Pride and Prejudice accident

Mr. Collins has not been very happy recently. He hates the Bennet family, but he can't leave, because the previous Mr. Collins revealed in the conversation with Mr. Bennet that even if he married another lady , nor does it mean to take back the Bennet house immediately after Mr. Bennet's death.And the implication is that the house will not be taken back until Mrs. Bennet dies and all the ladies in the Bennet family get married.

This is so stupid, that Mrs. Bennet doesn't eat fuel-efficient lamps, and there is no guarantee that after Mr. Bennet's death, this will be an empty house.Moreover, it is too foolish to promise all the ladies that they will take back the house after they get married. That Miss Mary Bennet is a typical type who will never marry in her lifetime. Can't she live in this house for nothing for the rest of her life?If it is sold or rented out, that is a lot of money!

Therefore, Mr. Collins wants to find an opportunity to clarify the matter of inheritance with Mr. Bennet. He will not be the same as the former Collins. After Mr. Bennet dies, if Mrs. Bennet is still alive or there is no If he gets married, he will compensate at most one or two thousand pounds, and the house will definitely be taken back.This should belong to him according to the law, and he will not keep the Bennet family to scare him, don't think he doesn't know how bad the Bennet family scolded him behind his back, as if this is an unfair inheritance law It's what he promulgated.

But Mr. Bennet is an old fox. After getting the vague assurance from Mr. Collins before, he was completely relieved. That's why he supported Elizabeth's rejection of Mr. Collins' marriage proposal, and he was too harsh on Elizabeth when she refused to marry him. He didn't blame him at all, and he didn't stop his daughter from embarrassing Mr. Collins face to face, because he was sure that Mr. Collins, as a pastor, would not go back on his word.But recently, Mr. Bennet seems to have seen Mr. Collins' intention to repent, so he either goes to the farm or visits relatives and friends all day long, and goes to bed early at night, without giving Mr. Collins a chance to talk at all.

This morning, Mr. Collins went to the dining room to have breakfast. Seeing that Mr. Bennet was still not there, including Elizabeth, he asked the false Mrs. Bennet who was smiling at him: "Mrs. Bennet, Mrs. Bennet Where did you go, sir, why haven't you seen him for breakfast these days."

Mrs. Bennet frowned. She also felt that her husband was a little strange recently. Unfortunately, Mr. Bennet was always reluctant to talk to her, and she had been suffering from neuralgia these days, so she didn't ask her husband why he always It was early in the morning to go out. "Oh, he's gone to the farm. I don't know why he keeps running to the farm recently."

"Really? Speaking of which, I haven't seen the farm yet. Mrs. Bennet, where is the farm? I really want to see the farm." Mr. Collins said immediately. He remembered that Mr. Collins asked to visit the whole Lambert before. En and Meryton, but they haven't visited the Bennet family's farm. It will be the source of income in the future, how can they not pay attention to it?

"Of course, do you need your cousins ​​to accompany you?" Mrs. Bennet turned her eyes from the three daughters in the restaurant, stared at Kitty and said, "Kitty, you will accompany Mr. Collins later." Go see our family's farm."

"Mom..." Of course Kitty didn't want to accompany Mr. Collins, whom she didn't think was handsome, so she pouted dissatisfiedly, but she knew that her status in the family was actually similar to that of Mary, and she didn't like Banner very much. Mrs. Te loves her, so she doesn't dare to talk back.

Mr. Collins saw the eyes of Mary who obviously wanted to accompany him, but he was a little satisfied with this lady. Rather than saying that she didn't give him a good face, it would be better if she didn't care about anything except books, but since Elizabeth refused After Mr. Collins' proposal, and after the former Mr. Collins began to approach Miss Charlotte Lucas, who was notoriously unattractive, the lady's attitude towards Mr. Collins gradually improved, probably because she felt that she There may be a chance to get married.

"Mrs. Bennet, why don't you let Cousin Mary accompany me? I just heard Cousin Kitty say that she will accompany Cousin Lydia to visit Mrs. Philip in Meryton."

Mrs. Bennet took a look at her third daughter. This daughter is not good-looking, has a bad personality, and is buried in books all day long. She doesn't like Mrs. Bennet, and of course she doesn't like the rest of the family. Therefore, Mrs. Bennet felt that Mary could not impress Mr. Collins at all, so she was not selected just now.As for why Lydia was not chosen, it is naturally because Lydia is most similar to Mrs. Bennet in terms of appearance and personality, and she is the youngest daughter. Mrs. Bennet loves her the most. Mr. is not the type of man that girls like, so naturally he will not push his favorite daughter to Mr. Collins.

"Okay, Mary, you go with Mr. Collins, remember to change your clothes after breakfast, don't dress like an old woman all day." Mrs. Bennet nodded when she saw Mary's expectant eyes.

Mary immediately lowered her head, and because of her height, Mr. Collins could see her hands tugging at her skirt under the table, presumably Mrs. Bennet's words made her sad.

Speaking of which, Mary and the former Mr. Collins are actually very similar. They are both ugly, have no talents but like to show off their abilities, and talk about some annoying truths all day long.The stupefaction made Mr. Collins feel a little bit of sympathy for Mary.

When accompanying Mr. Collins to the farm, Mary changed into a skirt with light green flowers on a white background. This is one of the few bright colors in all her skirts. It seems that she really valued Mr. Collins before she changed into it. of.

Mr. Collins walked silently a few steps away from Mary. She invited Mary to accompany her because she didn't want to see the cold faces of the other Bennet daughters, but she definitely didn't want the lady to misunderstand that he treated her Interestingly, even if this lady is very beautiful and has a very pleasing personality, Mr. Collins would not consider her just because of her sister Lydia, not to mention that this lady is not pleasing in terms of image and personality.

"Mr. Collins, I'm sorry for Lizzy's rejection of your marriage proposal. I don't think she really doesn't like you, it's just because she already has someone else she likes." At last Mary spoke first and broke the silence.

"It's nothing, Miss Mary. I proposed to your lady only because I promised to marry a Miss Bennet to keep your family property. If Mrs. Bennet hadn't told me clearly that Miss Jane had a suitor, I would have chosen Miss Jane who was the oldest." Mr. Collins said, concealing Mr. Collins' previous judgment on appearance.

"Then, Cousin Collins, will you still choose your marriage proposal according to the age order?" Mary lowered her head, but looked at Mr. Collins expectantly.

"Of course not. Since Miss Elizabeth rejected me so firmly and without hesitation, your family probably doesn't need my kindness. Naturally, I won't annoy others. I believe that each of the ladies will be able to marry a rich and handsome man. Gentleman," said Mr Collins sarcastically.

Mary didn't hear the irony in Mr. Collins's words. She thought that Mr. Collins had been close to the ugly Miss Lucas, who was famous in Longbourn, and now said that she had a chance to choose the marriage proposal according to the order of age. , Now hearing this, she immediately felt very sad, and thinking of how many times Mrs. Bennet had accidentally said that she might not be able to marry for the rest of her life, Mary was even more disheartened.

Mr. Collins saw that Mary's eyes were reddened by his little sarcasm, and he pointed to the fence of the farm a hundred meters away with some embarrassment and said, "Cousin Mary, that's the Bennet family's farm, oh, there seems to be There are quite a few horses!"

In fact, Mary didn't like Mr. Collins, she just wanted to marry herself off earlier, so she didn't feel too sad. She wiped her eyes quietly and responded to Mr. Collins, "It's the little one born to the mare on the farm in the past two years. The foal, my father is planning to sell it this year."

"Really, that's really a lot of income. Cousin Mary, look, is it Cousin Elizabeth? I didn't expect her to come to the farm too." Mr. Collins pointed to Elizabeth who was bathing the horses. The mud of the big beach is still clearly visible even after tens of meters.

"Yes, Miss Lucas is here too." Mary glanced at her and pointed to a lady who was chatting with Elizabeth.

Mr. Collins followed Mary's hand and saw a lady in a pink dress sitting on a wooden stool far away from Elizabeth talking and laughing. She was the future wife of Mr. Collins in the original novel.Mr. Collins walked a few steps quickly. Although he remembered the lady's appearance in his memory, he hadn't seen the lady once since he came here.

Miss Lucas is listening to Elizabeth making jokes about Mr. Collins. Sometimes Elizabeth is really unbearable when she becomes paranoid. Miss Lucas is very clear about the inheritance rights of the Bennet family, so in her opinion, Mr. Collins' behavior is not only She is not annoying, but very kind-hearted. If someone is selfish, he would never think of marrying a daughter of the Bennet family to benefit the Bennet family.As to why Mr. Collins chose Elizabeth, there is nothing wrong with any man wishing his wife to be pretty.

Regarding Elizabeth's opinion that Mr. Collins is staid and mediocre, Miss Lucas thinks that, except for Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy who came before, in Elizabeth's eyes, all the single gentlemen in Longbourne are probably staid and mediocre.And Elizabeth said that Mr. Collins is good at flattering and flattering, and Miss Lucas doesn't think it is a shortcoming. There are few people in this world who are not flattering and flattering, but some people are not obvious, and some people do it better.

And Elizabeth has the courage to refuse Mr. Collins's marriage proposal. In Miss Lucas's opinion, it is entirely because Elizabeth is beautiful enough and self-willed enough. If she looks like her sister Mary, or more like her family After thinking about it, she might hesitate more.

Miss Lucas looked at Elizabeth's bright smile, feeling a little jealous and not angry. Don't think she hadn't noticed Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy's eye contact before, and said how arrogant and bad Mr. Darcy was. I hate him so much, but once I see Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth's eyes will always stick to that gentleman. If it weren't for the very handsome and lovely Mr. Wickham who came to the militia, it is estimated that Elizabeth would have been with Darcy Mr. has developed a relationship.