[Comprehensive classics] Darcy or Brandon

A few days later, Mrs. Jennings finally planned to go back to Devon. Of course, she still invited Anne and Lucy to go back with them, but this time Anne and Lucy did not go with them, but rented took a carriage to their home in Ramsgate.

Mr. Darcy was a little surprised when he received Anne's farewell letter, but he was not too sorry, because he and Mr. Bingley also planned to leave Hertfordshire in a few days.After all, both of them have a lot of property to manage, and it is impossible to stay in Longbourn to have fun all the time, and they have to take some time to take care of those properties.

When Mr. Darcy was reading the letter, he happened to be reviewing the documents with Mr. Bingley in the study. Mr. Bingley saw the rare gentle smile on Mr. Darcy's face, put aside the quill in his hand, stood up and walked to Mr. Darcy's side , and said to him: "Fitzwilliam, I found that you seem to have been exchanging letters very frequently recently. Don't tell me that this is all correspondence with your sister. I don't believe it at all. Tell me, after all, it's with your sister." Which lady is communicating?"

"Charles, I thought you were too busy discussing marriage with the lady from the Bennet family recently, and you probably didn't have time to pay attention to other trivial matters." After stuffing the letter into his pocket, Mr. Darcy lifted it up. said Jaw to Mr. Bingley, not at all trying to answer Mr. Bingley's question.

"Oh, Fitzwilliam!" Mr. Bingley became sluggish when he heard this, and he sat back on his stool depressedly, and said with an aggrieved and sad expression, "I'm afraid this is the most difficult part of my conversation. Feeling emotional, I once tried hard to find traces of passion in Jane's eyes, but it was too difficult. I asked her for a walk several times, thinking that I could get a hug or kiss to express comfort, but she always So demure and pure, I felt it would be sacrilege to have her take my arm, let alone hug or kiss her."

"I said earlier that you are not suitable, but you still don't believe it. How many ladies have you met, they always look very dignified and demure when they are not in love with someone, but once they fall into a passionate relationship In love, you will find that there is actually a little devil living in their hearts, driving them to become crazy. As for the performance of your Miss Bennet, I can only say that she either does not love you or You are too good at pretending, and neither of the two points is good for you. Charles, you need a wife who is assertive and able to control, not a wife who makes you unpredictable." Mr. Darcy said.

"Fitzwilliam, I believe Jane is a frank girl, she won't play tricks on her mind." Mr. Bingley said uncertainly.

"Then it means she doesn't love you. But Charles, I advise you not to be too naive. You must know that every lady can play tricks, the ladies in London do, your sisters do, even my shy ones." Georgiana is not easy to play with her mind."

"It sounds like you have a lot of love experience to teach me." Mr. Bingley rolled his eyes. Although he agreed with Mr. Darcy's words in his heart, he still said: "If I remember correctly In other words, Fitzwilliam, it seems that you haven't had a serious relationship in all these years except for acting on the occasion, but why do you always seem to tell me what should be done is right!"

"It's true that I've never been in love, but the people around me have been in love too many times. Charles Bentley, as far as you are concerned, it seems that you have been passionately in love three times since we became friends. I have proved many failures relationship and a successful marriage, including yours, so I think I am fully qualified to tell you what is right and what is wrong." Mr Darcy said.

This really made Mr. Bingley unable to refute, but he still defended Jane a little bit: "Yes, I have been in love three times, but none of them is more beautiful than Jane. The young ladies can be compared."

It's a pity that Mr. Darcy poured ice water on him mercilessly, and said: "Charles, all the ladies in Longbourn don't have fancy clothes. As for the elegant temperament, I think the former Miss Lucas is better." .”

"Miss Lucas, yes, I like her temperament and the way she talks, but, you know, Fitzwilliam, her appearance alone hinders me." Mr. Bingley said with some regrets. Miss Lucas danced the opening dance. On the one hand, there was a reason to give Sir Lucas face, but more because he was attracted by the temperament of Miss Lucas. Looking at that face, even though he had a very pleasant chat with Miss Lucas, in the end he is a person who values ​​appearance.

Mr. Darcy shook his head at Mr. Bingley's regretful sigh. If he were Mr. Bingley, he would definitely be willing to get closer to Miss Lucas. Although Miss Lucas's appearance was lacking, she was not very ugly, and this What she lacked in intelligence, she could more than make up for it.That Miss Bennet is indeed beautiful, but she has nothing but beauty, but she also has a completely annoying family, which can't be compared with Miss Lucas, the daughter of the Sir. .

Anne and Lucy started tidying up the house within days of returning to Ramsgate, as they were preparing to move.Just yesterday Robert sent them a letter, which vividly described how Edward dragged Eleanor into the manor when Mrs. Ferrars was entertaining guests, and said a lot about love. The words about never leaving, losing all the face of the Ferrars family.For this reason, Mrs. Ferrars amended the will the next day after the incident, and changed the heirs of all properties to Robert.So Robert has now fulfilled his promise to give Anne and Lucy the small Derbyshire manor, and gave them the blueprints and keys of the house.

It can be seen from the drawings that it is indeed a small and exquisite manor, and Anne and Lucy can't wait to live in it.Of course, the property rights of the manor still belong to Robert. He just gave Anne and Lucy the right to live in it for a lifetime, but this is already very good. If a manor of this scale is rented out, at least one Thousands of pounds, so this is equivalent to giving Anne and Lucy a thousand pounds a year for nothing.

"Oh, by the way, Annie, where is the exact address of this small manor?" Lucy suddenly looked up at Annie after packing up half of her clothes.

"I'm so excited, I forgot to check the address. Wait, I'll take a look at the letter." Annie was arranging the things in each box. Hearing this, she raised her waist and thought about it, but found that she had just I was so excited that I didn't even look at the address carefully.

Running downstairs to get the drawing of the manor sent by Robert, Anne found the detailed address in the corner, near the Great Lake in the village of Pemberley in Derbyshire.

"Pemberley!" Lucy exclaimed in surprise. This place name was very familiar to her recently, because they were going to visit Pemberley Manor this summer. "This is really fate!"

It's a coincidence, but not fate.

"A village is so big, our small manor and Pemberley Manor may be very far apart." Anne said.

"If it's very close, then we can go to Pemberley Manor anytime, can't we?" Lucy said expectantly. The Pemberley estate was full of anticipation.

"Do you think that's our house, that you can come and play if you want, and even though we live a mile from Pemberley Park, we can't go in without an invitation from the master. Oh, I'm talking with What are you talking about, I am actually thinking about whether I can get in or not, I really think too much, probably because the fatigue of the journey makes my thinking a little abnormal." Annie said, clutching her forehead.

"No, you're just too shut up in your thoughts and feelings, my dear sister. You always think there's friendship between a single gentleman and a single lady, but as long as they're both single Then I think it is basically impossible to have a pure friendship. Annie, you always refuse to admit that Mr. Darcy has a crush on you, and you also have a crush on Mr. Darcy. Why don't you take a brave step forward? If If I were you, I must have taken the initiative to pursue Mr. Darcy, this is a gentleman who will regret it for a lifetime if he misses it, regardless of wealth, appearance or quality." Lucy said thinking about Mr. Darcy.

Does Mr. Darcy have a crush on her? Many times, Anne has told her yes, but now that she can't see that gentleman, she is a little uncertain. She seems to have never looked into Mr. Darcy's eyes carefully. She could not remember seeing admiration in Mr. Darcy's eyes, she was too uncertain.If she was still the same in her previous life, then she might have approached Mr. Darcy when she met him, but she is the current her, let her be an old woman who has never had a serious relationship in two lifetimes, transcending her status, status, wealth and looks There are many gaps to take the initiative to approach a person, to be honest, she doesn't dare.

"Lucy, don't mention the matter any more, let it be, and if Mr. Darcy really likes me, I'm sure I'll know right away, as he is. I won't do uncertain things for a seemingly ambiguous emotion." In the end Anne said this.

Lucy didn't say anything after hearing this. The poor life had made Annie lose her courage and passion, and she was used to seeking security.But Lucy, who has been well protected by Anne for a long time, has not lost these things, so she made up her mind that as soon as she arrived in Pemberley, she began to help Anne get the affection she wanted.