Pride and Prejudice accident

Andrea and Maria played chess for more than an hour. The thunder outside the window became more and more severe, and the sky became darker and darker. It would be too dark to see clearly in the room without candles.Of course, they can't light candles, because when their cousin gave them candles, they said that there were not many candles prepared at home, but there were many people who used them, so they were asked to save some candles. A four-inch candle, let them use it for three nights.You must know that in their own home in the past, such a long candle was enough for the two of them to use for one night.

"I can't light candles, and I can't do anything in the room. It's even more boring to go down. Annie, I want to sleep for a while. Do you want to sleep? There are still several hours until dinner time!" Maria complained.

"I want to sleep too. I don't want to go down and talk to relatives I don't know well."

Andrea said as she moved the chessboard and put it on the stool beside the bed, then got into bed and got ready to sleep.

Maria also got under the quilt, lay face to face with Andrea and said: "The faces of uncles and sisters-in-law in heaven are really ugly these days. Why do you think they look so ugly? When we came here in the past, except Tang Aside from sister-in-law's complaints, isn't cousin very kind to us?"

"It's no wonder he looks so good. My uncle's inheritance to our family is [-] pounds. My cousin only earns that much a year. Of course he will be heartbroken. Our sister-in-law must also hate us behind my back." My teeth are itchy." Andrea said with a sigh.

Old Mr. Clark often told Andrea stories about his youthful beauty, but Andrea never thought that the old man would have an inheritance of more than 2 pounds, not including some of his valuable collections Woolen cloth.Although the old Mr. Clark only gave the Ferguson family an inheritance of [-] pounds, it was enough to show that the old Mr. Clark loved the Ferguson family.

And in the end, Mr. Clark gave Andrea a pipe box, which contained a beautifully carved ivory pipe from the East that Mr. Clark had been using before him. He said that Mr. Clark said he would give it to her before he fell ill. Andrea played.Andrea knew that the larger-than-average pipe box had interlayers. When she quietly opened it that day, she saw a pair of rings with huge sapphire rings, which were worn by the old Clarks when they were young. engagement ring.Andrea guessed that this was the legacy Mr. Clark said he would leave to her. Although it was not particularly valuable, the meaning was indeed quite good.

"When will we be able to go home, the pony seems to be born, I really want to see it." Maria complained.

"We can go home when the rain stops. Daddy's thinking about the horses on the farm. But let's go to bed now."

When Andrea was about to fall asleep in a daze, there was a knock on the door, and Xiao Qiao shouted outside the door: "Auntie, open the door, open the door!"

Afraid of waking Maria and Edward up, Andrea immediately rubbed her eyes to open the door. As soon as the door opened, Louisa walked in with Xiao Qiao in her arms, with a strange expression on her face. Andrea, with disheveled hair and wrinkled clothes, whispered, "Annie, there is a gentleman looking for you outside."

"Mr. What, come to me in this weather?" Andrea turned her head and looked out the window. The heavy rain was still falling, and it seemed to be drowning the earth. No one would come to visit in this weather, right?

"It's called Mr. Darcy. He's covered in water. He looks very anxious. He doesn't know what to do with you. Fortunately, Xiao Qiao wants to watch the rain. When I took him to the door to watch the rain, I saw this gentleman." , I took him to the kitchen in the back, what would it look like if he went straight to the living room." Luisa's face was not very good.

"What, Mr. Darcy, is there anything he can do to see me?" Andrea frowned and asked after tidying up her clothes and putting on her shawl.

"He didn't tell me, but he seemed to be in a hurry, Andrea, when did you know this gentleman, and who is he?" Luisa grabbed Andrea, who seemed to be going out, and asked.

Because Mr. Darcy is like a drowned rat now, he does not have the usual aloof appearance, but looks like a down and out ghost, so Louisa is very worried about her sister knowing such a gentleman.

"Mr. Darcy is the elder brother of Miss Darcy that Maria often talks about. We met when we were in London, and his aunt lives in Rosings Manor here."

"Then you should have nothing to do with each other. Why is he looking for you like this?"

"I have to ask him. I don't know what happened. Mr. Darcy pays great attention to etiquette. There must be something to do here." Andrea broke away from Louisa's hand and touched Xiao Qiao's face He ran down in a hurry.

It's not lunch time, there are basically no maids in the kitchen, Mr. Darcy is standing at the back door of the kitchen, he is soaked, the rain is dripping from his body, he is holding his wet hat at the door Turning around, wetting the ground at the door in a big puddle.

"Mr. Darcy, why are you here?" Andrea was very puzzled when she saw Mr. Darcy's distressed appearance, what kind of things made this gentleman become like this!

Mr. Darcy turned his head suddenly when he heard Andrea's voice, and wanted to walk towards Andrea, but he was probably worried that the water on his body would dirty more floors in the kitchen, so he stopped walking He asked anxiously: "Miss Ferguson, did Georgiana come to see you just now?"

"No, how could Georgiana come here in this weather? What's the matter, Mr. Darcy?"

"Georgiana is gone."

"What, why didn't you disappear?" Andrea asked in surprise.

"Georgianna must have been stimulated and ran out of Rosings Manor alone. We searched all the woods near the manor but couldn't find her, so I wanted to try to see if I could find her here." Da After hearing Andrea's answer, Mr. Xi became even more anxious, and his expression became even worse.

"Have you searched for other places?" Andrea glanced at the wind and rain outside the house, and a lightning flashed across the sky just at this moment, followed by a loud thunder, this terrible weather!

"The place Georgiana went to most when she came to Hunsford before was the woods next to Rosings. She was not familiar with other places at all, and we had no idea where she would go." Mr. Darcy said dejectedly, he had no idea at all now. I have no clue, Georgiana has not been seen for a long time, I don't know where she will go in this weather, and I don't know where to find her.

"Then is anyone outside looking for her now?" Andrea thought that Georgiana might be in the rain right now, and she remembered very well. It is no joke to have a cold or a fever in this era, and Georgiana was born prematurely. , The health foundation is not very good, if you really get sick, it will be a big deal.

"I'll go back and look for it with Charlie now, sorry to bother you." Mr. Darcy bent over and saluted quickly while grabbing his hat, and was about to run out.

Andrea grabbed him and said, "Wait a minute, did you come on horseback or walk?"

Mr. Darcy paused, then turned his head and looked at the hand held by Andrea with blazing eyes, and said, "Ride a horse."

"I'm going to get a raincoat. It's still a long way to Rosings Manor even if I ride a horse." Andrea hurried inside to find a maid who asked her to bring her two raincoats. He ran upstairs and quickly changed into a pair of tall cowhide boots, then took the raincoat and ran to the kitchen.

Andrea casually handed a raincoat to Mr. Darcy and signaled him to put it on, and quickly put on the raincoat herself. Seeing Mr. Darcy looking at her suspiciously, she said, "This matter cannot be known to others. You will definitely not send out the servants of Rosings Manor. If it is only you and Colonel Fitzwilliam who are looking for it, I will help you find it together. When it didn't rain two days ago, I went with Georgiana There's an old mill, I'll look for her over there."

"Miss Ferguson, it's raining too much outside, you better not go out, miss."

In order to ensure that no local people would encounter the servants of Rosings Manor and know that they were looking for Georgiana to ruin Georgiana's reputation, Mr. Darcy did not intend to send out the servants of Rosings Manor, so the only thing he was looking for this time was He and Colonel Fitzwilliam, and the two footmen they had brought with them.Mr. Darcy was a little surprised that Andrea could think of these things in a short period of time, and was a little moved by her willingness to go to Georgiana in such a heavy rain, but his reason told him that it was not good for a lady to go out in this kind of weather .

"It's okay, I won't get wet wearing a raincoat, and I'm in good health. Last summer, when I went back from my family's farm, there was a heavy rain on the way, and there was no place to shelter from the rain on the roadside. It’s raining for an hour and you’re home and you haven’t gotten sick yet. What you should worry about now is Georgiana, okay, Mr. Darcy, you go back first, I’ll go to the stable to lead the horse and leave.” Andrea looked determined. She said that she sincerely regards Georgiana as her younger sister, how can she rest assured that she is alone in the rain outside.

Mr. Darcy saw Andrea's attitude of never changing her mind, and thought it would be better if there was one more person to look for, so he nodded, turned around and rushed into the heavy rain, got on the horse at the door and rushed out.

When Andrea rode her horse to Rosings Manor, Elizabeth was standing at the entrance of the hall in a hurry. She didn't expect such an accident to come to Rosings to borrow a few books to read. She frowned. Frowning, he kept looking out the door, hoping to see Georgiana come back by herself.

After Mr. Darcy rushed out recklessly, Colonel Fitzwilliam asked Elizabeth what she said to Georgiana with a straight face. Elizabeth found that the situation might be more serious than she thought, so she honestly said what she said. Tell Colonel Fitzwilliam.After hearing this, Colonel Fitzwilliam told Elizabeth that he could not tell her about Wickham and the Darcy family, but he could guarantee that the story of Wickham was absolutely fabricated, and that Georgiana had been hurt because of Wickham .Although Elizabeth didn't really believe that Wickham would make up such a life experience, she believed that Georgiana had been hurt, so she blamed herself and worried.

Elizabeth gasped in shock when she saw Andrea running into the house. She thought it was Georgiana, but she recognized Andrea, and looked at Andrea in bewilderment.

"Miss Bennet, where is Mr. Darcy?"

"Mr. Darcy went upstairs to change, Miss Ferguson, what's the matter with you here?"

Andrea did not answer her question, but looked at the empty hall and continued to ask, "Where is Colonel Fitzwilliam?"

"Colonel Fitzwilliam is out."

"Has Georgiana not come back yet?"

"You know?" Elizabeth looked at Andrea in surprise, and realized that Mr. Darcy had gone to find Andrea. She couldn't tell what it was like, but she felt even more uncomfortable.

At this time, Mr. Darcy changed his clothes and ran down the stairs. When he saw Andrea who was still wearing a raincoat, he immediately pulled her out and said, "Miss Ferguson, I will go with you to find the mill you mentioned. Find it."

At the door of Elizabeth, watching Mr. Darcy and Andrea riding away on a horse from afar, she bit her lip, hesitated for a moment, then asked the maid for a raincoat, and ran to the backyard to borrow a horse , I also ran out.