Pride and Prejudice accident

After dinner, everyone gathered in the living room to chat. Colonel Fitzwilliam proposed to play cards, but only Mrs. De Bauer and Mr. Collins were interested. Colonel Fitzwilliam was very depressed because he played cards with Mrs. The result of playing cards with Mr. Collins is to endure his behavior of losing out of ten bets against Mrs. De Bourgh anyway.Fortunately, Mr. Collins is a priest, so they don't gamble with money, but with strawberries. If they lose, it's just a matter of eating a few strawberries.

Colonel Fitzwilliam was in a depressed mood, so he asked the two ladies to give him some music, and Miss De Bauer naturally went up to play a cheerful piece that required very good piano skills, which won everyone's praise.She raised her chin and looked at Andrea, and said, "Miss Ferguson, since you went to a girls' school, you must be good at playing the piano, so would you like to play a song?"

"I'm not as good as Miss De Bauer. I play the piano just so-so. I don't know how to play the piece that Miss De Bourgo just played. I can only do some extremely simple ones." Andrea said, she She really lacks musicality, the row of keys on the piano makes her a little dizzy, not to mention the complex fingering pieces.

"In my opinion, there is not much difference between complex and simple piano pieces. As long as it sounds good, anyone will like it. Miss Ferguson, please play one, just choose the simple one." Miss De Bourgh said, while Get up and go La Andrea.

Andrea really didn't want to play, she was still a little dizzy now, it's no wonder she could play well, but Miss De Bourner had already pushed her down on the piano bench.There was no other way, and Andrea had no choice but to find the simplest piece of music to deal with in the music score.

Hearing that Andrea played the piece only for beginners, Miss De Bauer immediately laughed, she sat beside Mr. Darcy and said: "Cousin, I didn't expect Miss Ferguson to be so childlike that she would like this kind of little girl." A song that only children like."

"I don't think there's anything wrong with having a childlike innocence." Mr. Darcy said with a straight face, holding a teacup in his hand, but looking at Andrea.

"There's really nothing bad about it. It's just that being so naive is really not suitable for being the hostess of a manor. She can't manage the manor well. Fortunately, Miss Ferguson is still young, and maybe she will like some mature ones when she is in her 20s." It's the tune." Miss de Bourgh glanced at Mr. Darcy and said displeased.

Mr. Darcy stood up and said: "The hostess of a manor, she just needs to be a wife and mother. As for the management of the manor, it is naturally managed by the housekeeper at home, so there is no need for the hostess to worry about it." .”

"But how can an ordinary lady enter the social circle of high society? It will definitely become a joke." Miss De Bourgh was a little angry, her words could not be more clear, and Mr. Darcy should be able to understand her meaning Come.

Mr. Darcy heard it naturally, but he didn't want to respond to Miss de Bourgh. He never thought of marrying Miss de Bourgh, and even if there was no Andrea now, he would not marry her.As for the question raised by Miss De Bourgh, Mr. Darcy didn't think it was difficult. Andrea should have learned the social etiquette she should learn in school. Familiarize yourself and everything will be fine.

"As long as you have enough etiquette and enough intelligence, you won't be laughed at by anyone," said Mr. Darcy, and walked towards the piano.

Halfway through Andrea's serious playing, she felt a shadow cast on her body. She looked up and saw Mr. Darcy leaning on the piano with his legs crossed, with one hand on the piano cover. , with one hand on his waist, with a very natural expression, but Mr. Darcy's eyes were looking at Andrea, with some fascination and confusion in his eyes.

Andrea's heart beat faster involuntarily, and then naturally she played a few wrong notes. When the others heard the song suddenly changed, they all looked over in doubt, and Andrea immediately lowered her head and corrected it. .I don't know how the gentlemen got into the habit of leaning against the piano and condescendingly staring at people playing the piano. This really made Andrea very uncomfortable.

"Mr. Darcy, isn't my piano skill so bad that you can't hear what I'm playing when you're sitting on the sofa?" Andrea glanced sideways at Mr. Darcy and said with a smile.

"Beautiful music deserves close listening." Mr. Darcy said in a low voice, looking at Andrea's slender fingers dancing nimbly on the keys.

Of course Andrea was very happy to be praised for playing the piano well, but she still had some self-knowledge. "If you can call this good music, then what Miss de Bourgh plays is fairy music?"

"But any music played with emotion deserves serious appreciation, and there is no such thing as good or bad."

"Really? According to what Mr. Darcy said, as long as a person puts his emotions into doing something, then what he wants to do will definitely succeed?"

"In theory, it should be like this, but there are many unfavorable factors in the world. Therefore, music is probably the only one. As long as you put your emotions into it, even if your piano skills are poor, you can play very enjoyable songs." Mr. Darcy thought for a moment and said.

Miss De Bourgh also came over at this time, she happened to hear what Mr Darcy said, and said: "My cousin is right, most of the things in this world, even if some people put all their energy into doing them You can’t get anything in return. It’s like feelings, if a person’s status is not enough, even if she exhausts all her tricks, she can’t be with a noble person.”

"Cousin, it is too arbitrary for you to say this. If these two people with different status and status love each other, unless one of them is a slave and the other is a slave owner, as long as they are free people, they can always be together. ” Colonel Fitzwilliam shook a card in his hand and raised his head to retort.

"Charlie, how on earth did you come up with such an idea? The gap between people is born, and it won't change just because of falling in love." Miss De Bower said.

"Yes, what Anne said is right. Marriage must always be matched. A gentleman from a rich family should marry a lady from a rich family, while a lady from a poor family can only marry a poor gentleman. This is an absolutely invariable truth in the world. .Anyway, I will never agree that a gentleman of noble status will marry a lady of insufficient status." Mrs. De Bourgh looked at Andrea with sharp eyes and said.

Although Andrea turned her back to Mrs. de Bourgh, she could feel that someone was looking at her badly, which made her twist slightly on the piano bench uncomfortably.

Mr. Darcy has been paying attention to Andrea, and he couldn't help laughing when he saw her like this. He stood up straight and looked at Mrs. De Bourgh and said: "Auntie, although status in this world is important, it is not Absolutely, poor gentlemen prosper by marrying a rich lady, while ladies with not too much dowry want to find a rich bachelor. For such a thing, didn’t your former friend, General Copperfield, also marry a lady from an ordinary family?”

Mrs. de Bower always hated others to refute her, and now she was a little angry when she heard Mr. Darcy's words. She threw down the cards in her hand and said with a very bad face: "General Copperfield is 40 years old. His hands are still a little disabled, and the lady he married was only 16 years old. Their marriage was only facilitated by that lady's greed. How can a good 16-year-old lady marry a 40-year-old with a disability An old man, he has done enough to be her father! You must know that marriage should be a combination that benefits both parties, not just one party. "

"Marriage is naturally a combination of benefits for both parties. Isn't the marriage born of love, the love that both parties get from each other, also a benefit?" Mr. Darcy said, to be honest, he already has enough money Well, with an income of [-] pounds a year, no matter how much he squanders it, there will still be surplus. Therefore, his marriage partner does not need to bring him too many benefits. All he wants is the love of the other party. You have to reach the passing line.

"I don't want to debate this kind of thing with you. Anyway, your uncle has passed away, and I am no longer married. William, come and talk to Fitzwilliam, whether marriage is a combination of mutual benefit, and status An unequal marriage will only hurt those who give more?"

Mr. Collins said: "Marriage is naturally a combination of benefits for both parties, because after marriage, the properties of both parties will be combined and used together. Simply put, it is the integration of wealth. If one party has too little wealth, then in terms of money, there must be only This is beneficial."

"Miss Ferguson, what's your take on this question?" Miss De Bourgh asked.

Andrea thought for a while, and said: "I think feelings cannot be measured by money. Only the one who puts more in feelings is the one who really suffers, because if money is gone, you can earn it back with hard work, and When the relationship is gone, it is gone, and it cannot be taken back.”

"Miss Ferguson, do you think that a husband must treat his wife wholeheartedly, and his wife must treat her husband wholeheartedly, so that you don't feel that both parties will suffer?" Colonel Fitzwilliam joked road.

"Of course, removing all external factors such as money and status, if both parties marry not out of love wholeheartedly, but because of reasons such as responsibility and commitment, then their marriage may not necessarily be said to be unfortunate, at least It will definitely not be happier than a married couple who love each other with all their hearts!" Andrea said while looking at Mr. Darcy, which is why she didn't need Mr. Darcy to be responsible. If it was just out of pure responsibility, If it's not pure love, then the marriage will not be happy, and Andrea doesn't like treating each other like a guest.

After hearing what Andrea said, Mr. Darcy lowered his head and said thoughtfully: "Marriage is naturally based on love!"

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Miss De Bourgh: Cousin, Andrea's status is not good enough for you, she can't even talk to Qin, don't like her.To enter high society as her is sure to disgrace you, as the mistress of Pemberley Park.

Mr. Darcy: I don't care about her status. As the mistress of Pemberley Manor, she only needs to be a good wife and mother, and she doesn't have to worry about the rest.

Mrs. De Bourgh: If you marry my daughter, you can get a lot of money from me. If you marry Andrea, you can get nothing.

Mr. Darcy: I am not short of money, I am short of love, Andrea, I don't care about your low dowry and low status.

Andrea: My husband must love me with all his heart before I will marry him, otherwise I will be dissatisfied.Mr. Darcy, last time you said you were responsible, but you didn't love me, so I refused you.

Mr. Darcy: Although I don't love you very much now, if I marry you, it must be out of love!