Pride and Prejudice accident

On the third day, the kidnappers sent three letters to the Ferguson family, the Bennet family and Wickham, asking them to prepare [-] pounds within three days. Where to put the money, and then they just need to put the money in the designated place as required.The two kidnappers in the letter also threatened to sell Maria and Lydia to a brothel in another place if they didn't receive the money that day.The two families had no choice but to continue to step up their search secretly while raising money.

In the early morning of the fourth day, everyone received a letter from the kidnappers again. The other party asked them to put the money in an ordinary sack and put it in an underground casino at seven o'clock in the evening, and warned them not to try to catch them, just take the money If those people don't go back on time, they will directly send the two ladies to other places.

Mr. Darcy, Mr. Collins, Mr. Bennet and Mr. Ferguson were still looking for the two ladies outside. Mrs. Bennet could not make up her mind, so after receiving the letter, she hurriedly took Mr. Gardiner and took her with her. The family ran to Richard's house, wanting to ask what to do next.

"We can only pray that they can find the two before seven o'clock in the evening. If they can't find them, we will prepare the money and put it in the casino according to the requirements in the letter." Mr. Richard said, while letting Mrs. Molly go Lou took down the five thousand pounds he had prepared.

Mrs. Molly walked into the living room with a bundle of cash wrapped in cloth. She put the money on the table and looked at Mrs. Bennet, "Is your money ready?"

"Yes, ready," said Mrs. Bennet, wiping her tears, putting her and Elizabeth's handbags on the table.

Mrs. Molly called the maid to bring a small sack, then untied the cloth bag and the two handbags, and put the money neatly into the sack.All the money was hundred pound notes, tied neatly in bundles with string.Since Mr. Bennet and the others did not bring much money when they came to London, most of the Bennet family's money was first advanced by Mr. Gardiner, and the other half was given by Mr. Campbell.There was a small pile of ten thousand pound notes in the sack.

Because Mr. Bennet had no heirs, he did not expand his own business. He only relied on his ancestral property to live a modest life, with a maximum annual income of [-] pounds. Therefore, Mrs. Bennet saw [-] pounds It was about to be gone. Sitting on the edge of the sack, she kept wiping away her tears, crying and saying, "Five thousand pounds, oh, our family's income for a year and a half, oh, my Lydia!"

Elizabeth saw the calm performance of the Ferguson family when they took the money and saw her mother's embarrassment, and said to Mrs. Bennet angrily: "Mom, please don't cry, five thousand pounds for Lydia's money." Safety is worth it, it’s nothing to cry about.”

Mrs. Bennet looked at Elizabeth, who was glaring at her, and held back her crying. Since the last quarrel, Mrs. Bennet knew that Mr. Bennet had no affection for her now, and was completely enduring her, so she He began to restrain his temper.Elizabeth, as Mr. Bennet's favorite daughter, doesn't like Mrs. Bennet, and now Mrs. Bennet will hold back her temper when she meets her.Mrs. Bennet thought very clearly that she was more than ten years younger than Mr. Bennet. If Mr. Bennet really hated her, he would not leave her an inheritance after his death, and her daughters If they are all married, she will have no way to live.

Andrea has regained her composure now. Sitting next to Mr. Richard, she felt a little annoyed at the noisy appearance of Bennet's house. It's not that their family didn't feel bad for taking out five thousand pounds. It was almost their family's income for a year, so how could they not feel distressed, but they were more worried about Maria than money.The family felt that money could be made again, and if Maria was hurt, it would be irreparable, so they kept such calm.

"Annie, why did the second lady of the Bennet family look at you like that?" Diana was very annoyed by the oppressive atmosphere now, so she began to look around, and then saw Andrea Elizabeth glaring.

Andrea had already noticed that Elizabeth was looking at her with angry and disgusted eyes, but she guessed that it was probably because of Mr. Darcy, so she didn't want to pay attention to the lady's anger.So Andrea shrugged her shoulders at Diana and didn't say anything.

Ever since Elizabeth found out that she fell in love with Mr. Darcy, she began to hate Andrea. Elizabeth has always been full of confidence in herself. She thought that Mr. Darcy was interested in her before, so as long as she fell in love with Mr. Darcy, Mr. Darcy should readily accept her affections gladly.But the result is that now Andrea is inserted between her and Mr. Darcy, and Mr. Darcy puts all his eyes on her before, on Andrea, a young lady who can't compare with him at all. Elizabeth was very unconvinced.

Elizabeth began to compare herself with Andrea non-stop in her heart, intending to find out all the shortcomings of Andrea. Elizabeth felt that Andrea was ugly, her speech was artificial, and she couldn't dress up. The girl's school, which was a waste of money, had nothing to compare to her except that the dowry was a little more than hers.But the more this happened, the angrier Elizabeth became, because Mr. Darcy now likes Andrea

Seeing Andrea's indifferent look, Elizabeth thought that she had found another flaw in Andrea. She felt that Andrea was really cold-blooded. After she knew that Lydia had been kidnapped, she had no heart. It was peaceful for a moment, and she was still very flustered until now, but Andrea didn't seem to feel much. She didn't seem to be worried about her sister being kidnapped.

Elizabeth looked at Andrea with even more angry and disgusted eyes. She never concealed her feelings, and she rarely restrained her temper in consideration of occasions, so Mrs. Molly quickly noticed her eyes.Normally, Mrs. Molly would definitely teach Elizabeth a lesson without hesitation, but at this time, Mrs. Molly had no choice but to block Elizabeth's eyes from looking at Andrea, and then said to Andrea: "Annie, you I haven't had a good rest for a few days, and now there is nothing to do here, let's go back to the room and have a rest!"

Mrs. Molly asked Andrea to go upstairs. Andrea glanced at Elizabeth, returned a disdainful look, and then turned and left the living room. In fact, Andrea was happy not to see Elizabeth.

Andrea and Elizabeth are actually rivals in love who are extremely jealous when they meet, and her feelings for Elizabeth are no better than Elizabeth's feelings for her.Because she knew that Elizabeth was the hostess of Pemberley Manor in the original book, and Mr. Darcy also had a good impression of Elizabeth for a period of time before, and Andrea actually disliked Elizabeth even more. She will definitely not be stingy with giving Elizabeth a few rolls of eyes.

It got dark at six o'clock in the evening, and everyone was a little disappointed that there was no news during the day. Mr. Richard and Mr. Gardiner stood up, put on their coats, and prepared to rush to the underground casino mentioned in the letter.But there was the sound of a carriage downstairs, followed by Mr. Collins' cry, "Mrs. Molly, prepare the room and hot water quickly. We've brought Maria back."

"Oh, God!"

Everyone screamed, and before they had time to rush out of the living room, they saw Mr. Collins running in with the unconscious Maria in his arms.Led by Mrs. Molly, they went upstairs.

Andrea grabbed Mr. Darcy who ran into the house, and asked worriedly, "What's wrong with Maria?"

"Caught a cold, was frightened again, and had a fever. She probably didn't eat much in the past two days, so she passed out after we found her." Mr. Darcy was panting, his face was covered with sweat , the clothes were also dirty, looking a little embarrassed, he said: "We have already sent someone to find a doctor, you don't have to worry too much."

Andrea breathed a sigh of relief, and Mr. Darcy turned his head and said to the Bennet family: "Mr. Bennet has taken Miss Lydia to the Gardiner's house, and she also has a fever. You can go back and see her."

"This is really great." Elizabeth walked to Mr. Darcy with a smile, and said, "Mr. Darcy, thank you very much. Without your help, we would not be able to find Lydia smoothly. I I don't even know how to repay you."

Andrea put her handkerchief into Mr. Darcy's hand to let him wipe his sweat, and said to Elizabeth: "Miss Elizabeth, how can you say that, Fitzwilliam is definitely not helping your family for repayment. "

"I don't mean that. I'm just too grateful to Mr. Darcy to know what to do."

"Your thanks to Fitzwilliam have been received, Miss Elizabeth, why don't you go home with your mother right away to see your sister?" Andrea said.

Elizabeth heard what Andrea said, and said angrily: "I'm talking to Mr. Darcy, Miss Ferguson, you don't have to answer for Mr. Darcy."

"I'm his lover, I think I have the right to entertain for him. Alright, Miss Elizabeth, we're going up to see Maria. Goodbye, I won't see you off." Andrea smiled and turned to Elizabeth. With a wave of his hand, he took Mr. Darcy upstairs.

Mr. Darcy thought it was funny seeing Andrea's swearing of sovereignty, of course he laughed without hesitation, and Andrea was a little embarrassed by his smile, she turned her eyes away from Mr. Darcy's With a smiling face, he asked, "Where did you find her?"

"In the attic of an old house in the suburbs, the owner is an old woman who cannot use her eyes and ears. She rented the house to the two kidnappers. Before we found Maria, she had no idea of ​​her identity. There are two ladies tied up in the house."

Andrea felt a little sad when she heard that, "Have they been tied up all this time?"

"Yes, in order to prevent the two from making a sound, handkerchiefs were stuffed in their mouths."

"Where are the two kidnappers, have you caught them?"

"Only one was caught, and the other should have come to withdraw money. Don't worry, they won't be let go." Mr. Darcy said, holding Andrea's hand.

"Let's not talk about this, Fitzwilliam, do you want to eat something? You and Mr. Collins haven't even had a good meal these days. Let me go and make you something to eat!" Andrea wiped said wiping tears.

Mr. Darcy was a little surprised. He looked at Andrea's delicate skin and raised his eyebrows and asked, "You know how to cook?"

"Don't underestimate me, of course I can cook, and I promise it will be delicious, just sit here and wait." Andrea pushed Mr. Darcy to the sofa in the living room upstairs superior.

"Okay, I'm really hungry, so I'll wait for your dinner, well, supper." Mr. Darcy said, leaning on the sofa, squinting his eyes.