[Pride and Prejudice] The leisurely life of Miss Bentley

After a while, Elizabeth's sister, "good old lady" Jane Bennet came to her.Elizabeth then asked her sister about Mr. Wickham.Miss Jane Bennet said that she also asked Mr. Bingley for verification, and she said [Although Mr. Bingley doesn't know Mr. Wickham well, he can vouch for his own friend's good character and honesty. ] But Elizabeth felt that since Mr. Bingley didn't know it himself, and his guarantee didn't have much credibility, she was still unwilling to change her original view of these two gentlemen.

In any case, the conversation of the ladies had to be stopped there, for Mr. Collins was walking cheerfully in their direction.Caroline separated from the two Miss Bennets and sat down on a nearby sofa.

Mr Darcy's previous conversation with Miss Elizabeth Bennet ended badly.It is natural that any gentleman would be displeased to be questioned for no reason.Darcy had stood aside, and Sir William Lucas, coming forward to speak to him, dealt absent-mindedly with the enthusiastic gentleman.Regarding Wickham's matter, Darcy has a clear conscience, and also feels that the clearer is self-clearing, and too many explanations will seem to cover up.However, when he saw the second lady of the Bennet family talking intimately with Caroline from a distance, he felt the need to explain this matter to Miss Bingley.

In fact, Mr. Darcy is concerned about chaos.As the saying goes, sometimes even what you see with your own eyes is not necessarily the truth, and these two young ladies who seem to have a happy conversation are not so happy.

Darcy found our Miss Bingley in an obscure corner.Seeing the figure lazily leaning on the edge of the sofa, holding a glass of red wine in his hand, enjoying himself while spinning the glass of red wine, Mr. Darcy had an indistinct smile in his eyes, and this lady was still as usual , Even if it is something you don't like, you can find fun in it to pass the time.

"Miss Caroline, would you mind if I sat down?" asked Darcy, with an unconscious softness in his voice.

"Oh, no. Please feel free, Mr. Darcy." Seeing that it was Mr. Darcy, Caroline didn't politely stand up and salute, but sat up straight and nodded to him.

Caroline guessed that he would come to the corner to talk to her because he was too bored at the ball. Unexpectedly, the gentleman said, "Miss Caroline, although you can't talk about people's rights and wrongs, you brothers and sisters are my friends. I think It is still necessary to explain to you about a certain gentleman."

"Ah, thank you for your kindness. Please tell me." Caroline was very surprised that Darcy would take the initiative to talk to herself about Mr. Wickham.

"About Mr. Wickham's matter, Miss Elizabeth Bennet has verified with me before. This lady seems to have some misunderstandings about me, thinking that I have made some ulterior motives on Mr. Wickham's future. Human hands and feet. Don't you want to ask me something like Miss Bennet?"

After Darcy said, he stared at Caroline closely, trying to find an expression of disapproval or approval from the lady's face, but he was doomed to be disappointed, because our Miss Bingley hadn't heard what he said. Li scratched his head.Mr. Darcy, don't you want to explain Wickham's matter, why did it come to me again, do you want others to question you so much?

"And you, Miss Caroline? Do you believe Mr. Wickham's words?"

"Oh, no," Caroline recovered and said quickly, "Mr. Darcy, although I don't understand the right and wrong, I have never doubted your character."

After receiving this unexpected but reasonable answer, Mr. Darcy's tense expression relaxed, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Miss Caroline, I am very grateful for your trust. For this vicious I can only say that the slander is self-clearing, and more explanations will only make others feel that they are trying to cover up. But for you, my friend, and Mr. Bingley, I think it is necessary to tell you the whole story. Whether as a refutation or a clarification, I don't want you to be kept in the dark. But... this matter is so important that I have to ask for another place to speak, and to ask Miss Caroline for your understanding of the whole matter. Things are kept confidential."

After finishing speaking, Mr. Darcy stood up, handed Caroline his hand, and signaled her to go out together.

Caroline stared blankly at the slender hand that Mr. Darcy handed in front of her, and then she reacted and put her hand into Mr. Darcy's warm palm, and walked towards the garden together with him.

Darcy looked at his female companion beside him. The bright side face of the girl under the moonlight was as peaceful and beautiful as he remembered. There was no expression of contempt or questioning, but quietly, waiting for him to come explanation made.He couldn't help thinking of the teenage girl enjoying herself in the moonlight at the Lavenham ball.At that time, he was looking for his cousin, Colonel Fitzwilliam, but he didn't want to be a voyeur like his cousin, but he was not discovered.

In the garden, Mr. Darcy didn't stop until he was sure that there was no one around.

Looking at Caroline sincerely, Mr. Darcy said: "Miss Caroline, I think you already know that Mr. Wickham's father is the steward of Pemberley Manor. Because of this relationship, my late father loved him very much, and he was willing to let him take up the priesthood one day."

Caroline nodded, and Mr. Darcy went on to explain all the bad behaviors of Mr. Wickham exposed after the death of old Mr. Darcy and Mr. Wickham: "... The prodigal life soon fell into a difficult situation, and after I refused to recommend him for a priest, he did something that I myself do not want to remember, let alone mention."

At this point, Mr. Darcy showed a painful expression, paused, and in a hoarse voice, he told Mr. Wickham that he was in collusion with the housekeeper, Mrs. Youngie, because he took a fancy to Miss Darcy's [-] pounds of property. , and deliberately lured Miss Darcy to elope with him and told Caroline: "... [Fortunately, Georgiana treats my brother as a father, so I have the time and opportunity to take actions in time to stop this incident. matter.] Miss Caroline, you also know how much this matter will hurt my sister if it is made public!"

Caroline sighed in her heart. In fact, this is a big event. In modern society, elopement is not a serious matter at all. It's all over.But Caroline has never seen Mr. Darcy with such a painful look since she knew him, and she felt sorry for her, and she couldn't help comforting her: "Mr. Wickham has never lived with us, regardless of the fact that he said these words. It’s a bit shallow, and Charles and I won’t doubt your character just because of his one-sided words. Besides, after he did such a thing, he turned black and white behind his back and fanned the flames, which is really shameful!”

"I'm only worried that other people may have been bewitched by him!"

Mr. Darcy was originally a very self-controlled person, and he lost his composure only when he recalled this very painful incident.Seeing Caroline, instead of being like Miss Elizabeth Bennet, came to comfort him, and couldn't help but feel that the unbearable things were not so painful.Seeing that small mouth opening and closing again, uttering words that worried him, I was very moved, so I said: "Miss Caroline, I don't want to let anyone else know about this matter. I just want to We hope that the rumors will stop with the wise, and the rumors and bewitched things are really beyond our control."

The latter sentence was indeed true, and Caroline nodded in agreement.Even Mr. Darcy himself didn't care, so naturally there was no question of whether to wake up Elizabeth's children's shoes. Anyway, someone has already opened his mouth.

Now that the misunderstanding had been resolved, or that there had been no misunderstanding at all, Mr. Darcy and our Miss Bingley returned to the ballroom together.

Here, the two ladies of the Bennet family did not talk for long after they separated from Caroline. Miss Jane Bennet and Mr. Bingley got off the dance floor after a while, and Miss Elizabeth Bennet had to be alone again. One faced Mr. Collins.

The gentleman approached her happily and told her that he had discovered a very important thing, that there was a nephew of his benefactor Lady Catherine in this ballroom.He said, "I was too inconspicuous to discover this earlier. But I should have had time to greet him. I hope he can forgive me. Don't blame me for not greeting him earlier."

Elizabeth was greatly surprised that Mr. Collins should have taken the liberty to introduce himself to Mr. Darcy, for it would be considered presumptuous and unrefined to greet a stranger without being introduced.Elizabeth, however, had no affection for the gentleman, and was glad to see him make a fool of himself, and did not dissuade him.

So as soon as Mr. Darcy and Caroline entered the ballroom, they were entangled by Mr. Collins.I saw the gentleman bowed respectfully to Darcy, and then began to say compliments.All he could say was to ask Darcy to forgive him, and that he was highly valued by Mrs. Catherine de Bourgh.

Darcy always kept his distance from this kind of uninvited guest, and he said a few perfunctory words to settle the matter.

When Mr. Collins saw that Mr. Darcy didn't pay much attention to him, he didn't take it seriously. He flattered Caroline next to him, and then went back to his cousin complacently, and talked to his cousin about Germany. Mrs. Power's nephew's merit, as to Miss Bingley's presence, was in Mr. Collins's opinion nothing more than a natural incidental compliment, and not worth mentioning.

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