Dear Mr. Darcy [Pride and Prejudice]

The next day, Emma received no reply from Alvin and received an invitation from Miss Daisy.Although Miss Daisy failed to reap George's love in the Cotswolds as her parents expected, she gradually became acquainted with Emma and Georgiana as they got along day by day.Emma glanced briefly, and then told the servant sent by Miss Daisy that she would attend.

On the other side, Georgiana, who received the invitation, was not so happy, looking at the invitation was a bit difficult.If she agreed to go, she must go with Mr. Darcy, who was going to meet Emma and Emma's fiancé.But Georgiana nodded in agreement when she saw the back.Miss Daisy said that her parents hoped that she would agree to Mr. Rawls's marriage proposal, which might be the last ball before marriage.

Emma felt that Alvin needed an undisturbed environment to think calmly, so she didn't ask him if he wanted to go with him, but let George go with him as her male companion.George is used to taking Emma around to greet acquaintances before the opening. At the beginning, he dances the first dance with Emma, ​​and then Emma goes to the men's side with him.So he was shocked when Emma dropped him today.Sister, don't you love me? 【Emma's cold face: Never loved before】

Of course Emma had reasons for abandoning him.Georgiana was not old enough to enter the social world before, and this was the first time she came to London to participate in such a ball. She was introverted and had no female elders around her.Emma was worried and decided to accompany her all the way.

Georgiana was indeed a little nervous, but since she was rescued by Emma in the Cotswolds, she had a kind of mysterious trust in Emma.When Emma came up to her, her speech, which had been a little stuttering, became fluent at once.Mr. Darcy felt the change in Georgiana after Emma came, and smiled in his heart. It always made him happy to see the two ladies he valued get along very well.Other than that, I'm a little envious.Emma was very kind to Georgiana, and of course Emma was also very kind to him, but unfortunately he refused.Mr. Darcy squeezed his fist hard to suppress the ups and downs of emotion.It hurts to stay away, but it's necessary.

"Mr. Darcy, Mr. Darcy?" Miss Bingley came over with Mr. Bingley on her arm, and greeted Mr. Darcy, but Mr. Darcy was immersed in his own thoughts and did not hear.

"Hey, Fitzwilliam!" Mr. Bingley patted Mr. Darcy on the shoulder rudely. "What are you thinking?"

"It's nothing." Mr. Darcy, who came back to his senses, felt a little embarrassed that he was in a daze under the public hall. "About Derbyshire."

"Fitzwilliam, you are so boring. This is a happy dance, why do you still want to work? Look at those beautiful ladies, why don't you invite them... Ouch." Mr. Bingley cried out in pain.

The sound was so abrupt that everyone around looked over.

Mr. Bingley explained with a flushed face that he was fine, and looked at his sister who had twisted the inside of his arm mournfully.He knew that Miss Bingley liked Mr. Darcy, but he also knew that Mr. Darcy didn't like Miss Bingley. Rather than keep Miss Bingley harboring impossible hopes, it would be better to cut off her illusions from the beginning.

Miss Bingley looked at Mr. Bingley pleadingly, his heart softened, she was his sister after all. "Fitzwilliam, I'd like to ask the ladies to dance, but my sister is my chaperone. Would you like to ask her for a few dances?"

Mr. Darcy frowned slightly.He could feel Miss Bingley's affection for him, and he had tried to be honest with her, but the lady was still persistent and refused to give up. "One, as usual. I'm going to be with Georgiana tonight, and you shouldn't leave your female partner behind for entertainment." One dance is a courtesy between acquaintances, and any more is inappropriate.

Mr. Bingley shrugged his shoulders, knowing it was useless to say anything else. "Okay well, my dear sister, I'm wrong. So will I have the honor of asking you to dance tonight for the first time?"

Miss Bingley was a little embarrassed by the refusal, and Mr. Darcy was unlikely to dance the whole evening with Georgiana, which was quite an obvious pretext.But she believed that sooner or later she could touch Mr. Darcy's ice-covered heart.Miss Bingley raised her head slightly, and agreed to Mr. Bingley's invitation. "OK."

This is Miss Bingley?Emma was standing beside Mr. Darcy with Georgiana on her arm, and she had a panoramic view of the scene just now.She was very curious about this Miss Bingley who assumed the villain role of 80.00% of the Pride and Prejudice fanfiction. Unfortunately, last time Mr. Bingley's other sister was sick, Miss Bingley went to take care of her and didn't come to London, so she couldn't see Miss Bingley.

Miss Bingley had noticed her too.How could she have overlooked a beautiful young lady, very intimate with Georgiana, standing beside Mr. Darcy?But she didn't go over to introduce herself first, so she lost a bit of momentum.

Emma didn't know what she was thinking, and reached out her hand first: "Emma Kentra, nice to meet you."

Miss Bingley's tensed jaw relaxed.She knew that Emma, ​​Mr. Bingley had mentioned to her, was a betrothed, completely inoffensive young lady, and of high stature. "Caroline Bentley, I heard Charles speak of you, and he spoke highly of your beauty and intelligence. It was a pleasure to meet you."

Mr. Bingley complimenting her behind her back?Be it or not, this Miss Bingley was easy to like, if she wanted to be liked.Emma smiled back at Miss Bingley. "Mr. Bingley is overrated."

Mr. Darcy looked a little colder.Mr. Bingley has always been very sympathetic, and sometimes he would talk about some young ladies behind his back, but he didn't mean to be malicious or ambiguous, just out of pure appreciation of beauty, so Mr. Darcy turned a blind eye.Looking at it now, how can this behavior of criticizing ladies behind their backs be tolerated!

"Earl of Kentra, Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingley, hello, it's really a brilliance for you to come here." Mr. Smith still smiled, but his smile was obviously more sincere than before, and he probably finally wanted to pay off. For the sake of wishing.Although not yet engaged, Mr. Rawls came with the family.

Although Emma and Mr. Rawls met once, they didn't have a deep impression. Today, seeing this gentleman's appearance, he can be called handsome, but he is a little bit stance, and his words are cadenced.Mr. Smith obviously didn't like the gesture of his future brother-in-law very much.

After greeting everyone politely, Miss Daisy showed a shy but happy smile to Emma and Georgiana. "That's great, you're here."

Since Miss Daisy once liked Mr. Darcy, Mr. Smith didn't stay long, and went to greet other guests after saying hello.Mr. Rawls took two steps and found that Miss Daisy hadn't followed. He frowned slightly and dragged his voice: "Daisy?"

Georgiana tugged at Emma's sleeve lightly.

Emma understood what she meant. This Mr. Rawls did not seem to love Miss Daisy.Emma knew about this a long time ago. In the coffee shop, Miss Daisy clearly showed her affection for Mr. Darcy, and Mr. Rawls didn't care about deciding to get engaged to her, which shows that he didn't love her much.Although Mr. Rawls has a title, but the economy is very difficult, and he needs a lot of cash urgently. This should be the biggest reason for him to marry Miss Daisy.

Miss Daisy whispered to them, "I'll be back in a moment," and hurried off to the family.

Georgiana pulled Emma aside, and said in surprise and injustice: "He doesn't love her at all."

Emma sighed slightly. "Actually, Daisy wrote me a letter..." Miss Daisy wrote to Emma a month ago. Emma wrote more than ten pages of letter paper, without directly putting forward opinions, and analyzing the pros and cons one by one, including if her husband What are the possible situations she might face if she doesn't love her, and how the Smiths might react if she rejects her.In fact, Emma tends to let her refuse, because from the perspective of getting along with Mrs. and Mrs. Smith, these two people can't do anything cruel to their own daughter, at most they will lock them up, and what a man who doesn't love you can do Only the devil knows.She finally said that if Miss Daisy was worried about her parents restricting her personal freedom and her brother was unreliable, she could come to Mansfield.However, judging from the words on the invitation, although Miss Daisy has not yet made a decision, the balance in her heart may have been inclined to agree to the engagement.

After listening to Emma's statement, Georgiana was silent.In fact, in Britain at that time, situations like Miss Daisy were very common.Many ladies do not have love with their husbands. The two are married because of interests, not necessarily because of greed, but also because they are forced by their families or willing to make sacrifices for the family.After a while, Georgiana asked in confusion: "Am I thinking too simply? Marriages with sweet love are not as common as in the book?"

Emma felt that Mr. Darcy was right in telling Georgiana to read less novels. "Honey, you have a brother who loves you and a generous dowry, so you can do what you want. You don't have to worry too much about Daisy, she has a smart mother and a rich father, and a loving father Brother, they have the ability to protect her."

Soon, the dance began.

Georgiana and Mr. Darcy, Emma and George, Mr. and Miss Bingley all left the dance-floor after only one dance, and Georgiana shyly declined a gentleman's invitation.The gentlemen go to the gentlemen's place, and the ladies return to the ladies' gathering place.

Miss Bingley had always been very kind to Georgiana, and as soon as she sat down, she began to praise her today's dress.Some young ladies also agreed with them very face-saving.The status of the guests at this ball is not too distinguished. As a lady of a big landowner with a dowry of [-] pounds, Georgiana is still worthy of praise from some ladies.

Emma listened casually to the unnutritious conversation, and suddenly found a lady by the window sill intently staring at George's position among the gentlemen.The lady looked familiar, as if she had met her somewhere.

Emma gently asked the young lady beside her, "Who is that?"

The young lady followed Emma's gaze and immediately curled her lips. "That's the famous Miss Emily Taylor. Her temper is a little, um, a little weird."

Knowing that the girl's name was Emily, Emma knew that she had a strange temper without being told by the ladies around her. She mocked Miss Kate on the spot and read independent women's novels to Miss Daisy.I don't know if she is not looking at George, could it be that she has a crush on George?

Emma withdrew her gaze from looking at Miss Emily, and saw Miss Daisy waving at her in a corner.Emma pointed secretly to Georgiana, and Miss Daisy nodded.Emma led Georgiana, flushed with praise, out of the crowd.

Miss Daisy had something to say to her two friends alone.Miss Daisy trusts Emma more, and feels that Emma has a power of trust that is different from other ladies.But she found Georgiana more genial, as innocent and withdrawn as she was.Miss Daisy grabbed Georgiana's hand: "Dear Georgiana, I finally chose to obey my fate. Although Emma said she could help me and Emily scolded me, I was too cowardly to have the courage to go Resist. You are luckier than me, your brother treats you very well, be sure to ask him to help you find someone who loves you."

Georgiana's eyes were red. "Daisy, do you really want to agree?"

Just as Emma was about to say something, a roar came from behind: "You liar." Then there was a commotion, there was the muffled sound of tables and chairs being smashed heavily on the ground, and the voices of dissuasion from the men: "Hey, if you have something to say, don't do it, put it down!" Drive him, oh!" The voices of the ladies screaming and passing out were also mixed. "Smelling salts! Where are the smelling salts?" Emma was not short, but there were too many people to see what was going on inside.

Suddenly, a flame sprang from the curtain.

"God, it's on fire."

People began to panic, scrambling to rush out.

Which idiot I'm shouting is on fire, this is the rhythm of the stampede.Emma was about to kneel down. The fire caused by the fight was not arson intentionally. A few people could splash water on it and run away.

The first reaction of Georgiana and Miss Daisy was to run outside, and Emma yelled, "Don't run around!" But the words were drowned out by the screams all around.Emma ran up to grab the two of them, trying to pull them back to the corner to avoid the tide-like crowd.Even if the fire is big, can't you take a chair and smash the window and climb out?Do you have to go through the door?It's a pity that they were one step too late, and the panicked crowd instantly involved them.

People who have not experienced the stampede may not be able to imagine the helplessness. A person is like being submerged in the tide, with forces from all directions oppressing you and making you unable to control yourself.No matter how clever Emma was, she couldn't help it. She wanted to squeeze out, but she couldn't get out no matter what.

Emma and Georgiana Daisy were squeezed together, their voices were almost hoarse: "The fire is not big, and you can walk through the window." Everyone was talking, shouting, and exclaiming, and the voice of one person Can't even stir up the waves.The person in front fell, and someone behind shouted: "Don't squeeze! A lady has fallen!" But the people behind him couldn't help themselves, and could only watch helplessly. go up.

Daisy was the first to be squeezed to the ground, and Emma's complexion changed. She desperately used her back to block the people behind her, while trying to pull her up. A gentleman who was pressing on Daisy blushed, and tried to support her body to cooperate. .But to no avail.Soon, Georgiana also fell to the ground.Emma is single and weak, and two or three people can't pull them up no matter what.Soon, Emma felt that she couldn't resist the pressure from the people behind her.

For a moment, Emma really thought that this time there might be more danger than good.Suddenly a hand grabbed her arm and pulled her into his arms without refusal.Emma looked up, and tears fell immediately.It's Mr. Darcy.

Mr. Darcy has never been in such a mess, his meticulously combed hair is disheveled like a chicken coop, his bow tie is crooked, and a button of his shirt is torn off.But he was so tall and so reliable that he looked like a solid wall that could shelter all weather.

Emma knew that adding one more Mr. Darcy in such a crowd would not help, but she just felt relieved suddenly, just like on that stormy night, when she was trusted by no one, when Pegasus went to Pemberley to ask for help, she saw Mr. Darcy So relieved at that moment.This kind of feeling is probably that although you may not be able to save me, I know that you will not leave me alone.

Mr. Darcy held Emma in his arms, and while blocking the crowd that was desperately pushing forward with his body, he and Emma struggled to drag Georgiana and Miss Daisy.

At this time, the pressure behind suddenly weakened.A dozen servants shouted together: "The fire is out, the fire is out!" The loud cries and screams became smaller and smaller, and the panicked crowd finally regained their senses.

It turned out that a clever servant broke through the window and climbed in, and put out the small fire.

Without the pressure, the people on Georgiana and Miss Daisy stood up, and they got away naturally, but luckily they were not injured.

Emma gave up her seat very consciously, and Georgiana immediately threw herself into her brother's arms and couldn't stop crying.The warm and soft touch left, and Emma's tears were still stained on the shirt on his chest. Mr. Darcy was lost for a moment, and then immediately blackened his face for his mentality, frowned and said to Emma: "Kentra Miss......"

Emma saw Mr. Darcy's face, and immediately promised: "I won't think too much, thank you."

The author has something to say: Little angels, I said yesterday that there is Mr. Darcy's small theater today, but after I wrote it yesterday, I thought it was cute and took it as a copywriting.Did you see it?Now the seal in my body has been cracked, and I can't stop the brain energy in my body. What should I do if I want to write a small theater crazily_(:зゝ∠)_

Emma's post-marriage note list: 1. Exercise

2. Learn Chinese Kung Fu practiced by Wu Song who can kill tigers

3. Show this list to your husband