beauty and money

After Christmas Eve passed, Mary dressed up refreshed the next day. She hadn't been this happy for a long time, because today is the happiest day of the year. Mrs. Bennet never mentioned the good boy, she was busy It was the duty of every squire to direct his servants to prepare the communion-bags for distribution in the church, and to show charity and doctrine by sending gifts to the local poor.

The priest of this district, Father Lodley, is quite old. Unlike those priests who got high by boasting and flattering (especially Corinth), he is a polymath who is proficient in canonical books and many languages. After completing his studies in the Vatican, he went on a study tour in various European countries, and finally returned to his hometown to settle down. He dedicated his life to the Lord, that is, he had no wife, daughter, or fixed wealth. He is an older person who has served for many years.Father Lauderley's social status in this area is definitely comparable to that of most squires, and his words can even determine whether a person is expelled or isolated.

Just after the Bennet family prepared the sacrament bag, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet took their daughter to the church. Unlike some squires who would attend the church assembly on Christmas Eve, they would directly bring the alms there, because Bennet Mr. Turt preferred to stay by the fire than to go out on a snowy night, and there were always gossiping ladies at meetings which Mrs. Bennet disliked.Fortunately, it was not their family that had this habit, some families felt very uncomfortable with the lower peasants at the meetings, others because such meetings were often long and boring, and most of the country gentlemen in Meryton preferred it. Spend Christmas Eve with your family in the comfort of your own home.

But on Christmas Day, they will appear at the preaching scene and give bread to the poor.Mary will attend every year, but as an unmarried lady, she will not directly face the poor to distribute bread, that is the work of the servants, she will stay in the church and listen to the music of the choir with many ladies and ladies, The gentlemen will supervise the work of the servants at the scene of giving, and sometimes go to the priest to listen to the gospel.

Mrs. Bennet's eyelids were shaking as she listened to the hymns in the choir. She couldn't concentrate, while Mary listened hard to the content of the hymns. The sound of the organ echoed in the auditorium. Dream, it's a pity that in the dream I am graceful and beautiful, but in reality I am thin and mediocre.

When the choir sang near the end of the hymn, there was a sudden commotion outside the church. Everyone didn't know what happened, and the ladies whispered to each other.Immediately afterwards, a group of chaotic people pressed a disheveled woman into the auditorium. This indecent scene made all the ladies frown.

Immediately some servants stepped forward to stop them, lest they offend the ladies and ladies.It was a group of rough peasants dressed in dust, yellow-green, and dark brown, and some of them were holding pitchforks, shouting that this woman was a shameful thief.

The police officers in this town were talking to the priest, and they rushed over when they heard the commotion here. The faces of the leaders were full of deep red sunburn and wrinkles from years of hard work, and their beards were not carefully groomed More vulgar like free-ranging sheep, when they speak, their teeth are full of yellow smoke and they are actually slang.

"My lord, this woman is not only a shameless bastard but also a thief. She despised the Lord's mercy and committed the crime of stealing. She should go to hell." One of the middle-aged fat men twisted the woman and pushed her to the ground. The woman has a slightly fat body and darker skin, black curly hair and a face with a foreign face.

"I report, she's a witch, she casts spells, I saw it," shouted a woman in a white turban, her fat body pushed through the crowd to the police officer.

"Get her out, get her out, that damned gypsy devil, send her to the plantation to work with the niggers," chants erupted from the crowd, the vulgar peasants excited as if the woman were a heinous Women in general.

"Bah, you are the sluts. You were sweet when you were having fun, but now you are putting on airs. I didn't steal the bread. The damn thing with sand is eaten by ghosts. Those hypocritical nobles give it to you. You should be grateful to Dade for eating." The woman who was pushed yelled and cursed without showing any weakness, and the police officer immediately stopped her from talking nonsense, because these words really shouldn't be said in front of these ladies and ladies, and even the gentlemen directly frown.

Those farmers and women scolded each other and uttered indecent words. The police officer had no choice but to slap the woman's face with his big hand. She didn't dare to choke until her teeth fell out and she spit out blood.This brutal behavior made the hearts of the ladies tense. They were dizzy when they saw the blood and asked them to leave immediately.

What happened next shocked Mary greatly. She always believed that the benevolent Father Lauderley criticized the woman mercilessly. The priests of the church came out to maintain order. Asking to take this woman out for interrogation, several unmarried ladies who were not familiar with Mary also discussed the woman who was scuffled and taken away as if they knew each other very well.

"Oh, my God, it's so vulgar, have you seen those peasants?" A lady clutched her chest and seemed out of breath.

Another immediately echoed: "That's right, the smell from them almost suffocates me, I think they shouldn't come in and disturb us, even if it's something like catching a scary woman."

"I don't feel well, I'm going back." A frail young lady said, her face was pale, apparently frightened by the rough scene just now.

"Miss Bennet, do you also feel unwell?" Several ladies asked each other, they felt that everyone should go back together and stop staying in this place with dirty air.Today they were all frightened and needed to go home to rest.As they left one after another, Mr. Bennet seemed very angry. He thought that these dirty things and words should not appear in front of the ladies. He felt that his wife and daughter had been humiliated, so he took his wife and daughter away.

Mary's heart was beating wildly before she left, and it was hard for her to imagine that a gentleman could be so rough with a lady, and so many words were so obscene.If she hadn't met such a person once in a hotel, she might have been very shocked, but the man in the hotel was a vulgar person, but the police officer was a gentleman who was highly educated and treated the ladies with courtesy ah!

When Mary walked out of the church door, she was still looking back at the crowd shouting and scolding in the square. They were as barbaric as a terrifying revolutionary party, and each of them had a hideous face, and they did not greet them as gently and humbly as usual.This incident was just a small episode. Although it made Mary feel uncomfortable, she quickly recovered.

After Christmas, Pemberley Manor was open to the public. Elizabeth invited the sisters to reunite after Christmas. Poor Kitty couldn’t go, and even Jane couldn’t get away because of the children’s affairs. Although Charles and Darcy maintained friendship and business contacts, But if Caroline is not married for a day, he will not be able to formally bring his family on a formal visit. Fortunately, among the gentlemen pursuing Caroline, she is more interested in her. If things go well, then Jane will be able to bring the family over. Officially paid a visit.

Because of the bad relationship between Mr. Darcy and Wickham, although they became brother-in-law, they were still at war, so Lydia had to take the child to go alone, and Elizabeth also hated Wickham, this sanctimonious scum Although Georgiana had not been harmed, her sister had been deceived, and it was now a done deal that she could not change, but this did not prevent her personal dislike.

Mary and Mrs. Bennet were invited to go, but Mr. Bennet disagreed. He thought that the younger generation should come to visit first in terms of etiquette, so he stayed in Longbourn and waited for the sons-in-law to visit after Christmas.

At this moment, Pemberley is preparing for a Christmas ball. Before the end of the autumn social gathering, a ball has been held for Georgiana. At the ball, there are many gentlemen who come in the name of the Mustasi family. Most of them are optimistic. Miss Darcy's generous dowry, partly due to the lack of wives due to the appropriate age of the family, Georgiana is quiet and beautiful, a shy but easy-going woman, her height is slightly Shorter than Elizabeth, her beautiful black curly hair was as thick as a waterfall, and she was accompanied by a rich dowry, so many gentlemen at the ball were obsessed with her.

Because there are too many suitable candidates, it is difficult for Georgiana to make a decision, so the Darcys decided to hold another ball to achieve a beautiful marriage. The significance of Elizabeth's invitation to the sisters is very obvious. She doesn't care if the other sisters come or not. At the ball full of young talents, Mary can make a wonderful marriage.

After becoming a wife, she realized that love and marital happiness are more important to women than anything else. No matter how rich they are, it would be a pity if they die alone.

Christmas has just passed, and the roads are not easy to walk. There is a cold world everywhere. Farmers organize various entertainment activities when they are free, and the smell of cooking smoke and roasting is everywhere.The mother and daughter walked along the way, and really experienced the rainy winter. Except for the snowflakes around Christmas, the freezing rain began to fall after gradually warming up, even colder than the snowflakes.

After arriving in Pemberley, the extreme discomfort caused Mary to sleep in Mrs. Reynolds's first row guest room. This is really not a season suitable for travel. Until the evening came, the Darcys went out to visit friends and returned home. Mary Only then was woken up by Mrs. Bennet.

It has been several months since I saw the second sister with outstanding demeanor. Her beautiful and lively eyes are full of happiness. Mary is very happy to see her sister. When the sisters are at home, she thinks they are too annoying and noisy, but when they come one after another After getting married, she felt very lonely again.

"Lizzie, oh, I miss you so much." Because Mrs. Bennet had already said hello in advance, Mary recovered from a serious illness, and she might look 'different', but Elizabeth was still shocked by her sister's change, and Mary even more so. She lost weight, her face with baby fat has disappeared, and her tall figure is like a matchstick. Mary is taller than women of the same age. If she is plump, she will be very slender and beautiful, but if she is too thin It seemed even more abrupt.

"I miss you too, Mary." Elizabeth hugged her younger sister gently, feeling the slender flesh and bones in her arms were very distressed. Maybe she didn't care about her sisters before she got married. Only Jane could play with her When we get together, Mary's personality is really not likable, but after she got married, she became more mature in her thinking and no longer took personal likes and dislikes as the standard. , now seeing Mary's miserable figure feels very sad, as if Mary is her child and not her sister.

After saying hello, the mother, daughter and sisters chatted about family affairs. Elizabeth's eyes sparkled. She told about some things since her marriage, and then led her mother and sister to visit Pemberley briefly. She and Darcy love this manor very much. Darcy The husband appeared at the dinner later, although he still doesn't like his wife's family very much, but he will no longer despise them, he eats the meal restrainedly, thinking about Lydia who will come the day after tomorrow, this is what makes him annoying.But what troubled him even more was that too many gentlemen had expressed interest in Georgiana, and he could not fully believe that it was Georgiana's personal charm, which was closely related to her annuity and dowry.

After marriage, Darcy began to grow a beard, and the beard on his lips was carefully groomed. He almost only talked to his wife and sister during the meal. Do not care.Darcy's indifference makes Mary a little absent-minded, and she thinks of her fantasies when she sees this brother-in-law, a proud prince, dressed in funny clothes, shaking his head pretendingly saying no, no, no, I don't want to talk to commoners .Thinking about it, she could smile and say hello to her brother-in-law. When Mr. Darcy seldom expressed his opinion on something, he added in a timely manner: "You are right." This made Elizabeth very relieved. hopefully.