[Comprehensive classics] Darcy or Brandon

When Annie woke up the next morning, she still couldn't believe it, but she was much calmer than when she suddenly discovered the truth last night. In fact, she really didn't need to care too much. Anyway, her life would not be because she knew the book. The content in it has changed.

"Annie, your complexion doesn't look very good. Did you not sleep well last night?" Lucy said as she came out of the dressing room.

"Really? Is it bad?" Annie got up from the bed, looked at her face in front of the vanity mirror, and sure enough, her complexion was very bad, and there were still two big dark circles under her eyes.

Lucy walked up behind Annie, and compared her face to Annie's, "It's too bad, Annie, you have to put some powder on, or you won't be able to get out."

"Damn it." Annie cursed, found a compact from the luggage and threw it on the dresser.The powders of this era contain a lot of lead, and Annie generally doesn't use them except for prom parties.In order to ensure that the lead in the foundation will not stay in the skin, Anne will spend a lot of time after each prom to moisturize her face, and then massage her face for a month or two to metabolize those heavy metals as much as possible.

"Annie, it's just for you to apply powder, don't act like you want to kill you every time." Lucy said, pushing Annie away to sit by the vanity mirror, then opened the powder box and carefully powdered her face .On weekdays, Annie doesn't allow Lucy to wear powder, so Lucy, who loves beauty, will never let it go every time she has a chance to put on makeup.

Annie glanced at Lucy helplessly. She had told Lucy many times that she should try not to use cosmetics, but this era does not have the concept of heavy metals. Every time Annie told her that there was lead in the powder, Lucy would I couldn't believe it and told Annie how could there be black metal in the snow-white powder, and the metal was so big, they had nothing to do with cosmetics.So now every time it was time to put on makeup, Lucy would still put powder on her face without hesitation, and Annie didn't bother to persuade her anymore. Anyway, so many ladies and wives around her usually put powder on, and I haven't seen anyone get sick because of it.

The two sisters went downstairs after dressing up. It was still very early, and the owners of Barton Manor hadn't gotten up yet. Only the servants were walking back and forth in the house, cleaning the house and lighting the fireplace.

Mrs. Baker, the housekeeper, was inspecting the cleaning status of the maids downstairs. When she saw the two sisters going downstairs, she went up to greet her and asked, "Miss Steele, you got up really early, so the two ladies are now Do you want breakfast?"

"Is breakfast ready at this time?" Annie asked.

"Yes, because Colonel Brandon has the habit of riding a horse for a walk in the morning, so every time he comes to live here, he will make breakfast in the kitchen very early." Mrs. Baker replied.

Annie and Lucy said as they walked towards the dining room, "Then please bring two breakfasts. We plan to go for a walk after we finish eating. Mrs. Baker, do you have a good place to recommend?"

"The scenery near Barton Manor is very good, but I still want to recommend the small lake on the east side of the manor. I personally like that place very much. The two ladies walked along the east path for a while and you will see the small lake. The lake, that little lake looks really beautiful," said Mrs. Baker.

"Then Lucy and I must go to the small lake to have a look later." Annie said.

Breakfast was served quickly, and the food was very rich, allowing Anne and Lucy to enjoy a good meal.After eating, the two planned to go for a walk for an hour, but just as they stood up, they saw Mrs. Middleton walking with her two older children.

"Anne, Lucy, you got up so early, I thought I would only meet Colonel Brandon." Mrs. Middleton said with a smile.

Anne and Lucy saluted, and said, "We usually get up at this time, Mrs. Middleton, you also get up very early. Don't the two children sleep a little longer?"

Mrs. Middleton touched the little heads of her two sons, and said lovingly: "I haven't been able to sleep a little longer in the morning since I gave birth. When they were young, they would always cry and cry for milk in the morning. , now that I am [-] years old, my stomach is always hungry when I grow up fast, and I wake up hungry in the morning and clamor for something to eat."

Barton Manor has hired two maids to take care of the children, so Mrs. Middleton does not need to take care of the children's breakfast. It's just that this lady loves her children very much and is always worried that the maids will not take care of them wholeheartedly. He always has to do it himself.

"Then Mrs. Middleton, hurry up and take the two children to have breakfast, don't starve them. Lucy and I will not bother you." Anne said immediately.

"Wait, I have something to ask Lucy. Yesterday she played some pieces of music that seemed to be wrong. I want to talk to Lucy." Mrs. Middleton said, she was also very good at playing the piano before, But after getting married, I put down this hobby and devoted myself to taking care of my family and housework.

Lucy was very happy to talk to Mrs. Middleton. As long as she made friends with Mrs. Middleton, she would be willing to introduce some local Mr. Hao to her and Anne in the future, so she said to Anne: "Annie, go for a walk first. , I'll talk to Mrs. Middleton."

"Alright then." Annie nodded and went out by herself.

The scenery near the Barton Manor is very pleasant. It is the season when everything grows. Looking out at the grassland that goes in and out, the Barton Valley not far away is full of greenery. Looking at it makes people feel refreshed and full of vitality.

Anne followed Mrs. Baker's instructions and walked along the path to the east. Within two miles, she saw the small lake. The lake was covered with reeds, and there were many small shrubs and wild flowers growing on the shore. The scenery was really good.But there are still a lot of wild ducks and waterfowls gathered in the river, all of them quacking and sounding very noisy.

Annie walked over, thinking that those wild ducks and waterfowls would fly away immediately, but who knew that they were not afraid of people, Annie walked to the river, and they were still combing their feathers slowly in the water.Annie made a face at the river, stretched out her hand and folded a reed on the side, and hit the water vigorously. The wild ducks, waterfowls were frightened, and they flew up in a swarm, hula la all flew away.

"Hahaha, let you quarrel with me." Annie smiled and hit the water with the reed in her hand a few times.

Colonel Brandon rode his horse to the river, and was about to hunt some wild ducks back for extra food, when he saw Anne smiling and driving away the wild ducks and waterfowl, "Miss Steele, what are you doing? Are you here?"

Sure enough, if you do something bad, it will be reported soon. Now, Anne was taken aback. She hurriedly threw away the reed in her hand, tidied up her skirt and hair, and turned to pack with Colonel Brandon, " Good morning, Colonel."

Annie always gave people the impression that she was very stable. Colonel Brandon laughed when he saw her like this, and he also thought of making a joke. He got off his horse and walked to Annie and said, "Miss Steele, what are you doing?" Drive my prey away."

"Your prey? But there is no sign by the lake saying that the wild birds here belong to you, and there is no sign stating that others cannot drive them away." Annie said.

Colonel Brandon didn't expect Anne to answer like this, and his smile deepened, and he said, "I originally planned to kill a few prey for lunch, but now it seems that we can only eat one less dish at noon."

Anyway, Colonel Brandon saw the rudeness just now, so Anne stopped pretending to be a lady and said, "I think Sir John will not treat us guests badly. The lunch at noon must be very rich, so Even if there is one less dish, it shouldn’t matter.”

"Miss Steele, I really didn't expect you to be such a lady. I was really wrong." Colonel Brandon said, thinking that Sir John had praised Anne's stability and dignity in front of him yesterday, He also thought it was good, and it turned out that both of them were wrong.He also thought that Annie's real appearance was pleasing, and it was better than the same stereotyped and dull appearance as other young ladies in front of people.

Such words are a bit ambiguous, Annie immediately straightened her face, and said in a bad tone: "Colonel Brandon, what do you think I look like?"

Colonel Brandon also realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, and immediately apologized: "Miss Steele, I didn't mean to offend you, but when I saw Miss Steele the other day, I thought Miss was a demure lady, but now I found out that Steele Miss Er, you also have a lively side."

"Everyone has a different face. We can't limit them to one surface. Just like Colonel Brandon, you look so gentlemanly now, but I believe that when you are on the battlefield, it must be suitable for now It looks completely different." Annie said.

"Miss Steele, you are right, my point of view is narrow. So do you forgive me for my careless offense just now?"

"What if I don't forgive?" Anne asked back.

Colonel Brandon stretched out his arms, and said, "If you won't forgive me, miss, you won't want to take a walk with me."

Regardless of whether she forgives Colonel Brandon's little offense just now, Anne actually doesn't really want to take a walk with this gentleman, but Colonel Brandon has already stretched out his arm. If she doesn't agree, it will be her I was rude, so Anne pursed her lips, took Colonel Brandon's arm, and said, "I am very honored to take a walk with you, Colonel."

"I hope you will enjoy the scenery here, Miss Steele," said Colonel Brandon.

"I like it very much." Anne said, although the scenery of the British countryside is almost very beautiful, but compared to Ramsgate, Anne does like the scenery of Barton more.Colonel Brandon, do you often come to Barton Manor for a short stay? "

"Yes, I often come to live for a while. Sir John and Mrs. Jennings are very hospitable people. They feel that I am too lonely living alone, so they often invite me to come and play." Brandon replied the Colonel.

"So your family doesn't live with you?" Anne asked. She remembered that Colonel Brandon seemed to have an adopted daughter, but she didn't remember the specifics.The only person in the original book who had a relationship with Colonel Brandon was Marianne, but now Lucy also thinks that Colonel Brandon is good, so before the final result comes out, Anne also has to inquire about Colonel Brandon's situation for Lucy.

"Yes, I have always lived alone."

Colonel Brandon's answer did not mention a word of her family, so Anne had to ask again: "What about your other family members, don't they live in Devonshire?"

"Yes," said Colonel Brandon.

Anne saw that Colonel Brandon didn't seem to want to talk about his family's affairs, so she didn't ask any further.

This walk lasted less than 10 minutes and ended. By the time the two returned to Barton Manor, Mrs. Jennings's family had already woken up and were sitting in the dining room having a lively breakfast.Lucy sat in the music room with Mrs. Middleton to discuss music issues. The three older children sat on the carpet with toys and played together. The youngest child was crying and being coaxed by the maid. with.

"Oh, I said why didn't I see Colonel Brandon and Miss Steele, so you two went out for a walk secretly, tell me what you said on the way." Mrs. Jennings saw Anne and Boo Colonel Langdon came in, waved to Anne and said, "Miss Steele, come and sit here, I think you are too thin, come and have some breakfast with us."

Anne noticed that Mrs. Jennings looked at her with some displeasure, probably because she was displeased with knowingly approaching Colonel Brandon after hearing her admonition yesterday, so she immediately said, "I'm taking a walk Met Colonel Brandon on the way, but Colonel Brandon is a very quiet gentleman."

Anne meant to explain that Colonel Brandon didn't like her, so he ignored her, otherwise the gentlemen would never let the conversation go cold.

After hearing this, Mrs. Jennings was relieved. She liked Marianne very much, and she felt that Marianne and Colonel Brandon were really suitable. .

"Is that so? Colonel Brandon has always been like this. We have to be considerate of this every time we interact with him. He is always more willing to talk about topics that interest him." Mrs. Jennings said.

Sir John wanted to match Anne and Colonel Brandon, just because they were happy for a walk together, and when he realized his mother-in-law's purpose, he immediately redeemed him: "Oh, mother, you know that Christopher is just introverted, as long as he and the two Stanley Miss Teal will become eloquent when she gets acquainted with it."

"John! Of course we know this." Mrs. Jennings glanced at her son-in-law dissatisfied.

Sir John didn't care about Mrs. Jennings' eyes at all. He winked at Colonel Brandon secretly, and then happily said to Anne: "Miss Steele, believe me, as long as you and Christopher get acquainted, you will Found it very interesting to talk to him, Christopher is a very knowledgeable guy, he can always tell you something you didn't know."

Anne smiled back at Sir John, but did not answer.

Lucy came out and asked Annie what happened with her eyes. Annie shook her head, indicating that nothing happened to her.Lucy smiled, sat down and looked at Colonel Brandon and said, "I heard that Colonel Brandon has been fighting in India before. Can you tell us something about India? I've always been very curious about it."

"Of course, Miss Lucy, although I prefer England, I have to say that India is also a very beautiful place. The people there live in singing and dancing, and their costumes are colorful and extremely beautiful." Colonel Brandon said .

"Do their ladies wear skirts like ours?" asked Lucy.

"No, they have their own national costumes, which are very beautiful, but I don't think our ladies here will like those skirts, because they are too revealing for us."

"Exposed, have you looked at them carefully?"

"Lucy!" cried Anne.

Lucy immediately smiled embarrassedly.

"They live very close to our station, that's why we saw them." Colonel Brandon said with a glance at Annie.