[Comprehensive classics] Darcy or Brandon

A ball was given at Netherfield a week later, and all the friends Mr. Bingley had known during his visit to Longbourne the previous year were invited, including the Bennets.However, everyone agreed that the Bennet family should not come to the dance. After all, what happened back then caused their family a great embarrassment, and it would be too embarrassing for them to come to the dance.

But Annie and the others obviously overestimated the thick skins of the Bennet family. Not only did they come on the day of the dance, but they also dressed up very grandly, attracting everyone's attention as soon as they appeared.

What made Anne feel strange was that Elizabeth also came. According to the self-esteem of this young lady, she should avoid Mr. Bingley, but she attended this time dressed up, which really puzzled Anne.

If it was before, Elizabeth would never have come to this ball, but now she has no willful conditions.

From the beginning of Jane's beauty, Elizabeth firmly believed that Jane would be able to find a wealthy son-in-law. In this case, she would not marry because she couldn't find true love or marry a poor man she loved deeply, and she would have a dear sister who could support her.But the reality slapped Elizabeth hard. Her sister married an ordinary man, and her income was only enough for them to maintain a decent life. If they funded others, they would have to tighten their belts. put them in this situation.

Therefore, Elizabeth can only rely on her own efforts to ensure her future good life. She must find a gentleman whose income is at least as high as her brother-in-law or father, so that she can still live a decent life in the future, but if she still As naive as before, no matter how much wealth she has, if she only marries the person she loves, then she is likely to become a poor and lonely old maid in the future. In short, Elizabeth does not think that her three younger sisters can help her in the future.

Seeing Elizabeth's loss of self-confidence, Lucy gloated and said to Anne, "Oh, poor lady, if she doesn't have a stupid younger sister, she must still be holding her head up like a proud hen." , It's a pity that she has such a younger sister."

"I really didn't expect her to change so much." Annie couldn't help but feel a little sad when she saw Elizabeth's appearance.

She still remembers the appearance of Elizabeth when she first came to Longbourn. At that time, this lady should have boasted in her heart that her talents, virtues and beauty combined surpassed all the ladies in the vicinity, so her smiles showed a confident charm. , even if she is obstinate to the point of being obnoxiously bad-tempered, it doesn't detract from her much.At that time, Anne couldn't compare with her, and she was worried that Mr. Darcy's soul would be hooked by her.Later, when we met in London, this young lady changed her appearance. Probably, the elopement of her little sister gave her a big blow and made her very ashamed. She could no longer be as confident as before, but behaved a little more The arrogance of self-deception makes people feel a little sympathetic.But now, this young lady doesn't look much like she used to. She has become the type she used to look down on the most - a lady who wants to use her looks to gain weight and seduce rich gentlemen. This time, because the Nat family did not have two good son-in-laws from the upper class to save face, their social status had already begun to decline. This made Anne feel pity and at the same time feel a little bit guilty.

But guilt is guilt, Anne will never regret that she won Mr. Darcy, even if she knows that Elizabeth's current situation has something to do with her, but even if she does it all over again, she will still try to marry Mr. Darcy.After all, this world is not just a story for Anne, it is the place where she really lives, and it doesn't matter if she lives a better life for herself or is a little bit selfish, as long as she doesn't do anything harmful.

When the Steele sisters were paying attention to Elizabeth, Elizabeth was also looking at them. At first she thought that Anne and Lucy still relied on their relatives to enter the social circle like last time, and she looked down on them, but soon she Knowing the earth-shaking changes in the identities of these two from the discussions of the guests around her, she felt uncomfortable.

Mrs. Darcy, Mrs. Ferrars, these two titles make people crazy with envy.As long as Elizabeth thinks that the person she didn't pay attention to at the beginning is now stepping on top of her head, her heart will be filled with jealousy. Why, how can the Steele sisters compare to her and Jane? , why she and Jane have to compromise for a decent life, but the two orphans can get the glory and wealth that no one else can get!This is so unfair! ! !

"Lixi, your complexion is not very good. Are you feeling unwell?" Charlotte saw the jealous expression on Elizabeth's face, and hurriedly stepped forward to remind her tactfully.

This time Charlotte came back to attend her sister's wedding. Since she married Mr. Collins, the Lucas family has had good luck. Dee felt very relieved.Because of the constant good things in the family, Charlotte worried about her friend Elizabeth's marriage, and planned to introduce a very nice gentleman whom Mr. Collins knew to Elizabeth.

But who knew that Elizabeth had already changed her temperament because of the incidents at home, and she became more and more paranoid about things. When Charlotte said that she would introduce a friend of Mr. Collins to her, Elizabeth rudely interrupted her, Without any regard for Mrs. Charlotte Collins's status, she said that a man like Mr. Collins must have friends as vain and ridiculous as him, so he criticized that gentleman severely with harsh words, even though she had no I don't even know the gentleman's last name.

What a conscience, Charlotte knows Elizabeth so well, she naturally knows what kind of man she likes, and the man she wants to introduce to Elizabeth is of course very good.Although that gentleman is not very handsome, he is also handsome, and has a very kind and generous personality, good talent and learning, high social status and income level, if not for the sudden death of this gentleman's fiancée a few years ago It made him sad, and he was still single until he was 30 years old. Otherwise, such a gentleman would have married a very good lady long ago, and Charlotte would introduce her to him.

Charlotte's kindness was misunderstood by Elizabeth, and she was sad for several days, and she had been avoiding Elizabeth these days.But she was thinking about her best friend in her heart. Seeing Elizabeth's expression on Sister Steele, she couldn't help but walk over to remind her.

"Oh, Charlotte, I do feel a little uncomfortable. You know those things before. I really don't want to come here if I can, but my mother has been chattering in my ears since I received Mr. Bingley's invitation letter, what to say? Mr. Bingley will invite all the best men in the neighborhood and force me to come to this ball." Elizabeth immediately put away the expression on her face, and turned to Charlotte with a smile.

Charlotte sighed a little at what she said.If Elizabeth a year ago didn't want to come to this ball, she wouldn't have come even if Mrs. Bennet was making a mess. How could she come here like this and dress up so nicely.

"Let's go for a walk in the yard, Lizzie. I didn't expect so many people to come, the air in the room is too stuffy." Charlotte said, taking Elizabeth out of the room.

Elizabeth and Charlotte left the ballroom without attracting anyone's attention, except Miss Bingley, who had been paying attention to the Bennet family.This young lady regarded Elizabeth as her rival in love a long time ago. Even if Anne married Mrs. Darcy, she never let go of her hostility towards Elizabeth.Just now Miss Bingley saw Elizabeth staring closely in Mr. Darcy's direction, and looking at Anne with envious eyes, and she began to look at the show.

She purposely walked up to Annie and said to her, "Miss Elizabeth is really well dressed today, Mrs. Darcy, what do you think?"

"I didn't notice, but it's normal for ladies to dress up for the ball, isn't it?" Anne asked with a smile, keeping her distance from Miss Bingley calmly.

Yesterday she heard from Mrs. Bingley that Miss Bingley had brought a bottle of the most popular perfume in France and planned to use it at today's dance. It is estimated that what she is wearing now is that bottle of perfume. It smells straight and greasy.

Miss Bingley didn't notice Anne's movements, she raised her chin, glanced past Mr Darcy who was standing a few meters away, and said kindly, "I'm just worried that the lady will seduce some people The young lady of the Bennet family will always use this method, if she succeeds, it will be too late for someone to cry."

Anne knew that Miss Bingley meant that Elizabeth might seduce Mr. Darcy, but this was completely nonsense in Anne's view. She was very confident in Mr. Darcy's character, and she dared to pat her chest to say something. Of all the gentlemen I know, anyone can be promiscuous, but Mr. Darcy is not. Her husband is so arrogant that he doesn't even bother to do such things.

Annie thought about how to return the sarcasm, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she felt a sense of nausea creeping out of her throat, so she had to cover her mouth and nose with a fan to avoid embarrassment in front of so many people.Just in order not to show timidity in front of Miss Bingley, she couldn't turn around and leave. The scent of the perfume came over her in bursts, which made her suffer very much.

Lucy knew that Annie would never put herself at a disadvantage verbally. Seeing that Annie stood silent and her brows were furrowed, she felt that Annie was not feeling well, so she said for Annie: "Miss Bingley, what do you say? But it's wrong, their family affairs have nothing to do with my sister, that lady can hook up with anyone she likes, as long as she doesn't want to hook up with other people's husbands like some people, she will dress herself up as a courtesan None of us will take a second look."

"You! You..." Miss Bingley stared at Sister Steele with a red face. She knew that Lucy was pointing at her and pointing at Sister Steele's trembling.

Annie leaned back involuntarily. Miss Bingley probably also applied a lot of perfume on her wrists. The smell spread faster with her trembling movements, and the nausea that Annie had finally suppressed surged up again. I couldn't help but retched and retched.

"Annie, what's the matter with you?" Lucy immediately asked worriedly.

Annie fanned the fan vigorously a few times to dispel the scent before saying, "I just feel a little sick."

Probably Anne's disgusted eyes were too obvious. When Miss Bingley heard this, she almost jumped up angrily. She gritted her teeth and scolded, "You hateful woman, how dare you call me disgusting!" She waved her arms as she spoke. , it looked as if he was going to hit Annie.

Lucy pulled Annie back vigilantly, stood in front of Annie and glared at Miss Bingley, saying, "My sister didn't say anything, don't bring yourself in casually, it's none of our business."

"You two sisters are really disgusting, you dare to bully me here, you get out of here, get out of here immediately!" Miss Bingley screamed.

Seeing that everyone around her looked over, she deeply felt that her self-esteem had been hurt. She was just an orphan who seduced Mr. Darcy by some means, so she really regarded herself as a superior person. If you dare to scold her at her home, you must teach them a lesson in public today.

The movement here immediately attracted Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy. Mr. Bingley was very angry when he saw Miss Bingley's gaffe: "Caroline, what are you doing? You are so rude."

"Charles, why didn't you ask me what happened and blamed me." Miss Bingley was trembling with anger, and complained: "Charles, she called me disgusting, she actually stood in my house and called me disgusting, Shouldn't I kick her out for my dignity and the face of the Bingley family?"

Mr. Darcy frowned. He knew that his wife would never do such a thing that harms others and is not good for himself. He was about to ask the ins and outs of the matter, but found that her face was not very good. He hurried over and hugged her. Looking at her with his shoulders inquiring: "Annie, are you okay?"

Anne covered her chest and shook her head at Mr. Darcy, but her face became even paler. All kinds of strange smells came from the people around her, and she felt even more uncomfortable. Now that the matter is clear, I want to go back to my room and take a rest."

"Let me tell you, it's really just a misunderstanding." Lucy stood up and explained to everyone: "We were arguing about something just now, and I saw that Annie was a little uncomfortable, so I asked her what's wrong, and Annie told her I made her feel sick, and I was about to take her to the garden, when Miss Bingley suddenly became excited. I think Miss Bingley may have had some wine and misheard Anne. Please don't mind, I will be right away Take them back to their room to rest."

Lucy obviously wanted to smooth this matter over and try to save Miss Bingley's face. Mr. Bingley thanked her very much, and quickly followed Lucy's words: "Yes, this must be a misunderstanding, Caroline, you can't drink enough. If it’s not good, don’t drink too much, go back to your room and rest.”

Everyone understood that getting drunk was just an excuse Lucy made for Miss Bingley, but this matter was obviously over, so everyone dispersed, but Miss Bingley didn't appreciate it, she shook off Mr. Bingley's hand holding him , and continued to yell loudly: "Charles, I am your sister, why do you want to favor others?"

"Caroline, you are really drunk, you are my sister." Mr. Bingley said awkwardly, fearing that Miss Bingley would continue to lose face, he quickly called two maids to bring Miss Bingley upstairs.

Miss Bingley may have really drank a little too much wine, and she was so drunk that she was drunk, and when she saw that the maid was about to grab her, she struggled.Mr. Bingley looked at his face, not to mention how ugly it was, it seemed that he wanted to shoot this younger sister to death.

Almost all the people in the ballroom gathered around this place. Annie felt that the air had become thinner. She covered her mouth and couldn't help it any longer. She pushed the crowd away and ran into the garden, and vomited into the flower bed.

"God, Anne, what's the matter with you?" Lucy screamed, and ran out after confronting Miss Bingley.

Mr. Darcy also followed anxiously. Anne has been in good health since he met Anne. When he suddenly saw her vomit so hard, Mr. Darcy was really startled and hurriedly ordered his servants to ask for help. The doctor is here.

Annie vomited out of control, and didn't feel better until she almost vomited all the bile.She slumped on the edge of the flower bed, feeling dizzy and dizzy, as if all the strength in her body had been sucked out, and she didn't even have the strength to move her fingers except for panting.

Mr. Darcy took the handkerchief and gently wiped off the dirt around Annie's mouth, took the glass of water that Lucy handed over to Annie to rinse her mouth, and asked very worriedly: "Annie, do you feel better?"

Annie nodded, "Well, it's better, at least I don't feel sick anymore." But the feeling of the whole stomach twitching was not good either.

"What's the matter with you? Why did you suddenly vomit like this? Did you feel uncomfortable before?" Mr. Darcy asked.

"Probably I'm allergic to Miss Bingley's perfume. Don't worry, I'll just rest here for a while and I'll be fine."

Although Anne said so, Mr. Darcy and Lucy still felt uneasy. They helped her into the room and waited until the doctor came.

Mr. Darcy walked around in the room, finally waited until the doctor finished the examination, and asked anxiously: "Sir, look at what happened to my wife, she has never been like this before."

"It is a good thing, Mr. Darcy, I think you may be a father soon."

"What?" Mr. Darcy's eyes widened in surprise, and he said in a gaffe, "Are you sure? Is my wife really pregnant?"

"It's the same. The symptoms Mrs. Darcy said just now coincide with the symptoms that pregnant women should have."

Mr. Darcy was very happy. Many of his friends of the same age had become fathers of several children. He was always envious when he saw it, and now he finally didn't have to be greedy.But Mr. Darcy was still more worried about her wife, so he still asked uneasy: "Is she all right now? She vomited too much just now."

"It's normal for a pregnant woman to ask about the pungent smell and vomit, and it's no problem now, but Mrs. Darcy must stay away from that smell in the future."

After sending the doctor away, Mr. Darcy sat down on the edge of the bed with a face full of excitement. He grabbed Annie's hand and put it on his lips and kissed it gently, with a cautious look as if Annie was a priceless treasure.

"I'm so happy. We are going to have a child soon. He must be very beautiful and very smart. I will educate him well and make him a qualified Darcy."

"Yeah, that's great. We're going to be parents soon." Annie leaned on the bed, gently stroking her belly with her hands. She really didn't expect the baby to come so soon, and she didn't have time to prepare yet. , but this does not affect her good mood at all. She is going to be a mother soon. This is really the best news in the world.