a month to travel across the ocean, which is not very comfortable for a lady."

"Uncle's body is not suitable for going to sea."

For a moment both of them were silent, which seemed unsolvable.No one can say that in order to return to England to reunite with friends, the sick uncle—maybe he will be the adoptive father in the future—will be left alone in Madeira.

Mr. Briggs had a drink, but he didn't look worried.On the contrary, he saw other emotions beyond "friendship" from Mr. Darcy's face, but he restrained himself very well.If he hadn't learned of Mr. Darcy's identity, he wondered how such a big landowner, such a young man who can look down on all gentlemen, would pay attention to Miss Eyre, who can barely be called a lady, and even love her Back up, he would not probe Mr. Darcy's emotions so carefully.

But he is not optimistic. 'Mr. Love will definitely not be optimistic.Fortunately, Miss Eyre did not have such a look on her face. 'he thinks.

"I'm leaving for Gateshead tomorrow," broke Mr. Briggs' silence.

Mr. Darcy came back to his senses and said, "I'll let Li Wen accompany you." "Li Wen used to be the coachman of Gateshead House." Seeing Mr. Briggs hesitated, Jane Eyre added.

When Mr. Darcy saw Mr. Briggs nod his assent, he rang the bell, and Mrs. Reynolds came in with a maid, and made arrangements for his accommodation for the evening. "I think it's time to say good night." Mr. Darcy stood up, and he stretched out his right hand, motioning for Jane Eyre to get up.

Jane Eyre was stunned for a moment, then handed over her left hand in a strange way, and was held back by a pair of broad, dry and powerful hands.This was the first time she was treated as a weak lady, she felt strange and embarrassed, and she didn't know how to move her hands.Mr. Darcy bent his right elbow, and led her to put her hand on his.

Jane Ain's heart beat suddenly faster, and tried hard to control her expression, not daring to look into his eyes anymore.Even though she has seen many movie scenes, where British gentlemen and ladies stand together arm in arm, such gentlemen's etiquette and physical contact made her a little jerky and flustered.Although they had such a heart-to-heart conversation with Mr. Rochester before, they never broke away from the employment relationship. Jane Eyre regarded him as a talkative boss and never had the concept of "the difference between men and women".

Mr. Briggs also stood up and bowed slightly to the two.After the three of them said good night to each other, they went back to their rooms.

There are no secrets among the servants of the manor. Within a few days, everyone knows about Jane Eyre.Jane Eyre lived as usual, but was blessed by almost all the servants she met, congratulating her on finding her relatives.This made her both happy and embarrassed.

In the past, she was always willing to offer ideas in the kitchen, exchange ideas with the chef, or help the maids when they were in a hurry and had no time to work.Now if she wants to take something, a servant will immediately hand it over; if her veil is dirty, it will be taken away and cleaned immediately, and when she gets it again, it has been ironed and smoothed, and it even emits a fragrance.

She doesn't accept this very well. She has always been used to being alone and doing everything by herself.She never regards herself as a "superior person", it can only be regarded as a different type of work.But the servants now regard themselves as ladies of a higher class, and they are so attentive, but she is at a loss.

"Mrs. Reynolds, you must help me, don't let them be so enthusiastic again, I really can't afford it." Jane Eyre tightly grasped the fabric and needlework in her hand, she was sitting in the garden While basking in the sun, I learned to sew and bought new clothes for myself. I am going to the tropics soon, and now I have to change out all my winter clothes.But Lisa who was behind her took advantage of her several times when she went to the study to check the two young ladies' study progress, and took over and continued to do it for her skillfully.

Mrs. Reynolds put down the battle line in her hand and rubbed her eyes: "Miss Jane, let the maid do it for you! This is her job, and you just start studying now, so it's too late! By the way, why don't boarding schools Do you teach me how to sew clothes?" Jane Eyre's needlework is really not up to par, and the seams are crooked.

"...the boarding school issued uniforms, and I can only do some simple sewing." Jane Eyre lied, the original Jane Eyre would naturally know these things, but she was used to buying them directly from the store, This is also the reason why she has not bought new clothes since she came to this world.

"Then you don't have to learn it. Mr. Eyre will definitely not let you do these maid jobs." Mrs. Reynolds ordered Lisa to bring the parasol, and Jane Eyre was relieved when she saw her leave.She stood up, thumped her sore back, and walked a few steps casually along the path in the garden as exercise.

Suddenly, there was a chaotic sound of screaming and running in the distance.

Mrs. Reynolds turned cold, and saw Lisa running over in a panic. "Mrs. Reynolds, Lilith in the basement is gone! She crawled out of the skylight and ran away while the doctor was going back to get the medicine."

"What's with that scream!"

"She ran into Mr. Darcy!"

"What!?" Jane Eyre exclaimed, "What happened to Mr. Darcy! Is Mr. Darcy injured? Has the doctor come?" She asked a series of questions, and Mrs. Reynolds noticed her gaffe. , but the anxiety in her heart made it too late for her to think so much.

Lisa gasped and replied: "She didn't hurt Mr. Darcy, she knelt down in front of Mr. Darcy and begged—I didn't hear what she said, and Mr. Darcy ordered the servant to take her to the study, Sir asked me to inform you and let you go too."

Jane Eyre suddenly blamed herself. Since Mr. Darcy summoned her, the matter of Lilith must be related to her.She began to reflect on her pity for her before, were all the good things she said wrong for her?

Regardless of Mrs. Reynolds' reassurance, she lifted the corner of her skirt and ran across the revived green lawn at the fastest speed. Lisa helped Mrs. Reynolds and walked quickly behind her, and she could only see her back quickly. Just disappear around the corner.Mrs. Reynolds was very concerned about her master's condition, but as housekeeper she had to deal with the chaotic servants.

Running to the third floor in one breath, Jane Eyre was almost out of breath.Pemberley Manor was ridiculously large, she leaned on the wall panting, but still walked quickly to the study.As soon as he saw the heavy ornate door, it was opened, and Mr. Darcy's tall figure appeared at the door.

Lilith's sobbing voice came from inside the door, and Mr. Darcy walked straight towards Jane Eyre regardless of the movement behind him.Jane Eyre stood up straight, and was about to ask, but saw him standing still in front of her, but said to her behind: "Wickham, this has nothing to do with you, go back to the room!" There was a cold sweat behind Jane Eyre, and she looked back , Sure enough, Wickham was walking this way in front of the window at the end of the aisle.

Wickham showed a fragile look: "I—"

"Wickham." Mr. Darcy's tone was very cold. "You must not want her to know about 'that'."

Wickham exclaimed in a low voice, his body trembled violently, as if recalling something terrible, his face became extremely pale.Jane Eyre could even see the cold sweat on his forehead, he murmured for a moment, nodded and left without saying please.

Seeing him returning to the room, Mr. Darcy looked down at Jane Eyre: "Come with me." He stretched out his elbow again.Jane Eyre looked into his calm eyes, hesitated for a moment, and put her left hand on it.She was thinking about Mr. Darcy's "threat" just now. Is there any secret between Lilith and Wickham?

Does "she" refer to herself, or Lilith?

The study room was still the same as last time, clean and tidy, without the chaos that Jane Eyre had imagined—Lilith sat kneeling at the desk, her figure was much thinner than before, her once rosy and full cheeks were now pale and blue, roses The petal-like lips were dry and peeled, and the cracked part was bloodshot.She was like a rose that lost its soil moisture and sunlight, and withered within a few days.

"Lilith, tell me. Miss Eyre is already in front of you." Mr. Darcy led Jane Eyre to sit down on the stool in front of the desk, and then sat back in the large armchair.Lilith half crawled and knelt in front of Jane Eyre, with her head lowered. Jane Eyre was startled by her action and hurriedly tried to help her up, but although she looked thin, she was very strong.Lilith insisted on lowering her head, and Jane Eyre's right foot also felt touched through the shoe.

Lilith kissed her feet.

The thought made her eyes widen, not knowing what was going on.She froze, not knowing what to do.Mr. Darcy did not stop Lilith's movement, he nodded to Jane Eyre, but Jane Eyre didn't understand why.

Lilith raised her head, a pair of blue eyes burst out with astonishing light at this time, she mustered up her courage, and said loudly: "Miss Love, please keep me by your side and be your most loyal servant!"

"What's going on?" Jane Eyre was confused, she subconsciously looked at Mr. Darcy, his gray-blue eyes were not surprised.He explained in a deep voice: "Lilith wants to be your servant and leave Pemberley Manor. I agreed to let her go free, but if you don't want to, you don't have to force it."

"But I don't need a maid!" Jane Eyre refused subconsciously. She was not used to the attitude of a humble slave like Lilith, and even felt disgusted.

"Miss Love, I can do anything! I don't need wages, just a glass of water and a piece of bread every day is enough!" Lilith said eagerly, "I don't want to go to the monastery! Let me stay by your side! I know you are about to go to the tropics, and you will definitely need a maid, I... I am very good at doing these jobs!" She seemed to have a lot to say, but she couldn't say anything, she just kept repeating her prayers.

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