beauty and money

Since Mary learned of her family's plans, her negative attitude has greatly improved. This is not because she is afraid of the monastery, but because she thinks that no matter what she does, nothing else will change, and she might as well go back to her old life .She is now more taciturn than before. Although she doesn't concentrate on moral classics, she seldom engages in daily social activities with women who are also in the boudoir. Of course, she rarely does this activity even on weekdays. Her friends Very few.

But Mary thinks that a good friend is better than tens of thousands of ordinary friends. She wears an old dark brown dress and a hat decorated with an ostrich feather. An old hat, which Mary had re-stitched.She thought that she didn't need to use her pocket money to buy any clothes. Anyway, she would eventually enter a monastery, so she paid less attention to her appearance.To be honest, Mary's personal taste has not inherited the slightest bit from Mrs. Bennet's, and she even can't tell the difference between fine cotton yarn, Chinese satin, woolen material or cotton fabric.If you ask her about some very remote knowledge, such as the works of Voltaire, Locke, Reed, etc., what school they belong to, the unknown tradition of Oxford University, how many monarchs there were in the ancient Roman Empire, the Celtics, etc. She will talk about the history of rise and fall and so on for an entire afternoon. Of course, she does not follow all the records in the books, because Mary finds that many of the things recorded in the books are contradictory and ambiguous. An answer that she thinks is the closest to the truth. Of course, this ability is not humane, and no one in the family cares about such drowsy things. It is better to talk about interesting scandals.

Mary's disposition has always been considered stubborn, eccentric and bookish, and the only one who thinks she is intelligent is a woman older than Mary. She used to be a tutor and taught Banner Sister Bennet’s arithmetic and so on. Of course, Sister Bennet’s education was almost self-conscious. In the early years, Mr. Bennet had leisure time to teach his eldest daughter and second daughter. As he grew older and his daughters were born one after another, he became impatient. Arise, therefore, having hired a governess to teach the daughters the necessary knowledge, he certainly could not count on Mrs. Bennet, who was herself shallow and frivolous.Jane and Elizabeth have been educated for a period of time, they are quite mature, and Kitty is relatively young, so it is Mary who spends the longest time with her and receives positive affirmation from her in terms of knowledge.

But with the birth of Lydia, in order not to be too stretched when there is no successor, Mr. Bennet had to resign his tutor to reduce expenses. Anyway, the eldest daughter and second daughter can provide basic education for the sisters.But Mr. Bennet really overestimated his daughter. After the tutor resigned, the young Kitty and Lydia almost grew up under the pampering of their mother, especially Lydia. Jane came to teach, but Jane obviously only taught her words and basic knowledge, and all other things came from Mrs. Bennet intact, so Lydia's character is frivolous and bold, but she has beauty , Isn't this proud capital?

At that time, Mary was the one who hated her tutor the most. The only way for her to get praise and affirmation disappeared. No one cared how many words, arithmetic or piano she had learned. Mary was really unlikable at that time. The appearance is unsatisfactory, but she still has the roundness and cuteness of a girl, but she has an exaggerated personality and has to hang her book bag in everything to show that she is knowledgeable. Later, she found that even so, it was too late when everyone's attention was not on her. People generally think that Mary Miss likes to hang book bags and talk about big things. No matter whether she shows off deliberately or reveals her rich knowledge unintentionally, they all think she is showing off her smart brain, oh, this is really annoying, isn’t it?

Although the tutor who gave Mary positive encouragement left the Bennet home, she assured her that she would correspond with her. Together.It was only later that the lady had to go to a distant place because of work, and she could only communicate with Mary by correspondence, and Mary mostly discussed some academic matters in her letters, and of course she would also confide in trivial matters in life, including some emotional dissatisfaction.And the female teacher also told about all kinds of experiences. She is not young and her job is not decent, her income is unstable, and more importantly, becoming a tutor almost ends her marriage. Very few female teachers can start a family and start a career. In this society, there are definitely more women who are unmarried throughout their lives than imagined.

Now the female teacher has inherited a windfall, which is absolutely amazing. Of course, this is entirely due to her luck, and the twists and turns are not humane. A mysterious single rich woman.In the letter, she told Mary what happened in detail, which aroused Mary, who was already active in thinking, to imagine even more.The popular novels at that time did not have a more bizarre experience than this one. The mysterious old house, the mystery of death, and the truth revealed, all these are like fairies in a white mist, mysterious and dangerous.

After receiving the invitation letter from Mrs. Graillis, Mary told her parents the purpose of visiting her friends. Of course Mrs. Bennet wanted to go with her, but Mary timely mentioned the issue of the resignation of the governess that year. In fact, Mrs. Bennet's remarks may not be very friendly. Looking back, she probably shouted like this: "My good lord, don't you and I teach our daughters enough, why spend this unjust money? Miss Liz is strict and old-fashioned, look at how she has taught Mary, do you still hesitate?" Naturally, her remarks were not intended by the speaker, but intended by the listener. Mrs. Te herself does not have much affection, but she respects her relationship with her employer.

At that time, Mrs. Bennet was really young and ignorant. She was arrogant and rude, thinking that if she gave money, she would buy everything. Of course, how to teach children must obey her. Her little baby cannot be taught by this old-fashioned woman. Of course, Mrs. Graillis couldn’t care about these old things, but Mary deliberately said that it would never make people feel happy. She was very resistant to traveling with her mother because she almost kept her word. Boys, red uniforms, young men with good annual salaries, it was driving Mary crazy.

So Mary took this opportunity to hope that Mrs. Bennet would not visit, so as not to cause unpleasantness between the two parties. Of course, Mrs. Bennet was very disdainful, expressing that she would not be so stingy, but she was worried that the other party was already a rich man. Heiress of fortune, she said with a certain reserve, look, women of wealth don't get humiliated even if they don't have a decent marriage, don't they?Everything in this society is flashy and vain, and Mary felt helpless and resentful in her heart.

This time Mary was escorted by her family's old coachman and maid Grian, because the distance was so long that they had to take a public carriage, the old coachman only sent Mary and Grian to the town for a ride, and waited for them to sit in the carriage. before returning.Not to mention the disgusting people Mary met on the stagecoach, the meals and convenience along the way were also very cramped, which made Mary, who didn't like to go out, feel even more tired, and she longed to lie down and have a good sleep.

She and Grian were on the other side of the window, and Mary stuck her head out of the window from time to time to avoid the embarrassing smell in the car. This was never allowed in Mrs. Bennet's presence. She thought this kind of behavior was vulgar. Disrespectful, of course she had never taken such a stagecoach herself, and the last time she took Mary to London was a ride provided by her son-in-law. They were silent all the way, and Mrs. Bennet was almost the only one who chatted.Fortunately, brother-in-law Darcy was riding a horse outside the car, otherwise, I don’t know if he would be in great pain because of this kind of chatter. You must know that the second brother-in-law has always had a bad impression of the Bennet family, and this bad impression has not changed much. Mary even felt that he put up with Mrs. Bennet for so long simply because of the amiable Lizzie.At that time, she sat neatly in the car and read a book, not paying attention to the scenery outside at all.

Now she doesn't want to read any books, because those strangers make it difficult for her to concentrate.So Mary looked out the window, the bumpy dirt road is really enough, but the shining river in the distance is like a silver ribbon embedded on the undulating green skirt, the amazing light reflected by the sun is a height that can never be achieved by artificial , not far from the river bank are raised hills, high and low scattered forests are on the other side of the river, and the relatively flat place here is scattered with farmhouses and working people. Women don't wear long skirts like delicate girls at all. They Roll up the skirts and tie them up separately. It looks very vulgar like wearing wide-leg trousers. Some men walk on the ground barefoot, with reddish-brown faces covered with wrinkles, which are different from the pale and thin bodies of nobles. Those children running on the ground I'm afraid they are all stronger than those noble gentlemen.

The sounds that came through the window were very rich, which Mary often heard at home, completely different from the noise of London, and the smell in the air was simply too fragrant.The social seasons in Britain are warm spring and rainy autumn. The unbearable humidity in winter and the heat in summer make gentlemen, wives, young masters and ladies very reluctant to go out to socialize.And Mary, who had just returned from London, just felt the heat of early summer. The weather in June was bright but not hot, and everything was outrageously beautiful.So she looked out the window with great interest. From daytime to evening, they were arranged to stay in a hotel for one night.

In the dark night, the wet streets were covered with dirty water and mud, and the carriage finally stopped to rest. The people in the carriage either transferred to other vehicles, or rested for the night like Mary and the others and continued on the road, while Mary and the maid The room Grian got was pretty good, but it was still very simple.The worst thing was that Mary was so unaccustomed to the potty in her room that she would rather go into the bushes where there was no one in it than use the fetid potty in the hotel, which, despite being washed many times, still gave off a horrible smell. For this reason, Mary hardly took a sip of water, for fear of embarrassing herself.

She tossed and turned that night, but Gryen fell asleep peacefully next to her. She couldn't adapt to this kind of exhaustion, and these delicate little problems made her feel depressed.Grian was completely used to these things, but she was the only one who seemed coquettish and artificial. Mary fell asleep almost in the early hours of the morning when she was really sleepy. .

The public carriage drove for a long time on the road before arriving at the destination, and the person arranged by Mrs. Graillis to greet Mary had been waiting for a long time. The person who greeted her was a black four-wheeled carriage. Although the style was ordinary, it was made of exquisite materials. , the interior of the carriage is meticulously crafted and never looks shabby, and the horses are vigorous and strong, and they are in their prime. I am afraid that it will cost at least a hundred pounds a year to maintain such a carriage.

Mary drove in this spacious and elegant carriage all the way to an unknown direction, passing through almost deserted wilderness, lonely and far away.When they arrived at their destination, what Mary saw was an ancient manor!