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

"It's on fire! Put out the fire! Come on, it's on fire!" Jane Eyre could have arrived at Lowood at noon today, but due to a problem with the carriage on the road, she didn't arrive until midnight.But before going in, I saw a woman running out on a horse. The woman's back was very similar to the current headmaster of Lowood, Mrs. White.

But before Jane Eyre could ascertain whether the woman was Principal White, she was attracted by the fire coming out of the kitchen. She called out loudly, and then quickly picked up the bucket and started to put out the fire.

In order to make the fire spread faster, Mrs. White deliberately sprinkled rapeseed oil on the ground before leaving, but because Jane Eyre discovered it in time, and the cooks sleeping on the first floor were all strong and strong, so there was no fire. When the flame spread to the oil, it was extinguished.

Then, people found Ms. Gray with an ax stuck in her head.The screams that were finally subdued sounded again, and Jane Eyre spent a lot of effort to maintain order.While counting the number of people, she entrusted two of the strongest cooks to report the crime.It didn't take long for her to discover that not only was the number of students wrong, but Mrs. White was missing too.It seems that the woman who rushed out of the door just now is Mrs. White.

So, what about the rest of the students?

Jane Eyre asked the remaining teachers anxiously, but they all shook their heads and said they didn't know. In the end, a short girl said that the students in Miranda and Scareva's dormitory were locked in a small black room.Jane Eyre asked the rest of the students to rest in the auditorium, and divided the rest of the teachers into two groups. One group was responsible for appeasing the students, and the other group was responsible for helping the cook clean the kitchen and boiling some hot milk for everyone.The cook and the teachers reluctantly agreed.Then, she took the key and trotted to open the door for Scareva and the others.

Lowood's small black house is located in the corner of the entire building. It is dark and cold, and there are fleas and mice.The girls huddled together, trying to keep warm by huddling, with the twins in the center, but even so, they were shivering from the cold.

It was so remote here that they didn't even know that there was a fire in the kitchen just now, let alone that Ms. Jane Eyre they were thinking of had returned.So when Jane Eyre opened the door, Scareva thought she was dreaming.

After learning what happened outside, Scareva and Miranda immediately began to ask about Mary's whereabouts, but Jane Eyre said that she did not see any new faces among the students.

"Could it be that Mary hasn't come back yet?" Miranda guessed that she really hoped that Mary would not come back.

"Impossible." Scareva retorted immediately, her voice was a little weak, but she still insisted, "Mary promised to come back, and she will definitely come back. She is as stubborn as a donkey."

"Then where did she go?" Miranda was anxious to cry.

"Duke John's Mansion." Scareva's face was pale, "If White disappears and Gray dies again, the most likely place for Mary to be is Duke John's Mansion, No. 13 Greek Street."

Scareva, what do you mean by that?Could it be, could it be that Mrs. White sent Mary to Duke John's?Miranda's voice already had a strong crying tone. She had heard some rumors about Mrs. White, Duke John and the beautiful female students of Lowood.

It is rumored that there used to be a very beautiful girl student at Lowood School. Duke John noticed her when he inspected the school, so he asked Mrs. White to send this student to the house.But Mrs. White didn't do this because she was jealous of the girl getting John's favor. Instead, the girl fell ill and died.There is another version, which probably says that White is John's lover, but at the same time provides him with young and beautiful girls.For each girl offered, Duke John paid her a sum.

Before, Miranda didn't believe this rumor, and she even thought it was absurd.But now she started to believe it.If this is the case, then Mary Miranda dare not think about it.

When Mary was able to open her eyes, she was still dizzy. When she finally managed to see what was in front of her, she found that she had come to a strange place again.There is no doubt that this is a gorgeous and comfortable room, from the floor to the candles, there is an expensive atmosphere.Instinctive of self-preservation, Mary got up with a candlestick in her hand, and tiptoed close to the door.She put her ears on the door, carefully detecting the movement outside the door.

"When the girl wakes up, give her a full meal, then clean her up and send her to the Duke's chambers, understand?" one said.

"I don't understand. Wouldn't it be better to send her directly to the duke's room when she came last night? She was still unconscious at that time, so it's convenient for the duke, isn't it?" Another slightly younger voice sounded.

"Oh, what do you know?" The man spoke again, his tone revealing some lewdness, "What's the point of her fainting?"

"So that's how it is." The young voice suddenly understood.

It turned out that he was kidnapped and sold to the Duke of White's house.

Mary held the one-pound silver candlestick in her hand, and walked around the ground a couple of times in agitation, but she couldn't think of anything to do.She didn't know anything about the terrain here, and the possibility of running out was almost zero, not to mention there was a guard guarding the door.

There was a sound of footsteps, and Mary quickly put the candlestick back in place, and jumped back on the bed herself, pretending to be unconscious.

"Why hasn't she woke up?" It was a very familiar female voice, and Mary always felt that she had heard it somewhere.

"Sleeping like a pig, why did the Duke fall in love with her?"

Mary remembered, it was Emily's voice.She had heard Mrs. Parkinson mention on the cruise this year that Duke John had a new mistress named Emily.This Emily was different from the duke's previous mistresses, who were raised in an apartment outside, but instead lived directly in the duke's mansion, and even showed off in front of the duchess.

Emily just came in to take a look, and then left with the new shoes from France.Her visit is meaningless, but it gives Mary a little hope that she will be able to escape.She was so anxious just now that she forgot that Mrs. Parkinson also worked here. If she could be contacted, could she escape?

Thinking of this, Mary regained her confidence.She ran to the window and looked down, and found that although the room she was in was on the second floor, it was not high.There was no one downstairs, but occasionally a few maids would come out from the door opening on the left.If she can wait until Mrs. Parkinson comes out of here, then the problem can be solved smoothly.

However, she waited and waited, but Mrs. Parkinson never showed up.Instead, the two guards at the door came in twice to see if she was awake.As soon as Mary heard the movement, she immediately ran back to the bed and "played dead", so the two guards could only go out muttering again.

No, she couldn't wait any longer.Mary glanced at her watch and realized that it was already 12 noon.According to the agreement, Heathcliff will solve the Lowood matter this afternoon, so if he finds himself missing, will he come back to save her?Mary has always believed that relying on others and relying on God is better than relying on herself, but at this moment she still can't help but hope that Heathcliff can find out that she is missing, and then ride his Dutch warmblood horse to save herself.

Since it was already noon, most people in the Duke's mansion had gone to have lunch, so there was no one in the yard.Mary thought for a moment, and immediately decided to take a gamble.She removed the sheets and curtains, twisted them into twists, tied them with dead knots, tied one end to the bedpost, and flung the other end out of the window, then climbed down the rope made of sheets.

She is not familiar with the terrain here, and she doesn't know where Mrs. Parkinson is, and she doesn't even know where the gate of the Duke's Mansion is.Running out now is a very dangerous and even stupid thing to do.But she has to.Because she just overheard the two guards at the door saying

, Duke John commanded that if she did not wake up again, the doctor should come and prick her awake with a needle.If they really did this, then she would be completely reduced to a fish on the chopping board.

So Mary decided to take the risk. Anyway, she didn't do this kind of thing less, and felt that she was successful in most cases.

The manor was quiet, not even a cat.Mary rolled up the hem of her skirt to make it easier to move.Then she bowed her waist and walked in the direction of the doorway where the maid came out just now.

Generally speaking, the passages of the servants are connected, and for convenience, these passages will also connect two paths leading to the outside, so that the servants can go out to help the master.

Mary used a few decorative trees as a cover, while trying to keep her footsteps as light as possible without making any movement, while nervously observing her surroundings, for fear of being discovered.She kept a fruit-cutting knife in her sleeve for self-defense, and Mary hoped she would not need it.

It must have just rained here—or it could have been snow, but the ground was so muddy that Mary's shoes were wet by the puddles before she could take a few steps.The yellow-brown muddy water flowed into her shoes, which undoubtedly made it more difficult for her to move forward.

The size of the Duke's Mansion is very large. Mary has been to Mr. Bingley's Netherfield Manor and Heathcliff's Bell Manor, but the two together are not half the size of the Duke's Manor.This is based on her short exploration. Maybe the Duke's Mansion is bigger than she imagined.

That's a headache.

Mary walked for more than ten minutes. Although no one found her as she wished, she still didn't find half a path to escape, and she didn't see Mrs. Parkinson either.If this went on, she would be found.

This kind of premonition is always good or bad, so when Mary just sprouted, if she couldn't find the exit, she would be found, she heard Emily's voice behind her sounded.