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

Ms. Gray is 35 years old and graduated from Lowood Women's College (Note 1).

In her eyes, a decent woman must marry before the age of 22, and be prepared to have five children for her husband, preferably a son.And she also advocated not to rely on drugs when you are sick, but to fight against the disease with your own perseverance.

This seemed inexplicable to Mary, since Lady Gray herself was never married, let alone had children.

However, Pamela Gray's explanation for this is "I have devoted my life to the great cause of education, just to let young girls like you know how to go astray. When you are married, you will be doubly grateful to me .”

Most irritatingly, she also suggested that women should not talk too much on any occasion, especially at some social dances.

Ms. Gray believes that women only need to sit in a chair and smile at the ball, and then wait for a man to invite them to dance. When dancing, they should not talk too much with men, let alone contradict them.

She also confiscated Mary's whip, and announced that while she was teaching, the Bennet girls must never ride in straddle—preferably not, and if they must ride, they must ride sideways. (Note 2) This makes people wonder maliciously whether this Ms. Gray never wears pants. (Note 3)

During this time, Mary lived like a nightmare.

In the morning, Lady Gray taught her arithmetic, French, and the clavichord, which was all right.Although Mary had no talent for languages, she learned arithmetic satisfactorily.

The terrible thing is that in the afternoon, from 01:30 to now, Mary will be locked in the room to practice embroidery, and once she accidentally damages the embroidery, she has to keep repenting to God until Ms. Gray is satisfied.

Before going to bed, she had to stand on the floor barefoot in a nightgown, report to Ms. Gray about the day's study, and reflect on her mistakes.The more mistakes you make, the longer you spend on the ground barefoot.

The temperature in autumn in England is always low. Several times, Mary was shivering from the cold, but Ms. Gray only said that she was too delicate.

At first, Mrs. Bennet also felt that Ms. Gray's parenting methods were too harsh.But when Pamela Gray said that the cold can make girls look weaker, which is more attractive to men, Mrs. Bennet said nothing.

Both Jane and Elizabeth also protested, but they were suppressed by their mother on the grounds of "for your sister's future".

Therefore, even in the cold January, Mary still had to stand barefoot in the room without a fireplace at night and reflect on her mistakes.

The house leak happened to rain all night. One night, Mary managed to reflect on the "mistakes" she made that day, and was forgiven by Ms. Gray. When she couldn't wait to go back to the warm bed, she found that The bedroom door was locked.

Through the wooden door, Mary vaguely heard Emily's snoring.

In recent days, Mary's embroidery has frequently made mistakes, so she has to reflect on her mistakes for a long time before going back to her room to rest.

Ai Mier has long complained that she went back too late and disturbed others' rest.Mary didn't take it to heart, this was her room in the first place.

Who would have thought that Ai Mier would dare to lock her out of the door.

What's more, Emily herself is not much better, she never takes a lunch break, and often makes a lot of noise at noon, and she can't even sleep with Mary.

In a word, when Ai Mier sleeps, no one else can make a sound; and when she wakes up, the whole Bennet Manor will also wake up.

Mrs. Bennet is in a period of time that the doctor said "middle-aged women will go through", so her temper has been very unstable recently. From Mr. Bennet to the pampered Lydia, they are all cautious, for fear of offending her.

Only Ai Mier didn't feel it, she went her own way, not only didn't learn the lesson of burning the rice cooker last time, but intensified it.

She had a hand in everything that happened, and she especially liked to judge Elizabeth.

Even the good-tempered Mr. Bennet wanted to send her back to Collins, but unfortunately Collins has become difficult to contact since he went to college, so Emily still lives in Bennet Manor.

Mary knocked on the door for a long time, but there was no response from inside, and the snoring continued.

"Emil Collins! Open the door for me!" Mary, whose lips were purple from the cold, lost all patience and began to knock on the door with all her might, which woke up the entire Bennet Manor.

The first to light up the paraffin lamp was Elizabeth, wearing a pointed nightcap and half-closed eyes, obviously still in sleep.

"Mary, what's going on?" Elizabeth asked in a daze, before she found her sister standing in her nightgown in the cold English night.

"Why don't you go into the room?"

asked Elizabeth, throwing her shawl over Mary.

"Open the door, Collins!" Mary continued to knock on the door until everyone in the manor woke up, and Emily frowned and slowly opened the door.

"It's already 11 o'clock, do you know what it means to respect other people's work and rest time?" Ai Mier complained.

"This is my room! Get out!"

"If your house was not too small, I wouldn't live with you. Besides, this house will also belong to our Collins family in the future, so what if I live in it?" Emily said confidently.

Mary's chest was heaving violently, and she was about to go mad with anger. She pushed and shoved Emily's arm and dragged her out of the door. The shawl on her body fell to the ground, and she accidentally stepped on it a few times , turned into a dirty mess, like a homeless puppy.

"Get out! Get out of my house!"

"Enough!" Mr. Bennet strode over, pulled away the two girls who were pushing, sighed, and said, "Mary, you can sleep with Elizabeth tonight."

"Daddy!" Mary exclaimed incredulously.This is her room, and now Emily is occupying the magpie's nest, but let the bird out.

"Do me a favor, Mary. Everyone is sleepy, and I have bills to settle in the morning." Mr. Bennet yawned. "Tomorrow, tomorrow, shall we take care of this? My dear Sweetie." Bear?"

Finally, under Elizabeth's consolation, Mary reluctantly followed her back to the room.

"That's my room."

Mary huddled under the quilt and complained to the second sister aggrievedly. She was froze and her hands and feet were still cold.

"Don't you want to sleep with your sister?" Elizabeth took out another thick quilt to wrap Mary up, coaxing her patiently.

"I will never let her continue to be so arrogant." Mary clenched her fist and slammed it on the soft pillow. She now suspects that Emily is the "intruder".

Elizabeth thought that Mary might catch a cold the next day after being frozen for so long, so she was so worried that she didn't fall asleep all night.

But in fact, Mary was alive and well again when she woke up.Unfortunately, this is not a good thing, because Ms. Gray has increased the intensity of teaching.

Fortunately, Mary has lived two lifetimes, and those complicated and profound knowledge can't trouble her.

The headache is still embroidery, a job that girls must know. Ms. Gray probably sees that Mary is ignorant in this area, so she always uses it as an attack.

Since Mary was locked out of the door by Emily, the relationship between the two has been completely broken, and maintaining basic etiquette at the dinner table is already the limit of their mutual tolerance.

Mr. Bennet tried to persuade Mary to be patient every day, and even bought a new saddle for 15 pounds to "bribe" his daughter.

"No matter what, she is your relative. Little Sweet Bear, bear with me a little longer, when her brother graduates, Ai Mier will leave us."

While coaxing Mary, Mr. Bennet produced a pair of brand new saddles.

"Papa, she's a disaster," said Mary, her eyes darting to the new saddle.

"Mr. Bingley asked me to go horseback riding a few days ago. I think you would also like to go to the pasture, right?" Mr. Bennet continued to "bribe".

"father!"

"Just do me a favor, Mary, and bear with her a little longer," Mr. Bennet almost begged.

"Okay, Dad." Mary agreed modestly, and at the end she did not forget to add, "You promised to take me to the horse race, but you must keep your word."

"Of course, my sweet bear, I'll take care of Ms. Gray." Mr. Bennet suddenly smiled.

One fine morning, Mr. Bennet fulfilled his promise and took Mary out for a horse race.Ms Gray strongly objected to this, but to no avail.

There is nothing more satisfying than running a horse, especially after being "tortured" by Ms. Gray for more than a month.

Mary had already made a plan. She was going to accompany her father pretending to be a lady, and walk with Mr. Bingley for a while.When the time is right, she will slip away and stay away from them all.

Unfortunately, this small wish did not come true.

The first was that, for whatever reason, Heathcliff was there, and he didn't look like he wanted to walk with them at all.

Mr. Bingley found all kinds of interesting topics, but failed to brighten the atmosphere.The worst was yet to come. Just as Mary was about to run away, Emily and Ms. Gray also came over.

Lady Gray, still in her heavy gray dress and wide-brimmed hat with a veil, looked precariously on her horse in a siderider.

"I think the presence of a governess is necessary in this kind of occasion with strange men." Ms. Gray's face was stern, and the corners of her mouth drooped like an old crow.

At this moment, the escape plan was completely ruined. Emily and Ms. Gray sandwiched Mary between them, staring at her like a prisoner.

"I think you will understand Ms. Gray's painstaking efforts." Emily looked at Mary maliciously, "After all, she is a governess who deserves the respect of all of us."

Hearing these words, a smile appeared on Pamela Gray's dead face that had never changed for thousands of years.

She nodded to Ai Mier kindly, and said modestly that she was just doing what a tutor should do.

Emily also changed from her arrogant appearance just now, and became very gentle and pleasant. She lowered her head and smiled shyly, then turned her eyes back to Mary.

"If Ms. Gray could have come earlier, the neighbors would not think that there is some unclear relationship between you and Frank. After all, she is such a decent elder, and I believe her students will not do some outrageous things. "

Oh shit, it's over.