[Comprehensive classics] Darcy or Brandon

The dance was held as scheduled, because only Annie and Lucy had received the invitation in the entire Travers family, so the two had to leave that afternoon and go with everyone.When leaving, Lilian also wished Anne a happy time at the dance, but Anne felt that she probably couldn't be happy, because Lucy's eagerness made her worry that she would be killed by a handsome and smooth-talking gentleman in the militia. cheated.Although Lucy's goal has always been to find a rich gentleman, but everything has a just in case, isn't it? Young and ignorant girls are always easy to get dizzy for love, and Lucy has already fainted once in the matter of Edward , who knows that she won't get dizzy again on another man.

The militia group is very popular in Longbourne, and they made many friends in Longbourne as soon as they settled down. Naturally, these friends were also invited to the dance party, so many people came, Anne and When Lucy passed by, Philip's family was already full of people, everyone was talking and laughing loudly, and the noise was comparable to a market.

"There are so many people here," said Lucy, standing at the door.

"It's too noisy, and it's noisy and crowded." Annie said, she really wanted to escape from this place. Philip's house is not very big, and there are hundreds of people crowded in a hall of about [-] square meters , and they were all making noise, Annie felt a headache just standing there, and when she thought about what would happen when she danced, she felt extremely tired.

Danny was joking with a lady arm in arm, and when he saw Anne and Lucy, he walked towards them. Anne recognized the lady as Katie, the fourth lady of the Bennet family.Anne snorted in her heart, almost everyone in Longbourne knew that Lydia, the youngest daughter of the Bennet family, was the one who had the best time with Danny. She used to pester this gentleman all day long, but now , Annie found her place after looking around in the ballroom. This lady was tightly holding the arm of Wickham, the most eye-catching gentleman in the ballroom. live.

"Miss Steele, you are finally here. If you don't come again, George is going to pick you up." Danny said with a smile.

Annie thought that the gentleman probably didn't have the time to pick them up now, but he was surrounded by a bunch of ladies, so he was too busy talking and laughing in time.Annie glanced at Danny knowingly, and said, "That's unnecessary, we don't live far away."

Danny obviously understood the meaning in Annie's eyes, he touched his nose and smiled embarrassedly, although Wickham pretended to be a down-and-out rich man, none of the people in the militia were smart, many People also came up from the bottom, so within a few days they understood Wickham's true colors.With Wickham's temperament, after he inquired about Annie and Lucy, he would definitely not take the time to pick them up.

"Danny, what's wrong with you, why don't you talk, it's embarrassing." Katie said, pulling Danny's arm.

"I'm just thinking about how to arrange to dance with each of my friends. Then, Miss Steele, come in with us. I'll introduce some good friends to you," Danny said.

"Lucy, go, I'm a little tired, I want to sit down for a while." Annie said, anyway, these people would have nothing to do with her, so she didn't bother to know them.

Knowing that Annie didn't like this environment very much, Lucy said, "Okay, Annie, you can go."

"Remember to be reserved, don't play too loudly." Annie whispered to Lucy in a low voice.

As they spoke, the youngest daughter of the Bennets, Lydia, let out a loud laugh, and she herself was already leaning against Wickham laughing.Wickham put his arm under Lydia's chest, probably to hold her up and prevent her from falling, and the two of them looked like they were hugging passionately.

"I know Annie. If you don't feel well, we can go back earlier." Lucy said, she was really happy for today's dance before, but she was a little disappointed immediately after coming here, thanks to their kind relatives Good luck, the balls they attend are always very good, and they seldom go to such unglamorous balls, and Lucy has already observed quickly, there are no rich gentlemen here, people like Travers are He will not be involved with the militia, and will not be invited at all, so in addition to the gentlemen of the militia, there are some local gentry with little money in Longbourne.

Anne sat down on a stool at the end of the room, where there was an open window and the air was a little fresher.Moreover, it is facing the gate, so you can see the guests who are still coming in. It is also an interesting thing to observe the various appearances of those people when they come in, at least it can pass a little time.

Everyone is crowded in a small room to talk, and the combined voice will sound "humming". It's a bit cloudy, which makes people feel sleepy.Especially Annie was still sitting by a window, the outside breeze was blowing on her body, which made her feel very comfortable. After a while, she closed her eyes in a daze.

Just when Anne was about to fall asleep, all the voices disappeared in an instant, and then a man's laughter rang out, "Great, great, Mr. Bingley, you are finally here, hurry up!" please come in."

This sudden situation startled Annie, she opened her eyes immediately, and then she saw three men standing at the door, two of them were exactly what Annie had seen on the street before.

Mr. Darcy also saw Annie. As soon as he stepped into the door, he saw the lady sitting on the stool facing the door at the other end of the room. She closed her eyes and tilted her head unnaturally, looking like she was sleeping. She fell asleep, and then she was startled by Mr. Philip's laughter, and her whole body trembled, then she opened her eyes and looked at him blankly.

Annie hadn't fully woken up yet, and she didn't know where she was. Seeing Mr. Darcy looking at her, she knew that this gentleman probably saw her making a fool of herself and didn't care. The gentleman smiled and made a funny expression.

Mr. Darcy is about to be 30 years old, and he has never seen any lady make a face at him in so many years, and even he never thought that there would be such a lady, so when he saw Anne's appearance, Darcy Unable to hold back, Mr. burst out laughing.In order not to lose face, Mr. Darcy immediately put his fist on his mouth, and tried his best to control the smile on his face, trying to make himself look like he was just coughing.

Well, this time the other party made a fool of himself, Annie felt that they were inseparable, so she gave the gentleman a smile with a proud face, and immediately stood up to make herself disappear from the gentleman's sight.

Seeing Mr. Darcy coughing non-stop, Mr. Bingley asked concerned: "Fitzwilliam, are you all right?"

"It's all right, just a little uncomfortable in the throat, just drink some water." Mr. Darcy said.

"That's good, the air here is indeed a bit cloudy." Mr. Bingley said, looking for Jane constantly.

Mr. Darcy responded perfunctorily, looked up at the lady, and found that she was gone. He searched the house, but couldn't find the lady.But Mr. Darcy's mood is much better. Originally, he didn't want to come to the ball today, but Miss Bingley suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, so he didn't come. Mrs. Horstow wanted to stay at home and take care of Miss Bingley, so she didn't Come, and if he doesn't come there will be only Bingley and Mr. Hostow.Mr. Darcy can't rest assured that Bingley is with Mr. Hurst. Mr. Hurstow is an alcoholic. He can't stop drinking as soon as he starts drinking. Sometimes he will go crazy after drinking. With Bingley's personality, there is no way to control him. .

At this moment, the two had entered the room. Mr. Bingley slapped Mr. Darcy's waist with his arm, pointed his chin in the direction and said, "Where is Miss Elizabeth, go quickly."

"What am I doing with Miss Elizabeth?" asked Mr. Darcy, frowning.

"Don't lie to me, don't you really like Miss Elizabeth? I know you don't like the stereotyped ladies like Caroline. You like those lively and beautiful ladies. Isn't Miss Elizabeth just right?" Mr. Bingley Said.

"Why don't you make up your mind at once to propose to Miss Bennet, if it's appropriate?" Mr. Darcy retorted.

Mr. Bingley smiled, glared at Mr. Darcy, turned around and left quickly. He had a bad mouth, and he always said that he couldn't speak to Mr. Darcy. If he had time to quarrel with Darcy, he might as well go to Jane earlier. Day did not see Jane.

Mr. Darcy looked around, found a corner with few people and walked over, he passed Elizabeth on the way, and clearly heard Elizabeth snorted at him.Mr. Darcy felt a little uncomfortable, he seemed to be welcome everywhere, but after meeting the Bennet family, things changed completely, and he didn't understand how he offended the Bennet family This lady, this lady doesn't seem to like him from the beginning, but before, she just made a face for him or spoke in a bad tone. Today, she didn't provoke her, but she snorted coldly for no reason. It's really inexplicable It also makes people feel angry.

Charlotte watched Mr. Darcy go to the corner, and asked Elizabeth: "Lissie, is the story you just told me about Mr. Wickham and Mr. Darcy true? How can Mr. Darcy's character come to the ball knowing that Mr. Wickham is here?"

"Mr. Wickham has no reason to lie. Besides, Mr. Darcy's character is so arrogant, don't we all know it? Besides, Mr. Darcy did tell me that if he holds a grudge against someone, it is absolutely impossible to let him go Yes. So I think Mr. Wickham must have been retaliated by Mr. Darcy because he was hated by Mr. Darcy." Elizabeth said, she was always very confident in her own judgment.

"But what can Mr. Wickham have that Mr. Darcy can hate? He's only a steward's son, and Mr. Darcy is a great young master. Mr. Wickham has everything Mr. Darcy has, Don't you?" said Charlotte, in fact she thought Mr. Wickham was not a good man at first, and she never believed in a gentleman who could please all the girls.Moreover, she felt that Mr. Wickham was too rash. He had only met Lissie twice, so he told Lissie about his personal grievances. Regardless of whether those things really happened, he would obviously It is not the business of a gentleman to make Mr. Darcy disliked.

"Oh, Charlotte!" Elizabeth looked at Charlotte in disbelief, as if she had said something completely unacceptable, "Charlotte, isn't it obvious that Mr. Wickham will Mr. See held grudges only because old Mr. Darcy regarded Mr. Wickham as his own, and he did not forget to leave some property to Mr. Wickham when he died. This must have made Mr. Darcy very angry. I feel that those things are my own and I don’t want to give them to Mr. Wickham.”

Charlotte did not agree with Elizabeth's words. If what Mr. Wickham said was true, then old Mr. Darcy had only left him a pastor's position. A priest's annual income is only so much, and Darcy The husband's annual income is more than 1 pounds, how could he care about a priesthood.But Charlotte didn't say these words. She didn't want to quarrel with Elizabeth at the ball. She was going to get married in a few days, and she wanted to keep a good mood.

Elizabeth felt that Charlotte could not understand her, so she turned and walked away angrily.

The ballroom is really small, and when all the guests are here, it is so crowded that it is difficult to walk.The place where Annie stayed was quite spacious at first, but now it is also occupied by a few chattering and laughing women. The contrived laughter of those women was sharp and piercing, and Annie had no choice but to get up and leave.

Squeezing through a lot of people, Annie walked to the place where the drinks were kept. She scooped a glass of wine for herself, and after a few sips, she saw that the garden outside the window seemed to be nice, and there was no one there, so she wanted to go out to get some fresh air. The wine glass squeezed into the crowd with even more difficulty.

But this time Annie's luck was not very good. When she walked to the door and thought she could breathe a sigh of relief, the youngest daughter of the Bennet family bumped into her while playing with a militiaman. Her wine glass was knocked out at once, and all the wine in the glass spilled on the husband standing in front of her.

"Oh, I'm sorry sir, I'm very sorry." Annie apologized quickly, and handed the handkerchief to the gentleman to wipe his clothes.Of course, Anne would not take this mistake by herself, so she pointed to Lydia who stopped running because she hit someone and said: "That young lady rushed over and bumped me, I didn't expect that she would rush on me. "

Mr. Darcy wiped his coat with a dark face, his eyes swept from Anne to Lydia, seeing that the lady seemed to have no intention of apologizing at all, and his expression became a little darker.

There was actually only a little wine left in the glass, so even if it was all poured out, it would not be too much, but Mr. Darcy was wearing a royal blue coat today, and the wine was splashed on Mr. Darcy's chest, which looked like Very clear.

There was a little accident in the ballroom, and Mrs. Philip came over immediately after noticing it. She saw the wine stains on Mr. Darcy's clothes, and said hurriedly: "Mr. Darcy, please sit in the study at the back. The maid will iron it for you, and after it dries, there should be no traces."

This is the only way to do it now, the dance will start in a few minutes, and it must be too late to go back and change clothes. Mr. Darcy glanced at Lydia angrily, turned around and followed Mrs. Philip to the study.

After Mrs. Philip asked Mr. Darcy to sit down, she went out to find the maid. Mr. Darcy looked at the wine stains on his clothes displeased. When he wanted to wipe it again, he realized that he was holding the handkerchief of the lady just now. .

Mr. Darcy looked at the handkerchief in his hand, and considered whether he should return it to the lady when he went out later, or whether he should take it home and let the maid wash it before returning it to her.It seemed impolite to return the handkerchief directly, because he had already soiled the handkerchief, and his reputation for arrogance would probably be worsened if he returned it, but Mr. The lady thinks a lot.

But before Mr. Darcy made a decision, he saw the rose flower embroidered on the corner of the handkerchief, and there were three square characters embroidered under the bright red petals, which looked very familiar.Mr. Darcy raised his eyebrows, folded the handkerchief and stuffed it back into his pocket. He decided to take it back and wash it, and send it back together with another handkerchief.