Pride and Prejudice accident

The rain was so heavy that it hurt Andrea's body when it hit her. The thunder was loud, and lightning struck from time to time. In the past, Andrea would not dare to come out alone in such weather. Mr. Xi rode beside Andrea, which made her feel more at ease.

The small mill that Andrea mentioned is on the edge of Hansford Village, seven or eight miles away from Clark Manor. There were several families living there a long time ago. I don’t know why everyone moved out. There was a fire once. They burned all those old houses, and now they can't even see their shadows, only the old mill built by the small river is still there.

Few people in Hansford Village will go to the old mill except children, but Andrea likes the quiet atmosphere of that place. Every time she walks in that direction, she will go to the old mill to sit and sit, especially in the evening When I was there, I climbed from the waterwheel to the roof of the old mill, and I could see a particularly beautiful sunset.

When Andrea and Mr. Darcy rushed to the old mill, a huge thunder exploded, and there was a scream in the mill, and then Georgiana's cry.

"Georgianna!" Mr. Darcy jumped off the horse and staggered into the mill. Georgiana was sitting half-drenched on the haystack in the corner of the house, covering her ears in fear.

"Georgiana, are you all right?" Mr. Darcy ran to Georgiana's side and asked, half kneeling and holding Georgiana's shoulder.

"Brother!" Georgiana hugged Mr. Darcy's shoulder and cried loudly when she saw Mr. Darcy. She was in a terrible mess now, her hair was loose, her skirt was wet, and it was still covered with mud, and her feet were wet. The sole of the shoe was also broken.

"Georgianna, how do you feel? Is it cold?" Andrea hurried over to ask when she saw Georgiana's appearance.

Georgiana let go of Mr. Darcy, and nodded tremblingly.Seeing this, Mr. Darcy immediately took off his raincoat, wrapped his coat around Georgiana, and was about to pull her up when Georgiana let out a cry of pain.

"what happened?"

"I stepped on a rock and sprained my ankle," Georgiana cried, pointing to her left ankle.

"How did you come to this place?" Andrea asked, taking out her handkerchief and wiping Georgiana's face.

"I didn't mean it. I rushed out of the manor and didn't look at the road. I didn't know why I ran in this direction. After I calmed down, there was thunder. I saw that it was going to rain and wanted to go back, but I ran away. I was in a hurry and tripped on a rock. I broke my hand, my shoe broke again, and my foot sprained. I couldn't find anyone to help me, and I couldn't go back. Thinking of the last time you brought me here This mill over here is playing, so I ran here to hide from the rain." Georgiana said aggrievedly, pointing to the leather shoe with a broken sole.

It could be said that it was stormy outside at this time. The trees next to the mill were rattled by the strong wind, and the horses that were not tied up couldn't stand the wind and rain and ran into the house by themselves. Mr. Darcy should be able to leave, but he still has to take care of Georgiana, so he said: "Mr. Darcy, Georgiana and I seem to be unable to leave, you go back and get some dry clothes If possible, get a carriage, and we will wait for the rain to lighten up before we go, because Georgiana will get wet when she goes out in such a heavy wind and rain."

Mr. Darcy looked at the messy room. Although it was dilapidated, it did not leak at all, and he could see signs of frequent people coming. He felt that Andrea and Georgiana would be fine staying here, so he Nodding, he put on his raincoat and led the horse out.

Andrea ran to the haystack, dug inside, and found a box of matches left by the children when they were playing. She took a branch and cleaned the ground beside the haystack. , swept away the dry grass on the ground, then grabbed some branches and piled them there, put some thatch on it, and lit a fire.

"Okay, it's warm this way." Andrea patted the dust on her hands, sat next to Georgiana who was shivering in Mr. Darcy's coat, and said, "Joanna, don't do this next time, you My brother was very worried. He searched all over Rosings Manor but couldn’t find you, so he ran to Clark Manor to find me in the rain and asked me if I saw you. Know how he will find you!"

Georgiana cried again when she heard this, she sniffed and said, "I really didn't mean it, I was just scared."

Andrea put her arms around Georgiana and patted her hand to comfort her. "What are you afraid of, if you don't mind, can you tell me?"

"I once did a wrong thing. I almost ruined the reputation of Darcy's family and shamed my brother. I almost ruined my whole life." Georgiana cried while covering her mouth.

"What's the matter, you are still so young, how could you do such a serious wrong thing." Andrea looked at Georgiana suspiciously. In her impression, Georgiana has always been very good, although the matter of running out today Wrong, but normally she's a shy little girl.

"I almost eloped with a villain. Fortunately, my brother found me in time, but in order to prevent the villain from telling the matter, he paid him a large debt."

"Eloping?" Andrea was extremely surprised, and then she remembered that this incident seemed to have happened. It was only briefly mentioned in the original book, and she didn't remember clearly what happened.But Georgiana is only 16 years old this year. It seems that this incident has happened for a while. Could it be that Georgiana was tricked into elopement when she was [-] or [-] years old?

"Am I stupid? I almost made a big mistake." Georgiana asked, crying.

"No, no, Joanna, you were still a child at that time, you didn't understand these things, that person lied to you, that villain lied to you, it's not your fault." Andrea hugged her tightly Georgiana, patted her on the back and said.

"I thought he really liked me. He has always been very kind to me. I have never treated him as a servant. It turned out that he lied to me just for money." Georgiana lay on Andrea's shoulder Crying and saying, she cried out all the grievances in her heart in the past two years. After the incident, the atmosphere in the family was as cold and frozen. Georgiana watched Mr. Darcy's face every day and lived carefully, because Darcy The husband arranged for a maid to watch her, and even when she cried, she only dared to shed a few tears quietly under the quilt, without venting her pain at all.

"It's over, don't worry anymore, everything is over, you didn't really make a mistake, did you? Don't cry, it's all right." Andrea patted Georgiana on the back and said slowly .

Mr. Darcy rushed to Rosings Manor in the wind and rain, but he heard a lady's cry for help, and then saw a man rushing towards him on a horse. Mr. Darcy's horse charged.As a result, he stumbled on a tree that was blown by the wind. The mad horse stopped in time, but the front half of its body still knelt on the ground, and its buttocks were about to turn over.

Before he had time to think, Mr. Darcy grabbed the horse's belly and rushed over, grabbed the man who was about to be thrown to the ground, and pulled him onto his horse's back.

There was a heavy sound of falling to the ground behind him. Mr. Darcy pulled the reins and stopped. Turning his head, he saw the fallen horse lying in the middle of the road with its neck twisted. Blood gushed out from under its body. The rainwater melted into a huge light red pool of blood.

Elizabeth clutched her chest in shock, trembling all over with fear. She glanced at the horse that died because of a broken neck, thinking that if she hadn't been rescued, she might have broken her neck and died.

Mr. Darcy recognized Elizabeth at this time, and a huge anger rushed straight into his head. What is this lady doing here? If it wasn't for her, how could Georgiana run out of Rosings Manor sadly? Darcy thought of Georgiana It hurts to fall on the floor and sprain your foot and have no one to turn to for help.But what is the lady riding here for now? This is not the way to Turner's house. Is it to find Georgiana?Is she just a young lady who is not familiar with this place at all?If he hadn't passed by here, she might have died here.It's extremely reckless, extremely impulsive, and will only cause trouble for others.

Mr. Darcy was gasping for breath, suppressing the anger in his chest, and put Elizabeth off the horse, and said angrily: "Miss Bennet, what are you doing here, you don't know that such a stormy weather is always Will there be any accidents if the lady rides wildly? Why don't you stay in the house and come out to make trouble!"

After being put down by Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth sat down on the ground with limp feet. She was terrified in her heart. She ran behind Mr. Darcy and Andrea all the way, but she didn't expect that she was afraid of thunder when she was riding a horse. , was frightened by a thunder and ran wildly. If her riding skills were not so bad, she might have been thrown to the ground.

Elizabeth was about to complain about her experience, but she felt aggrieved by Mr. Darcy in such a heart, and Mr. Darcy scolded her regardless of the reason, which made her angry again.Elizabeth didn't care about the etiquette, she sat in the pond and pointed at Mr. Darcy and said angrily: "I didn't come out to find Miss Darcy, if it wasn't for worrying about Miss Darcy, why would I come out in the rain. And Didn’t Miss Ferguson come out too? Why can’t I if she can! And even if you saved me, I have to say thank you, but I didn’t beg you to save me, and passers-by would come to save me without you Mine, I don’t need your fake kindness.”

Mr. Darcy almost laughed angrily when he heard this. If she hadn't told about Wickham, how could Georgiana come out? Could it be that he begged her to come out and find Georgiana?And if it wasn't for him just now, he could guarantee that even if Elizabeth didn't die, she would lose half of her life, and if no one passed by, she would only die.

"I think you have the strength to swear, you must have the strength to walk. There is a mill along this road. You can go there to shelter from the rain. If you don't want to walk, just wait here. I will find someone to come." Mr. Darcy Glancing at Elizabeth, who seemed to have regained her energy, she left on horseback without saying a word.

Elizabeth watched Mr. Darcy walk away, and patted the puddle angrily. After seeing the water slowly turning red, she stood up and ran along the road to the faintly visible mill.

Georgiana managed to stop her tears, and Andrea breathed a sigh of relief, and when she looked up, she saw a man in a raincoat running in while cursing the weather.

"Miss Bennet, why are you here?" Andrea asked when she saw Elizabeth frowning.

"Miss Darcy, so you are here. No wonder Mr. Darcy asked me to come here. It's great that you are all right. I'm sorry for what I said to you, but I still believe in Mr. Wickham's character." .” Elizabeth ignored Andrea, but took off her raincoat and walked to Georgiana and said.

Georgiana looked at her in disbelief, and was speechless for a while. Andrea took Georgiana's hand, pointed to the haystack beside them, and said, "Miss Bennet, please sit down." Be there, and don't drip water into the fire, which I managed to light."

After hearing this, Elizabeth curled her lips and walked to the door, pulled up the skirt that was soaked because she fell to the ground, squeezed the water on it vigorously, and waited until the skirt was extremely wrinkled before sitting on the haystack to rest.

A few minutes later, Elizabeth turned her head to look at Andrea and said, "Miss Ferguson, Mr. Darcy told me just now that this kind of weather is not suitable for Miss to ride out on horseback. What do you think?"

Andrea really didn't bother to pay attention to such provocative words, but the good manners still made her respond tiredly: "What does Miss Bennet think?"

"Although it's dangerous, I think what men can do, women can do too. Since Mr. Darcy can come out, I can naturally come out too."

"Since Miss Bennet thinks so, then it is so."

"I just said that Mr. Darcy was wrong, but he got angry at me. It's really inexplicable." Elizabeth said with an unhappy face, but she covered her beating chest with her hand, recalling the scene when Mr. Darcy rescued her just now, Elizabeth felt her heart pounding. It's getting faster and faster.

Andrea quietly rolled her eyes, pulled Georgiana closer to the fire, and waited quietly for Mr. Darcy to come back.

The author has something to say: Firstly, Elizabeth came out because she believed that, whether she believed Wickham’s words or not, she felt that the disappearance of Regina had something to do with her; secondly, she wanted to attract the attention of Mr. Darcy or Colonel Fitzwilliam; thirdly, because She vaguely felt that Mr. Darcy didn't pay attention because of Andrea.In this chapter, Elizabeth is a little moved, but the author's own mother, Mr. Darcy, has no affection for Elizabeth, and he has begun to like Andrea.