[Pride and Prejudice] Dear Lydia

Mr. George Wickham was born a typical playboy. Before he was 25 years old, the meaning of life was to idle and have fun.

This has something to do with his mother. He has a very beautiful but indulgent mother who likes to spend time and drink.

Mr. Wickham inherited his mother's beauty and unscrupulous indulgence. He has been acting disorderly and extravagant since he was an adult. For this reason, he even fell out with his biggest backer, Mr. Darcy.

At the age of 25, his playfulness and indulgence reached its peak, and he finally discovered the biggest mistake in his life-he owed a large amount of gambling debt, which he could not repay in a short period of time with his mid-level officer's salary.

Mr. Wickham had no choice but to run away, and by the way he abducted a young lady who was obsessed with him.

When Wickham abducted Lydia, he had a mentality of not wanting nothing at first.

Miss Lydia Bennett is fifteen years old, with thin skin and tender flesh, well-developed, impulsive and reckless, and good-looking, she can be regarded as a little beauty. Wickham thinks he can have such a woman in this desperate time It was his luck to accompany him.

But then he was a little confused whether it was luck or not.

Because Lydia is the daughter of a decent family after all, the family would not let her run away, and then they came to find her, and one of Lydia's sisters happened to win the favor of Mr. Darcy at that time. In order to protect the young lady's heart, she volunteered to investigate and mediate the scandal of her little sister's elopement.

Then, a very difficult decision was placed in front of Wickham: either marry Lydia, a silly woman with little property, and let Mr. Darcy and her relatives and friends help him solve the imminent debt problem; or Rejected, carrying a whole body of debts, and left far away in ruins, but still left himself with a hope of getting married and becoming rich.

After deliberating for a long time, Mr. Wickham's rationality finally prevailed. He chose to marry Lydia and solve the immediate debt crisis first.

After getting married, I don't know if it's because of his age and his rationality and maturity, or because he has completely lost the possibility of making himself rich by marrying a rich woman, but Mr. Wickham gradually became more stable, although he still loves to play and spend money. It was still extravagant, but in the end there were no major mistakes.

Naturally, he has no feelings for his wife, but he has a smooth temper and can always perfunctory Lydia with a smile, so the relationship between husband and wife can still be maintained.

When they separated from Ramsgate, Lydia returned home angrily. When the two reunited in London after half a year of separation, Mr. Wickham was surprised to find that his carefree and simple-minded little wife seemed mature and steady. Now, become cultivated, think, clear-headed, charming temperament.

This feeling became obvious every time, and even the flamboyant Mr. Wickham saw a little hope for a happy family life in the future.

He was lucky, he joined the navy, and made a small fortune with the ship for more than half a year. Although he came back and had a good vacation, he was a little restrained, controlling himself not to spend all his income but to leave a large amount of money. part.

By the end of the holiday, Mr. Wickham was a little surprised that he was saving money, too!It seems that in the future he also has the hope of becoming a good man with private property to support his family.

After bragging about it, Wickham decided to discuss it with his wife. He heard that his father-in-law had recently invested in bonds and made a lot of money. He could also ask Mr. Bennett to help him buy bonds with the money.

Just at this time Lydia sent a note, asking him to spare a day before leaving, so that they could say goodbye to their relatives and friends together, so that it would not be rude.

Mr. Wickham dressed up the next day and came to Hill Street to pick up Lydia and Miss Mallard, who was inseparable from Lydia.

The three of them went to Mr. Gardner's house first, the couple said goodbye to their uncles and aunts, and Miss Mallard went to tease the school daughter.

Everyone sat at Mr. Gardner's house for about an hour. Given their poor performance in the past, the uncle and aunt were very satisfied with the young couple this time, and gave them affectionate and sincere instructions for a long time. Originally, they wanted to keep them for dinner. , Later I heard that they had to go to General Walter's house before giving up.

After leaving Grayschurch Street, the three of them went to General Walter's house again. There happened to be a party at General Walter's house, and there were many lively people.

Wickham smiled when he saw it, and said to Lydia, "Honey, why can I meet Mrs. Walter giving a big treat at home every time I come to say goodbye? It was the same last time. I still remember Miss White and Hammerson Ladies and gentlemen, I wonder if they have come this time."

Lydia entered the large living room of Walter's house, looked at the door first, and then replied with a wink, "Not only that, my dear, it's a coincidence that we came, except for these beautiful girls who make you unforgettable There are also a few old acquaintances."

Wickham also saw 'those old acquaintances': Mrs. De Boer, Miss De Boer, Mr. Darcy.Can't help but smiled wryly, "What a coincidence, I knew we should come back tomorrow so as not to disturb other people's entertainment."

"Don't think so, my dear," Lydia pulled him maliciously and walked in, still teasing, "Mrs. Walter will never think that we will disturb her hospitality, I can assure you, not only He would not feel disturbed, but would be very glad that someone came to help him accompany those young guests. You had such a good time with those young ladies last time, and they kept asking Mrs. Walter about you afterwards!"

Wickham argued, "What's the matter, Lydia, are you unhappy about that incident, my dear, I want to say that you blamed me. I just refused last time, so I had to accompany you." They did a few dances."

Lydia smiled, "You think too much, I'm not unhappy, I'm happy that my husband is so attractive!"

Wickham looked at Miss Mallard, who was listening to them with great interest, with some embarrassment, and grinned, "Lydia likes to joke."

Miss Mallard waved her small folding fan leisurely, "Really, I don't think so."

Lydia immediately gave her an encouraging look, thinking that it was better for Lois, who had a clear distinction between likes and dislikes, and never bothered to cover up hypocrisy.

They went straight to the hostess, Mrs. Walter. Mrs. Walter was chatting with two noble ladies in front of the French window at the other end of the living room. The three of Lydia passed through the people in the living room, and immediately attracted everyone's attention. They all nodded and smiled.

Only Mr. Walter Jr. turned his eyebrows coldly at Mr. Wickham, which made Mr. Wickham bewildered, and asked in a low voice, "Honey, did you offend Mr. Walter Jr.? Why does he seem to be staring at us so hard?"

Lydia replied leisurely, "You're mistaken, my relationship with Mr. Walter Jr. has been very harmonious recently, so he must not be staring at us." She added in her heart: It's just you. It seems that Fred .Walter is also a lovely person with distinct likes and dislikes.

Suddenly discovering that the people she was friends with all had such personalities, Lydia couldn't help laughing to herself. The reason for this was probably because she herself was also such a character, so people gathered together, and people with similar personalities to her got together.

Mrs. Walter welcomed Mr. and Mrs. Wickham and Miss Mallard to their party with great cordiality, and as she was the hostess she had no time to speak to them, and so briefly but warmly invited them to have a good time and have supper together, etc. After dinner, you can go to the study with General Walter to talk.

"Why don't you see General Walter now?" Lydia naturally accepted Mrs. Walter's invitation and asked after thanking her.

"Mr. Pete came to visit suddenly, and they have something to discuss in the study." Mrs. Walter glanced at her watch and said to herself, "They have been in the study for a long time, why haven't they come out yet?" Patted Li very intimately Diya's arm, "Please feel free to do whatever you want with me."

Lydia guessed that she wanted to find a servant to see what was going on, and agreed with a smile, asking her to go ahead and don't worry about herself, they will have fun by themselves.

Mr. Wickham sat down at the card table of the ladies in no time. Miss Mallard didn't like too noisy scenes, so she said hello to Lydia and found a corner to sit down and relax.

Lydia went to say hello to Miss Walter. I don't know if Miss Walter felt guilty for her mistaken belief in the rumors last time. They were very enthusiastic when they met recently. They pulled Lydia and talked for a long time before letting go. she goes.

Lydia was about to go to Mr. Darcy, when a cold greeting came from behind her, "Good day, Mrs. Wickham, you are very proud of being the most advanced!"

Lydia turned around, "Miss De Boer, where do you see that I am proud?"

The author has something to say: I’m so tired recently, I’m so sleepy I can’t keep my eyes open, I guess there are a lot of bugs in this chapter, let’s catch them tomorrow