[Pride and Prejudice] The leisurely life of Miss Bentley

Mr. Wickham had always had a great deal of confidence in his own charms.No, as long as he is a little more courteous, sweet-talking, gentle and considerate, the ladies of the Bennet family will be docile to themselves.However, although this Miss Bingley was very polite to herself, she didn't behave like the other ladies.

Has your charm declined? !Wickham turned his head to look at the young ladies of the Bennet family, and was sure that it wasn't his own charm that caused the problem, so the problem lay with Miss Bingley.It's funny, but girls like that are challenging, aren't they?

"Failure" was not in Mr. Wickham's dictionary.While he dealt with the two Miss Bennets with ease, he talked with Elizabeth calmly.After chatting for a while, he thought that the Miss Bingley and Mr. Darcy he saw on the street just now seemed to be old acquaintances, and he was determined to find a topic to attract Miss Bingley's attention, so he asked:

"Miss Bingley, excuse me, but you and that gentleman seem to be old acquaintances?"

Caroline has been paying attention to the conversation between Wickham and Elizabeth. Seeing that he finally couldn't hold back, she thought it was coming, so she said seriously, "You mean Mr. Darcy, he is my brother's good friend. I have only been acquainted for a few months. In my opinion, Mr. Wickham and Mr. Darcy are old acquaintances?"

"Miss Bingley, you are really perceptive. You must have noticed the cold scene when we met just now. Yes, I have known this gentleman since childhood. Strictly speaking, my relationship with him is very unusual."

Elizabeth looked at him quite surprised when she heard this, and Wickham noticed her reaction, but he said more vigorously: "My late father was old Mr. Darcy's housekeeper, and we are like a long family. Big. Because of this relationship, old Mr. Darcy loves me like his own son. This sincere and kind friend wants me to live comfortably in the future, so he stated in his will that if there is a vacancy in the priesthood, I will fill it. .But when the vacancy came, the priesthood fell into the hands of others."

Caroline had known this would happen a long time ago, so she listened calmly and remained unmoved.On the contrary, Elizabeth exclaimed in surprise, how could such a thing happen, and the person who handled the matter was too unkind, and did not obey the will of the deceased.

Wickham also showed a bit of sadness at the right time, explained the cause and effect again, and said, "After all, it was a small friendship. Even though it broke down, I don't want to embarrass him. I just want everyone to know that he is How he treated me badly, how his behavior made me sad..."

Elizabeth was completely conquered by this gentleman who understands righteousness. Instead of being boring, what he said made him look even more heroic and tall.Caroline only thinks that this gentleman is really going to fall in love with Mr. Darcy, if he doesn't try his best to discredit Mr. Darcy, he will be sorry for himself!Look at this acting, it's really skillful, I'm really sorry for him not to get the statuette!

After Mr. Wickham delivered such an affectionate speech, he looked at Caroline, thinking that this young lady must be moved.Unexpectedly, the young lady remained unmoved and looked at him indifferently, as if she was going to see through her fancy intestines. She couldn't help but make fun of herself, but the unwillingness in her heart became stronger. .

It was getting late at this time, and Mrs. Philip also came out to greet them for dinner, and the group went back to the house along the same road.The rest of the group talked and laughed so loudly during supper that it was almost impossible to talk.In this way until before leaving, Caroline did not speak to Elizabeth.Immediately afterwards, the carriage from Netherfield arrived, and she had no choice but to get on the carriage and go home first.

Caroline saw the Bennet family again at the Netherfield Ball.

The ladies of the Bennet family were overjoyed at the ball at Netherfield.Mrs. Bennet thinks that this ball is held for her eldest daughter Jane, which is very honorable; Miss Bennet thinks that she can meet her sweetheart again, so she looks forward to this ball very much.Elizabeth and the two younger sisters, however, had a rare agreement to have a good dance with Mr. Wickham, who was so agreeable in his manners, manners, and speech. love it.Even the little nerd Mary showed longing for the dance.The ladies and gentlemen of the Bennet family dressed up carefully for the upcoming ball.

Caroline was used to her brother's behavior of disappearing as soon as he saw Miss Bennet.After chatting with Mrs. Hurst for a few words, I saw several gentlemen coming to invite me to dance.Seeing that she couldn't refuse, Caroline accepted one of the invitations and danced happily.

While Miss Bingley was dancing happily on the dance floor, Miss Elizabeth Bennet was very disappointed that she couldn't find the tall and thin figure in the red uniform.Sir Lucas happened to see her, and asked her to dance with Mr. Darcy, the most taciturn gentleman in the room.Elizabeth searched left and right, unable to find Mr. Wickham, who was hesitating about his absence, and agreed absently.

Mr. Darcy had no interest in dancing, but Sir Lucas was so attentive, he politely invited Miss Bennet to dance.The two went down to the dance floor in silence and danced for a while without talking.Elizabeth thought that she had nothing to say to this gentleman, but then it suddenly occurred to her that she might as well ask some evidence about Wickham's matter, so she said:

"Mr. Darcy, when you saw us that day at Meryton, we were making an old friend of yours."

Darcy was a little unhappy when he heard the words, and he still said: "Mr. Wickham is very comfortable with new friends, but whether he can be called an old friend is open to question."

Elizabeth pretended not to see his reluctance, and asked again: "Mr. Wickham did not attend the ball today. Does Mr. Darcy know why?"

Darcy frowned, "As far as the relationship between Mr. Wickham and me is concerned, this gentleman does not need to report his whereabouts to me. Miss Elizabeth, you are asking the wrong person."

After hearing the words, Elizabeth guessed that this gentleman must have done something ulterior, and maybe Wickham's absence was also written by this person, otherwise his words would not have been so blunt.Can't help but said angrily: "It's Mr. Wickham's misfortune to be so denied by the people he cares about." Just as the song was over, Elizabeth didn't wait for Mr. Darcy's answer, so she went Li walked away.

Elizabeth is very angry with Mr. Darcy, who has a rich family property and has no heart of benevolence. Not only did he not follow his father's will to help poor Mr. Wickham, but he made trouble. Afterwards, Lin revealed all of the gentleman's bad deeds like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

Since the last farewell at Meryton, Caroline had wanted to talk to Elizabeth, but had never had the opportunity to talk in detail.But at this moment, listening to Miss Bennet's indignant words, Caroline's mood was very tangled.

Logically speaking, based on our duty as friends, when an upright and honest gentleman is slandered, shouldn't we stand up and clarify?When a good lady is deceived, shall we expose the false mask of a hypocrite?This is why Caroline was eager to explain to Elizabeth after meeting Mr. Wickham in Meryton.But Caroline ignored a problem. She herself knew in advance that the direction of the plot was correct, but she didn't have enough convincing evidence! !If she just rushed over and told Elizabeth that she had the ability to predict things, even if she wasn't caught as a witch and burned, Caroline would want to beat herself up!

The more tangled problem is that in the original book, it is precisely because Miss Elizabeth Bennet believed Wickham's instigation that she had her resentment towards Mr. Darcy and her indifference to Wickham. The precaution also highlights Mr. Darcy's great act of standing up when the Lydia chick elopes with Wickham.If the true face of the scumbag is exposed now, Caroline can't guarantee that the mother star can bring the whole incident back to the track of the original book. If Miss Elizabeth is not moved by Mr. Darcy's heroic rescue With tears in his eyes, how can Mr. Darcy embrace the beauty!

After thinking and thinking, Caroline had no choice but to say, "Miss Elizabeth, I don't know the details of this gentleman, and I also have doubts about what he said. If we take Mr. Wickham's own words, The credibility of this statement, at least in my opinion, has to be discounted. After all, Mr. Darcy knew his brother first, and has always been called an honest and decent gentleman."

"That's why I think this gentleman is really an insidious villain," Elizabeth said angrily, "I thought Mr. Darcy was just arrogant by nature, and I didn't want him to deceive everyone around him with his gentlemanly demeanor." Perhaps Mr. Wickham's absence from the ball at Netherfield may have been written by this gentleman."

"It's hard to tell without any real evidence. Perhaps Mr. Wickham's absence from the ball has something else to do with Mr. Darcy." Caroline paused. "Besides, I also It can be guessed that this gentleman may have a guilty conscience and dare not confront Mr. Darcy, or why did he not appear at the ball?"

"Miss Caroline, how can you speculate with such a malicious attitude on such a gentleman who has been treated unfairly..."

Caroline originally held the attitude that it is a good thing to be able to persuade Elizabeth, and it is okay if she cannot be persuaded. She did not want Elizabeth to be so poisoned by Mr. Wickham's "unfortunate experience" that when she She had dropped the subject, and Elizabeth continued to rage and try to unmask Mr. Darcy.

The author has something to say: This article is slow to heat up. .I want to boil the frogs in warm water, and I feel that the Netherfield play is a very important transition, and I will enter another after this is over~

I'm sorry Mr. Darcy, I will try to pull you out tomorrow to show up ●▽●