The heroine of the healing department is very rigid [Pride and Prejudice]

After hearing Mary's howl, the housekeeper immediately quickened her pace and rushed to the living room.

When she saw that Heathcliff was holding Mary's ankle, she was stunned for a few seconds before she walked over slowly, put down the ice bucket in her hand, and backed out in a hurry.

"Mrs. Jones, please take her home." Heathcliff got up and stopped the red-haired housekeeper.

Mrs. Jones froze for a moment, then went back to Mary and used the fresh ice cubes to reduce her swelling, "Sir, Miss Bennet is not fit to move now, if I send her home, I'm afraid it will make her injury worse. "

"I don't want to repeat it a second time, take her home, Mrs. Jones, there is no shortage of carriages at Bell Manor." Heathcliff suddenly became nasty when speaking—although his usual tone was not much better, and then disappeared again. The end of the corridor.

He had slender hands and feet, and walked with such a long stride that Mary's "thank you" got stuck in her throat, and before she could say it, he was out of sight.

Mrs. Jones gave Mary a sympathetic look, wrapped some ice again in a towel and applied it to the swelling, and called a servant to harness the carriage.

Although Mary's ankle was straightened, it still hurt so badly that it was impossible to walk.So she could only jump to the side of the carriage with the support of Mrs. Jones, and then climbed up on hands and feet.

This was not an easy task. Not only did she tore her skirt, but she also touched her own injured foot, which made her gasp in pain.

Mrs. Jones sat with her in the carriage, holding a bottle of medicine in her hand, nagging and asking Mary not to exercise strenuously these days and how to use the medicine.

"I've never seen Mr. care about a lady so much." Mrs. Jones said with a smile, "That white horse is yours too. Mr. took a lot of effort to get it back, and he took care of it himself every day. Take care of your horse."

Mary glanced at the little white horse following the car through the window, and was furious. If it wasn't for this heartless guy, would she be in such a mess?

This is a good thing, the account is not settled, but she owes Heathcliff another favor.Since this white horse likes Bell Manor so much, let it go back.Mary thought angrily.

"Don't think that I don't know Mr. Heathcliff for a short time, and I know him very well." Mrs. Jones showed a proud smile.

"He didn't want you to stay because of your reputation. After all, there are no women in Bell Manor except me and the cook. You are so beautiful, sir must be afraid that someone will criticize you. You must not just because He was angry for letting you go."

angry?Mary wasn't angry, she couldn't wait to leave Bell Manor.Living under the same roof with Heathcliff, I feel creepy just thinking about it.

Besides, has this Mrs. Jones misunderstood something?

"My God, you must be riding again." Mrs. Bennet screamed immediately after seeing Mary being helped out of the carriage. "You are always disobedient and worry me."

Mrs. Jones explained something to Mary, but when Mrs. Bennet learned that Mary had gone to Bell Manor alone, she screamed again.

"How can you go to that man alone? Even if your dad is doing business with him, it doesn't mean we're friends with him. You're an unmarried young girl going alone to a man with a bad temper, you Don't you lose your dignity and reputation?"

Mary curled her lips quietly. If she went to see someone like Mr. Bingley today, her mother would definitely not say that, and she might be very happy.

Mrs. Jones was a little embarrassed. She left the medicine bottle, gave some instructions, and then left quickly with a sympathetic look.

"Why is the little white horse back?" Elizabeth tried to help her sister out by changing the subject, but it was a disservice by accident.

"It's in the stables at Bell Manor, and Heathcliff asked me to take it away."

"It's him again? The devil. Mary, what have you got to do with that devil?" cried Mrs. Bennet for the third time. "I asked you to keep in touch with young men. I mean men who are well-behaved and well-bred." , not this kind of reckless man."

"He's not a fool, mother," Mary explained.How could Heathcliff be a reckless man, and how could a reckless man come up with the bad idea of ​​Duke John's "containment".

"Have you started to defend him?" Mrs. Bennet jumped up from the sofa, her eyes were wide open, and her cheeks were flushed with anger.

"I have five daughters. You are the one who bothers me the most, but you are also the one who is the most disobedient. I have been trying to help you find a good husband, but what have you done?"

"You delivered babies on a cruise ship regardless of decency, and when you came back, you went to meet a man with a lot of bad deeds alone. You are almost 17 years old, can you understand something?"

"I delivered that woman because I didn't want to kill her twice. It's a nurse's job. I didn't do anything wrong. I went to see Heathcliff because I had something to ask him, and I was half a penny with him. have nothing to do with it.”

Mary sat on the sofa, with her injured foot propped on a raised ottoman, and straightened up arguing with Mrs. Bennet.

Elizabeth and Jane sat between them, sweating hard after persuading their mother to persuade their sister, but unfortunately the effect was minimal.

In the end, this family war ended with Mrs. Bennet's "I'll get Ms. Gray back", and Mary's "Then I'll drive her away".

Mrs. Bennet slammed the bedroom door shut with a bang, and even the innocent Mr. Bennet got his nose dusted.

"If that old crow Gray comes back, I'll run away from home immediately." Mary said angrily to her sisters while tugging at the tassels on the pillow.

"We will help you persuade your mother." Jane sighed. She understood her sister and mother, so it was even more difficult.

"Speaking of which, what exactly did you go to Bell Manor for?"

Elizabeth asked suddenly.

Holding the teacup, Mary hesitated for a while, but she still told the story of Heathcliff's plan to avenge Duke John.

"If this is the case, maybe what mother said is not unreasonable." Jane carefully chose her words, for fear of making her sister worse, "I mean, dear little Mary, when you know about this, you should immediately Tell mom and dad instead of trying to figure it out yourself."

"If Heathcliff is really dangerous, what should you do? Although judging from today's events, although he is a bit treacherous in business, he is not a bad person."

"Our family will never do business with him again." Mary looked at her foot, which was still swollen like a piece of bread. Give him back the money."

"If mother really invites Old Gray Crow back, I'll write to Randy183Mr. Wilson, and he promises to help me write a letter of recommendation to the university." Mary tore off a bunch of tassels from the pillow again.

She sees nothing wrong with going to college now, or at least perfectly fine.In college, she can learn more nursing knowledge, so that she can better prevent the Black Death.

With the efforts of Jane and Elizabeth, Mrs. Bennet reluctantly agreed not to invite Ms. Gray back again.

But because Mary refused to apologize for helping someone deliver a baby on the boat this time, Mrs. Bennet never gave her a good face.Except for telling Elizabeth to monitor Mary every day not to exercise strenuously, and to apply medicine on time, so as not to aggravate the foot injury, she didn't say a word to Mary.

As a result, for a whole month, no one in the garden dared to speak loudly, for fear of causing trouble and making Mrs. Bennet unhappy.

According to the new cook, Mrs. Bennet is going through a difficult period that "every woman will go through". During this period, they will be particularly irritable and irritable. As family members, they must try their best to understand tolerance and help She gets through this difficult time.

Although these words made Mary feel better, they did not alleviate Mrs. Bennet's own anger, especially after she found out that Mary was still reading some nursing knowledge books, and even dreamed of going to London to study in the same classroom as the men. more angry.So she reaffirmed Mary's need for strict discipline.

But because she promised not to invite Ms. Gray back, as the mother of the family, she couldn't go back on her word, so she had to find another way and wrote to Gray, asking her for advice on how to educate her daughter, and attached 10 pounds to the letter " Gift".

Perhaps because of the 10 pounds, Ms. Gray's reply speed was as fast as a horse, she wrote in the letter.

Dear Mrs. Bennet:

I fully understand your painstaking efforts to help your daughter return to the right path, and I also believe that with a little teaching, Miss Mary can definitely become a qualified lady.

However, Miss Mary seems to have some prejudice against me, which makes me feel very sad. You know, during the teaching period, I have always tried my best and often went to class with illness.But I also firmly believe that Miss Mary is only acting rebellious for a while.

In order to help you solve this problem, and to help Miss Mary find a good husband in the future, I suggest sending Mary to Lowood Ladies College.

As we all know, Lowood Ladies College is a very excellent boarding school, and a large number of ladies graduate from here every year. There is no doubt that after graduation, they all marry a rich, handsome and knowledgeable husband.This is also my alma mater, where I am currently serving.

So, I suggest that Mary come here to study.Boarding life will make her understand your painstaking efforts, and it will also help her to become a qualified lady.I believe that Mary will become a satisfactory child in the near future.

your pious

Pamela Gray

Mrs. Bennet hesitated at first. After all, although she was angry with Mary, she couldn't bear to let her daughter live a difficult boarding life.But when she read, "will understand your painstaking efforts" and "qualified lady", she was moved.