witch mary bennet

Mr and Mrs Coneston, their daughter Josephine Coneston, a seventh-year student at Slytherin House, Mr Coneston's sister and brother-in-law, and their niece Diana Horton, were the first to arrive that evening. guests.

Mary was glad that she followed Sophie's instructions to dress up quite gorgeously, because everyone present, including the gentlemen, had actually been dressed up specially.Miss Coneston, like Sophie, wears a lot of gems, but even so, it is a pity that it can't hide Miss Horton's beauty.

Diana Holden was already a well-known beauty when she was still at Hogwarts, so Mary and Sophie knew her, but she didn't know them.However, in Mary's opinion, the current Diana Holden, or because of her work at Gringotts, has indeed become more attractive with every gesture.

"Look at Vincent," Sophie whispered to Mary. Her brother looked over to the ladies several times. As for the Knight brothers, they didn't need to greet guests and were not there. In fact, Mary I really hope to see their expressions on Miss Horton.

The ball hadn't started yet, and the sunset at six or seven o'clock was covering the whole Stillwater Manor, so Mr. Windermere invited the guests to sit on the balcony facing the water for a while, and the gentlemen and wives followed him. Vincent and Sophie were left at the gate, waiting to welcome other guests.

Mary naturally stayed with Sophie, which was also her request, "When Victor comes, you can talk with him," she told Mary.

Miss Coneston knew Vincent already. She exchanged pleasantries with Sophie, and then briefly greeted Mary. After the elders left, she walked over to chat with Vincent.

Sophie did not find an opportunity to introduce Mary and Diana Holden to each other, and Miss Holden followed her aunt and aunt to visit the manor.

"Vincent must feel very sorry," Sophie whispered to Mary again, "but the Conestons have always regarded him as the best candidate for their future son-in-law, and they hope their daughter will marry well and close. .”

I'm afraid Miss Coneston thought so too, so Mary smiled at Sophie, "Does your father and Lingtang have any indication?"

"They never said it," Sophie thought for a while, and then emphasized, "At least I never heard them say it."

"I hope Miss Coneston is as kind as she always is," said Mary, Josephine Coneston was actually the only Slytherin she knew who would take the initiative when they saw each other at school. Say hi to Mary.

"Me too... oh, no..." Sophie was about to say something, but suddenly she groaned, and Mary looked up, and it was Victor Hastings.

Her brother had already sat aside with Miss Coneston, and Vincent didn't even look up, so Sophie resigned herself to stepping forward to greet the guests.

At least on the surface, Victor Hastings was just an ordinary classmate of Sophie in Gryffindor. They greeted each other as usual, even seemed a little alienated, and then he waved to Mary.

"Good to see you here, Mary," he laughed. "I hope I'm not too late."

"It's too early," Sophie rushed to answer, and then she changed into an orderly tone, "Victor, you can just chat with Mary here, I have to welcome other guests."

There were no new guests at all. Mary thought that she should adjust the atmosphere, so she used the Flying Charm to summon three chairs over, "Sophie, sit down for a while, don't be so anxious."

Sophie hesitated for a moment before sitting quietly beside Mary. Victor sat down on another chair a little far away from them and said with a smile, "I received Sophie's invitation this morning. It was quite a surprise."

Sophie didn't talk to her, so Mary also smiled and said, "Victor, you went to the Lake District for vacation, but you didn't come to see us, it's really inappropriate."

"I'm planning to come..." Victor Hastings hastily defended, and then suddenly lowered his voice and muttered, "It's just that I didn't find a chance to visit."

Sophie asked suddenly, "Where did you meet my brother?"

According to Mary, Victor came to the Lake District to meet Sophie, so he must find a way to find a reason to visit. Vincent Windermere has a lot of friends in the Lake District. From his side Getting started is obviously the easiest.

"Yesterday, while hunting," Victor looked a little embarrassed, "I ventured to introduce myself more."

Sophie curled her lips, "Then wouldn't it be better for him to invite you to the dance?"

"I really didn't expect to catch up with your family's dance," Victor explained again, "Brother Ling didn't talk about the dance."

Sophie stopped talking.At this time, a few more important guests came. Vincent had already stood up, and Sophie also went forward to meet them. The two brothers and sisters greeted the visitors.

Victor stared at Sophie's back for a while, then smiled at Mary, "Sophie is so beautifully dressed today, and you, Mary, I never thought you could dress up like this."

It's better to talk to Sophie about this kind of thing, Mary cursed.After thinking about it, she decided to ask him where he lived in the Lake District, what relatives and friends he had, maybe Sophie wanted to know this from her.

The guests came one after another, and Sophie took a chance to run over and asked Mary to take Victor to the hall.

"Mary, take Miss Coneston with you," she added, glancing at the lady sitting alone on one side, "or ask her if she wants to go to the balcony."

Mary did as she was told, and Miss Coneston followed her after a moment's hesitation, and within a few steps she told Mary how surprised she was to see her at Windermere's.

Mary smiled politely, "Sophie made a promise before the summer vacation that I would come to the dance."

"And do you know Mr and Mrs Windermere well?" Miss Coneston asked again.

"They are very kind people," answered Mary, "and they are kind enough to receive me at home."

Miss Coneston didn't say anything more, and Mary naturally didn't intend to find a topic, so they walked to the hall in silence. The group who had visited the manor before had arrived, and Miss Coneston walked over to meet her parents.

Victor and Mary stood in a corner, and he smiled and told her that Miss Coneston must have regarded her as her imaginary enemy.

Mary didn't want to pay attention to his joke, "Victor, you should worry about yourself," she also laughed, "Are you planning to wait until Sophie arrives before introducing you to the Windermere couple?"

"Oh, Mary," Victor couldn't laugh for a while, "are the Windermere couple sitting over there? Why don't you introduce them to me?"

Mary didn't agree, but he changed his words again, "Oh... Forget it, don't introduce it for now. When there are more people, maybe we can say a few less words."

But things are definitely not that simple, Bader Knight came from nowhere, and when Mary saw him, he was almost standing in front of her.

"Miss Bennet, why are you hiding here?" He glanced at Victor and smiled politely. "Is this your classmate? Why don't you introduce us?"

Mary introduced the two at once, and in fact she had little to say, knowing next to nothing about Badernett other than her surname, and she certainly didn't tell him much about Victor Case.

"The Hastings family on the shore of the Strait of Dover?" Bader Knight seemed to be a little more polite, and he bowed slightly. "The wealth of the sea is always beyond the reach of those of us who live on land."

Victor's smile was still reluctant, "Mr. Knight, you are too polite, I am just a student who just graduated from Hogwarts."

Mary knew that Victor came from a big and famous family, but he was not the heir of the family. It seemed that Badernett treated Victor as a person like himself.

She turned the conversation away, "Mr. Knight, where is your brother? He doesn't seem to be in the hall."

At this time, Fibosnet appeared at the door of the hall, and he walked over here without hesitation.

"Phibbs, you are here at last," Badernett laughed. "Miss Bennet is asking about you."

"I shouldn't be late," Phoebe Snight bowed to Mary, and then his eyes fell on Victor.

Mary introduced them naturally, and Phoebe Snett didn't pay any more attention to Victor's surname. To be exact, the three gentlemen fell into a terrible silence together.

Mary suddenly heard someone calling her. She turned around and saw that it was Mrs. Windermere, and Diana Holden was standing beside her.

"Come here, Mary, and Phoebes and Badr, let me introduce you all," Mrs. Windermere said enthusiastically, "Oh, who is the guy next to you, he seems to be from Gryffindor College ?”

The four of them walked over together, and Mary obviously felt Victor's nervousness, so she introduced Victor to her first as soon as she got in front of Mrs. Windermere.

Objectively speaking, when Victor Hastings spoke, it would not make people feel that he was really nervous, and Mrs. Windermere didn't ask anything, but said that she would let Sophie take care of herself later. entertain him.

Next, Mrs. Windermere introduced all the young people, and Mary finally had the opportunity to meet Miss Holden.

It happened that there were some new guests, and Mrs. Windermere stepped forward to greet them. Mary took the opportunity to stand by Miss Holden's side, trying to find a topic to chat with her.

However, Miss Horton glanced at Mary first, and then asked the first question abruptly, "Miss Bennet, did you come to the ball alone?"

Mary then explained that she was from a Muggle family, and Miss Holden showed a knowing smile, "You and Miss Windermere are very good friends, Miss Bennet, so, are you Are you planning to find a job after graduation?"

People in Ravenclaw College are very smart, Miss Holden should have guessed the reason why she was invited to the ball, so Mary didn't intend to hide anything, she nodded, "Yes, I do need a job .”

"The work at Gringotts may not be suitable for you," Miss Holden's next sentence made Mary's heart sink to the bottom of the valley, but her expression seemed so serious, "Gringott's not every year There are positions for recruiting girls, and, as far as I know, they are more inclined to people from Ravenclaw College, after all, to deal with money, you need enough ingenuity."

"I know..." Mary was actually mentally prepared, she smiled, "I just want to try."

"Well, you really should try it," Miss Horton also smiled.