[Pride and Prejudice] Plain water

Although she could not help thinking of herself, she was not entirely thinking of herself.The mere thought of the shame and misery Lydia had caused them all instantly put aside all personal scruples.She covered her face with a handkerchief, and ignored everything.

It was some time before she heard Fitzwilliam's voice, and she regained consciousness.I can only hear Darcy's voice full of sympathy and restraint, "I'm afraid you wish me to go away, I really have no reason to stay here, but I sympathize with you infinitely, although this This kind of sympathy is of no use. Good God, I wish I could say something, or do my part, to comfort you in such deep pain! But I don't want to make you suffer by saying empty beautiful words, and doing so It seems that I deliberately want to please you..."

"Oh, yes, please make an apology to Lady Catherine for me. Just say I have something urgent to do, and I must go home at once. Please keep this unfortunate incident a secret for as long as you can. But I I also know that I can't hide it for long."

He at once promised to keep her secret, said again that he sympathized with her sufferings, and hoped that this matter would have a more satisfactory conclusion, and would not be as bad as it is now imagined, and asked her to greet her family on her behalf, and then He looked at her solemnly and left.

Elizabeth could not help thinking, as soon as he went out of the room, of the unexpectedness of meeting him at Rosings, and of the wholeheartedness with which he had treated him on several occasions.She thought about their entire friendship again, it was full of contradictions and ever-changing, she used to wish to sever this friendship, but now she hopes to continue, thinking of this upside-down place, she couldn't help sighing.This was probably the last time I saw him.

On the other hand, after Fitzwilliam left, he immediately found Darcy who was accompanying Mrs. Catherine. He is an officer and has no contacts in London, but unlike Darcy, his family has a big business and is mainly in London. This time, I will leave it to him.

Regardless of their questions, Fitzwilliam dragged Darcy to the empty room, and said as soon as he entered the door, "Darcy, I need your help."

Seeing Fitzwilliam's urgent look, he frowned and asked, "Did something happen?"

"...Well...don't worry about anything, I'm going to find Wickham quickly." Fitzwilliam hesitated for a while but still didn't tell Elizabeth and the others.

"It has something to do with Miss Elizabeth!" Anne who came over was silent for a while and said.Women are most sensitive to emotional fluctuations. She felt the affection between Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth when they met again, and this time her cousin was really emotional.This time he was so flustered, it must be because of the things related to Elizabeth that made him so anxious.

Fitzwilliam was silent, confirming.Although asking Darcy and the others to help them would definitely know about it, he still didn't want to say it.

"I see." Darcy took a deep look at Fitzwilliam. He knew what it was like to fall in love with someone, but with the situation of Bennet and his family, I hope he will not regret it in the future.

Soon they were in London, and Darcy already knew where to start, Mrs Young.Fortunately, she was not asked to pack her things when she was kicked out, because then she gave the address so that people could send things there.Her house in Edward Street was soon found.

"Mr. Darcy, Miss Anne, Mr. Fitzwilliam!" she was shocked when she opened the door.Then be vigilant. "What are you doing here? If it's to accuse me of taking some silver spoons when I left Ramsgate, then you're wrong, I didn't touch them, I suspect Watkins he...."

"I'm not here for the silver spoon," said Darcy, accidentally settling another family matter. "May I come in?"

"No, you can't," she said, "After you drove me away cruelly, I have nothing to do with you, and I have nowhere to go. Finally, I have a place to stay."

"But you seem to be doing well. Tell me, Mrs. Yang, how did you find such a place to live?"

She licked her lips, "This is left by my ancestors, I can get it."

"I've come to see Wickham Wickham," said Fitzwilliam, not wanting to waste time listening to her nonsense, and she wouldn't let them in if it went on like this.

She looks surprised. "Mr. Wickham?"

"Yes, George Wickham."

She is tight-lipped. "I haven't seen it." It was obvious that she was lying, but now, she knew that she couldn't get her words out.

"Tell him I'm looking for him, I will come again, I wish you well." Her greed will make her come to me by herself, so Darcy and the others went back to their residence in peace.Although Fitzwilliam was anxious, he had to wait.

As expected, Mrs. Yang came to find them.

"You said you were looking for Mr. Wickham?" she said, asking the servant to let her in.

"That's right." Fitzwilliam eagerly affirmed.

"I know where he is, I just happened to meet him at the park yesterday," she said. "I mentioned you were in town and he said he'd love to see you."

No doubt he must think he can get money out of me, thought Darcy.He was not the only one who thought of this at all. Fitzwilliam and Anne also thought of it, and their expressions were not very good.

"Very well, what's his address?" asked Darcy.

"Oh, let me see, that's a funny address," she said, holding the address in her hand.Gave her a gold coin. "I can't remember." Five more were given to her.In short, finally got the desired information.

When Darcy got the address, he didn't go there immediately but gave it to Fitzwilliam, and then he didn't want to have any contact with that person.

Fitzwilliam immediately searched for the address and found that Wickham was already waiting. He was a little surprised to find that it wasn't Darcy, but he calmed down quickly and seemed very confident.

Fitzwilliam looked around at his lodgings, it was shabby, so he was sure he wasn't in a good place, and he was glad, because it made it easier to subdue him.

"Sit wherever you want," said Wickham.

"I'll just stand."

"It's up to you." He sat, lazily putting his legs on the chair.

"What brings you here?" He looked up at Fitzwilliam and smiled.

"You know what it is."

"I admit that I'm having a hard time now, maybe you plan to support me, and tell me some good news?" His shamelessness made Fitzwilliam very angry, but he restrained himself.

"What I'm here to tell you is what your conscience should tell you. It's that you can't abduct Miss Bennet." Tell him bluntly.

"Miss Bennet?" he asked, feigned surprise. "But I didn't see her. I was in Brighton and she was in Longbourn."

"Miss Lydia Bennet."

"Oh, Lydia, I didn't abduct her, she came of her own accord. I was in debt and had to leave Brighton, and Lydia offered to come with me. I didn't want to, to be honest. , Fitzwilliam, she is boring, she is too easy to coax, she thinks I am the most handsome man in the whole army, I told her I have no money, but she doesn't mind." "I believe you will have money," she says. "God! What a joke!" I had a hard time keeping her, so I took her with me, and besides, she's not useless," he said rudely.

At this moment, the door opened and Lydia came in. "My God, what a surprise! Mr. Fitzwilliam!" she said, walking towards Wickham, who was standing beside him, with her hand on his shoulder .

"Mr. Darcy has come to accuse me of abducting you," said Wickham, putting his hand over hers.

She laughed to Fitzwilliam, "Dear Wickham didn't abduct me! Why did he do it? I wanted to see London very much, and I insisted on following. How interesting!"

"I would like to speak to Miss Bennet alone," said Fitzwilliam to Wickham.

"Fine," he said, pushing her off. "Try to persuade her to go home with you, she's a burden, but I really don't understand what she has to do with you."

"It's really my business, because I should have exposed you in Meryton, but I didn't, or you wouldn't have gotten your way."

"Maybe," he said, "but I'm sure that's not the real reason, and I wonder if you'd come to me if I ran off with Maria Lucas." He guessed right, if it wasn't for Elizabeth doesn't care about this matter at all, but he can't back down. If he confirms that I came to him for personal reasons, it will be difficult to finalize the price.

"You don't think about your family?" Fitzwilliam asked her grimly. "You left Colonel Foster's care. They were all worried. They didn't know where you were."

"My God, I forgot to write to them," said Lydia. "I've been with Wickham. We've been together too long! But don't worry, I'll write as soon as we're married, and I'll sign it, Lydia Wickham, how interesting it is!"

Lydia's words made him understand one thing: at least she wanted to marry, and I think if she knew that Wickham didn't want to, maybe she wouldn't want to stay with him.Wickham would never tell her, yes, why tell a silly girl who is too enthusiastic, so I think I must tell Lydia.But unfortunately, no matter what he said, she ignored it.If it hadn't been for Elizabeth, he would have left long ago.He really wanted to turn around and leave immediately, never to see her sister again.But thinking of Elizabeth's pale face, he held back.

Before leaving he said to Wickham: "Meet me at the club tomorrow."

"My dear Fitzwilliam, I can't get into a place like that."

"I promise to let you in."

He looked surprised, but said, "Fine." He sent him off with a rather haughty smile as he left the room.

At the club, he saw Wickham again, and negotiations began.

"You must marry her," Fitzwilliam told him curtly.

"If I do this, it will be tantamount to forever giving up the opportunity to get great wealth through marriage." Wickham said without interest.

"You've ruined her," Fitzwilliam said angrily. "Don't you care?"

He raised Erlang's legs and leaned back on the chair. "She asked for it," she said.

"How much do you owe?" I asked, getting to the heart of the matter.

"A few hundred pounds."

"Whether it's true or not, I don't know, but I will help you pay, as long as you give the bill to my agent, he will pay you. In exchange, you will marry Lydia."

"Please, since you are so anxious to see her get married, then she should be more than this price. Do you like Miss Bennet? Or the lovely Miss Elizabeth?" He wanted more.

"I do this out of conscience," Fitzwilliam said.

He laughed at him to his face. "Nobody does that much just for the sake of conscience. Let me see, it's Jane Bennet, sweet and lovely girl. Congratulations, Fitzwilliam."

"I don't want to marry Miss Bennet."

"That's Elizabeth." He didn't say anything, but he should have seen it on his face.

"Ah! It must be! You're attracted by her liveliness, I didn't expect that." He took the initiative, and it was obvious he was happy to take advantage of it.

"Be careful," Fitzwilliam warned him. "I will do a lot to save Miss Lydia Bennet, but if you go too far, not only will you not get the money, but you will find that all the creditors in Brighton, as well as those in the army, will come after you, because I I'll give them your address."

"I could go to Bath or Lyme or Lake District," he said. "I don't have to live in the same place." But I want to say that my patience has a limit.

"Do as I say," Fitzwilliam tried to scare him, and he stood up and walked towards the door.

"Wait a minute," he saw that he was flustered and quickly stopped.

He stopped.

"I will marry her."

"Fine," I said, and sat down again.

"But the condition is 30000 pounds." He opened his mouth.

"What?" cried Fitzwilliam.

"That's the sum I'm going to give Georgiana."

He fought back his anger. "I will never give so much."

"Then 200000."

He got up and left the club.

He'll come to him soon, or he'll have nowhere to go.He didn't want to see him at all, but the thought that it would ease Elizabeth's pain, I am willing to take care of any trouble any time, and hope to see Elizabeth happy again before long.

As expected, Wickham called on him that day.He's in such bad shape that he won't give up any help.The whole negotiation process was not pleasant, and only the idea of ​​making Elizabeth happy sustained him.If it wasn't for her, he would have given up on it a long time ago.In the end, they came to an agreement to pay the debt with 1000 pounds and give him another 1000 pounds.

"There's also a commission letter to write," he said.

"I can't believe the military still wants you."

"You still have some influence in the army. Come on, Fitzwilliam. I must make a living. Otherwise, how will I support my wife?"

Finally, Fitzwilliam agreed, and let him join a regiment far north, and he didn't want to see him after marrying Elizabeth, if she would marry me.

Having settled everything with Wickham, he decided to tell Mr. Gardiner.Soon he found his lodgings, but I learned from the servant that Mr. Bennet was also with him, and he hesitated.As soon as I heard the news, I was afraid that Mr. Bennet might do something rash.After careful inquiry, I found that he will go home tomorrow.So he thought it better to wait and talk to Mr. Gardiner, who would be more rational as a bystander.

After talking with Mr. Gardiner, they quickly organized Wickham's wedding, the sooner the better.And tell them not to tell anyone about his involvement.