[Comprehensive classics] Darcy or Brandon

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel endlessly, Anne quickly walked out of the woods as if she had just arrived, pretending not to hear the conversation between the two, and said: "Mr. Darcy, Miss Elizabeth, what a coincidence, no Thinking of seeing you here."

Seeing someone approaching, Elizabeth immediately suppressed the anger on her face, and asked in a stiff tone, "Miss Steele, why are you here?"

"Of course I came here for a walk. Don't you, Miss Elizabeth, and Mr. Darcy come here for a walk?" Anne asked with a puzzled expression.

"Obviously I also came here for a walk, but the scenery here is really not good, I'm leaving now." Elizabeth pursed her lips and said, glaring at Mr. Darcy again, then turned around and walked away quickly.

After Elizabeth left, Anne glanced at Mr. Darcy with a smile, and walked over to apologize to him without sincerity: "I'm really sorry, I was late, and you were scolded by this lady."

Mr. Darcy snorted through his nose, rolled his eyelids and said, "I think you enjoyed the play!"

"Don't blame me, Mr. Darcy. You had such a fierce quarrel just now. If I suddenly appeared, wouldn't it be embarrassing for all three of you. And you didn't reply at that time. If I came out to interrupt your quarrel, you would I will definitely be suffocated. The timing is just right for me to come out, and you beat around the bush and scolded Miss Elizabeth, but she can no longer scold you!" Annie said with a mischievous smile.

Mr. Darcy wrinkled his nose and said, "This world is all yours. Even if she didn't scold me, she definitely scolded me in her heart."

"She scolded you in her heart, but she couldn't hear it. The only one who gets angry is herself, and you have nothing to lose." Anne put her hand on Mr. Darcy's arm and said, "Come on, let's take a walk for a while." , calm down, I think the scenery here is very good, it makes people feel refreshed!"

Anne's movements and tone were very familiar, and it seemed that the two were very close, but that was not the feeling of treating a lover, but the unique feeling of treating an extremely close friend.This feeling made Mr. Darcy feel very strange and delighted. He had never thought of making a female friend before, but the fate between people is so strange. An accident made the two meet and talk to each other, and they fell in love inadvertently. A friendship developed.

Mr. Darcy couldn't help turning his head to look at Anne who was striding on his shoulder. This lady's appearance was very ordinary, but her smile was so bright that it could cover up all the mediocrity, and her eyes were so beautiful. Bright, under the sunlight, it looks like two dazzling blue gemstones.Mr. Darcy also knows that in Anne's body, there is hidden wisdom and insight that ordinary people cannot touch, which is untouched by others, because they have not had in-depth contact with Anne.

Others probably don't know how extraordinary this ordinary-looking lady is in fact, Mr. Darcy thought to himself, he couldn't help being a little thankful for his good luck, to be able to meet her in that cave in that snowy day. to Annie.

Annie pulled Mr. Darcy around the lake for half a circle, but he kept silent, so Annie could only ask, "Why don't you speak, Mr. Darcy?"

"Georgiana wrote to me that she invited you and Lucy to spend the summer at Pemberley Manor. Would you like to go?" Mr. Darcy said, finding a topic at random.

"Of course I do. I've heard many people praise Pemberley Manor. Since I've been invited, I'm going to pay my respects anyway."

"Pemberley is just bigger than ordinary manors, and it's not much different from other big manors. However, the scenery around Pemberley is very magnificent, and it's worth visiting."

"Don't be modest, Mr. Darcy. If it's just the scenery around the manor, people won't praise it. I'm really looking forward to going to Pemberley Manor in summer!"

"I'm also looking forward to your arrival, and I will definitely spare time to introduce you personally." Mr. Darcy said, he was really looking forward to the scene where Georgiana and Annie met.

By the time Anne returned to Tinyadee after her walk with Mr. Darcy, little trace of the little dispute which had occurred a few hours before had faded.Marianne was talking about the piano to everyone in the living room, and Elinor and Mrs. Dasherwood and Mrs. Jennings sat chatting together, with smiles on their faces.There was no difference between Edward and Robert. They were sitting together playing poker with several men, and the two of them were discussing the strategy of playing cards with their heads together, looking like brothers and friends.

"Annie, you are back, come here quickly, Susan is showing us the oriental handkerchief she bought in London, the embroidery on it is simply beautiful." Lucy saw Annie walk into the living room, and waved to her happily waved.

"Embroidery from the East?" Annie was very interested in it and walked over immediately.

There are three silk handkerchiefs on the coffee table, and each handkerchief is embroidered with a small Jiangnan water scene.The house with white walls and black tiles, exquisite painting boats, green willows and pink lotus, the familiar scenery made Annie feel sour in the nose, this is something from her hometown across the ocean, which makes her feel very cordial.

"It's so beautiful!" Annie exclaimed softly.

"Yes, they are really beautiful. I was attracted by the scenery when I saw them in that store. The owner said that such handkerchiefs cost 20 yuan to ship, but unfortunately only these three were left. It’s gone.” Susan picked up a handkerchief embroidered with stone bridges and said, “I have a cousin who went to India for business, and we received a letter from him a year ago, saying that he went to the mysterious China with his friends. , He said that China is very beautiful, I didn’t really believe it before, but after seeing these handkerchiefs, I really want to visit that mysterious country.”

"I'd like to see it if it was near our country, but it's so far away that ladies can't bear to travel long distances at sea," said Mrs. Jennings.

Lilian fiddled with another handkerchief, pointed at the embroidered painting on it, and said with some regret: "If you really want to go, you can't go. Merchant ships and military ships don't pick up passengers at will!"

"If you give enough money, the merchant ship will pick it up. Isn't that how people went to India before? It's just more troublesome to go to China. Merchants will not be troubled by money." Mrs. Travers said "But my dear, I advise you not to have such superfluous thoughts. No matter how beautiful the East is, it will never be as beautiful as our own country. You'd better stay at home."

"I don't really want to go to such a distant place, I just yearn for it." Lilian pouted.

However, Annie listened to Mrs. Travers's words. She suppressed a little excitement in her heart and asked, "If you give enough money, will any businessman really be willing to take passengers? How much will it cost?"

"It costs at least three or four thousand pounds to go to India. It is very difficult to get the documents to allow people to carry people. It will be easier if there is a family relationship. As for the price to go to China, I don't know. Our merchant ships rarely go directly to China. Yes." Mrs. Travers said after a moment's thought.

The excitement in Annie's heart immediately cooled down when she heard the price. Three to four thousand pounds is simply an astronomical figure for Anne now. She is so poor that she can't even afford a hundred pounds. It is impossible to come up with three to four thousand pounds. .

"Miss Steele, do you want to go to China? I think if you really want to go, you must marry a merchant with a merchant ship, otherwise this wish will not be easy to come true." Mrs. Jennings Said jokingly.

"I'm just asking casually." Annie was a little frustrated. Although she knew that she was unlikely to return to China, she still couldn't help being a little disappointed when she heard such an expensive price.

At this time, Mr. Daniel on the other side of the men suddenly stood up and shouted to everyone: "Hey, ladies, stop talking together. Mr. Edward and Mr. Robert lost in the card game. Now they are going to give you the bet just now." Let’s have a fencing competition, everyone hurry up and give them some encouragement!”

"Fencing!" exclaimed Mrs. Palmer, excitedly. "That would be wonderful. Shall we go out?"

"It's fine in the living room." Mr. Daniel said, walked to the front of the fireplace and took down the two swords hanging on the fireplace and handed them to Edward and Robert.

Robert took the sword and put the weight in his hand. After holding the sword flower, he took a step back and bowed, and said to Edward: "Brother, come on, don't let me."

Edward is not good at such intense sports as fencing. He took the sword hesitantly and bowed, and said, "Then let us perform for the ladies!"

Edward's words imply that Robert should not be serious, and just cooperate with him to perform, but how could Robert let go of this opportunity to beat Edward in a fair manner, and just said as if he didn't understand: "Don't worry, I will do my best !"

"Robert..."

Edward wanted to say something, but Robert had already swung his sword over, so Edward had no choice but to swallow back what he wanted to say while leaning back while using his own sword to block it.Seeing that he was going to block, Robert retracted the sword with a flick of his wrist, then twisted his arm and stabbed the sword at Edward from the side.Edward stared wide-eyed at the sword stabbing at his waist, and leaped to the side, dodging the general.

The ladies soon realized that Edward was playing too hard, but Robert was playing beautifully, completely overwhelming Edward.

Lucy was very happy to see Robert bullying Edward one-sidedly. When Robert stabbed Edward again, she couldn't help cheering for Robert.

This attracted the sideways glances of the ladies who were cheering for Edward, and Anne immediately poked Lucy with her arm to make her calm down.Lucy smiled embarrassedly, and then pretended to be engrossed in watching the competition.

Lucy's cry just now also attracted Robert's attention. He glanced at Lucy out of the corner of his eye, and saw the young lady's flushed cheeks from excitement, and her sword swing became more stern.Edward looked even more embarrassed for the next few minutes, but Robert kindly stabbed Edward in the chest with his sword before he could lose face.

The two of them just had a point-and-shoot competition, and the fencing they used was also blunt, so even if Edward was stabbed in the chest, he didn't suffer any injuries.But Robert used a lot of strength when stabbing the sword, so Edward's chest was still a little numb from the pain of the last blow, but he couldn't show the pain in front of the ladies, so he had to pretend to be panting and held his chest.

Robert was very happy after winning the competition, he raised his eyebrows knowingly when he saw Edward's movements, and then finished with another sword flower in a chic posture, and said, "Brother, thank you so much for your humility. "