beauty and money

If the young man in front of me appeared in front of Mrs. Bennet, she would definitely make her scream and faint. What an angelic appearance he was, and his golden-red hair was like a flame, although red-haired people are usually more He is fair-skinned, but it is very rare to be as white and flawless as he is, and his smile at the moment reveals a foolishness, his eyes are as green as a forest, just like the jewels on Mary's neck, his eyes seem to be attracted by it, but because Mary's words turn And look into her eyes.

As Mary said, her eyes are gray-brown, not outstanding among all the beauties and sisters, like rocks and soil, but they look extremely firm and stubborn.

Even though Mary is such a cold woman, she was shocked by this man's appearance, and then the handsome man blinked and said, "My name is Bennett Benest." Mary heard his name Smiling, she immediately asked, "The Blessed One?" The gentleman nodded immediately.Mary felt very incredible, she introduced herself: "I am Margaret Bennet, your name is my last name, how interesting."

Mr. Benest, who evidently knew Mary's name, said with a smile: "It's a wonderful coincidence, for which you ought to dance with me."

"You're right." Mary accepted the red-haired gentleman's invitation. When Mary danced with Benest, the others were slightly critical. Although they knew nothing about Mr. Benest's life experience , but they saw very clearly that although the style of this gentleman's dress was very fashionable, the material was very bad. There was not even a single silver button on this gentleman's white shirt.They all knew he must be a hollow man (a man without property).

But Mary doesn't understand the so-called fabrics very much. Even if she knows that this gentleman is poor, she will only laugh at other people's snobbery. She is such a strange woman. If this person is very rich and perfect, she will avoid him. Like all reason is telling her not to have useless dreams, those rich and handsome gentlemen will never fall in love with her, in order to avoid the frustration of her self-esteem and heart, she will avoid them far away, even if she really wants to The same is true for people's hearts.

On the contrary, if a man is poor and has a low status, she will help him out of sympathy. In her heart, she always believes that marriage and love happen on an equal footing, and because of the marriages of her sisters, she firmly believes that love will make arrogant people bow their heads and become weak. people are strong.Mary didn't know that her eccentricity was the spirit that these British girls generally lacked. What they valued men was money and family background, so what Mary valued was men's respect for her, and she was placed on an equal footing with them. location, not a delicate doll.She doesn't even like men's careful flattery. Excessive flattery doesn't make her happy and feels hypocritical.

The man with a frivolous smile in front of him is dancing a dance with Mary to exchange partners, but his eyes are always following Mary (the necklace). Even Mary, who has no illusions about the beauty of men, can't hold back her enthusiasm. She blushed and tried to avoid eye contact with the gentleman.

Since the old Benest passed away, Mr. Benest Jr. has been wandering around London with his father's little inheritance. He has seen countless girls and ladies, and they are all bewildered by his appearance, just like his The sisters said he was born to please women.There isn't any woman who wouldn't be charmed by him, but unfortunately they are madly infatuated with him, but will always be sane enough to marry a rich gentleman, even those widowed women who give him money to want to be with him Wushan Yunyu, but he just wants to marry any of them to settle his debts, he doesn't want to sell himself to these old women, once he does that, then this stain will never go away, and he will never be able to achieve any good marriage .And once those widows found out that he had no intention of being their secret lover, and the real purpose was to marry them, they immediately cut off contact with him, oh, women.

Not long ago, a certain lady who had eloped with him turned out to be ruthless. She angrily accused him of being an ugly, dirty, and mercenary man, but Mr. Benest told her that his only ugliness was poverty , the only dirty one wants to marry her instead of playing with her first and then asking her parents for money.However, she was right, he was a mercenary man.She and her parents made it impossible for him to stay in London, so what, he would find someone new, and one of them would marry him.

Right now, this stunted, sallow and thin girl is just as shy as any other woman. He can easily handle this kind of bean sprouts. It won't be long before she falls in love with him deeply, just wait and see.

Mr. Benest, who was full of confidence, invited Mary to take a rest after the song was over. Mary didn't want to go, but she felt that her will had been shaken. If she didn't want to be confused by this person and be tempted, she had to stay away. , but once Mr. Benest showed a melancholy and regretful expression, Mary felt a great sense of guilt, as if she had done something wrong, and she thought helplessly that her plan to sneak out and explore seemed to be hindered?

When she walked to the seat beside her, Mary had already got rid of the confusion of this gentleman's appearance. He is indeed very attractive, but unfortunately Mary is not an ordinary girl. Even if she likes you, you will never be able to detect her, very A woman who knows how to restrain herself.

But most of the reason why Mary has become so introverted is because of Mrs. Bennet. She is a woman who has a hound-like sense of love and a prophetic prediction. It brought countless humiliations to Mary, such as the incident with Cousin Collins. At first Mary had a little fantasy, but Mrs. Bennet noticed it. The embarrassing matching made the sisters know Mary's little thoughts, maybe not only her own sisters, she might be so stupid that the whole Meryton knew.Especially when my mother, when she was married in Collins, said that we would never go to his wedding, which was so cruel to my poor daughter, Mary wished to disappear at once, although some people think Mrs. Bennet said that Elizabeth, after all, she rejected him, but everyone in the family knows the close relationship between Elizabeth and Charlotte, and she has never had the slightest thought about Collins, so what Mrs. Bennet said will only make the family think of Mary , that naive and ugly woman, was sadly ignored by others, and since then, showing her love has been regarded as a great shame by Mary.Her mother's "kindness" always makes her feel ashamed, and over time Mary's restraint has reached the point of impermeability, even if someone appears in her heart thousands of times one day, she will never look at him more than once after tossing and enduring the pain of lovesickness!

Mr. Benest brought her a mint drink, a low alcohol drink for ladies.He said in his softest and charming tone: "Miss Mary, please allow me to write poems for you." His eyes were watery, his lips were pink and full, and when he whispered, he seemed to be kissing a delicate rose, and his slightly exposed white teeth opened and closed He spit out a poem: "Tonight is your kiss that polishes the stars, makes lovers intoxicated, makes the night fall, and makes the poet pick that charming rose..." Whenever Mr. Benest reads the poem, there is no one. One woman could break free from his voice, they even felt he was surrounded by light.

But after Mary listened politely, she just asked doubtfully: "Pube's night rose?" Mr. Benest was stiff for a moment, but then he smiled and said: "I like his poems very much, they are so charming." It was as if the embarrassment just now had never existed.

"Oh, I think his Iliad and Odyssey are the essence, but the poetry of love is not outstanding." Mary's eyes seemed to be laughing at something, but in fact Mary was laughing in her heart, this man is really impressive Ridiculous, would he think Pope's poems that she didn't know?

"Oh, actually, I think such a 'giant' must have suffered a lot in love." Mr. Benest felt that Mary's words seemed to be thorny, but her calm tone seemed to be satirizing him, while Mary's playful The smile is to die for.But Benest has been in love for a long time, and this little irony is commonplace for him. He is ridiculed and ridiculed as a little boy. If he gets angry because of this, he really doesn't deserve to be a poor person.If it is said that the only thing this abominable poverty has taught Benest is never to be poor, poverty is more tragic than going to hell, if he can't marry a woman who can pay his debts for him, he may really have to sell himself, and then forever Sinking between the sheets of an old woman, there is no light anymore.

"I don't know if it's my delusion. I always feel that Mr. Benest looks familiar?" After Mary got rid of the influence of this gentleman's beauty, she observed carefully and found that this gentleman looked familiar, and the voice seemed to have been heard somewhere.

"I have been living in London before. Has Miss Mary ever visited London?" Mr. Benest immediately felt that he was about to be exposed after hearing Mary's words, but he was always calm, and he couldn't admit it until the last moment. He was the daredevil that day.So he said very calmly that he had lived in London.

Obviously, the return of Mr. Benest gave Mary a bad association for a moment. She had no good things in London at all, not to mention the embarrassment at the ball. Maybe this gentleman met her on a certain occasion?She immediately replied dryly: "I have been there before, but it is not a very friendly city."

"Ah, I think so too. It only welcomes rich people... Oh, but how can a rich person like Miss Mary find it unfriendly." Mr. Benest realized that he had slipped his mouth inadvertently. He changed the subject immediately.

Apparently Mary didn't pay attention to the meaning of his words, she was just thinking of her own terrible experiences, maybe she shouldn't talk about such topics with this gentleman.She took her leave almost immediately, and went to find Mrs. Graillis.Mr. Benest also had the same idea. He felt that talking to this young lady was exhausting. Her gaze was cautious and restrained. Instead of being dazzled by his beauty, she almost put herself in an embarrassing situation.

This lady was really difficult to deal with, and he glanced at the other ladies at the ball, who among them had a lot of money and might marry him, and oh, my God, he should not underestimate the enemy, women are more terrible than any detective.

Mary's mind is now full of whether the gentleman saw her when she made a fool of herself, but all she can't get rid of is the shadow of Mrs. Bennet. She needs to rest, and more importantly, she needs to explore.

In order to get rid of the bad memories of London, Mary chose to leave the ballroom. The servants in the aisle treated her well, and no one asked her if she wanted to find a convenient place.And Mary sneaked around the maze-like corridors and found the kitchen. At this time, Grian and the other maids were eating some pulled fruits. The quality of drinks, she doesn't pay attention to appetite like those naturally picky nobles, so there are some common foods at the banquet, so the maids have already saved a lot of time, even so, they are still very tired, if a noble The master's ball, then the cooks will have almost no leisure, and they will be busy all night.

Grian leaned back on a chair and chatted with a few maids. Their faces were generally rosy and rough, unlike the skin of the young ladies with fine fluff like untouched peaches. The skin is either dark or covered with freckles from the sun, and the shadow of labor has been deeply left between their brows and the corners of their eyes. They are so healthy and happy.Mary's thin figure made her soundless like a kitten. She came to the kitchen and wanted to find Grian to join her on an adventure. She promised to take her to those corridors and rooms that she hadn't visited.But the little maid was obviously too self-forgetful to talk, and she had long forgotten about her date with the young lady.

The servant's world has never been visited by the master, but the master's secret servant knows. A tall maid said while pulling Grian's skirt: "Honey, so the Bennets are a big family."

The presence of Bennet in the conversation among the servants immediately pricked up Mary's ears, and she stopped involuntarily to hear what they were saying. It is not good for a servant to talk about a master.

"Of course, there are five ladies, but four of them are already married." Grynn's talkativeness was not without reason. She was holding a wooden cup in her hand, which contained the absinthe that country people often drink. Low degree, favorite of maids in their spare time.

"Oh, is that Miss Mary? Her younger sister is already married, and she is not yet married. It's simply outrageous." A black-haired maid turned her back to the door, she was short and fat, and her voice was rough.

Grein grinned, her yellow teeth were jagged and small like rice grains, her face was as small as her teeth, her smile was weird and sly.She said: "That can't be helped. Miss Mary has a weird temperament. My wife often complains that if my sisters can't get married until she is married, then they will cry blind."