[Pride and Prejudice] Second Marriage

When Juliet arrived at Bradley on the morning of the third day after leaving Pemberley, Miss Margaret, her governess from childhood, was waiting anxiously outside the gate.

"Oh, dear, you seem to have suffered a lot," Miss Margaret immediately stepped forward to hug Juliet, "Poor child, you have suffered a lot."

"Yes, she is determined not to stop on the road," added Julian, dismounting behind them.

"That's because I miss you so much." Juliet explained weakly.Her hair hadn't been done in time, and her shawl and hat were all crooked, making her look haggard.

"Come in, come in."

Lord Wendell was pacing up and down the hall, determined not to let the children see how much he missed them, so he tried to find a chair with its back against the door, and picked up a newspaper, in order to make an uncomfortable look. The look of caring.

But his pricked ears betrayed him.

He heard a burst of light footsteps, and a few suppressed laughter, and then, his naughty and beautiful little daughter had opened her arms like a morning bird, and jumped up and hugged his neck.

"Daddy! Daddy!" his little daughter teased him. "Your newspaper is upside down!"

"Nonsense! No rebuttal!" He deliberately retorted with a tigerish face.

Then the suppressed laughter suddenly cleared up, and it was Julian who followed behind to watch the show.

Miss Margaret stood by the door and looked at the two brothers and sisters kindly.

Bradley resumed his usual laughter.

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When Bradley entered November, it began to be lively. The porch and garden were decorated with roses, which was a rare beauty.

But when Mrs. Griffey opened the door and came in, she saw a scenery more beautiful than roses.

Juliet Stoke was wearing a sea-blue dress, from the waist to the hem, it was studded with many pearls from sparse to dense, forming the shape of flowers and leaves. Around her waist was a wide belt embroidered with white roses , outlines a beautifully curved waistline.

"How is it?" Juliet turned her head and saw her, she tilted her head and asked her. Her long blond hair was not pulled up, and it was scattered on her shoulders. Standing in the bright sunlight slanting in from the window, she was simply beautiful. , like a water fairy.

"It's so beautiful!" Mrs. Griffey praised without hesitation.

Miss Margaret came in hurriedly with a plate of freshly cut roses, and was slightly taken aback when she saw a strange young woman in the room.

"This is my tutor and best friend, Margaret." Juliet automatically sat down in front of the dressing table and introduced them, "She is Georgiana, a friend I met in Pemberley, Pemberley. Sister of the master of Burleigh."

Miss Margaret nodded politely to Mrs. Griffey, and began to braid Juliet's hair with a comb in her hand.

Donna on the side was wearing gloves and preparing the iron rod for hot curling hair on the oven.

Juliet caught a glimpse in the mirror, and exclaimed at once, "Oh, I don't need that thing, my hair is fine, and I don't think I need to make it too curly, it reminds me of Aunt Amber's favorite pet."

Miss Margaret held a strand of her hair that she was braiding with one hand, and patted her head lightly with the other free hand, "Sit down, don't move!"

Mrs. Griffey laughed immediately. She touched the curly hair on both sides of her forehead that was permed in the morning, and said with a smile, "I never found that dressing up is such an interesting thing."

As she spoke, she stood up, walked to the mirror, handed Miss Margaret a pink rose, and slanted it in Juliet's silky hair.

The garden was already bustling with noise, Earl Wendell spent a lot of time on Juliet's birthday. The banquet started in the afternoon and lasted until the early morning of the next day.

Bradley Manor is filled with all kinds of recreational things, set up strong archery targets and tents, set up card tables in the conservatory, there is a special band on the grass for guests to dance, and even the reading room is open part.

"Look, they come for me in name, but in fact, I haven't appeared in front of them, and I don't know if I can know one tenth of these people!" The last strand of hair is perfect Flawlessly staying where it should be, Juliet stood up, glanced at the noisy garden, and said with emotion.

"But I think, when you appear in front of people, they will definitely remember you, dear." Mrs. Griffey said softly.

Indeed, when Earl Wendell led his beloved daughter to the stage, the audience held their breath and stared in astonishment at that moment, which made the old man very proud. After making a brief introduction and blessing, he took Juliet to talk with his old friend non-stop, In all kinds of conversations, he can try his best to praise his daughter who has inherited all his advantages without any trace.

At the next dance, Juliet Stoker finally got a taste of what it's like to have a broken toe.

Mrs. Griffey looked at the radiant Juliet in the crowd, and sighed to the people around her, "She is so beautiful, there is probably no girl in society who can match her."

Mr. Darcy gave only a faint snort.

"You're really rude, brother." Mrs. Griffey said dissatisfiedly, "You didn't even say a word of blessing to Juliet."

Darcy replied absent-mindedly and perfunctorily, "She will probably be very grateful to me for doing this." His eyes lingered in the crowd, and this time Mr. Griffey was escorted by him, who had never traveled far Mrs. Griffey came to Bradley from the old Mrs. Griffey, who had reluctantly left his business at Pemberley and came to Bradley--it reminded him of an outsider who learned of their quarrel, but when he entered It was only when he got here that he realized that this was not a good thing for him.

When old Mr. Darcy was still alive, he was a "new aristocrat" who was looked down upon by some first-class aristocrats. He had factories and money, but unfortunately he had no status. , such a situation will improve, and the old Mr. Darcy is good at management. When Darcy is in his hands, half of Derbyshire already belongs to the surname of Darcy. There are factories, money and real estate——The Darcy family Only then did he officially rank among the first class of nobility, and the rest of the regret was probably the title.This is probably why Darcy's mother once hoped that he would marry Anne de Boer - not only that Rosings needs someone who is good at managing money, but also because the deceased Mr. De Boer has the title of baron.It is a good thing for both parties to form this marriage, but it is a pity that only the parents of both parties have such intentions.

And many of the people who show up at Bradley today carry a shiny title, or some sort of court presence.

Darcy stood among the crowd for a while, and caught a glimpse of a familiar figure, which was his former classmate in Cambridge. He immediately decided to seize this opportunity, "Georgianna, can you stay alone for a while?"

"Of course." She had seen Juliet exit the dance floor and sit next to Miss Margaret.

Juliet obviously saw her too, and with a bright smile on her face, she waved at her. All of a sudden, Mrs. Griffey felt that many eyes were directed at her.

"It's terrible." She smiled and was about to walk through the crowd to the shining girl. She didn't notice that when Juliet's eyes slid to the man next to her, the two of them were taken aback at the same time, and then briefly exchanged an indifferent look. And empty eyes.

When Mrs. Griffey reached Juliet, there was already a young man sitting beside her. Juliet was listening to him with a smile on her face, while Miss Margaret sat a little far away on purpose.

Mrs. Griffey thought for a while, then quietly walked around from behind Juliet to Miss Margaret's side.

"Who is that?" she whispered, and sat down beside Miss Margaret.

"That's Joyce Carr, a bright and humorous young man who just graduated from Cambridge last year." Miss Margaret introduced to Mrs. Griffey with great interest.

"Oh! You know so much about him so quickly?"

"He is the son of Earl Wendell's old friend, and he played with Juliet when he was a child." Miss Margaret smiled meaningfully, and approached Mrs. Griffey softly, "You don't think their hair color matches very well." ?"

Joyce Carr also has blond hair. Mrs. Griffey could only see his side face when looking from her own direction, but I have to say that the handsome side face of this young man is enough to attract the attention of many girls .

"What is he doing now?"

"He's studying at the Law School." Miss Margaret said in an admiring tone, "It's hard to see a young man from a wealthy family like him who is motivated and not at all perfunctory. But his father is very I don't approve of his practice as a lawyer, after all, he is also the son of a baron, and the baron doesn't like to have him in politics or in court."

Their conversation about Joyce Carr comes to an end here, because the protagonist has followed Juliet's gaze and turned his attention here.

"Hi," he greeted the two ladies who were obviously paying attention to him, "please allow me to introduce myself, Joyce Carr, Juliet's friend."

A fairly brief self-introduction, without identity background, and without adding too many adjectives to myself, only the relationship with Juliet, which appears to be both confident and humble.Just like his clean smile, it is so simple and upright that it makes people feel good.

Joyce thoughtfully moved the seat slightly this way, so that the four of them happened to sit around a table.

Joyce Carr is a quick-witted young man, and once again Mrs. Griffey makes the case.His talkativeness is not high-spirited, nor is he chattering endlessly. He cleverly keeps the topics within the topics that everyone is interested in—of course, most of them are topics that Juliet is interested in, and he is good at listening.

When another dancer was politely rejected by Juliet, Mrs. Griffey and Miss Margaret exchanged an ambiguous and meaningful look.