[Pride and Prejudice] Squire and Noble

In the afternoon, the weather in London became cloudy again.

On either side of the long dining table sat Isa, Mary, Lydia and Miss Lucas, and Mr Darcy, Colonel William, Lady Catherine de Bauer, and her only daughter, Miss Anne de Bauer Of course, Miss Bingley and the Hursts are absolutely indispensable at such a time.

This lady is really magnificent, with a tall figure, clear facial features, and a good appearance, but her condescending and superior attitude makes it impossible for people to raise their spirits in front of her.

And Miss De Bauer, who was leaning weakly on the back of the chair, looked a little pitiful.

Her face was extremely pale, her lips were bloodless, so thin and thin, and her figure was so slender that a gust of wind could blow her away.Isa wondered how such a frail little creature could bear such a long journey, and it was not a short distance from Rosings Gardens to London.

Mary and Lydia looked at each other, then pretended to be nonchalant and lowered their heads to eat silently.

Not long after, the lady wiped the corners of her mouth gently, looked up at them and spoke, "Are you the daughters of the Bennett family?"

As the eldest sister here, of course Isa put down her knife and fork, and replied with a smile, "Yes, Ma'am."

"So are you the eldest daughter? How many daughters are there in the Bennett family?" Mrs. De Bauer asked again.

Isa had to stop eating, "No, ma'am, I also have a sister who is unwell and cannot come to visit today. There are five daughters in the Bennett family."

"Oh! So many!" Madame de Bauer expressed surprise, "then you must have hired many excellent tutors!"

"No, not at all." Isa didn't answer in detail, her attitude was neither humble nor overbearing, she didn't appear humble at all, let alone appear superior.

"Why, five daughters, how can there be no tutor! Then don't you have no one to discipline, don't you have no talent at all, doesn't your mother serve you like slaves?" A series of The astonishment expressed Mrs. de Bauer's great astonishment.

Isa smiled, "It's always better to learn things by yourself. Not having a tutor doesn't mean we don't know anything."

Yes, she was right. There was no tutor in the Bennett family, but who could compare to their etiquette, demeanor, and talent, and who would not admit it?

Darcy stared, thinking of her charming dance, her perfect etiquette, her smiling face, her cheeks dyed red by the sun, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and her shiny and sly black eyes...

Oh, every bit of her image has actually jumped into his heart like this, and he can't get rid of it.

Feeling a little flustered in his heart, Darcy's eyes became blank, and in a daze, the knife and fork in his hand gradually tilted inadvertently.

Two seconds later, the crisp sound of knives and forks colliding with dishes resounded throughout the restaurant. Everyone raised their heads in fright and held their breath.Darcy suddenly came back to his senses, coughed softly, but immediately raised his head calmly, and said in a calm and steady voice, "I'm sorry, this was a temporary mistake."

Mrs. De Bauer never wanted Darcy to be blamed, "It's nothing, Darcy, you worked hard to take care of Anne last night, this must be a small mistake caused by exhaustion, God will be moved by your sincerity."

The fork that Miss Bingley was placing on the steak made a sharp friction sound.

Her face turned pale, she immediately put away her hands, her chest heaved up and down for a while before she said, "Mrs. De Bauer, I'm sorry, please forgive my rudeness, but I really want to know if your daughter has received the best." Take care, after all, Mr. Darcy is not a servant who is good at taking care of people or a doctor who is good at seeing patients!"

Mary also put down the knife and fork, wiped the corners of her mouth gracefully, and there was a look of interest in her eyes.

Isa immediately noticed this phenomenon, and she couldn't help but also smiled. Is Mary's change good or bad? Why does she feel that this younger sister has more and more cunning and black belly?Well, and more and more independent and have their own ideas.

Lydia looked up blankly, and saw that everyone was more interested in talking than eating, but she never wanted to waste this delicious food, so she looked again, and found that no one was paying attention to her, so she continued to eat quietly .

Mrs. De Bauer's eyes burst out with extremely thick contempt, "That's Darcy's kindness and intention, Miss Bingley, please pay attention to your words."

Miss Bingley's aura was much weaker than that of Lady Catherine, but she still whispered unwillingly, "No, Ma'am, I did not mean anything malicious, it's just that your Rosings Garden is too far away from London, if you have Considering your daughter's body in the slightest, she shouldn't be allowed to travel long distances, it's extremely hard work, isn't it?"

Mrs. De Bauer looked at her, wondering why there was such an ignorant lady, "Thank you for your concern. We stopped and stopped all the way from Rosings Garden, and it took half a year to come to London. We took more rest on the way, and It won't generate your ideas." She no longer wanted to talk to Miss Bingley, but instead asked Isa, "Miss Elizabeth, have all your sisters entered the society? Do you all have some talents, such as playing the piano and singing? "

Seeing that there was nothing to watch, Yisha continued to answer, "Yes, this is my youngest sister, who has entered the social scene this year. We both know a thing or two about talents."

"Oh, did you mean all of them? Playing the piano? Drawing? Singing? All?"

"A little bit." Isa smiled, as elegant as a perfect noble lady.

Mrs. de Bauer was secretly surprised. She had heard that Darcy had recently fallen in love with a lady from a squire family, but what she found out was the vulgarity and ignorance of the Bennet family.They have an uncle who is a lawyer, and an uncle and aunt who run a small business on Tennessee Street in London. I also heard that Mrs. Bennet can make people feel her empty head and thoughts in three sentences.

After Collins returned, he also complained to her benefactor that the second lady of the Bennet family was a brutal shrew, and it was impossible to have any conversation with her.

"Really, Miss Elizabeth, I really want to hear your playing and singing." She expressed her wish.

"No problem, dear madam, we are all very happy to have the opportunity to play a piece for you." Isa naturally didn't want to disobey her wishes. After all, although this madam is a bit arrogant, she is not particularly annoying.For friends and relatives, she always wants three points of courtesy.

Mrs. De Bauer nodded in satisfaction, but she still had many doubts about this young lady, "Mr. Collins told me before going to Hertfordshire that he wanted to make compensation to the Bennett family because he always Feeling guilty about inheriting the Longbourne estate, he thought of a brilliant plan, which was to go and propose to one of the Bennet ladies! But when he came back he kept quiet about it, I wonder what happened What!"

Isa pursed her lips lightly, "Mr. Collins is sensible, and the Bennett family no longer needs his compensation."

For her indirect answer, Mrs. de Bauer was even more surprised. She began to believe Mr. Collins' analysis of this lady. She was definitely not a pure and kind lady as she appeared on the surface.

"Oh, then please tell me, is the Bennett family's property really in your hands?"

Darcy put down the knife and fork, and was about to speak, but saw that Isa was not embarrassed at all, she smiled frankly, without the slightest worry shown in front of him, as if something had been figured out.

She said, "Yes, ma'am."

Simple answer, affirmative sentence, but very calm and atmospheric.

Mrs. de Bauer looked at the young lady, her face changed several times, and then at Darcy, her face darkened.She immediately noticed the difference in this nephew, he had been looking at Miss Elizabeth intently, with a slight look of tenderness in his eyes!

Seeing signs of silence around him, Darcy said in a calm voice, "Aunt Catherine, everyone's dinner is over, why don't we play cards while listening to Miss Bennett's playing."

The servants went over to set the card table, and Mary sat down at the piano.

Colonel Fitzwilliam touched his nose and stood over, while Mrs. de Bauer sat at the card table, talking and paying attention to the music in her ears.That Mrs. Jiang Jinsheng greeted Miss de Bauer all the way, fearing that the lady's health would get worse.

Mary quickly started to play, the smooth sound was full of skill and rhythm, it was like flowing water, and it was no worse than those played by professional bands.Lydia's voice was clear and melodious, agile and beautiful, and her singing was as beautiful as an oriole. The sound of the piano and the song matched together. After a few syllables, everyone stopped and listened intently.

After the song was played, Mr. Colonel applauded loudly, "Crack! Crack! Crack!"

But Mrs. De Bauer said critically, "It's really nice, but Miss Lydia, your singing lacks a bit of calmness and energy, doesn't it?"

Lydia blushed, and looked at her sister unwillingly.

"Miss Elizabeth, Miss Elizabeth?" Madam called her twice in a row, "Please come and play a piece."

Isa felt a little helpless, "Okay, ma'am."

With a movement of Darcy's eyes, the leisurely sitting body was straightened, and his hands were slightly tightened.He leaned forward, expressing his expectation subconsciously.

Sitting in front of the piano, she familiarized herself with the keys with her five fingers.

A moment later, her slender fingers fluttered like butterflies in the black and white.Her fingers were very beautiful, exuding a soft halo under the light, and Darcy could not help but lose his mind when he watched and listened.The young lady who was sitting there playing the piano had a quiet side face, the corners of her lips were slightly raised, her eyelids were drooping, and after a while of accompaniment, her lips were slightly opened.

After a few syllables, Darcy was surprised to find that she was singing a romantic French song.

The standard pronunciation has the elegant and romantic tone of French, and the gentle melody reveals a lazy sense of leisure, which makes people happy and longing for new students.It was a French love poem, and hearing the words, Darcy's dark brown eyes suddenly became warm.

At the same time, her heart suddenly throbbed.

The feelings like spring rain in the love poem are like a bottle of wine. When you smell the taste, you can feel the mellowness, layer by layer, gradually progressive, but there is always a different fragrance lingering between the lips, with an uncontrollable sourness Or sweet, more mellow and blurred.As she sang, her eyes raised slightly uncontrollably, looking at the man who was sitting upright.

His back was straight at this moment, and he looked a little stiff.On that handsome face, the brown eyes implied a fiery temperature, looking straight at her, almost without shyness.His eyes have never been too direct and clear. No matter what emotion or expression he expresses, it will always look complicated and hazy, as if shrouded in a layer of gauze.

But at this moment, he seemed to have pierced through the hazy fog, and just looked at her straight.

Those eyes are pure, warm, but a bit blurred, full of drunkenness, slightly drunk in them, like a wave of fine wine.

With a hot heart, Yisha's ears gradually turned red.

She lowered her head and continued to play, but she felt that her eyes never moved away.

Fine wine is what she loves most in this life, and a lover she can never abandon in her life.But this is the first time, how many times has she used this favorite thing to describe a man in her mind?Yisha found that there were quite a few times when counted carefully, but every time, it was him.

It's him?Fitzwilliam Darcy...

But at this time, Darcy, when he touched her somewhat complicated, moist, and tangled eyes, subconsciously changed from a sitting position to a quiet standing position, and he stood up almost suddenly, with great movements. It directly shocked Miss Anne beside her.But he didn't feel it at all, he just took two big steps forward on his own.

He really wanted to take a few steps forward and hug her into his arms without hesitation.It wasn't the first time this kind of thought had occurred, but it was the first time that it was so hot, like magma pouring into his heart.He couldn't make any more struggles, he could only allow his heart to roll, sink, and become fiery red in the scorching fire.

Love, before encountering it, always feels that this life is boundless, and no one can impress yourself.

But in the end, those calm, self-sustaining, rock-like firmness are just because the time is wrong and the characters are wrong.He was glad that he did not eagerly find a wife like many rich bachelors. He was glad that he traveled all over the world and finally found this person who moved him and made him believe in love without hesitation.

Darcy almost wants to put the word Darcy behind the beautiful name of Elizabeth immediately!

Come to me, Miss Elizabeth, and be Mistress of the Darcys.