witch mary bennet

"Hey, it's nothing." Sophie Windermere put the venison pie to her mouth, showing a nonchalant expression, "Mary, keep eating."

Mary pretended not to see Sophie's hand clenched the wand tightly. She touched her cloak, where the wand was stored, so she also lowered her head to eat the muffin.

The carriage gradually stopped shaking, and at the same time, it could be clearly felt that the speed of the car slowed down, and there were crackling raindrops on the window. Mary lifted the curtains and looked outside. There were gray clouds outside, and she couldn't see anything. .

Phoebe Snett knocked on the car wall in front again, and he shouted, "It's not raining too much, but we must be a little later than expected."

The wind was so strong that his voice sounded indistinct, and Sophie called out, "Phibos, are you still coming in?"

"No, thank you," he replied, "I have to take care of the Pegasus. There may be thunder in this weather."

"Okay," Sophie yelled, and then she leaned back in her seat and whispered to Mary, "That's fine, honey, this guy is really getting in the way of our conversation."

"Yeah," Mary felt, too, and she had just had a new idea.

"Dear Sophie, tell me," Mary blinked pretending to be mysterious, "Does the Knight family want to marry your family?"

The Knight family has only two sons, and Sophie has only one older brother, so there is actually only one possibility of getting married, but Sophie seems very calm when facing this question about her life.

"I thought so too at first, when they sent Pegasus," Sophie sighed for no reason, "But, Vincent said, he only allowed me to marry Bader Knight, but I did see him Just hate it."

Vincent is Sophie's older brother. Both the Windermeres graduated from Ravenclaw, but Vincent went to Slytherin. Therefore, he is the only person in the Windermere house that Mary is somewhat afraid of. .

"Besides, how could a person like Bader Knight fall in love with our family?" Sophie laughed at herself, "I've always hoped to see a young lady from a noble family who he climbed up to."

"Is Badernight with you now?" asked Mary again.

"Yeah, he arrived yesterday," Sophie curled her lips, "dressed up like a Muggle dude, with greasy hair and pink face, not a wizard at all."

"I haven't seen Badernet, have I?" Mary thought carefully.

"Probably not," Sophie replied. "He didn't go to Hogwarts to go to school. He has always been educated by various tutors. I heard that the Knight family has hired at least ten tutors, especially After Badr gets the right of succession."

"Are their parents still alive?" Mary asked again.

"They passed away a few years ago." Sophie had already finished eating the venison pie, and she spread her hands, "so you can imagine what kind of person Badr is."

Mary still couldn't imagine it.So she changed the subject, in fact, she paid more attention to the people she knew, "So, what about Phoebes?"

"My God," cried Sophie, and then lowered her voice again, presumably realizing that the man they were talking about was sitting in the front of the carriage, "Mary, don't you think that after this guy did that After such a madman's decision, there will still be witches willing to marry him?"

"Sophie, I admit that what you said is absolutely true," Mary still shook her head, she actually only valued the facts, "But, do you know, how old is Phoebe Snight?"

Sophie frowned, "I don't know," she thought for a while, "Wait, Vincent seems to have said that he said that he felt that Phoebe Snight earned at least seven or eight hundred gold Galleons a year. .”

"Then he can be considered a rich man?" Mary said in an affirmative tone.

"Hmm..." Sophie hesitated for a moment before waving her hand casually, "I hope some good girl from a poor family is willing to accept this guy, to be honest, I think a person would make a crazy decision , it is very likely that more will be made.”

Mary thought so deeply, "Indeed, this kind of thing is determined by a person's personality."

"Forget it, why do we spend time discussing these annoying people?" Sophie suddenly yelled, "Mary, I almost forgot, there is a very important thing!"

"Do you remember that Ravenclaw girl who was admitted to work at Gringotts last year?" she asked Mary. , This time I went to the Lake District with my uncle and parents for vacation."

"Vincent is going to invite them this afternoon," Sophie said excitedly, "if nothing happens, you will see her at the ball."

All along, Sophie knew that Mary needed a job, and they even inquired about it. Among the jobs offered to young witches who graduated from Hogwarts in recent years, the best one was the position at Gringotts, but they It's not that witches are recruited every year. For two years, only wizards are required, and for other years, only one witch is accepted.

Therefore, Mary has no confidence, because even in Gryffindor College, she is not outstanding, but Sophie insists that she should prepare early, and maybe she will be favored by the god of luck.

So in the face of Sophie's kindness, Mary had no choice but to go all out. "Thanks, Sophie," she replied, "what date is the ball booked for?"

"Oh, I forgot," Sophie slapped her head. "It's the day after tomorrow. We can make good preparations tomorrow."

There is also no shortage of dances in the wizarding world. Even in Hogwarts, dances are held occasionally, and all grown-up students can participate. Mary attended once in May. In her opinion, the dances are similar everywhere. Of course, witches have the magic to make themselves look good.

Mary wanted to talk about the ball, but Sophie couldn't wait to talk about Miss Diana Horton, and she described to Mary the whole process of meeting her.Although Sophie recognized the lady's appearance, she had no chance to know her, thanks to Vincent, who happened to know the Coneston's house where Miss Horton and her aunt and uncle visited, so the two brothers and sisters followed It was only through the introduction of Mr. Coneston that I was able to establish friendship with Miss Horton.

"Oh, Sophie," Mary asked worriedly, "Didn't Vincent ask why you must befriend Miss Holden?"

"He really didn't." Sophie knew Mary's fear of Vincent, so she replied with a smile, "I think that wizards at Vincent's age would not be ashamed of someone as big as Diana Holden." All beauties are flocked to. Yesterday I just casually asked him if he wanted to invite the Coneston family and Miss Horton, and he took the initiative to go."

"Oh, great!" Mary was relieved.

Sophie frowned again, "Dear Mary, I have to tell you one more thing, you must not be too close to Diana Holden, I don't want her to be my sister-in-law."

"Oh, Sophie, you think too much!" Mary laughed, "And, you don't have much say in this matter, do you?"

"Whatever," Sophie shook her head disapprovingly, and picked up the last glass of pumpkin juice.

"Well, Sophie," Mary still smiled, "the future Mrs. Vincent Windermere will definitely not go to work, right? So do you think Diane Holden will give up her job?"

"It's hard to say," Sophie muttered. "You just want to know about Gringotts from her anyway, and forget about the rest."

"Okay, okay," Mary agreed repeatedly. She had never met Miss Diana Horton, so there was no need to tangle with Sophie on this matter.

The two ladies chatted for a while, and Phoebe Snight, who was almost forgotten by them, finally knocked on the front wall of the carriage again.

"I think we're almost there," he yelled. "Shall I come in and help you clear the table?"

"Of course not!" Sophie replied, her wand had not been put away, and it came in handy at this time, the unfinished food flew back to the basket, and then the small table flew back, and it was covered with a "snap". on the basket.

"It's past nine o'clock." Sophie took out a pocket watch, and then yawned, "Mary, we can go to bed directly when we get home."

"I'm not sleepy at all," Mary laughed.

About 10 minutes later, the carriage landed on the ground. Through the window, Mary saw the light blue magical flames burning in the braziers on both sides of the road. She quickly recognized that it was the Windermere family. The main road in front of Stillwater Manor.

The carriage kept pulling the passengers into the manor. When Mary got out of the carriage, she saw that the person who came to welcome them was Vincent.

"Miss Bennet, nice to see you again," Vincent said hello to her solemnly.

Then Mary could only say hello to him seriously, only to hear him say, "Let Sophie take you upstairs, Miss Bennet, my father and mother are waiting for you."

Mary hurriedly thanked her and was pulled away by Sophie.And Vincent had already turned to say hello to Phoebe Snett, and she heard the latter yell loudly, "Let your house elf feed them more soaked black beans, these two horses are tired today Broken, flew in the rain for almost two hours."

Then they entered the house, and Midas, another house-elf of the Windermere family, who was in charge of washing clothes and taking care of the women, stood by the door and asked in a shrill voice, "Miss Bennet, Do you want me to help you take off your cloak?"

Mary dared not keep Sophie waiting, so she quickly took off her cloak, threw it to Midas, and followed Sophie upstairs.

The Windermeres were indeed waiting in the living room.Mrs. Windermere is the last direct descendant of an ancient wizarding family. The Stillwater Manor where Mary lives and most of the property here belong to Mrs. Windermere. As for Mr. Windermere, he was born in a certain A Muggle family, the couple met at Hogwarts and got married shortly after graduation.

According to Sophie, she has never met her grandparents, and even Windermere is not her father's surname, but after the family settled in Stillwater Manor, they chose the largest lake in the Lake District as the family's surname.

Probably only such a wizarding family would invite Mary, who was also from a Muggle family, to be a guest at home. Similarly, only Sophie who grew up in such a family would become good friends with Mary.The Windermere couple warmly welcomed Mary. After everyone sat down, Mrs. Windermere complained about the bad weather again.

"I wish someone could work out magic to change the weather," said Mrs. Windermere. "I really hate wet weather. The rain makes me sore."

"Oh, Susan, no matter how rainy it is outside, I assure you the whole house will stay dry," said Mr. Windermere, smiling at his wife. It's more than half done."

Mrs. Windermere talked about the heating device with her husband enthusiastically. She was so involved that she seemed to have forgotten Mary. Of course, this may be because she knew that her husband would take care of everything.After answering his wife's question, Mr. Windermere gave Mary a slightly apologetic smile, and told Sophie, "My dear daughter, take Mary to have a late-night snack, and then hurry up and sleep."

"I ate it in the carriage, so I don't need any more," Sophie replied.

"I won't eat either," Mary added hastily.

"Then, Sophie, show Mary her room," said Mr. Windermere, turning again to Mary. "We'll give you the same room as last time, I think Paula Tom and Midas are packed."

"Thank you for your kindness," Mary thanked respectfully, and said good night to the Windermere couple before leaving with Sophie.