"I hate Mr. Collins. It's a pain in the ass to have to listen to Mrs. de Bourgh's flattery every time I sit with him at dinner. I wish he'd leave Longbourne quickly, anyway. None of the sisters would want to marry him. But who would want to marry such a loathsome man!" Elizabeth said as she brushed the horse, not noticing that her friend heard her say His face was ugly when he spoke the last sentence.

Although Miss Lucas disagreed with Elizabeth's words in her heart, she still agreed on her face, but she couldn't sit still after hearing Elizabeth's last sentence. You must know that she had frequent contacts with Mr. Collins a few days ago. Miss, it seems that Mr. Collins will propose to her in a few days. Now almost everyone in Longbourn is watching the development of the matter. If Elizabeth really cares about her friend, they will not know She would not have said such a thing about being near Mr. Collins.

Elizabeth was indeed somewhat innocent in this matter. Ever since Jane received Miss Bingley's letter, Elizabeth had put all her thoughts on comforting Jane, and naturally she had no time to pay attention to the matter of Mr. Collins, whom she hated.And she always felt that Miss Lucas was very smart and would not take a fancy to the mediocre Mr. Collins.

Miss Lucas was looking for a chance to leave when she turned her head and saw Mr. Collins and Mary walking over. She stood up happily and said, "Lissie, Mr. Collins and Mary are here?"

Elizabeth turned her head to look, and immediately frowned, wondering why her third sister, who didn't like to go out, came here with Mr. Collins, but forced a smile on her face to say hello.

"Mary, why are you here?"

"My cousin said he wanted to see the farm, and my mother asked me to lead the way." Mary glanced at Elizabeth's dirty skirt, lowered her head, and said, she knew that Elizabeth didn't like her, and felt that she was embarrassing her by playing the piano and singing at the ball She is tired of talking about ladylike manners on weekdays, so Mary doesn't want to have any contact with her if possible.

"Mr. Collins, do you have any research on farming?" Miss Lucas walked up to Mr. Collins and asked.

"No, I'm just here to see Mr. Bennet, and to take a look at the farm."

After Mr. Collins finished speaking, he stayed away from some Miss Lucas calmly. Some of the views expressed by this lady in the original book are indeed admirable, but also her practice of getting married just to find a long-term meal ticket is also unacceptable. , especially in the original book, she tells Elizabeth that she likes to stay in the living room, so that she only has a few minutes of contact with Mr. Collins in a day.Mr. Collins would not dislike Miss Lucas because of his appearance, but he absolutely cannot accept a wife who does not give his feelings in married life.

"Cousin Elizabeth, can you tell me where Mr. Bennet is now? I have something to talk to her about." Mr. Collins didn't want to stay here any longer, so he looked at Elizabeth who pursed his lips and looked unhappy.

"In the back." Elizabeth pointed sideways to the stables behind her, and then continued to brush the horses, obviously not wanting to pay more attention to Mr. Collins.

Mr. Collins blinked, and walked quickly to the stables. Miss Lucas was very upset when she saw it. She hadn't seen Mr. Collins for several days, and the marriage proposal that she thought would be waiting right away was delayed. .Just now Mr. Collins came with Mary again, and he didn't even look at her more, which made Miss Lucas feel a little uneasy.

Miss Lucas walked up to Mary, took Mary's hand and led her to sit on the stool before, and asked with a smile: "Mary, I thought you would rather stay at home and read, come, accompany me Sit here for a while, and we will leave with Mr Collins later."

"Miss Lucas, I don't know what you've been up to lately. It's been a long time since you visited my house." Mary smiled copiously. Miss Lucas has been patronizing and seeing Mr. Collins recently, and she must be ashamed to visit the Bennet family.

Miss Lucas's face froze for a moment. Although Elizabeth rejected Mr. Collins' marriage proposal, she was not kind in rushing to get close to Mr. Collins. The young lady absolutely doesn't want to contact the Bennet family these days. You must know that Mrs. Bennet's mouth is never forgiving, and she will say a lot of nasty things when she is upset.

Miss Lucas didn't answer Mary's words, but changed the subject and asked Elizabeth: "Lissie, Jane has been in London for several days, have you received a letter from her? Has she gone to see Mr. Bingley?"

"Jane wrote me a letter as soon as she arrived in London. In the letter, Miss Bingley told her that Mr. Bingley had gone to the north and was not in London recently." Elizabeth frowned and said, she did not trust Miss Bingley, after receiving the letter She felt that Miss Bingley was lying to Jane, so she wrote back to ask Jane to visit Bingley's house several times, and believed that Jane would meet Mr. Bingley one time.

"It was really sudden that Bentley first left. Fortunately, the relationship between them is obvious to all."

When Elizabeth heard this, the expression on her face became very reluctant. The news that Mr. Bingley might never return Elizabeth and Jane kept it a secret, for fear that Mrs. Bennet would make a joke out of it if the family found out. , but Elizabeth's worry was increasing day by day, so she felt uncomfortable when she heard this.

Elizabeth's emotions are often very obvious. If she is unhappy, her smile is very fake. Miss Lucas knows that she may have said the wrong thing when she sees Elizabeth's expression. After thinking about what she said, I understood a little bit in my heart.In fact, since Mr. Bingley left suddenly, many people in Longbourne have been secretly waiting to see the jokes about the Bennet family even though they don’t say anything. To be honest, Jane is indeed beautiful, but the whole of Meryton and Longbourne are so beautiful. There are so many young ladies and madams, it's not like no one can compare.Elizabeth is indeed smart and lively, but there are many really smart ladies, and she is not the best.However, since Mrs. Bennet has no son, she always exaggerates her daughter's advantages by more than one point or two. Many families in Longbourne who are expecting young ladies have long been displeased, and even Miss Lucas's mother always To complain.

Andrea's life is not easy here. I don't know why Mr. Darcy has a feeling of gnashing his teeth when he sees her these days. Andrea always feels that Mr. Darcy is staring at her while she is not paying attention. She, confused Andrea, because she didn't know what she did wrong.

"Sister, have you noticed that Mr. Darcy has been looking at you recently? Do you think he likes you?" Maria asked quietly. They were talking about Shakespeare's sonnets with Georgiana during breakfast this morning. At that time, Mr. Darcy's eyes were basically glued to Andrea's body. Even though Maria often dared not look at Mr. Darcy, she noticed it.

"You can see the feeling of liking from his eyes full of anger? Maria, you are so amazing, I just think I must have offended this gentleman somewhere, he has been staring at me for several days! "Andrea put on her go-out hat angrily and said.

"I don't see anger in Mr. Darcy's eyes, I only see inquiry in his eyes."

"That's it, it's not admiration! Well, well, let's go, Joanna is still waiting downstairs! Speaking of which, I really don't want to visit Miss Bingley at all!"

"But Miss Bingley has visited several times before, and Joanna always has to visit back. She can't bear Miss Bingley's constant questioning about Mr. Darcy by herself. Anne, think about Miss Bingley, it's very pitiful, even though she Her personality is not very good, but Mr. Darcy's personality is not necessarily so good either, the two are quite compatible, but Mr. Darcy just doesn't like her." Maria said with a sigh.

"We don't understand the world of the rich, so let's go to Bentley's house obediently!"

Miss Bingley is looking impatiently at Miss Jane Bennet, who is sitting and refusing to leave, holding back her anger. She feels that Mr. Bingley followed them back to London without saying a word. That letter was enough to let the lady know that it was impossible for their Bingley family to marry their Bennet family.I really don’t know why this young lady has the cheek to chase after her to London, and she visits again and again, but she refuses to leave every time. Fortunately, Bentley has gone to work in the north these days, otherwise she will be punished by the class. Miss Nutt was entangled.

Jane is actually very embarrassed. She has already found out that Miss Bingley said that she was not sincere about being friends with her before, so sitting here and looking at Miss Bingley's cold face made her feel very sad, but she really wanted to see Mr. Bingley, but she has been here three times, but she has not met Mr. Bingley once, which makes her very disappointed.

Miss Bingley looked up at the clock hanging on the wall. Georgiana would be here in half an hour. She didn't want Georgiana to see Jane, but just when she wanted to send Jane away, Georgiana took Then Andrea and Maria walked in.

"Caroline, I'm so sorry, did we come early?" Georgiana asked Jane while standing at the door.

"I thought Georgiana and you guys would come back in half an hour! This is Miss Jane Bennet, our neighbor when we were in Longbourn." Miss Bingley introduced. "This is Miss Georgiana Darcy, Mr. Darcy's sister, and this is Miss Andrea Ferguson and Miss Maria Ferguson, guests of the Darcy family."

Hearing Georgiana's name, Jane looked up in surprise. Seeing Georgiana smiling shyly at her, she felt a pain in her heart. This is the lady that Miss Bingley said she hoped to marry Mr. Bingley.

Georgiana was also surprised when she heard Jane's name, thinking that this lady was here to inquire about her brother's news for her sister, so she couldn't help staring at Jane, wanting to see if this lady described it like Miss Bingley Bad idea like that.

Andrea also observed Jane, and found that this young lady was indeed beautiful, but she was not the kind of beauty that people would immediately be attracted to at first glance. some.And the temperament is not good enough, although the whole body is full of gentleness, it still can't hide the petty air, and there is also a timid look in the eyes, one can tell that she is a young lady from the country.At first glance, it seems that it is really not suitable to be a businessman's wife. Only Miss Bingley can help her husband's career in the social circle.

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