beauty and money

It took Mary and Benest more than half a month to arrive in London from Antrim in Northern Ireland. Immediately after arriving in London, she went to visit the Darcys in London. In March after Christmas Social season is about to begin.

Mr. and Mrs. Bennet are recuperating at Bassoon. They love life there very much. It is very good for Mr. Bennet. He feels that he has about seven or eighty years to live!As for little Edward, who could only stay at Longbourne temporarily, Kitty often stayed at Longbourne to take care of him, but Lord Menardius never once visited him. He was very hard-hearted.

In this regard, Mrs. Bennet complained more than once, but there was nothing anyone could do about it.

Mary and Benest, who had just arrived in London, were arranging things in their room when someone knocked on the hotel door.

"Who is it? Come in," said Mary.

"Good evening, sir and madam." The waiter took off his hat in salute, and then held out a white-gloved hand, holding a note in his hand. "It's for Mrs. Benest."

Before he finished speaking, Benest walked over and eagerly took the envelope. There was no word on the snow-white envelope. He squinted his eyes and lifted the letter to look around, as if trying to penetrate the paper. the contents inside.

The waiter stood there in embarrassment and stretched out his hand, but Benest turned a blind eye to it. Just when he thought he was unlucky, the tip appeared in his hand. It turned out that Mary came over to pay the tip.The waiter backed out after bowing and closing the door.

Mary took the letter from Benest angrily and amusedly. She picked up the letter opener and opened the letter.

Inside was an invitation from Miss de Bourgh.

"What is it?" Benest was afraid that it was a letter from Yang or Collins to Mary.

"Invitation, Mrs. De Bourgh of Rosings Manor, sincerely invites Mrs. and Mrs. Benest to attend the Spring Social Ball in the London Public Ballroom tomorrow evening. The ball will start at [-]:[-] p.m., and I hope you can come " Mary read the words on the invitation card, and at the end of the invitation card was written a cursive AA mark, which was Anna.

"The Deborah in Rosings, I heard that right, the black widow who is the most eye-catching in the upper class?" Benest asked in surprise.

"Black, black widow?" Mary was a little speechless. Although Mrs. de Bower lost her husband in her early years, Benest couldn't call her black widow behind her back, which is too rude!

Benest obviously also noticed his rudeness, and immediately changed his words: "Mrs. de Bourgh really invited us?"

"I'm afraid it was Miss De Bourgh's idea, why are you so happy?" Mary looked at the other party suspiciously.

Benest immediately misfired, and he once set his target on Miss De Bauer. Undoubtedly, Miss De Bauer's wealth and status fascinated many men, and he was one of them, but at this moment he couldn't tell Mary , or Mary will be angry again.

"Of course it's because of our social status, my dear. No one has ever been willing to invite someone like me who has no status before. It's really great!" Benest's mind is already full of new clothes and new shoes , new handkerchiefs, cufflinks, hats... "Honey, since we're going to the ball, we can't do without clothes..."

"Shut up, you have enough clothes." Mary interrupted Benest. As soon as this guy returned to London, he seemed to be a different person. He said cheerfully that he couldn't keep up with London's fashion. Feeling down and wanting to buy new clothes.

Mary swears that as long as she is around, Benest will not be able to buy clothes as he pleases, this guy is too immoderate.

"Mary..." Benest still wanted to fight for it, but after being stared at by Mary's cold eyes, he ran to the room in frustration and turned out all the clothes he brought, trying to match the fashion sense of London.However, the sad breath around him was very obvious.

The next day's dance started on time, and people usually didn't come at the time on the invitation, or even later, so as not to be embarrassed by the lack of people.

But Benest and Mary both have their own goals, so they came early. Benest was excited, and Mary wanted to meet her friends in the lounge in advance. I am afraid that after the ball started, Germany, who is the host and the main sales target Miss Bauer will not have much leisure.

It's been a long time since I saw her, but Miss De Bower's complexion is better than last summer, and there is something sparkling in her eyes.Seeing Mary coming, he immediately grabbed her hand.

"Mary, you're finally back! How are you doing?"

Mary's face was slightly red, and she replied, "It's not bad, the air in Antrim is very good." She didn't quite get used to Miss De Bourger's enthusiasm, and the other party should be a very quiet girl in her impression.

"I knew it. Is what you wrote in your letter true? Did you really go to Oxford to study?" De Bauer's eyes were full of envy.

Mary knew that she would ask about this, so she told her again about how she would dress up as a man and go to Oxford to attend lectures.

I also found out from Ms. De Bauer's conversation that the real reason why the other party held this ball was because of one of her suitors. That suitor was the most outstanding among many people. I despise him, but he has enough wealth and good looks, so he is an extremely suitable candidate.

"So, is it possible that he will propose at this ball?" Mary asked excitedly.

Miss De Bourgh bowed her head shyly and said, "We just danced two dances, and I always think it's my wishful thinking."

"Two dances? Jane and Mr. Bingley had two dances, too. You see their children are so old. It's hard to say such a thing."

Miss De Bower mentioned that the man was both sweet and sad, and his attitude was very strange, so she hoped that Mary could help her, "Although his attitude was very enthusiastic, I was still suspicious, and I wondered if I was thinking too much. When I get along with him, I always feel a kind of estrangement."

"What kind of gap?"

"I can't tell, but I just feel that he seems to be hesitant. Maybe it's because I'm worried about gains and losses." Miss De Bourgh became depressed when she mentioned this.

The two talked a lot, and Mary felt that Miss de Bourgh, no matter whether she was concerned about gains or losses, was better than the stagnant woman she was before.

"I never knew that so many things happened at the ball at my house that day! By the way, you probably don't know that Nemer Manor has changed owners, and Mrs. Gralice has sailed to the United States. No one Know who the new owner is, but they all say he's very weird."

Mary was startled suddenly, "It's Yarlin!"

"Do you know Nemer's current owner?" Ms. De Bower was also very surprised. She heard that Nemer's current owner is very special and doesn't like to be in contact with people.

"It can be regarded as one of my students." Mary smiled wryly, and had to think of that dark night, and that crazy but innocent Yarlin.

"What?" De Bauer was surprised, thinking to himself, no wonder, no wonder...

In spring, London is not so warm yet, and the air is full of water vapor, which is worthy of being called the city of fog. In this wet and misty water vapor, the ball in the public ballroom officially kicked off. As the host of the ball, Miss De Bourgh and Madame must be present.

When the servant came to invite Miss de Bourgh, she was still reluctant to leave.Mary also went out to find her husband. She thought he would not be used to it, but found that he was mixed with the young lady and his wife, and he seemed to be at ease.

Mary was angry and funny, but she didn't want to bother him, although he could go, it wasn't possible to live like that in Antrim anyway.

When the knocking sound of the scepter sounded, Mary looked back and saw Miss de Bourgh and Mrs. De Bourgh in splendid attire giving a speech on the second floor. Mrs. de Bourg was wearing a black dress as always, and Ms. de Bourg was wearing a light white Greek dress. A string of bright sapphires hangs around the neck, which is a set with the earrings and hair accessories. It shines brightly under the crystal lamp, and the whole person seems to be luminous.

Just when everyone's eyes were focused on her, Mary suddenly felt that someone was hugging her waist. She was suddenly startled, and found that the man was hugging her waist, leaning close to her, and exhaled deeply on her neck. "Mr. Edward? No, I should call you Miss..."

Mary's body trembled instantly, she quickly pushed the man away, and turned around to see who was so rude.

When she turned around, she saw a blond gentleman with an extremely uncomfortable smile on his face, it was Greed!

"I don't know Miss's name." Gradle, who was pushed aside, didn't feel embarrassed at all, his eyes were like some wild beast, and he stretched out his hand with great interest to grab Mary's hand.

At that moment, Mary's mind went blank, she didn't know what to do, she unexpectedly met Greed in this situation!What should she do?The other party knew his secret!

"She is my wife, Mrs. Margaret Benest. There is no need for a hand kiss, and I will feel very jealous." Suddenly, Benest's voice sounded like a sound of heaven, and he didn't know When did he come over, and stood beside Mary, wrapped one arm around Mary's waist, pulled Mary into his arms, reached out with the other hand, grabbed Grad's hand, and shook it vigorously twice.

Grad felt a pain in his palm, just raised his eyebrows, and then asked with a fake smile: "Your wife is graceful and graceful, and her past is very mysterious, do you know that?"

"That's right, but my sweetheart and I have no secrets." Benest turned his head and kissed Mary's forehead lightly, declaring his sovereignty.

At this time, Mrs. de Bourgh and Ms. de Bourgh had finished their speeches, and everyone's eyes were drawn back. Grade smiled decently and bowed slightly.

At this time, Miss De Bourgh walked over shyly and timidly, and she asked in surprise: "So you know each other!"

Greed stood beside Miss De Bourner very naturally and said, "We are old acquaintances." While he was speaking, Miss De Bourner's eyes never left him.

Could it be that he was the right person she was talking about?Mary frowned, the other party gave him a very sinister feeling.

"Miss Mary!" At this moment, a person seemed to have noticed this side, and walked over quickly. He was gentle and a little arrogant. It was Mr. Yang!

Mary's heart was beating wildly, feeling that things were going in a very bad direction.

After he approached, he found that Miss De Bourner, whom he was pursuing, was also here. His excitement subsided a little, and he asked, "How are you? I haven't heard from you recently."

Just as Mary was about to answer, the crowd suddenly let out an exclamation. A tall and strong man with a height of nearly two meters separated from the crowd and walked over. The mask is like the Phantom in the Phantom of the Opera.

His height and muscularity, which is different from ordinary people, made him stand out from the crowd, his eyes were like fire, he stared straight at Mary, he recklessly separated from the crowd, no matter who he bumped into, and strode towards this side.

Yes, Arlin!Worse!