Pride and Prejudice accident

Andrea felt that it was definitely not suitable for her to go out these two days. She went to the library and met the three ladies from the Bennet family. Although Jane and Elizabeth were not there, Lydia alone was enough. Enough to bear.

Lydia and Kitty accompanied Mary to borrow books. Of course, if their father hadn't asked the three of them to act together, the two of them would definitely not want to come to a place like the library, even to say a word. Keeping your voice down like a thief is enough.

Lydia sat sighing on a stool in the library, anxious to look at the clothes and jewellers, their eldest sister was to be married in a few days, and they each received twenty dollars from Mr. Bennet. The pound was used to buy clothes and jewelry for the wedding. This was undoubtedly a huge surprise for the Miss Bennets, and Lydia couldn't wait to rush to the shops with beautiful clothes.

"Why isn't Mary well? There are so many books here, wouldn't it be good to just take a few? Could it be that she has fallen asleep sitting in the pile of books? No, I have to pull her out, we have to go shopping for clothes immediately If you go late, the good-looking clothes will be bought by others." Lydia stood up and said, she hates libraries, study rooms and other places, because she sees the piles of words on the books feel dizzy.

"Lydia, please speak softly, everyone is looking at you!" Kitty held Lydia's hand and frowned, although it was nice to have twenty pounds in her hand that she could handle by herself, but with Mary and Lydia always made her feel ashamed when they came out, they were dressed like old women, and they were noisy country people who seemed to be uneducated.

"Understood, if you don't say it, don't say it." Lydia saw that several people in the library looked at her displeasedly, and immediately shook off Kitty's hand and sat back on her seat. Although her mouth was silent, her eyes Still looking around restlessly.

"Hey, Kitty, do you think that's Mr. Collins? Those two with him are the two Miss Fergusons we saw at the ball last time. I remember the youngest of them was called Mary." Ya, whose name is similar to that of Mary, is also an annoying person." Lydia pointed to Andrea who came in from the door and they said to Kitty in surprise.

"Yes, I really don't know why Mr. Collins is with them. Are we going to say hello?" Kitty said uncomfortably. The quarrel between Mr. Collins and Elizabeth caused a lot of trouble in their family. It was very unpleasant, but it was an indisputable fact that Mr. Collins would inherit the Bennet family anyway.

"Of course, I have to warn that Maria Ferguson and keep her away from my Wickham. If she dares to seduce him, I will definitely make her look good!" Lydia said, pulling Kitty Ran to Andrea and the others.

"Cousin Collins, I didn't expect you to come to London. Are you here to borrow books too?" Lydia said to Mr. Collins.

Mr. Collins didn't want to talk nonsense with them, and said: "No, we are just here to visit. If there is nothing wrong, we will go in first."

"No, I have something to do. I'm here to see Miss Maria. I have something to say to Miss Maria. Can you go out with me?" Lydia said, taking a step to block Mr. Collins' path.

Maria looked at Lydia suspiciously. She didn't think she had anything to say to Lydia. They only met once, and there was no conversation at that time. What are they going to talk about now?But Maria was too embarrassed to directly reject Lydia in front of so many people, so she nodded and agreed.

Lydia didn't care whether Maria was willing or not, she just pulled Maria out of the library, went to the corner of the road and said to Maria: "Miss Maria, I don't know what happened between you and George. I know, but I have to tell you that George is my lover, and I hope you stay away from him in the future."

"Miss Lydia, I have no idea what you're talking about. Mr. Wickham just came to my house to do business, and has nothing to do with me other than that, so please take back your words, if you just want to say this , I don’t think I can communicate with you.” Maria said, turning around and going into the library.

Lydia grabbed Maria again, "I know that my dowry may not be as much as yours, but I am much better looking than you, and I met George before you. You have no chance. In order not to lose face in the future, you Best to take a detour when you see George."

"Miss Lydia, you are so rude." Maria shook off Lydia's hand holding her vigorously, turned around and was about to leave, but found an old and worn-out carriage in front of the carriage, and in front of the carriage was a Standing two tall men in sloppy clothes, they blocked her way, and they had malicious smiles on their faces.

"George Wickham is indeed very charming. Look at these two ladies vying for him, hehe, it's a pity you don't know what he is, otherwise you wouldn't fall in love with him, but you do. That's good, at least the two of us can make more money." Robert glanced back and forth between Maria and Lydia, and then winked at Charlie beside him. Before Lydia could react, she rushed up and covered their mouths, and quickly tied them up and pulled them into the carriage.

"Robert, isn't it good for us to do this? If you kidnap the two ladies, you will definitely be hanged." Charlie said to Robert uneasily after closing the carriage door.

"Idiot, if we can't get money to pay off our gambling debts, we'll have to die too. As long as the two of us don't show up directly, we won't be caught then." Robert said as he sat in the carriage.

"Then what should we do now, shall we notify the families of these two women?"

"Of course." Robert said, turned around and got into the carriage, tore off the hats off Maria and Lydia and handed them to Charlie, "I'll take the carriage away, you cover your face and go find a little beggar, and give him a few dollars." For a shilling, let him stand at the door of this library with these two hats and the letter I wrote last night, and give these things to the two women's families when they come to look for them."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Charlie nodded, jumped out of the carriage and ran away quickly with the two hats in his hand, and Robert also drove the carriage to the outskirts of London.

After half an hour, Maria and Lydia hadn't returned, and Andrea and the others felt that something was wrong. The two of them seemed to have been out for too long.Everyone hurried out to search, but there were no two figures at the door of the library.

"Miss Ferguson, do you think that hat belongs to Miss Maria? Cousin Kitty, the other hat seems to belong to Lydia." Mr. Collins pointed to a little beggar who was sitting in a corner by the roadside. said the two hats.

"Yes, it's hers."

Andrea hurried over, followed by Kitty. The two came to the little beggar, picked up the hat next to him, and asked, "Do you know where the owners of these two hats are?"

The little beggar shook his head, handed a letter in his pocket to Andrea, and said, "A gentleman gave them to me, and asked me to wait here, saying that someone will definitely come looking for them."

"Sir, sir, what does he look like?" Andrea was very disturbed. Maria was very timid and would never walk alone, but she was gone now.

"I don't know. He covered his face with his hands. All I know is that he is tall and wearing an old black coat." The little beggar shook his head, stood up and ran away quickly after speaking.

Everyone knew that things were going wrong, and Andrea stood there stunned, not knowing what to do, Kitty burst into tears, and Mr. Collins, ignoring etiquette, snatched the bag from Andrea. The letter was read quickly.

"Maria and Lydia have been kidnapped. The letter says they won't be harmed, but they need money from us." Mr. Collins heaved a sigh of relief after reading the letter. As long as those people ask for money, then under normal circumstances It will not hurt Maria and Lydia.

"Kidnapping! We are not rich ladies, and we have never offended anyone. Why would we kidnap Maria? It doesn't make sense, and it seems that those people had a plan. Otherwise, how could we suddenly kidnap two people on the street? What?" Andrea covered her face and began to cry, she was terrified, how could her sister be kidnapped? "What should I do, I promised my father this morning that I would go home with Maria early, and now I lost her."

Kitty also burst into tears in fear, which was completely beyond her tolerance. She admitted that she didn't like Lydia very much, and even cursed her in her heart at certain times, but she never thought of letting Lydia Asia had an accident.

Mr. Collins put the letter in his pocket and said to Andrea and Kitty: "Let's go back first, Kitty, you go to find Mary, and go back to your family. Andrea, I will take you back to meet Ferguson first." Sir, explain the situation, and then we will gather at Mr. Gardiner's house."

"Okay, I'm going to find Mary right now, and it's all her fault. If we don't come to the library, we'll be fine." Kitty cried and ran towards the library while stumbling.

Mr. Collins took Andrea to the side of the road, stopped a carriage, and hurried to Mr. Richard's house.

At Mr. Richard's home, Mr. Darcy was discussing the store with Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Richard. Mr. Richard was very happy that Mr. Darcy was willing to help. The three of them were chatting lively when they heard a collision outside. There was a knock at the door, and Andrea ran in with tears all over her face.

"Annie, what's the matter with you?" Mr. Darcy was taken aback, and hurried up to hold Andrea's hand.

"Dad, something happened to Maria." Andrea kept crying when she was in the carriage, and now her voice is a little hoarse. She was sobbing with a helpless and frightened expression, "Dad, Maria was kidnapped."

"What?" Mr. Ferguson almost jumped up from the stool in surprise. He thought it was an April Fool's joke.

Mr. Collins ran in from the outside. He took out the letter in his pocket and handed it to Mr. Ferguson, "At the same time, Lydia Bennet from the Bennet family was also kidnapped. The kidnapper said in the letter that he was Wickham Tom owed them money, so they kidnapped Wickham's lover and asked Wickham for money. Maria was with Lydia at the time, and they should have been kidnapped together by accident. But those People say they won't hurt Maria, all they want is money."

Both Mr. Darcy and Mr. Richard walked behind Mr. Ferguson and quickly read the contents of the letter, feeling relieved. As long as the other party asked for money, they would generally be fine.

"Is the George Wickham mentioned in the letter the one who bought the horse with me?" Mr. Ferguson asked, pointing to Wickham's name on the letter.

"I suppose so," said Mr. Darcy darkly.

"I'm going to the police right now, God, bless these kidnappers will not hurt Maria." Mr. Richard said, his niece was implicated in the kidnapping and he was at a loss for a moment.

"No, we can't go to the police. The police will make things worse, and they won't be able to help at all. They won't even send many people to help find someone." Mr. Collins stopped immediately. The trained police, the current police don't know how to investigate cases at all, they can only catch the criminals if they are brought in front of them, otherwise they will just look for people with bluff.

"Yes, we can't find the police, for the sake of the reputation of these two ladies. I can ask a colonel friend of mine to help send some people to find them. In addition, we will go to underground casinos and other places to find some people to help find people. The kidnappers It should be easier for people who are also gangsters to find them." Mr. Darcy said that the police have always restricted civilians, and accidents to high-ranking people will never happen. Find the police.

"I think we'd better go to the Bennet family first. After all, what the kidnappers really wanted was their daughter, but the letter said that they would only put in ten thousand pounds. There was no way the Bennet family would have any." So much money." Mr. Collins said with a frown, he also knew Wickham, but he was just a small officer in the militia, so it was impossible for him to have any money, and it was impossible for the Bennet family to come up with [-] pounds Come on, I don't know why the kidnappers think they can get the money.

"Jane Bennet, the eldest lady of the Bennet family, is going to marry a wealthy French businessman at the end of this month. I think that's why those people kidnapped the youngest daughter of the Bennet family." Mr. Darcy was very angry. I think this matter may be planned by Wickham. After all, he lured Georgiana to elope with him in order to force Mr. Darcy to help him pay off his gambling debts, so now he may also come up with a way to kidnap someone to make money .

"Anyway, let's go to Bennet's house to discuss it first." Mr. Ferguson decided, and then comforted Andrea and said: "Annie, don't worry too much, Maria will be fine. You rest at home, you Auntie and the others went shopping, if they come back, don’t tell them about it, and don’t write to your mother, okay?”

Andrea nodded and was too sad to speak. Mr. Darcy held Andrea's hand and whispered, "Don't worry, Anne, I will help you find Maria. If we can't, we will Just give me the money, and you'll be fine."

After several people left, Andrea went back to the room alone, threw herself on the bed and burst into tears. She really regretted not stopping Maria and Lydia from going out. If she had stopped, Maria would not something's up.