beauty and money

Mary was very surprised by Mr. Benest's sudden visit. After not seeing him for several months, this old man mixed himself up to the point of selling clothes again, changing from high-end suits to cheap fabrics. He looked a little embarrassed standing in the hospital Ri is questioned by Dr. Strange.

"Where are you from? Who do you want to see?" Doctor Strange asked knowingly. He was entrusted by Miss Mary, and it was best not to let this person come in tactfully. She is not in the mood to accept visits now.

"Miss Margaret Bennet." The red-haired young man smiled shyly, like a young man in love, his snow-white teeth almost made Strange open his mouth to show those candy-loving children What a perfect smile, you have to brush your teeth every day if you want such a perfect smile.

But he still held back, and said with a little regret: "I'm sorry sir, Miss Mary has caught a little cold, if you don't want to be infected, you have to come back another day."

Benest said in surprise: "I saw her open the window downstairs..." Dr. Strange interrupted him impatiently, "Just now, she caught a cold while opening the window, I I've warned her not to open the windows, spring hasn't come yet."

"So fast?" Mr. Benest asked in bewilderment.Doctor Strange said with an offended look: "Don't you trust me?" "No, no, Doctor Strange, you are very trustworthy, I want you to give this bouquet of flowers to Mary Miss." As he spoke, the young man took out a small paper bag wrapped in newspaper from his arms, and took out a bunch of slightly withered wild flowers from the paper bag. In England at the end of February, although the sky was full of rain, the earth was not In a world still dominated by cold before germination, this bouquet of wild flowers was not grown in a flower garden and carefully cared for. It was a message from the warm spring that the young man had traveled all over the mountains to find.

Doctor Strange raised his eyebrows. He received two gentlemen today, and they seemed to have a special affection for Miss Bennet. This unattractive girl is really surprising. "I'll bring it." Doctor Strange took the bouquet of wild flowers that were both precious and cheap, marveling at the stupidity of this gentleman, couldn't he understand that this was the reason he sent him?Oh, the average gentleman will immediately understand that he is not popular with the lady.He shook his head and watched the red-haired young man leave. His footsteps were a little shallow, his face was disheveled, and he seemed to have walked a long way, and his trousers were covered with mud.

Unexpectedly, Doctor Strange called out to his back: "Sir, we are going to have dinner soon. If you have nothing to do next, I would like to invite you to have dinner with us."

The red-haired young man paused, turned around gracefully, and said with a smile, "It's an honor." Strange saw the stars in his eyes, absolutely.

So Mr. Benest sat with Dr. Strange and several other doctors, and with them the dying priest, and they sat at the dining table and ate a big pot of rice.Bland stewed potatoes, bacon, bean soup and white bread.None of them ate much except Mr. Benest, who was tired of the dishes, but Mr. Benest ate very elegantly until the end, eating a lot of food without knowing it.

During the dinner, Benest talked and laughed happily. After learning from Mr. Strange that Miss Mary was likely to be crippled, he was very worried, but further learned that her rich brother-in-law, Mr. Bingley, gave her a gift of guilt out of guilt. When the extra annuity was offered as compensation, he seemed to feel that it was to her advantage.

"Mr. Strange, do you know how much this annuity is? I am worried about Miss Mary's future life. If the annuity is too small, she will not be able to live comfortably. As a friend, I will be very sad." Mr. Benest Zhang Ruo asked inadvertently.

Mr. Strange took a sip of the bean soup and said vaguely: "A thousand pounds a year is not a small sum, and he probably knows how much pain his son's pranks caused Miss Bennet to suffer. It even affects her future destiny and marriage. Oh, they are really bad boys, bad boys, Miss Bennet will leave scars on her forehead, and her legs may also have sequelae. things, and can no longer do some very flexible things.”

"For example?" Mr. Benest frowned tightly. He sympathized with this young lady in his heart. Although he had an annuity, who would marry a woman with a scar on her face and a limp?

Dr. Strange put down his spoon. He paused and said, "Embroidery, painting, piano...things like that." Almost all the things that a lady likes.

After the dinner that day, Mr. Benest felt a little heavy. He has always been a sympathetic person. When he has money, he will give money to beggars and orphans, because he knows how painful it is to be hungry. A sensitive and soft person, not ashamed to show sadness like ordinary gentlemen.Before God, he prayed devoutly for Mary.

When Mary woke up the next day, she found a few wild flowers in the small water bottle beside the bed, the kind of cute yellow flowers that were not very big, and they looked fragile just after opening.Blooming gradually in a warm room, there is no fragrance but very spiritual.As if spring had come, she gently touched the petals with her hand, and got up with a smile, her arm was healing, and she felt very itchy.

What Xiao Hua sent was a small post-it note, which seemed to be sprayed with perfume, exuding a feminine fragrance.Greetings on sticky notes in very fancy fonts.

Miss Mary:

I am very worried to hear about your condition, I hope you will be healthy and happy.A poem is attached to express my mood.Then I wrote a small poem, but this time I made progress, knowing how to plagiarize, I chose sentences from poets such as Schiller and Pope, instead of copying the whole poem.

Mary smiled and threw the note aside. It would be great if this handsome young man had a brain to match his face. He always hooked up ladies so straightforwardly, and his goals were very clear.Benest's handsome face clearly appeared in his mind. If such a face was paired with a slightly normal mind, he would probably be loved by many ladies.

In the afternoon, Mrs. Bennet and the maid Grynn came. She brought news of Kitty. Because of Mary, Kitty rushed to Longbourn. They told her that Mary might not survive because she was too thin. The serious illness last time emptied her body, and the accident this time was too serious. Kitty came to see her for the last time with her belly full.Lord Sosthenic Manadius sent the maids and cooks to Longbourne Manor to live and take care of Kitty, and Kitty was very comfortable in the manor where she lived as a girl, and she was very happy that her child could be born in the place where she was born. place, it would be nice.

She told Mary that the little thing in Kitty's womb was very noisy, he must be a little boy, it was her first child, and she would bring Lord Menardius a desired heir, even if it was a girl It's okay, a cute little angel, the boys are too naughty, they must be disciplined strictly, otherwise it will lead to disaster.She also conveyed George and Brian's apology, but Mary didn't want to hear it. She couldn't blame the two children. They didn't want to kill her, but they turned her into such a source.

Seeing Mary's complexion, Mrs. Bennet immediately turned to talk about other topics. For example, Elizabeth was very worried. In order to reduce the worries of his pregnant wife, Mr. Darcy provided Mary with an annuity of [-] pounds per year.In this way Mary has an annuity of fifteen hundred pounds a year, and a dowry of three thousand pounds from the Bennet family.This is enough for Mary to live comfortably for a lifetime. She can rent the manor she likes, hire servants and carriages, and live her life comfortably without worrying about other people's eyes.

Mrs. Bennet's guilt and words made Mary very puzzled. Out of consideration for her health, everyone kept it from Mary. She thought she was just broken and would not have much impact.It wasn't until Mrs. Bennet's outspokenness made her realize that something was wrong.

It wasn't until Mary had the splint removed for the first time that she saw her calf, which was left with an ugly scar, was slightly bent over her right leg, and her feet were three centimeters apart at one point, which meant she would walk Kind of lame.

Mary herself read a lot of medical books during her illness, so she couldn't hide the situation from her. She wept and cursed hysterically as if she had changed herself. She got off the bed, threw off her crutches, and fell heavily. , she has not fully recovered.The severe pain accompanied the biting cold, and her wailing made Mrs. Bennet very worried. She rushed to hug Mary and control her. Mary wanted to break free angrily, but she was still afraid of hurting her mother, so the mother and daughter Hug in one place and cry.The scar on her forehead is not obvious and can be covered with a little powder.But her hand, she found that when she lifted her right hand, she felt very painful and accompanied by tremors. At first she thought that it must not be healed, but as time went by, her hand did not hurt, but she still trembled slightly.

While spring quietly descends on England, winter never leaves the Bennet house.Mary came out of the hospital quietly, talking less and being depressed, until she did lift the lid in front of the piano, this emptiness and pain erupted, and the trembling caused by her hands pressing down on the piano was always involuntary Make a voiceless sound, always with noise, fingers trembling slightly, unable to press down accurately and forcefully.Her arms still hurt a little, as did her legs, but none of this could compare to the trembling of her fingers. She silently stood up from the piano, walked into the room and closed the door, without saying a word.

In the room, she was sitting in front of the table with tears in her eyes, her hands floating in the void, gently playing the imaginary keys.Repeating the sad melody of fate over and over again, a musician has no hearing, and a little girl who loves the piano cannot play the piano.