[Comprehensive Classics] Detective Mary
Chapter 24
If it is said that Mr. Darcy is a straight man who does not understand style, then Mr. Collins and Mr. Wickham in the original book are two different types of straight man cancer in Mary's opinion.
William Collins, old-fashioned and self-righteous, hugged the lady's lap, and babbled on and on about the matter.
Not only that, but Mr. Collins knew that his cousins would have no inheritance because of the law of inheritance, and he was short of a wife, so it was quite natural for him to choose his fiancée among the Miss Bennets.Especially after he took a fancy to Elizabeth, it seemed that his favor was a great blessing to her.
In Collins' eyes, Elizabeth's perfunctory is politeness, politeness is shyness, and euphemistic refusal is the refusal of an unmarried girl's family. Gratitude is the way to be, how could it be completely meaningless?
This caused Elizabeth to refuse and not to refuse, and not to refuse, and it was so annoying that she was going crazy.
Fortunately, Mary asked the maid to secretly listen to the discussion between Mrs. Bennet and Mr. Collins. She felt that he was not far from proposing, so she just refused it.
Mr. Collins is not worth mentioning, and the self-righteous straight male cancer has never been taken seriously.Mr. Wickham was far more dangerous.
He has a handsome appearance and is good at observing words and expressions. A conversation at Aunt Phillips' house made everyone fall in love with him.In the original book, Wickham Wickham flirts with Elizabeth first, knowing that she cannot inherit Longbourne, and the dowry is not too much, and immediately turns to pursue other unmarried ladies of Meryton.
When he saw that the deception was hopeless, he hooked up with Lydia again, and even eloped, causing a scandal.
Although Mary looked down on Lydia for being dizzy, but in the whole matter, it is really hateful that he is clearly a scumbag!
The point is, Mary Shi dislikes this character so much. After seeing the real person, she has to admit that the reason why the scumbag is likable is not without reason.
For example, now, at Aunt Phillips's house, Mr. Collins is self-righteously talking in front of Elizabeth, Lydia and Catherine are happily chatting with several officers, and Mary is as usual unanswered.
She is happy to be at leisure, socializing between unmarried men and women, if it is not for discussing the case, Mary really can't cheer up.So Mary was not in a hurry to get angry, and had a few words with Mrs. Phillips, planning to find an excuse to go to the study to sort out the manuscript.
However, at this moment, Mr. Wickham, who was the most eye-catching in the entire mansion, walked in front of Mary.
"Miss," he said with the utmost sincerity, "yesterday I saw you reading Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. If I may venture to start a conversation, you seem to like Shakespeare's comedies."
He could have ignored Mary like the others, but Wickham hadn't, and seeing her neglected, he moved forward to open up the conversation--on Mary's favorite subject.
I have to say that there must be a reason why a scumbag is a scumbag.
Not only the face, Mary sighed in her heart, his emotional intelligence is really high.
She stretched out her hand not to hit the smiling face, so Mary raised the corners of her lips.
"like."
she says.
"Anything Shakespeare plays, I like."
Mr. Wickham: "That's really good. I like his historical dramas very much."
Mary: "I like it too, especially the third part of The Hollow Crown."
Mr. Wickham's expression was blanked by this strange description at first, and he subconsciously added: "The empty crown...? Ah, I see!"
The handsome young man's eyes lit up.
"None dies well, for the mortal body is trapped within this crown of emptiness! Death is his court, and here the buffoon sits, laughing at his nobility and despising his splendor!"*"
He uttered the lines in "Richard II", and seeing the high-spirited expression, he almost reached out to applaud: "It's really wonderful, Miss Mary! The so-called three parts should be "Richard II", "Henry IV" and "Henry V" three, no wonder Mrs. Phillips praised you, saying you are the most talented woman around here!"
Mary: "..."
This is blowing too much!
Mainly, the description of "the empty crown" does not come from Mary herself, but from the Shakespeare drama series produced by the future BBC TV station for the 2012 London Olympics.So Mr. Wickham's praise made Mary feel inexplicably guilty—she just got used to this statement and said it subconsciously.
As for Mr. Wickham, he is handsome, with a sincere tone, and his piercing eyes are shining with joy, looking at Mary as if he has found the most important confidant in his life.
A man with a face comparable to Orlando Bloom stares at an unmarried lady like this. Even if Mary doesn't look at her face and understands his essence, she can't tell him, you are disgusting, hurry up open!
A good face is good, Mary sighed in her heart.
It's no wonder Lydia is so crazy. Dad, Mr. Bennet, is right. In fact, there is not much difference between her and Lydia—Mary knows that she has her own filter for Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
The only difference was that she liked the wit of the detective, while Lydia liked Mr. Wickham's face.
"Thank you," said Mary politely, "that's too much of a compliment, sir."
To be Mr. Bingley or Mr. Darcy would have made Mary proud, and a few wisecracks.But with Wickham Wickham... just keep her bookish image, Mary doesn't bother to impress him.
"It's not too much." Facing Mary's indifference, Mr. Wickham was not embarrassed at all. "This description is enough to prove that you understand Shakespeare thoroughly, rather than just passing through it."
"I don't think anyone reads Shakespeare for a second," said Mary politely. "He's worth chewing on, isn't he?"
"exactly!"
Mr. Wickham wanted to say something more, but Lydia was not willing to be left out.
The pretty little girl ran up to Mr. Wickham, and first gave Mary a look, as if resenting her for "monopolizing" him for so long: "What are you talking about?"
"It doesn't interest you," said Mary, "it's just books."
"What is there to talk about!"
Lydia didn't care about literature and art at all, she dismissed this topic very disdainfully, and chatted about Sir Lucas wanting to hold another ball afterwards.
Mary rolled her eyes wildly inwardly.
She didn't want to talk to Wickham anyway, so she let Lydia draw his attention away.
Now, finally, no one cares about her.Mary finally got a chance, found an excuse to ask for leave with Mrs. Phillips, ran to her study, and quietly began to write the outline of the novel.
She stayed like this until the officers left.
When the Miss Bennets turned back to Longbourne, Elizabeth finally got rid of Mr. Collins temporarily and got a chance to talk to Mary when they were on the way.
Seeing that she was holding the manuscript again, Elizabeth just wanted to teach her a few words, but after thinking about it, she couldn't help laughing again: "Forget it, since you haven't missed your social life these days, I won't It’s about you. Today, you and Mr. Wickham seem to be on good terms.”
"Yes," answered Mary truthfully, "he said he liked Shakespeare's histories very much."
Lydia snorted coldly upon hearing this.
"Mary knows how to show off," she grumbled. "What's the point of a historical drama? It's grandstanding!"
"Hey, you still use the word grandstanding," Mary laughed, "I'm afraid I just figured out what it means this morning, so let's learn and sell it now?"
"you--"
It can be said that from the time Lydia started to speak, the quarrel between Mary and her never stopped.Either Lydia cried out of anger at Mary, or Mary left on the spot holding the book in anger at Lydia.
At first Mrs. Bennet would hold back the scolding, but Mary was nineteen this year, and the whole of Longbourn was used to two sisters bickering by now.
Relatives who live under the same roof always have friction.
Mary almost thought so too.
Although she didn't like Lydia at all, she thought this girl was short-sighted, frivolous, and worthless except for a face. It could be said that she was the kind of girl Mary hated most.
But a younger sister is a younger sister, only she can dislike and bully her, not others!
When Lydia heard Mary mocking her for being ignorant, she immediately fought back without hesitation: "What about you! You pretend to be noble, and you say you don't like socializing and don't want to dance, but you can't move away when you see Mr. Wickham. Eyes, I advise you to give up your heart, Mr. Wickham is just being polite to you, he is not sincere to you!"
"What do I want him to do sincerely?" Mary said, "Mr. Wickham can pretend to be a groom in disguise and no one will recognize him, or can he just look at you and know you are from Afghanistan?"
Lydia:? ? ? ? ?
Elizabeth: "Pfft."
Although Elizabeth didn't know that Mary borrowed the original content of "The Collection of Sherlock Holmes", but after hearing this bizarre description, coupled with Mary's hobbies, the older sister naturally knew who she was talking about.
"All right."
In Jane's absence, Elizabeth was the eldest and had to mediate between the two sisters.
"Mr Wickham is a warm and generous man," she said, "what's the problem with being true to everybody?"
"Treat each other sincerely."
Mary raised her eyebrows disapprovingly: "I don't think so."
Elizabeth winced.
She turned her head to look at Mary, and those bright and moving eyes praised by Mr. Darcy showed traces of scrutiny: "How do you say that?"
Their eyes met, and Mary understood Elizabeth's meaning.
Elizabeth already had doubts when she found out that Mr. Wickham and Mr. Darcy knew each other and their relationship was delicate.
And these words made Elizabeth think that Mary might have found clues from all kinds of clues, just like the detective she admired.
"Don't forget that Mr. Wickham has been here not long ago," said Mary truthfully. "She only paid attention to you and Lydia because of their good looks, and the fact that they were surrounded by unmarried girls of good reputation and high status."
Lydia was very upset: "You just do the opposite of what others say, and you know how to show off in this way! Mr. Wickham treats you so well, but you insult him?!"
"Don't worry."
Mary blinked her eyes, and smiled instead of haste.
She paused intentionally, and waited until Lydia became impatient before she spoke: "So, Lydia, I can dispel Mr. Wickham's admiration for you and Elizabeth with one sentence. Do you want to bet?"
"...What nonsense are you talking about?"
"The nonsense is also spoken," Mary asked, "Do you want to bet?"
"Gamble, why not bet?"
Lydia couldn't believe it!She said angrily, "If you lose, you are never allowed to speak to Mr. Wickham again."
"it is good."
If you don't say it, don't say it, the role you take as a baby is not worth mentioning in the eyes of others, okay?Mary easily complied with her: "No problem, but if you lose..."
She looked Lydia up and down, and finally her eyes fell on the extremely delicate hat on her sister's beautiful long hair.
The millinery shop in Meryton, with only a few styles coming and going, is far less fashionable than London or other big cities.And Lydia's hat is always the most exquisite and brightest among the unmarried girls around.
Well, Mary decided to take back her words, and Lydia is not completely useless. Although she is not very smart, she is indeed doing a good job.
"You changed this hat yourself," Mary said maliciously. "If you lose, you have to change five hats like this for me, and each of them must be better than this one."
——A fool does not take advantage of nothing, this is not because Mary is bullying her.I don't believe that Lydia has suffered this kind of loss a few more times, and she still can't learn to use her beautiful little head!
In fact, Mary did have her intentions when she suddenly took such an active part in socializing.
Seeing that Wickham Wickham is about to win the love of all the unmarried girls around Meryton, she really wants to see what this famous scumbag looks like, and secondly...
"Although I do not know Mr. Darcy very well, I think he is a very bad-tempered man.*"
When Mr. Wickham said this, Mary still couldn't help laughing out loud.
Wickham: "..."
Her sudden laughter stunned the dignified young man, and he said politely, "What are you laughing at, Miss Mary?"
"It's nothing." Mary hurriedly restrained her smile, "I just thought of Mr. Darcy's always stern face. He does seem to have a bad temper."
—and, secondly, that she was expecting Mr. Wickham Wickham to utter these disparaging remarks about Mr. Darcy.
With all the calculations, Wickham and the Miss Bennet only met three times.When Elizabeth met him, she just ran into Mr. Darcy. The embarrassment and alienation between the two men obviously had a story.Elizabeth had been thinking about it for a long time, and today she finally couldn't hold back her curiosity and asked.
And Mr. Wickham did not try to test the situation, but heard Elizabeth say that Mr. Darcy had been rude to her, and he hurriedly said something bad.
"I hope he hasn't been rude to you," said Mr. Wickham to Mary.
"Not really," Mary said with a smile, "it's just that Mr. Darcy spoke very bluntly, and said that my character is not suitable for being a lady."
Mr. Wickham showed a look of surprise, and then he twisted his handsome eyebrows: "Then this is too much!"
It would be too much if Mary wasn't a girl from time-travel.But then again, if she wasn't a girl from time travel, her personality wouldn't be like this.
So Mary just tilted her head nonchalantly: "What about you, sir? I see that you have a really bad impression of Mr. Darcy, and I'm afraid that something unpleasant happened before."
"It's not a bad thing at all."
Mr. Wickham closed his eyes.
In the original novel, what Wickham told Elizabeth at this time was that Fitzwilliam Darcy's father was a benevolent and generous landowner. He once said in his will that he would be given a priesthood, but the old Mr. Darcy died. Finally, when there is a vacancy in the priesthood, Darcy himself refuses to give him the position because he hates Mr. Wickham.
It sounds like Mr. Darcy is a despicable person who is mean and indifferent by nature, looks down on common people, and even disregards the future of others.These words made Elizabeth, who was already prejudiced against Darcy in the novel, feel contempt and hatred for him.
It has to be said that Mr. Wickham's words are regretful, his expression is in place, and his attitude of heartbroken but absolutely different from the common knowledge of villains seems to be particularly convincing.
Therefore, even though Elizabeth, who had received an apology from Mr. Darcy, still looked confused at this time, Lydia couldn't sit still.
"How could he do this!"
Lydia could not take her eyes off Mr. Wickham from the first moment she saw him.Now hearing that he was treated harshly, resentment was written on his pretty little face.
Seeing her unbelievable and righteous indignation, fortunately Mr. Darcy was not there, otherwise Lydia would have rushed to me to question her.
"This kind of villain's behavior," Lydia said, "is there no way to expose him?"
Mr. Wickham's tone was heavy: "In name, he didn't do anything wrong, and I don't bother to ruin a person's reputation with insidious means."
Lydia: "But he ruined your career!"
Wickham: "Perhaps God has other plans for me. Haven't I come to Meryton now?"
The tone of his words was sincere. When he looked at Lydia, his eyes sparkled, which actually made Lydia's cheeks blush, and she even felt a little embarrassed.
Oh my goodness.
Mary was amazed at what she saw, astonished at the existence of such impudent men as Wickham Wickham in the world, and astonished at the beauty of Lydia's flush.
He can also say this, obviously you are using dark means to destroy Mr. Darcy's reputation, okay?Are you really not afraid of being exposed?
And as for Lydia, she has always been ignorant, relying on her beauty and Mrs. Bennet's favor to become more and more lawless, and many people even think that her behavior is frivolous-such a bold and bold girl, because of Wickham's one The words blushed!
No wonder she would elope with Wickham Wickham in the original book. Mary now realizes that Lydia is naive and selfish on the one hand, and on the other hand, she may really love this scumbag from the bottom of her heart.
It is a big problem to prevent Lydia from committing a crime, but if she does not elope out of superficial flattery, but really falls in love with Mr. Wickham, it will be even more troublesome.
Mary thought for a moment, but in the end she just restrained her mind.
"It's very kind of you, sir," she said with a sigh, "a gentleman as upright and sincere as you are rare nowadays."
When her words fell to the ground, before Wickham could respond, Elizabeth raised her eyebrows imperceptibly.
Others don't know, but Elizabeth knows that Mary is definitely not in a good mood.
Her younger sister never praised others easily, especially since she had long expressed doubts about Mr. Wickham's character, she would not trust others just because of a few one-sided words.
Doesn't even Elizabeth think there's something wrong with it, especially when Wickham Wickham says Mr. Darcy is jealous of old Darcy's kindness to him and thus holds a grudge - and how could a man with a small stomach and a tendency to hold a grudge Honestly and frankly admit your mistakes?
Elizabeth would not deny that he was arrogant and defiant, even if he was bad-tempered, but that Mr. Darcy ruined Wickham's piety out of jealousy, and Elizabeth felt that Mr. Darcy was not such a despicable person.
So she just took a deep look at Mary: "You really think so?"
Mary: "Of course!"
She turned her head to look at Elizabeth, her eyes met, and the two sisters immediately connected with each other.
"Okay, okay, I know you're all waiting for my words." She laughed.
Hearing the word "one sentence", not to mention Elizabeth, even Lydia became nervous.
Anyone can forget what happened yesterday, but Lydia can't!Mary swore that she could, with a single word, dissuade Wickham's courtship of the Bennet sisters.
If she loses, she will be given five hats!
"What?" asked Wickham.
"I'm just apologizing," Mary said naturally, "I said to Lizzie before that you are a good-looking person, you are always likable, and your feelings for Lizzie may not be sincere, but now it seems that I have wronged you."
Mr. Wickham shook his head: "That's all right, miss."
Mary: "You are an upright person. Even if you are threatened by Mr. Darcy, you are indifferent. It is enough to show that you are a person of noble character and does not value money. I told Lizzie yesterday that I am afraid that you mistakenly think that Longbourne is rich and greedy for money. It’s a great dedication.”
"Misunderstanding?"
"Because our sisters can't inherit Longbourne," said Mary with a smile, "that Mr. Collins is the heir to my father, and our dowry is pitifully small for a lady. But I think Mr. Wickham You won’t underestimate us because of that, right?”
"……of course not."
That being said, anyone could see that Wickham Wickham's smile subtly froze.
See, it's that simple.
Although the villain is difficult to deal with, it is not too difficult to target them - the villain will only be courteous when he has a plan. According to Wickham Wickham's conditions, he can't fool any beautiful girl ?The reason why he favors the daughters of the Bennet family is just to mistakenly think that their dowry is rich and rich.
All Mary did was tell him that there was nothing he wanted here and that he should find another way.
And this approach is really effective.
Within two days, Mr. Wickham found his "true love" in Meryton.And this lucky lady is neither Elizabeth nor Lydia, but a plain-looking lady who will inherit a large fortune.
This pissed Lydia off.
After learning of this, she returned to Longbourn angrily, and as soon as she entered the house, she saw that Mary was still leisurely flipping through the books from Netherfield Manor, and she yelled directly: "It's all your fault! Now Wick Mr. Mu is unwilling to look at me twice, why do you want to provoke the relationship between me and Mr. Wickham?"
Mary sneered inwardly.
But she didn't show it, but carefully closed the book.
The book was borrowed from Netherfield Hall, and it must not be damaged.Since Jane and Mr. Bingley confessed their feelings to each other, Mr. Bingley was very grateful to Mary, a prankster. Borrowing money is not a problem, let alone borrowing books.
Mary is in a bad mood when her early morning reading is interrupted by Lydia.
She turned her head to look at Lydia, the spoiled little girl blushed, and there was still light sweat on her forehead. She had obviously run all the way back to Longbourn, and wanted to settle accounts with herself.
"Where's the hat?" So Mary raised her eyebrows and asked coldly.
"..."
"Okay, you lost the bet, and you want to give me five hats," Mary said without forgetting to add, "Oh, the one you are wearing now is not good, I want five hats that you embroidered yourself, which can only be better than the original one." It's beautiful, it can't be perfunctory."
"you--"
Lydia was too angry to speak.
She saw Mary's calm look, and then thought of Mr. Wickham's polite but distant look, which was enough to make Lydia angry and distressed.
And Mary, who messed up everything, dares to ask her for a hat?
The more Lydia thought about it, the angrier she became, and she even felt aggrieved.She grasped the corner of the skirt tightly, and her big eyes were quickly filled with tears: "Mary, you are too much!"
"Why is it too much?"
Mary looked at Lydia with a face full of inexplicable troubles: "Will you bet and admit defeat, if you don't want to, you don't have to bet before?"
Lydia: "I don't care!"
She raised her voice and couldn't stop crying after speaking.
It didn't matter that she cried, the remaining three Miss Bennet: Jane, Elizabeth, and Catherine were taken aback—you must know that Lydia was lawless at home, and she was always the only one who made Catherine cry.
"What's the matter?" Jane asked hurriedly, "Mary, are you bullying Lydia again?"
What do you mean I bully her, so my image is so bad in the elder sister's heart!
"Mary, Mary," Lydia cried sobbingly, and she was even more motivated to see someone supporting her, "She's going to grab my hat!"
Elizabeth laughed out loud.
Jane was not in Longbourne at the time, so naturally she didn't know about the bet between Mary and Lydia, but Elizabeth was there.Hearing the reasons for the argument between Lydia and Mary, instead of expressing relief, she pretended to be surprised and said, "Then just grab it back? You often snatch Katie's hat like this on weekdays."
Hearing Elizabeth's words, Lydia stopped suddenly, and it was not right to continue crying, and it was not right not to cry.
She wiped away her tears and seemed to want to justify something, but before she could say anything, the quarrel just now drew the Bennets over.When Mrs. Bennet saw Lydia crying, she looked impatient: "It's so noisy, what a shame. Mary, why are you bullying Lydia again?"
Mary: "..."
No matter what, I think she is bullying Lydia, this time it really didn't work!
Mary couldn't laugh or cry: "Where did I bully her? She lost the bet and wanted to deny it."
Mr. Bennet, who also had a headache from the noise, immediately became interested: "Bet? Tell me, Mary, what did you bet with Lydia?"
So Mary told her parents that Mr. Wickham had neglected Elizabeth and Lydia.
She naturally had nothing to hide, but when Mary said that Mr. Wickham shifted his target when he heard that Miss Bennet could not inherit the family property, Lydia clearly flinched.
Why are you so scared?Because everyone knows that this is Mrs. Bennet's heart disease.
When the cousin Collins of the ladies visited Longbourne, Mrs. Bennet was so angry that she couldn't even eat. It wasn't until Mr. Collins said that he had taken a fancy to Elizabeth that his attitude improved.
Her daughters are all darlings in the palm of their hands, and now there are people who despise them because of this? !
Mrs. Bennet was furious immediately: "Okay, forgive me, I thought he was a good-looking talent before, but now he seems like a snob! Fortunately, Mary, you saw through him early on. You should stay away from such a snob! "
"That's not the case!" Lydia suddenly became anxious.
Mary and Lydia had quarreled a lot since they were young. In most cases, Mrs. Bennet still preferred her youngest daughter, but this time she rarely gave her a good face.
Lydia also has to speak for Wickham, which is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire.
"And you," Mrs. Bennet reprimanded, "running wildly every day, whether it is serious or not, I knew you would cause trouble sooner or later. As long as that guy Wickham is around, you are not allowed to go to Meryton to find those Officers!"
Lydia: "No, no...how could this be!"
At the age of 15, it was the first time that Lydia was scolded so severely by her mother and even grounded?
Seeing that the scene was one-sided, and Mary was sitting at the table still looking like an old god, she looked very proud.Lydia was helpless, so sad that she burst into tears again.
This scene frightened Catherine, who usually had no idea.
The good-tempered Jane hurriedly took Catherine to comfort Lydia, and Mary cried out when she saw her, and even laughed wickedly: "Remember the five hats, the hats you embroidered yourself, if I am not satisfied, You have to do it all over again."
Mr. Bennet looked at Mary with great interest, and even made up his mind: "One must keep one's word. Since you made a bet at that time, you have to be willing to admit defeat. Otherwise, when you marry your sweetheart, how can you establish a good relationship at home?" Housewife prestige?"
"That's right," Mrs. Bennet rarely united with her husband, "I have to supervise you."
Lydia couldn't help but wonder if these were her biological parents!
Lydia, who has always been loved and loved, has never been wronged like this. While sobbing, she raised her head and yelled at Mary: "You just want to show off and prove that you are different from others! Even so, people will not like you Yes, especially Mr Wickham!"
Mary snorted: "What do I want him to do, take my little dowry?"
Lydia: "Mr. Wickham is not like that!"
Really obsessed.
Hearing her angrily rebuttal, Mary tilted her head on purpose, and said provocatively: "I'm going to say it, but don't worry, he will definitely come to you, and when he finds out that the rich ladies are not as stupid as you, Your dowry of a thousand pounds is not much, but it is a fortune!"
Lydia: "You—I won't allow you to slander him!"
"Do not believe?"
Mary laughed.
"If you don't believe me, just bet five more hats. After a few months, when all the rich ladies he is pursuing now find out his intentions, Mr. Wickham will definitely come back to you and Lizzie. If I make a mistake, this I will return the five hats to you, and if I am right, you have to give me five more."
Lydia said without thinking, "Just bet!"
Elizabeth watching the play: "..."
For God's sake, it took all of Elizabeth's strength to suppress the urge to laugh.
A person can never be tripped up by the same stone, but Lydia not only has to be stumbled by the same stone, but also offers up delicious food and drink for the stone.
Things have developed to this point, Elizabeth finally understands what Mary wants to do.
When Lydia left in a fit of anger, Mary was not in a hurry, but happily packed up her books and her own manuscripts and prepared to go back to her room.
On the other hand, Jane saw that Catherine was going to accompany Lydia, so she called to Mary worriedly, and persuaded her: "Seeing how sad she is, why don't you forget it, Mary, you don't usually like hats very much."
Elizabeth: "No, I think it is necessary to make her sad."
is not that right.
Mary knew that Elizabeth could understand, and she took Jane's arm with a smile: "I don't, Lydia behaves frivolously and doesn't listen to advice, and Mr. Wickham is not a noble gentleman. Don't let her have a good time." Sad, utterly sad, and besides being sad, she has to bleed profusely, how can she have such a memory?"
It's okay not to listen to her, it's okay to look down on her, Mary has plenty of ways to teach Lydia a lesson.A girl like her, with an arrogant heart and superficial vision, won't know what she's done wrong unless she falls hard herself, and the pain hurts her heart.
Mary must have these ten hats, and not only that, but if she does anything stupid in the future, Mary will bet with her on other things and provoke her in different ways. .
Mary was looking forward to Mr. Wickham's return from the bottom of her heart, and she couldn't wait to see Lydia's angry and anxious expression.However, things did not go as planned.
A week later, what Mary waited for was not Wickham, but a second letter from Mr. Holmes.
But this second letter did not make Mary happy. After reading it, she looked worriedly at Mr. Bingley, who came to deliver the letter himself.
"Mr. Holmes said that you need to go to London." She repeated the content of the letter.
"Yes," Mr. Bingley nodded. "It just so happens that I have some business matters in London. I can take this opportunity to deal with them together."
"..."
So Mary's worry still came.
It was not easy for Jane and Mr. Bingley to avoid the misunderstanding of the original book. After interacting with each other, Mr. Bingley still wanted to leave Netherfield Manor and parted with Jane temporarily.
What is more worrying than the misunderstanding and parting is the parting after falling in love. Right now, the two are inseparable and sweet. What should we do?
The author has something to say: Mary: I do not agree with this marriage.jpg
William Collins, old-fashioned and self-righteous, hugged the lady's lap, and babbled on and on about the matter.
Not only that, but Mr. Collins knew that his cousins would have no inheritance because of the law of inheritance, and he was short of a wife, so it was quite natural for him to choose his fiancée among the Miss Bennets.Especially after he took a fancy to Elizabeth, it seemed that his favor was a great blessing to her.
In Collins' eyes, Elizabeth's perfunctory is politeness, politeness is shyness, and euphemistic refusal is the refusal of an unmarried girl's family. Gratitude is the way to be, how could it be completely meaningless?
This caused Elizabeth to refuse and not to refuse, and not to refuse, and it was so annoying that she was going crazy.
Fortunately, Mary asked the maid to secretly listen to the discussion between Mrs. Bennet and Mr. Collins. She felt that he was not far from proposing, so she just refused it.
Mr. Collins is not worth mentioning, and the self-righteous straight male cancer has never been taken seriously.Mr. Wickham was far more dangerous.
He has a handsome appearance and is good at observing words and expressions. A conversation at Aunt Phillips' house made everyone fall in love with him.In the original book, Wickham Wickham flirts with Elizabeth first, knowing that she cannot inherit Longbourne, and the dowry is not too much, and immediately turns to pursue other unmarried ladies of Meryton.
When he saw that the deception was hopeless, he hooked up with Lydia again, and even eloped, causing a scandal.
Although Mary looked down on Lydia for being dizzy, but in the whole matter, it is really hateful that he is clearly a scumbag!
The point is, Mary Shi dislikes this character so much. After seeing the real person, she has to admit that the reason why the scumbag is likable is not without reason.
For example, now, at Aunt Phillips's house, Mr. Collins is self-righteously talking in front of Elizabeth, Lydia and Catherine are happily chatting with several officers, and Mary is as usual unanswered.
She is happy to be at leisure, socializing between unmarried men and women, if it is not for discussing the case, Mary really can't cheer up.So Mary was not in a hurry to get angry, and had a few words with Mrs. Phillips, planning to find an excuse to go to the study to sort out the manuscript.
However, at this moment, Mr. Wickham, who was the most eye-catching in the entire mansion, walked in front of Mary.
"Miss," he said with the utmost sincerity, "yesterday I saw you reading Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. If I may venture to start a conversation, you seem to like Shakespeare's comedies."
He could have ignored Mary like the others, but Wickham hadn't, and seeing her neglected, he moved forward to open up the conversation--on Mary's favorite subject.
I have to say that there must be a reason why a scumbag is a scumbag.
Not only the face, Mary sighed in her heart, his emotional intelligence is really high.
She stretched out her hand not to hit the smiling face, so Mary raised the corners of her lips.
"like."
she says.
"Anything Shakespeare plays, I like."
Mr. Wickham: "That's really good. I like his historical dramas very much."
Mary: "I like it too, especially the third part of The Hollow Crown."
Mr. Wickham's expression was blanked by this strange description at first, and he subconsciously added: "The empty crown...? Ah, I see!"
The handsome young man's eyes lit up.
"None dies well, for the mortal body is trapped within this crown of emptiness! Death is his court, and here the buffoon sits, laughing at his nobility and despising his splendor!"*"
He uttered the lines in "Richard II", and seeing the high-spirited expression, he almost reached out to applaud: "It's really wonderful, Miss Mary! The so-called three parts should be "Richard II", "Henry IV" and "Henry V" three, no wonder Mrs. Phillips praised you, saying you are the most talented woman around here!"
Mary: "..."
This is blowing too much!
Mainly, the description of "the empty crown" does not come from Mary herself, but from the Shakespeare drama series produced by the future BBC TV station for the 2012 London Olympics.So Mr. Wickham's praise made Mary feel inexplicably guilty—she just got used to this statement and said it subconsciously.
As for Mr. Wickham, he is handsome, with a sincere tone, and his piercing eyes are shining with joy, looking at Mary as if he has found the most important confidant in his life.
A man with a face comparable to Orlando Bloom stares at an unmarried lady like this. Even if Mary doesn't look at her face and understands his essence, she can't tell him, you are disgusting, hurry up open!
A good face is good, Mary sighed in her heart.
It's no wonder Lydia is so crazy. Dad, Mr. Bennet, is right. In fact, there is not much difference between her and Lydia—Mary knows that she has her own filter for Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
The only difference was that she liked the wit of the detective, while Lydia liked Mr. Wickham's face.
"Thank you," said Mary politely, "that's too much of a compliment, sir."
To be Mr. Bingley or Mr. Darcy would have made Mary proud, and a few wisecracks.But with Wickham Wickham... just keep her bookish image, Mary doesn't bother to impress him.
"It's not too much." Facing Mary's indifference, Mr. Wickham was not embarrassed at all. "This description is enough to prove that you understand Shakespeare thoroughly, rather than just passing through it."
"I don't think anyone reads Shakespeare for a second," said Mary politely. "He's worth chewing on, isn't he?"
"exactly!"
Mr. Wickham wanted to say something more, but Lydia was not willing to be left out.
The pretty little girl ran up to Mr. Wickham, and first gave Mary a look, as if resenting her for "monopolizing" him for so long: "What are you talking about?"
"It doesn't interest you," said Mary, "it's just books."
"What is there to talk about!"
Lydia didn't care about literature and art at all, she dismissed this topic very disdainfully, and chatted about Sir Lucas wanting to hold another ball afterwards.
Mary rolled her eyes wildly inwardly.
She didn't want to talk to Wickham anyway, so she let Lydia draw his attention away.
Now, finally, no one cares about her.Mary finally got a chance, found an excuse to ask for leave with Mrs. Phillips, ran to her study, and quietly began to write the outline of the novel.
She stayed like this until the officers left.
When the Miss Bennets turned back to Longbourne, Elizabeth finally got rid of Mr. Collins temporarily and got a chance to talk to Mary when they were on the way.
Seeing that she was holding the manuscript again, Elizabeth just wanted to teach her a few words, but after thinking about it, she couldn't help laughing again: "Forget it, since you haven't missed your social life these days, I won't It’s about you. Today, you and Mr. Wickham seem to be on good terms.”
"Yes," answered Mary truthfully, "he said he liked Shakespeare's histories very much."
Lydia snorted coldly upon hearing this.
"Mary knows how to show off," she grumbled. "What's the point of a historical drama? It's grandstanding!"
"Hey, you still use the word grandstanding," Mary laughed, "I'm afraid I just figured out what it means this morning, so let's learn and sell it now?"
"you--"
It can be said that from the time Lydia started to speak, the quarrel between Mary and her never stopped.Either Lydia cried out of anger at Mary, or Mary left on the spot holding the book in anger at Lydia.
At first Mrs. Bennet would hold back the scolding, but Mary was nineteen this year, and the whole of Longbourn was used to two sisters bickering by now.
Relatives who live under the same roof always have friction.
Mary almost thought so too.
Although she didn't like Lydia at all, she thought this girl was short-sighted, frivolous, and worthless except for a face. It could be said that she was the kind of girl Mary hated most.
But a younger sister is a younger sister, only she can dislike and bully her, not others!
When Lydia heard Mary mocking her for being ignorant, she immediately fought back without hesitation: "What about you! You pretend to be noble, and you say you don't like socializing and don't want to dance, but you can't move away when you see Mr. Wickham. Eyes, I advise you to give up your heart, Mr. Wickham is just being polite to you, he is not sincere to you!"
"What do I want him to do sincerely?" Mary said, "Mr. Wickham can pretend to be a groom in disguise and no one will recognize him, or can he just look at you and know you are from Afghanistan?"
Lydia:? ? ? ? ?
Elizabeth: "Pfft."
Although Elizabeth didn't know that Mary borrowed the original content of "The Collection of Sherlock Holmes", but after hearing this bizarre description, coupled with Mary's hobbies, the older sister naturally knew who she was talking about.
"All right."
In Jane's absence, Elizabeth was the eldest and had to mediate between the two sisters.
"Mr Wickham is a warm and generous man," she said, "what's the problem with being true to everybody?"
"Treat each other sincerely."
Mary raised her eyebrows disapprovingly: "I don't think so."
Elizabeth winced.
She turned her head to look at Mary, and those bright and moving eyes praised by Mr. Darcy showed traces of scrutiny: "How do you say that?"
Their eyes met, and Mary understood Elizabeth's meaning.
Elizabeth already had doubts when she found out that Mr. Wickham and Mr. Darcy knew each other and their relationship was delicate.
And these words made Elizabeth think that Mary might have found clues from all kinds of clues, just like the detective she admired.
"Don't forget that Mr. Wickham has been here not long ago," said Mary truthfully. "She only paid attention to you and Lydia because of their good looks, and the fact that they were surrounded by unmarried girls of good reputation and high status."
Lydia was very upset: "You just do the opposite of what others say, and you know how to show off in this way! Mr. Wickham treats you so well, but you insult him?!"
"Don't worry."
Mary blinked her eyes, and smiled instead of haste.
She paused intentionally, and waited until Lydia became impatient before she spoke: "So, Lydia, I can dispel Mr. Wickham's admiration for you and Elizabeth with one sentence. Do you want to bet?"
"...What nonsense are you talking about?"
"The nonsense is also spoken," Mary asked, "Do you want to bet?"
"Gamble, why not bet?"
Lydia couldn't believe it!She said angrily, "If you lose, you are never allowed to speak to Mr. Wickham again."
"it is good."
If you don't say it, don't say it, the role you take as a baby is not worth mentioning in the eyes of others, okay?Mary easily complied with her: "No problem, but if you lose..."
She looked Lydia up and down, and finally her eyes fell on the extremely delicate hat on her sister's beautiful long hair.
The millinery shop in Meryton, with only a few styles coming and going, is far less fashionable than London or other big cities.And Lydia's hat is always the most exquisite and brightest among the unmarried girls around.
Well, Mary decided to take back her words, and Lydia is not completely useless. Although she is not very smart, she is indeed doing a good job.
"You changed this hat yourself," Mary said maliciously. "If you lose, you have to change five hats like this for me, and each of them must be better than this one."
——A fool does not take advantage of nothing, this is not because Mary is bullying her.I don't believe that Lydia has suffered this kind of loss a few more times, and she still can't learn to use her beautiful little head!
In fact, Mary did have her intentions when she suddenly took such an active part in socializing.
Seeing that Wickham Wickham is about to win the love of all the unmarried girls around Meryton, she really wants to see what this famous scumbag looks like, and secondly...
"Although I do not know Mr. Darcy very well, I think he is a very bad-tempered man.*"
When Mr. Wickham said this, Mary still couldn't help laughing out loud.
Wickham: "..."
Her sudden laughter stunned the dignified young man, and he said politely, "What are you laughing at, Miss Mary?"
"It's nothing." Mary hurriedly restrained her smile, "I just thought of Mr. Darcy's always stern face. He does seem to have a bad temper."
—and, secondly, that she was expecting Mr. Wickham Wickham to utter these disparaging remarks about Mr. Darcy.
With all the calculations, Wickham and the Miss Bennet only met three times.When Elizabeth met him, she just ran into Mr. Darcy. The embarrassment and alienation between the two men obviously had a story.Elizabeth had been thinking about it for a long time, and today she finally couldn't hold back her curiosity and asked.
And Mr. Wickham did not try to test the situation, but heard Elizabeth say that Mr. Darcy had been rude to her, and he hurriedly said something bad.
"I hope he hasn't been rude to you," said Mr. Wickham to Mary.
"Not really," Mary said with a smile, "it's just that Mr. Darcy spoke very bluntly, and said that my character is not suitable for being a lady."
Mr. Wickham showed a look of surprise, and then he twisted his handsome eyebrows: "Then this is too much!"
It would be too much if Mary wasn't a girl from time-travel.But then again, if she wasn't a girl from time travel, her personality wouldn't be like this.
So Mary just tilted her head nonchalantly: "What about you, sir? I see that you have a really bad impression of Mr. Darcy, and I'm afraid that something unpleasant happened before."
"It's not a bad thing at all."
Mr. Wickham closed his eyes.
In the original novel, what Wickham told Elizabeth at this time was that Fitzwilliam Darcy's father was a benevolent and generous landowner. He once said in his will that he would be given a priesthood, but the old Mr. Darcy died. Finally, when there is a vacancy in the priesthood, Darcy himself refuses to give him the position because he hates Mr. Wickham.
It sounds like Mr. Darcy is a despicable person who is mean and indifferent by nature, looks down on common people, and even disregards the future of others.These words made Elizabeth, who was already prejudiced against Darcy in the novel, feel contempt and hatred for him.
It has to be said that Mr. Wickham's words are regretful, his expression is in place, and his attitude of heartbroken but absolutely different from the common knowledge of villains seems to be particularly convincing.
Therefore, even though Elizabeth, who had received an apology from Mr. Darcy, still looked confused at this time, Lydia couldn't sit still.
"How could he do this!"
Lydia could not take her eyes off Mr. Wickham from the first moment she saw him.Now hearing that he was treated harshly, resentment was written on his pretty little face.
Seeing her unbelievable and righteous indignation, fortunately Mr. Darcy was not there, otherwise Lydia would have rushed to me to question her.
"This kind of villain's behavior," Lydia said, "is there no way to expose him?"
Mr. Wickham's tone was heavy: "In name, he didn't do anything wrong, and I don't bother to ruin a person's reputation with insidious means."
Lydia: "But he ruined your career!"
Wickham: "Perhaps God has other plans for me. Haven't I come to Meryton now?"
The tone of his words was sincere. When he looked at Lydia, his eyes sparkled, which actually made Lydia's cheeks blush, and she even felt a little embarrassed.
Oh my goodness.
Mary was amazed at what she saw, astonished at the existence of such impudent men as Wickham Wickham in the world, and astonished at the beauty of Lydia's flush.
He can also say this, obviously you are using dark means to destroy Mr. Darcy's reputation, okay?Are you really not afraid of being exposed?
And as for Lydia, she has always been ignorant, relying on her beauty and Mrs. Bennet's favor to become more and more lawless, and many people even think that her behavior is frivolous-such a bold and bold girl, because of Wickham's one The words blushed!
No wonder she would elope with Wickham Wickham in the original book. Mary now realizes that Lydia is naive and selfish on the one hand, and on the other hand, she may really love this scumbag from the bottom of her heart.
It is a big problem to prevent Lydia from committing a crime, but if she does not elope out of superficial flattery, but really falls in love with Mr. Wickham, it will be even more troublesome.
Mary thought for a moment, but in the end she just restrained her mind.
"It's very kind of you, sir," she said with a sigh, "a gentleman as upright and sincere as you are rare nowadays."
When her words fell to the ground, before Wickham could respond, Elizabeth raised her eyebrows imperceptibly.
Others don't know, but Elizabeth knows that Mary is definitely not in a good mood.
Her younger sister never praised others easily, especially since she had long expressed doubts about Mr. Wickham's character, she would not trust others just because of a few one-sided words.
Doesn't even Elizabeth think there's something wrong with it, especially when Wickham Wickham says Mr. Darcy is jealous of old Darcy's kindness to him and thus holds a grudge - and how could a man with a small stomach and a tendency to hold a grudge Honestly and frankly admit your mistakes?
Elizabeth would not deny that he was arrogant and defiant, even if he was bad-tempered, but that Mr. Darcy ruined Wickham's piety out of jealousy, and Elizabeth felt that Mr. Darcy was not such a despicable person.
So she just took a deep look at Mary: "You really think so?"
Mary: "Of course!"
She turned her head to look at Elizabeth, her eyes met, and the two sisters immediately connected with each other.
"Okay, okay, I know you're all waiting for my words." She laughed.
Hearing the word "one sentence", not to mention Elizabeth, even Lydia became nervous.
Anyone can forget what happened yesterday, but Lydia can't!Mary swore that she could, with a single word, dissuade Wickham's courtship of the Bennet sisters.
If she loses, she will be given five hats!
"What?" asked Wickham.
"I'm just apologizing," Mary said naturally, "I said to Lizzie before that you are a good-looking person, you are always likable, and your feelings for Lizzie may not be sincere, but now it seems that I have wronged you."
Mr. Wickham shook his head: "That's all right, miss."
Mary: "You are an upright person. Even if you are threatened by Mr. Darcy, you are indifferent. It is enough to show that you are a person of noble character and does not value money. I told Lizzie yesterday that I am afraid that you mistakenly think that Longbourne is rich and greedy for money. It’s a great dedication.”
"Misunderstanding?"
"Because our sisters can't inherit Longbourne," said Mary with a smile, "that Mr. Collins is the heir to my father, and our dowry is pitifully small for a lady. But I think Mr. Wickham You won’t underestimate us because of that, right?”
"……of course not."
That being said, anyone could see that Wickham Wickham's smile subtly froze.
See, it's that simple.
Although the villain is difficult to deal with, it is not too difficult to target them - the villain will only be courteous when he has a plan. According to Wickham Wickham's conditions, he can't fool any beautiful girl ?The reason why he favors the daughters of the Bennet family is just to mistakenly think that their dowry is rich and rich.
All Mary did was tell him that there was nothing he wanted here and that he should find another way.
And this approach is really effective.
Within two days, Mr. Wickham found his "true love" in Meryton.And this lucky lady is neither Elizabeth nor Lydia, but a plain-looking lady who will inherit a large fortune.
This pissed Lydia off.
After learning of this, she returned to Longbourn angrily, and as soon as she entered the house, she saw that Mary was still leisurely flipping through the books from Netherfield Manor, and she yelled directly: "It's all your fault! Now Wick Mr. Mu is unwilling to look at me twice, why do you want to provoke the relationship between me and Mr. Wickham?"
Mary sneered inwardly.
But she didn't show it, but carefully closed the book.
The book was borrowed from Netherfield Hall, and it must not be damaged.Since Jane and Mr. Bingley confessed their feelings to each other, Mr. Bingley was very grateful to Mary, a prankster. Borrowing money is not a problem, let alone borrowing books.
Mary is in a bad mood when her early morning reading is interrupted by Lydia.
She turned her head to look at Lydia, the spoiled little girl blushed, and there was still light sweat on her forehead. She had obviously run all the way back to Longbourn, and wanted to settle accounts with herself.
"Where's the hat?" So Mary raised her eyebrows and asked coldly.
"..."
"Okay, you lost the bet, and you want to give me five hats," Mary said without forgetting to add, "Oh, the one you are wearing now is not good, I want five hats that you embroidered yourself, which can only be better than the original one." It's beautiful, it can't be perfunctory."
"you--"
Lydia was too angry to speak.
She saw Mary's calm look, and then thought of Mr. Wickham's polite but distant look, which was enough to make Lydia angry and distressed.
And Mary, who messed up everything, dares to ask her for a hat?
The more Lydia thought about it, the angrier she became, and she even felt aggrieved.She grasped the corner of the skirt tightly, and her big eyes were quickly filled with tears: "Mary, you are too much!"
"Why is it too much?"
Mary looked at Lydia with a face full of inexplicable troubles: "Will you bet and admit defeat, if you don't want to, you don't have to bet before?"
Lydia: "I don't care!"
She raised her voice and couldn't stop crying after speaking.
It didn't matter that she cried, the remaining three Miss Bennet: Jane, Elizabeth, and Catherine were taken aback—you must know that Lydia was lawless at home, and she was always the only one who made Catherine cry.
"What's the matter?" Jane asked hurriedly, "Mary, are you bullying Lydia again?"
What do you mean I bully her, so my image is so bad in the elder sister's heart!
"Mary, Mary," Lydia cried sobbingly, and she was even more motivated to see someone supporting her, "She's going to grab my hat!"
Elizabeth laughed out loud.
Jane was not in Longbourne at the time, so naturally she didn't know about the bet between Mary and Lydia, but Elizabeth was there.Hearing the reasons for the argument between Lydia and Mary, instead of expressing relief, she pretended to be surprised and said, "Then just grab it back? You often snatch Katie's hat like this on weekdays."
Hearing Elizabeth's words, Lydia stopped suddenly, and it was not right to continue crying, and it was not right not to cry.
She wiped away her tears and seemed to want to justify something, but before she could say anything, the quarrel just now drew the Bennets over.When Mrs. Bennet saw Lydia crying, she looked impatient: "It's so noisy, what a shame. Mary, why are you bullying Lydia again?"
Mary: "..."
No matter what, I think she is bullying Lydia, this time it really didn't work!
Mary couldn't laugh or cry: "Where did I bully her? She lost the bet and wanted to deny it."
Mr. Bennet, who also had a headache from the noise, immediately became interested: "Bet? Tell me, Mary, what did you bet with Lydia?"
So Mary told her parents that Mr. Wickham had neglected Elizabeth and Lydia.
She naturally had nothing to hide, but when Mary said that Mr. Wickham shifted his target when he heard that Miss Bennet could not inherit the family property, Lydia clearly flinched.
Why are you so scared?Because everyone knows that this is Mrs. Bennet's heart disease.
When the cousin Collins of the ladies visited Longbourne, Mrs. Bennet was so angry that she couldn't even eat. It wasn't until Mr. Collins said that he had taken a fancy to Elizabeth that his attitude improved.
Her daughters are all darlings in the palm of their hands, and now there are people who despise them because of this? !
Mrs. Bennet was furious immediately: "Okay, forgive me, I thought he was a good-looking talent before, but now he seems like a snob! Fortunately, Mary, you saw through him early on. You should stay away from such a snob! "
"That's not the case!" Lydia suddenly became anxious.
Mary and Lydia had quarreled a lot since they were young. In most cases, Mrs. Bennet still preferred her youngest daughter, but this time she rarely gave her a good face.
Lydia also has to speak for Wickham, which is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire.
"And you," Mrs. Bennet reprimanded, "running wildly every day, whether it is serious or not, I knew you would cause trouble sooner or later. As long as that guy Wickham is around, you are not allowed to go to Meryton to find those Officers!"
Lydia: "No, no...how could this be!"
At the age of 15, it was the first time that Lydia was scolded so severely by her mother and even grounded?
Seeing that the scene was one-sided, and Mary was sitting at the table still looking like an old god, she looked very proud.Lydia was helpless, so sad that she burst into tears again.
This scene frightened Catherine, who usually had no idea.
The good-tempered Jane hurriedly took Catherine to comfort Lydia, and Mary cried out when she saw her, and even laughed wickedly: "Remember the five hats, the hats you embroidered yourself, if I am not satisfied, You have to do it all over again."
Mr. Bennet looked at Mary with great interest, and even made up his mind: "One must keep one's word. Since you made a bet at that time, you have to be willing to admit defeat. Otherwise, when you marry your sweetheart, how can you establish a good relationship at home?" Housewife prestige?"
"That's right," Mrs. Bennet rarely united with her husband, "I have to supervise you."
Lydia couldn't help but wonder if these were her biological parents!
Lydia, who has always been loved and loved, has never been wronged like this. While sobbing, she raised her head and yelled at Mary: "You just want to show off and prove that you are different from others! Even so, people will not like you Yes, especially Mr Wickham!"
Mary snorted: "What do I want him to do, take my little dowry?"
Lydia: "Mr. Wickham is not like that!"
Really obsessed.
Hearing her angrily rebuttal, Mary tilted her head on purpose, and said provocatively: "I'm going to say it, but don't worry, he will definitely come to you, and when he finds out that the rich ladies are not as stupid as you, Your dowry of a thousand pounds is not much, but it is a fortune!"
Lydia: "You—I won't allow you to slander him!"
"Do not believe?"
Mary laughed.
"If you don't believe me, just bet five more hats. After a few months, when all the rich ladies he is pursuing now find out his intentions, Mr. Wickham will definitely come back to you and Lizzie. If I make a mistake, this I will return the five hats to you, and if I am right, you have to give me five more."
Lydia said without thinking, "Just bet!"
Elizabeth watching the play: "..."
For God's sake, it took all of Elizabeth's strength to suppress the urge to laugh.
A person can never be tripped up by the same stone, but Lydia not only has to be stumbled by the same stone, but also offers up delicious food and drink for the stone.
Things have developed to this point, Elizabeth finally understands what Mary wants to do.
When Lydia left in a fit of anger, Mary was not in a hurry, but happily packed up her books and her own manuscripts and prepared to go back to her room.
On the other hand, Jane saw that Catherine was going to accompany Lydia, so she called to Mary worriedly, and persuaded her: "Seeing how sad she is, why don't you forget it, Mary, you don't usually like hats very much."
Elizabeth: "No, I think it is necessary to make her sad."
is not that right.
Mary knew that Elizabeth could understand, and she took Jane's arm with a smile: "I don't, Lydia behaves frivolously and doesn't listen to advice, and Mr. Wickham is not a noble gentleman. Don't let her have a good time." Sad, utterly sad, and besides being sad, she has to bleed profusely, how can she have such a memory?"
It's okay not to listen to her, it's okay to look down on her, Mary has plenty of ways to teach Lydia a lesson.A girl like her, with an arrogant heart and superficial vision, won't know what she's done wrong unless she falls hard herself, and the pain hurts her heart.
Mary must have these ten hats, and not only that, but if she does anything stupid in the future, Mary will bet with her on other things and provoke her in different ways. .
Mary was looking forward to Mr. Wickham's return from the bottom of her heart, and she couldn't wait to see Lydia's angry and anxious expression.However, things did not go as planned.
A week later, what Mary waited for was not Wickham, but a second letter from Mr. Holmes.
But this second letter did not make Mary happy. After reading it, she looked worriedly at Mr. Bingley, who came to deliver the letter himself.
"Mr. Holmes said that you need to go to London." She repeated the content of the letter.
"Yes," Mr. Bingley nodded. "It just so happens that I have some business matters in London. I can take this opportunity to deal with them together."
"..."
So Mary's worry still came.
It was not easy for Jane and Mr. Bingley to avoid the misunderstanding of the original book. After interacting with each other, Mr. Bingley still wanted to leave Netherfield Manor and parted with Jane temporarily.
What is more worrying than the misunderstanding and parting is the parting after falling in love. Right now, the two are inseparable and sweet. What should we do?
The author has something to say: Mary: I do not agree with this marriage.jpg
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