[Comprehensive classics] Darcy or Brandon

The way Marian looked around attracted the attention of some people around her, so Eleanor had no choice but to stop her behavior, "Marian, don't look for it, if Willerby comes to the ball, we will definitely see him."

"But this place is so big and there are so many people, what if we miss it? Eleanor, I want to find him as soon as possible. Willoughby must have some difficulties. We love each other so much, how could he suddenly Falling in love with someone else!" Marianne said a little excitedly.

"But Marianne, many people here are watching us. We were brought here by Mrs. Jennings, so we can't let her be rude." Eleanor said.

"Why are you so rude? People with long eyes should be able to tell that I'm just looking for someone. Eleanor, don't care so much about the eyes of insignificant people. They have nothing to do with us!" Marianne was unhappy said, shaking off Eleanor's arm, and continued to stand on tiptoe and stretch her neck to look for Willoughby's figure.

"Marian, how can you say that, you have a whole dance to come to Willoughby, why rush?" Eleanor said with a sigh, she loves Marianne very much, but she has to say that sometimes Marianne's temper is really unbearable.For example, now, Marianne only cares about her own feelings, and doesn't think about how they will face her in the future if their inappropriate behavior makes Mrs. Jennings lose face in front of these noble guests, you know The house they live in now is Mrs. Jennings's.

Marianne couldn't understand Eleanor's painstaking efforts at all. When she heard Eleanor's request, she immediately turned her head angrily, looked at Eleanor and said, "Of course you are not in a hurry, because you already have Edward Such a good fiancé, you live a happy life all day, how can you understand how miserable your poor sister is!"

"Marian..." Eleanor was dumbfounded by Marian's sudden reprimand. She wanted to explain her true thoughts, but Marian got into the crowd before she could speak, and was walking into the ballroom.

At this time, dance music was suddenly played in the ballroom, and the first dance was about to begin. Men and women who wanted to dance gathered in the center of the ballroom, arm in arm and lined up in neat lines.Marianne was blocked by this rapidly formed team, she cursed in her heart, and planned to go around the team, but when she looked up, she saw Willoughby, who was dressed handsomely, was holding his hand tenderly. A beautifully dressed lady walked into the ballroom.

The men and women queuing up in the ballroom also saw the unmarried couple Willoughby and Miss Gray, and all of them retreated in unison to make way for them. They are the protagonists of today's engagement banquet, and they deserve to be received. such treatment.

Marianne took a sharp breath. She didn't know anything about such a scene. It wasn't the first time she attended an engagement banquet. Willoughby and the lady she didn't know were obviously the protagonists of the day.This made Marianne's heart throb, and she did not want to believe it at all. How could her Willoughby, her lover, be engaged to this unknown woman!

At this time, Marianne had completely forgotten that Willoughby had written her a breakup letter more than a month ago, and they hadn't seen each other for a long time before that. At this moment, she couldn't believe it. She completely forgot where she was standing now, and completely ignored the crowded crowd around her. When she saw Willoughby raised her head and looked in her direction, she couldn't help shouting affectionately : "Willoughby!"

Immersed in the joy of being soon to be the son-in-law of Earl Gray, Willoughby didn't notice Marian's arrival at all. When he heard Marian's cry and looked up to see her, his whole body froze.Marianne had always been the type of woman he liked, and he really loved Marianne, but his love wasn't deep enough to make him give up money.

It took only a moment for Willoughby to figure out what was at stake. He loved Marianne, but he must not let this love ruin his future beautiful life, so the expression on Willoughby's face only froze for a few seconds before returning to normal. , he looked at Marianne with a distant smile, as if his breakup letter had already separated the affairs between them, and they were just ordinary friends at the moment.

Willoughby saluted Marian and said to her in a strange way: "Marian, hello, I'm so glad you can come to my engagement banquet, you must have fun tonight."

Willoughby had never spoken to Marianne in this manner before, and now he was as indifferent to Marianne as a stranger.Marianne didn't understand what he was doing. She opened her mouth to ask what was going on with Willoughby, why she broke up with her suddenly, and why she was engaged to someone else suddenly, but she didn't She couldn't speak, it seemed as if all the breathing in her lungs had been emptied at this moment, making her unable to make any sound.

Miss Gray is also a veteran of flowers. She knows Willoughby very well. Seeing Marianne's appearance, she can guess the relationship between her and Willoughby. She proudly raised her chin at Marianne and rested her head on Willoughby With a smile on his arm, he said to Willoughby with a happy face: "George, is this lady your friend? She is so beautiful. Why have you never mentioned her to me?"

Willoughby didn't want to make Marianne look bad, but Miss Gray's attitude was already obvious, and he couldn't get off the horse, so he put his arms around Miss Gray's waist and said, "It's just ordinary friends, I don't need to tell you specifically."

Just ordinary friends!This sentence slammed on Marianne's head like a boulder, making her dizzy immediately.Her breathing began to come short, and she wanted to tell everyone that she and Willoughby were not just friends, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get a word out.

The people around saw Marian's appearance and started to point and point. The buzzing sound made Marian's head hurt even more. She only felt that everyone around her was laughing at her. This was the first time in her life Embarrassed.

"Marian." Eleanor came out of the crowd, ran to Marian, took her arm and said, "Let's go sit by the side and have a rest."

"Eleanor, why is this happening?" Marianne looked at Eleanor blankly and asked in a weak voice.

Elinor touched Marian's face sadly, and was about to comfort Marian, but saw Marian rolled her eyes and fell back.

"Marian!" Eleanor yelled and rushed over, but she still didn't have time to support Marian's fallen body.

There was a moment of chaos in the ballroom. The servants hurried over to help Marianne and took her upstairs to the lounge. Eleanor followed with a pale face. Become the laughing stock of high society.But besides their relatives and friends, who else cares?People have always been mean to women. No one would say that Willoughby is ruthless. Everyone can only blame Marianne for being stupid and giving up her feelings casually. .