aristocratic engagement
Chapter 39
The carriage of the Earl of Fitzwilliam's mansion was parked in the alley behind the bank. While talking to the coachman, Du Li kept an eye on the back door of the bank behind the corner which was strictly guarded by guards.
After a salute came, Du Li interrupted the chat, climbed into the carriage, and sat down beside the driver.
Miss de Bourgh came out, accompanied by Mr. Smith.
"Let's go, Charlie, Miss de Bourgh is out." Du Li ordered.Charlie, the coachman, immediately raised his whip and yelled at the horse to move forward slowly. After turning the corner, the figure of the carriage appeared in Annie's sight.
"...As you ordered, Ms. de Bauer, I will keep a close eye on the contract with Bergram. Don't worry, this is my responsibility and my profession. You won't have any worries."
Mr. Smith stopped at the foot of the steps.
Anne nodded slightly: "As I promised, Anne de Bauer's pound will not be diverted to branches other than the Bank of England in London, or even other banks... You are willing to be my manager, which is very important to me It is a great honor for me. Of course, I also hope that my transaction with you can add a pair of wings to you, and your ability is not limited to this counter."
A hint of complacency appeared on Mr. Smith's shrewd face, but he quickly suppressed it by himself.
The carriage of the Earl of Fitzwilliam's residence stopped beside Anne, Du Li jumped down, and put on the big lace hat for Anne.
"Come here, Mr. Smith, I will not disturb your work."
"It is my pleasure to serve you, honorable 'Miss'."
Mr. Smith helped Anne into the carriage, and when the slender figure disappeared behind the door and the carriage gradually drove away, he couldn't help but beat his left hand with his right hand excitedly, and let out a low growl. With surprised eyes, he turned and walked into the bank.
In the carriage, Anne raised a corner of the curtain, and when she saw Mr. Smith enter the room, she took a long breath.
Dealing with someone like Mr. Smith is both the easiest and the hardest.The bankers have racked their brains to seek the best possible benefits, and Anne has long been prepared to do business with Mr. Smith. Talking about feelings is the most useless thing, and it is not as good as a real profit and pound.
Anne told Mr. Smith the biggest secret, and correspondingly, Mr. Smith's money career was tied up with her.
A total of three contracts were signed today.First, under the witness of Mr. Smith, the Richter New Invention Company was officially registered, and the Phoenix, Rosalie Garden (Anne only remembered to name the rose garden at this moment) and the Bergram steam engine The second is to sell 5% of the shares to Mr. Smith.Annie didn't give a "friendship price", which instead made Mr. Smith sign his name eagerly after thinking deeply, and spent the salary he had accumulated for several years—he is a smart man and knows what this company means; the first Three are separate contracts with Mr. Smith, who became Mr. Richter's sole agent.
Anne clutched a key tightly in her hand. It was the key of the vault that Sir Louis had left her.From today, there is a small pile of gold bricks missing in the treasury, and three important documents are added.
The carriage did not drive to the Earl's Mansion, but Gardner's mansion.
Annie asked Du Li to deliver the message early in the morning, and agreed to pick up Jane and Elizabeth to go to Phoenix at noon.
When the Countess learned that her guest was a gentleman's daughter, but now she was living with her uncle who was a merchant, she looked strange for a while, but in the end she didn't stop her like Darcy did.
"After all, the Miss Bennets are also gentlemen's daughters. Since you are willing to be friends with them, I believe in their character." The Countess said, "It is better to say that I believe in your vision than I believe in them, Anne. I can feel that you are different from your mother. Sir Louis must be sadder than anyone else, isn't he who inherited his inhuman wisdom..."
She didn't finish speaking and sighed.
Annie was almost indifferent to such exclamations.
"...It's no wonder that Catherine is so worried about your marriage." The countess said without hesitation, "However, if you were a little Catherine, she would not be more at ease than now. In Catherine's mind, no one would More trustworthy than 'him', yet she takes it too for granted that things will go the way she envisions."
Even if Darcy left the British Isles temporarily, he was in Anne's life all the time.
Anne was very helpless about this, and I am afraid that before Darcy married a lady and returned to Pemberley, it would be difficult for her to get rid of this topic.
I can't imagine that if Anne is not the Anne now, but the poor girl who relied on Mrs. Catherine for everything, would she really put herself in the future under the repeated reminders from the people around her? Madam Xi's position?
"Miss de Bourgh, we're here!" Du Li knocked on the carriage door, Anne heard Charlie's voice of stopping the horse, and stuffed the key into her inner pocket.
Charlie put down the pedal, Annie lowered her head, supported Du Li's hand with one hand and carefully stepped on the pedal, and pressed the hat half-covered with the other hand.
Annie was dressed extraordinarily "grandly" today, not that she wore the dress out of fashion, but that she wore relatively simple clothes on weekdays, and it was almost impossible to tell that she was a lady with hundreds of thousands of pounds, a large area of land and estate inheritance.She dressed up like this today for two purposes, one is to show off in front of Mr. Smith, and the other is because...
"Miss Anne de Bourgh! Long time no see, I thought you had returned to Kent!" Alan Edgerton's surprised voice came from the yard of the house on the left.
He stood in the courtyard, surrounded by piles of wooden furniture, which several workmen carried together under the orders of a man dressed as a housekeeper.
"Long time no see, Mr. Edgerton." Anne curtseyed to him.
Allen immediately waved his hand and said, "You can call me Allen, just like at Rosings Manor." He threw the materials in his hand to the butler, pushed aside the low iron fence, and strode towards Anne .
"You are so beautiful today that I almost couldn't recognize you." Allen saluted her, unable to hide the surprise in his eyes.
Sweeping away the dullness of winter, Anne wore a goose yellow dress today.The soft clouds wrapped her thin body, the tender green belt pinched out a slender high waist, and the layers of semi-transparent folds made her skirt look like a winter jasmine, radiating in the spring sunshine. With tender vitality.The translucent lace of the same color on the hat prevented her from being clearly seen, and Allen couldn't help but look down.
With the passing of winter, the girl in front of me has gradually lost her childish baby fat, smooth jaw line, pointed chin, thin and bright red lips... Miss de Bourgh inherited it from her mother's appearance The first signs of aggressive beauty.
"You are too exaggerated, Alan. You look very good today, and it is really enviable to have your own independent space." After Annie finished speaking, she paused, and then pointed curiously at the place behind Alan. Busy scene, "You haven't moved yet?"
"Ah, the previous furniture was too old. I didn't want to make a big fuss, just make do with it. But after my mother asked the housekeeper to look at it, she insisted that I change it, so as not to embarrass myself in front of my friends during the house warming, haha! Allen smiled heartily and scratched his head, "My mother has high requirements for the quality of life, and I will never disobey her on this."
Anne echoed a few words, but she knew in her heart that Mrs. Edgerton was only thinking about her own reputation.
The eldest son had not inherited the family business or even got married, and the youngest son had left the family to start his own business. It was not pleasant to say anything.Regardless of whether Allen moved out voluntarily, in the eyes of others, the elder brother cannot tolerate the younger brother, and even Mrs. Edgerton's partiality will become a talking point.
"Annie!" "Annie!" shouted in unison from the side window.
Jane and Liz lay by the window, waving silk scarves and hats at Anne.
Unable to wait for Anne to answer, the two left the window. There was a commotion inside, and the door was soon opened.The two fully dressed sisters walked out of the house quickly, and the sound of a child crying came from the open door behind them.
Allen bowed to the two ladies and saluted, and after they returned the salute in a hurry, they hugged and greeted Anne respectively.
Listening to them discussing today's itinerary, Alan suddenly said: "Are you planning to buy something on Avenue [-] today? I'm not bragging, I met a lot of friends there, and I can ask you a good price."
After hearing this, Jane and Liz's eyes lit up, and they looked at Anne at the same time.
Annie thought, just what I want.
"Of course I don't mind, please, Ellen. But my carriage can't fit so many people..." She frowned in embarrassment.
Alan laughed loudly: "Why would I ask you to see me off, please wait a moment, I will lead the horse." After finishing speaking, Alan turned and walked towards his house.
Seeing his leaving back, Liz bumped Annie playfully with her elbow, blinked, and said, "Are you familiar with Mr. Edgerton? He is so attentive! When we met him in the yard a few days ago, He just nodded to us from a distance, and never said a word to us."
"It's a long story."
"Let's put it simply! Does he love you..." Liz winked her eyes, her tone was extremely ambiguous.Even Jane blushed and looked at her curiously.
Annie couldn't laugh or cry: "What novel are you reading recently? Such a rich imagination?" She is not a serious little girl, but I didn't expect these two people to think so much at such a young age?
Unexpectedly, Liz actually nodded.
"I borrowed a few books from my aunt. Although the literature is not as good as my father's collection, those love stories are indeed very interesting! Jane and I read them secretly under the covers... Wait, how do you know? Do you watch it too?" Liz smiled "cunningly", and grabbed Anne's arm as if she had grasped the handle.
"Guess?" Annie didn't answer directly. In fact, she did read it, quite a few, but it was a matter of her previous life. "But you think too much, Alan and I are not the romantic you imagined. He was badly wounded in Kent, was dying, was rescued by passers-by, and finally sent to Rosings for help, and Cousin Darcy and I decided to keep him, and a doctor was sent for him, and finally sent him back. It’s as simple as that in London.”
"God! You saved him in the dark! Isn't that romantic enough?" Liz's eyes widened, and instead of being bored by the dry description, he blushed excitedly, "If I were him, I would I will fall in love with you the moment you save me!"
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After a salute came, Du Li interrupted the chat, climbed into the carriage, and sat down beside the driver.
Miss de Bourgh came out, accompanied by Mr. Smith.
"Let's go, Charlie, Miss de Bourgh is out." Du Li ordered.Charlie, the coachman, immediately raised his whip and yelled at the horse to move forward slowly. After turning the corner, the figure of the carriage appeared in Annie's sight.
"...As you ordered, Ms. de Bauer, I will keep a close eye on the contract with Bergram. Don't worry, this is my responsibility and my profession. You won't have any worries."
Mr. Smith stopped at the foot of the steps.
Anne nodded slightly: "As I promised, Anne de Bauer's pound will not be diverted to branches other than the Bank of England in London, or even other banks... You are willing to be my manager, which is very important to me It is a great honor for me. Of course, I also hope that my transaction with you can add a pair of wings to you, and your ability is not limited to this counter."
A hint of complacency appeared on Mr. Smith's shrewd face, but he quickly suppressed it by himself.
The carriage of the Earl of Fitzwilliam's residence stopped beside Anne, Du Li jumped down, and put on the big lace hat for Anne.
"Come here, Mr. Smith, I will not disturb your work."
"It is my pleasure to serve you, honorable 'Miss'."
Mr. Smith helped Anne into the carriage, and when the slender figure disappeared behind the door and the carriage gradually drove away, he couldn't help but beat his left hand with his right hand excitedly, and let out a low growl. With surprised eyes, he turned and walked into the bank.
In the carriage, Anne raised a corner of the curtain, and when she saw Mr. Smith enter the room, she took a long breath.
Dealing with someone like Mr. Smith is both the easiest and the hardest.The bankers have racked their brains to seek the best possible benefits, and Anne has long been prepared to do business with Mr. Smith. Talking about feelings is the most useless thing, and it is not as good as a real profit and pound.
Anne told Mr. Smith the biggest secret, and correspondingly, Mr. Smith's money career was tied up with her.
A total of three contracts were signed today.First, under the witness of Mr. Smith, the Richter New Invention Company was officially registered, and the Phoenix, Rosalie Garden (Anne only remembered to name the rose garden at this moment) and the Bergram steam engine The second is to sell 5% of the shares to Mr. Smith.Annie didn't give a "friendship price", which instead made Mr. Smith sign his name eagerly after thinking deeply, and spent the salary he had accumulated for several years—he is a smart man and knows what this company means; the first Three are separate contracts with Mr. Smith, who became Mr. Richter's sole agent.
Anne clutched a key tightly in her hand. It was the key of the vault that Sir Louis had left her.From today, there is a small pile of gold bricks missing in the treasury, and three important documents are added.
The carriage did not drive to the Earl's Mansion, but Gardner's mansion.
Annie asked Du Li to deliver the message early in the morning, and agreed to pick up Jane and Elizabeth to go to Phoenix at noon.
When the Countess learned that her guest was a gentleman's daughter, but now she was living with her uncle who was a merchant, she looked strange for a while, but in the end she didn't stop her like Darcy did.
"After all, the Miss Bennets are also gentlemen's daughters. Since you are willing to be friends with them, I believe in their character." The Countess said, "It is better to say that I believe in your vision than I believe in them, Anne. I can feel that you are different from your mother. Sir Louis must be sadder than anyone else, isn't he who inherited his inhuman wisdom..."
She didn't finish speaking and sighed.
Annie was almost indifferent to such exclamations.
"...It's no wonder that Catherine is so worried about your marriage." The countess said without hesitation, "However, if you were a little Catherine, she would not be more at ease than now. In Catherine's mind, no one would More trustworthy than 'him', yet she takes it too for granted that things will go the way she envisions."
Even if Darcy left the British Isles temporarily, he was in Anne's life all the time.
Anne was very helpless about this, and I am afraid that before Darcy married a lady and returned to Pemberley, it would be difficult for her to get rid of this topic.
I can't imagine that if Anne is not the Anne now, but the poor girl who relied on Mrs. Catherine for everything, would she really put herself in the future under the repeated reminders from the people around her? Madam Xi's position?
"Miss de Bourgh, we're here!" Du Li knocked on the carriage door, Anne heard Charlie's voice of stopping the horse, and stuffed the key into her inner pocket.
Charlie put down the pedal, Annie lowered her head, supported Du Li's hand with one hand and carefully stepped on the pedal, and pressed the hat half-covered with the other hand.
Annie was dressed extraordinarily "grandly" today, not that she wore the dress out of fashion, but that she wore relatively simple clothes on weekdays, and it was almost impossible to tell that she was a lady with hundreds of thousands of pounds, a large area of land and estate inheritance.She dressed up like this today for two purposes, one is to show off in front of Mr. Smith, and the other is because...
"Miss Anne de Bourgh! Long time no see, I thought you had returned to Kent!" Alan Edgerton's surprised voice came from the yard of the house on the left.
He stood in the courtyard, surrounded by piles of wooden furniture, which several workmen carried together under the orders of a man dressed as a housekeeper.
"Long time no see, Mr. Edgerton." Anne curtseyed to him.
Allen immediately waved his hand and said, "You can call me Allen, just like at Rosings Manor." He threw the materials in his hand to the butler, pushed aside the low iron fence, and strode towards Anne .
"You are so beautiful today that I almost couldn't recognize you." Allen saluted her, unable to hide the surprise in his eyes.
Sweeping away the dullness of winter, Anne wore a goose yellow dress today.The soft clouds wrapped her thin body, the tender green belt pinched out a slender high waist, and the layers of semi-transparent folds made her skirt look like a winter jasmine, radiating in the spring sunshine. With tender vitality.The translucent lace of the same color on the hat prevented her from being clearly seen, and Allen couldn't help but look down.
With the passing of winter, the girl in front of me has gradually lost her childish baby fat, smooth jaw line, pointed chin, thin and bright red lips... Miss de Bourgh inherited it from her mother's appearance The first signs of aggressive beauty.
"You are too exaggerated, Alan. You look very good today, and it is really enviable to have your own independent space." After Annie finished speaking, she paused, and then pointed curiously at the place behind Alan. Busy scene, "You haven't moved yet?"
"Ah, the previous furniture was too old. I didn't want to make a big fuss, just make do with it. But after my mother asked the housekeeper to look at it, she insisted that I change it, so as not to embarrass myself in front of my friends during the house warming, haha! Allen smiled heartily and scratched his head, "My mother has high requirements for the quality of life, and I will never disobey her on this."
Anne echoed a few words, but she knew in her heart that Mrs. Edgerton was only thinking about her own reputation.
The eldest son had not inherited the family business or even got married, and the youngest son had left the family to start his own business. It was not pleasant to say anything.Regardless of whether Allen moved out voluntarily, in the eyes of others, the elder brother cannot tolerate the younger brother, and even Mrs. Edgerton's partiality will become a talking point.
"Annie!" "Annie!" shouted in unison from the side window.
Jane and Liz lay by the window, waving silk scarves and hats at Anne.
Unable to wait for Anne to answer, the two left the window. There was a commotion inside, and the door was soon opened.The two fully dressed sisters walked out of the house quickly, and the sound of a child crying came from the open door behind them.
Allen bowed to the two ladies and saluted, and after they returned the salute in a hurry, they hugged and greeted Anne respectively.
Listening to them discussing today's itinerary, Alan suddenly said: "Are you planning to buy something on Avenue [-] today? I'm not bragging, I met a lot of friends there, and I can ask you a good price."
After hearing this, Jane and Liz's eyes lit up, and they looked at Anne at the same time.
Annie thought, just what I want.
"Of course I don't mind, please, Ellen. But my carriage can't fit so many people..." She frowned in embarrassment.
Alan laughed loudly: "Why would I ask you to see me off, please wait a moment, I will lead the horse." After finishing speaking, Alan turned and walked towards his house.
Seeing his leaving back, Liz bumped Annie playfully with her elbow, blinked, and said, "Are you familiar with Mr. Edgerton? He is so attentive! When we met him in the yard a few days ago, He just nodded to us from a distance, and never said a word to us."
"It's a long story."
"Let's put it simply! Does he love you..." Liz winked her eyes, her tone was extremely ambiguous.Even Jane blushed and looked at her curiously.
Annie couldn't laugh or cry: "What novel are you reading recently? Such a rich imagination?" She is not a serious little girl, but I didn't expect these two people to think so much at such a young age?
Unexpectedly, Liz actually nodded.
"I borrowed a few books from my aunt. Although the literature is not as good as my father's collection, those love stories are indeed very interesting! Jane and I read them secretly under the covers... Wait, how do you know? Do you watch it too?" Liz smiled "cunningly", and grabbed Anne's arm as if she had grasped the handle.
"Guess?" Annie didn't answer directly. In fact, she did read it, quite a few, but it was a matter of her previous life. "But you think too much, Alan and I are not the romantic you imagined. He was badly wounded in Kent, was dying, was rescued by passers-by, and finally sent to Rosings for help, and Cousin Darcy and I decided to keep him, and a doctor was sent for him, and finally sent him back. It’s as simple as that in London.”
"God! You saved him in the dark! Isn't that romantic enough?" Liz's eyes widened, and instead of being bored by the dry description, he blushed excitedly, "If I were him, I would I will fall in love with you the moment you save me!"
The author has something to say: send red envelopes to Liao~ This time is limited to unlimited, and there will be comments in this chapter before tomorrow's update!
a bit cold 5555
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