Dear Mr. Darcy [Pride and Prejudice]

Emma is quite courageous, and when she was being chased by a group of people in Sanger Town, she could calmly analyze the optimal escape route.But there was a black figure dripping blood standing outside the door that opened suddenly in the middle of the night. Such a strange event was beyond her tolerance.The person standing outside the door was definitely not an injured person. His hair, clothes, and even his shoes were bleeding. A normal person would die long ago after bleeding so much.

Emma short-circuited her brain for a few seconds, then lunged forward to slam the door.

"Miss Kentra!" The black shadow pressed against the door panel and called out to Emma in a louder voice.

Hearing the familiar voice, Emma let go of her hand in shock. "Mr. Darcy?" Why did Mr. Darcy appear at the door bleeding all over?Did those people chase Mr. Thomas's house? "Come in quickly, are those people chasing you? Where are you hurt? Let's go through the window?"

Mr. Darcy stopped Emma who tried to drag him into the house. "They didn't come after me, I wasn't hurt."

Emma spread out her palms, and just grabbed Mr. Darcy's sleeve, and the palms were covered with blood. "Then this is?" This can't be Khan, can it?

Mr. Darcy explained the situation succinctly. "I was walking down there just now, and suddenly there was blood on it."

The complete event is as follows.After the conversation, although Emma felt better, Mr. Darcy thought that he did not try his best to help Emma.According to his consistent principle, even if he owes favors, he will never help others to do wrong things.But Emma looks very distressed, and is this really the wrong thing to do?Wait, what is he thinking?Mr. Darcy realized that his thinking had deviated from the right track, and immediately decided to go to the small garden to blow some air to clear his mind.

Mr. Thomas's garden was very small, and Mr. Darcy quickly turned back downstairs.The candlelight in Emma's room has not been extinguished, is she still troubled by the letter at this time?Thinking of this, Mr. Darcy unknowingly stopped under Emma's window and looked up. At this moment, bloody water with a fishy smell poured down his head and face.Mr. Darcy was choked, and then suddenly realized that the blood fell from Emma's room.His first reaction was that something happened to Emma, ​​so he ran upstairs without thinking about cleaning up.Mr. Darcy thanked God for the moment when he saw that Emma was all right.

Throwing objects at high altitudes will harm others and oneself.Facing the victim and the bloody evidence, Emma coughed twice with guilt. "this......"

"Ah!" The maid who hurried out of the room on the first floor when she heard Emma's scream saw the red footprints on the ground, and also screamed in horror. "This, what is this?" Starting from the door, footprints spread all the way to the stairs.

Thomas and his wife had just fallen asleep, and when they heard the movement outside the door, they hurriedly put on their clothes and came out. "What happened?"

Emma vowed to be an aboveboard person in the future, and to be a person with capital letters. Every time she wanted to cover up something, she would definitely cause more trouble.

Compared with usual times, the image of Mr. Darcy at this time can be regarded as horrible.His slightly curly hair was wet with blood and turned into strands, his bow tie was crooked, and his wet clothes stuck to his body.Emma didn't want others to see Mr. Darcy like this, so she took two steps forward and explained the whole oolong incident to the people who came in a hurry. "I scratched my leg two days ago, I want to change the bandage today, and then..."

Mr. Darcy caught the point keenly, and the soft expression of joy just now disappeared without a trace. "You are indeed injured."

Emma quickly explained: "It's not serious. After two days, it's much better, otherwise I will ask the doctor to deal with it for me." Emma emphasized "two days", she was most afraid that Mr. Darcy would think she was He was injured because he came back to save him.

Mr. Darcy's mood did not become lighter because of this. The point was not that Emma was hurt because of what, but that Emma was hurt. "A wound that's still bleeding two days from now?"

Mr. Darcy can grasp the key points every time, and Emma can't refute, explaining weakly: "Because the cloth strip stuck to the wound, there was a little blood when it was torn off. Now the bleeding has stopped."

Mr. Darcy scanned his whole body, the meaning is very obvious, a little?

Emma's use of a little to describe the bleeding was not accurate, but it was not as horrible as Mr. Darcy thought. "Most of this is water, I used a basin of water to clean the wound..."

Although he was arguing, Mr. Thomas could hear a hint of intimacy in it, and he said with a smile: "Life will always make some small jokes with us, for example, when I steal a drink, I will always be tricked by my dear." Madame found out."

Mrs. Thomas looks weak and weak, but she is strong inside.Just now I was so frightened by Mr. Darcy's appearance that I almost fell down, but now I have recovered.She gave her husband a blank look. "It's a completely different situation, my dear. Stealing a drink is not a kind concealment." Mrs. Thomas turned to Emma again, perhaps because Emma was about the same age as her youngest daughter, and she always looked at Emma with the same eyes With a kind of kindness. "Thank God it was a false alarm. You must have been frightened."

Bathed in such gazes, Emma replied honestly: "It was a little bit when I opened the door, and I feel fine now." In fact, she felt that Mr. Darcy's fright was more serious.

Mr. Thomas accidentally gave an inappropriate example just now, and hurriedly said: "Madam is right. Since everyone is safe and sound, let's go back to rest. Fitzwilliam, you need a hot bath. Miss Kentra, If you don't mind, I'll have the doctor examine you after breakfast tomorrow."

Now that the injury has been discovered, it would be good to have a doctor check it out.Emma gladly accepted Mr. Thomas's offer. "Of course I don't mind, thank you very much." She still wanted to say a few words to Mr. Darcy, but Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and the servants were present, and some things were inconvenient to say.

Emma went back to her room to rest with the newly replaced candlesticks.The crowd gathered by the screams also left one after another.The cleaning servant brought tools to clean up the mess.

Mr. Darcy really needed a hot bath, he had never been so slovenly.But now there is not enough hot water.Mr. Darcy returned to his room while the servant went to boil the water.When closing the door, the slender fingers stiffened with pain.Mr. Darcy looked down, probably because he knocked too hard on the door, his mind went blank for a few minutes, and he felt no pain at all.If something really happened to Emma...

Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

Mr. Darcy opened the door, and was somewhat surprised to find Mr. Thomas standing outside.Mr. Thomas looked very serious. "Fitzwilliam. Shall we talk?"

Mr. Darcy was taken aback, and let Mr. Thomas into the room.

Mr. Darcy was not in a condition for sitting in a chair at this time, and Mr. Thomas did not sit down. "Miss Kentra doesn't seem to have feelings for you, why do you all decide to give up?" Although Mr. Darcy may not want others to intervene in his emotional problems, Mr. Thomas feels that he has an obligation to do something to this child who has been underestimated since childhood. some bootstrap.

Mr. Darcy frowned slightly. "Miss Kentra has different ideas from ordinary ladies. She hopes to repay my help."

Mr. Thomas doesn't think so. "You are both willing to put the other person's feelings first. Doesn't that mean something? I swear I will never speculate on a lady's feelings in front of a third person. We can have a conversation tonight." A confidential, honest conversation."

If Mr. Darcy would not talk about his emotional problems with others in normal times, but now he still has deep fear in his heart, and he has been really confused during this period of time.Mr. Thomas, in spite of his love of jest, had his measure in great matters, and was the best listener Mr. Darcy could find.After a long silence, Mr. Darcy spoke with difficulty: "I hope you can keep it a secret."

Mr. Thomas immediately raised his right hand. "I swear."

"You also saw some unusual things about Miss Kentra. She refused to live like an ordinary woman relying on her husband, hoping to build her own business like a man. I had some misunderstandings about Miss Kentra, thinking that she Helping George with business negotiations, making political choices, etc. is just for the honor of the family. I hope to help her get rid of these heavy burdens. But she told me that this is her personal wish."

It was also the first time Mr. Thomas saw a lady like Emma. "That's a rather novel idea. You must think it's wrong?"

To Mr Thomas' surprise, Mr Darcy did not give an affirmative answer. "I used to think so. But now I think she has some reason for doing it."

"So, what is the obstacle between you now?"

Mr. Darcy looked puzzled. "I sometimes feel that Miss Kentra once lived in a world completely different from ours. She didn't just hope to get power and money through her own business. Her thinking was a complete system. In her conception, it seemed Without gender differences, she will not take care of gentlemen for granted. She hopes to enjoy the same property, work, and decision-making rights as men, and at the same time assume the same obligations as men. The same is true for the concept of marriage. She is unwilling to rely on her husband , I hope to be able to sit on an equal footing with my husband in everything.”

Mr. Thomas' focus has shifted from Mr. Darcy's emotional problems to Emma herself. "Ideas don't come out of thin air, they come from experience and learning. I've been to Yorkshire too, and the customs there aren't that different from anywhere else. And I've never heard anything like that anywhere else. point of view. Were Miss Kentra's parents or former governess a maverick thinker?"

Mr. Darcy had seen old Mr. and Mrs. Kentra, and they both seemed perfectly normal. "Perhaps the influence of the governess."

"That's not a complete system of thought, Miss Kentra just has a different point of view in terms of gender?"

"No, she also has different ideas in terms of politics and economy." Although Mr. Darcy and Emma don't chat much, and Emma rarely expresses her views in these fields in public, but from George's choice, Mr. Darcy You can see Emma's thoughts.

"It's quite amazing." Mr. Thomas wanted to continue asking, but suddenly remembered the original intention of the conversation tonight, and quickly brought the topic back. "Wait, Fitzwilliam, you haven't said what the obstacle is."

The subject is very complex, and Mr. Darcy's views have undergone many changes of late. "I have always thought that Miss Kentra's idea of ​​wanting to do business is incorrect, whether it is from the perspective of efficiency or value. But now I can no longer make such a judgment. She has the talent in this area, so this It is not inefficient to do it. It still confuses me that she thinks happiness depends on her own efforts rather than marrying a good husband, but..." Mr. Darcy did not express his love to Mr. Thomas at the time. Emma's words, because it sounded very absurd, but Mr. Darcy just had a vague feeling that Emma was not joking.

Though Mr. Darcy did not finish, Mr. Thomas understood what he meant. "It sounds like things are going in a good direction."

It was true, but Mr. Darcy was still a little perplexed. "Marriage is a choice of future lifestyle. We still think differently when it comes to marriage. My point of view is this. Women and men are born with a gap in their thinking and received a different education. Like I can't understand my future wife's idea of ​​a tablecloth. The choice of pattern, she doesn't need to understand why I refuse to buy a seat in the House of Representatives. The husband and wife only need to perform their duties. One manages internal affairs and the other manages external affairs. This is a reasonable arrangement."

Mr. Thomas sighed.If Mr. Darcy is always allowed to compromise on things he thinks are incorrect, even if Mr. Darcy loves Emma deeply and compromises, he may not be able to live happily.So it is still necessary to solve the problem from the source.Mr. Darcy had never had any experience with love, so he did not realize that it was any different from other problems. "There is no right or wrong model of marriage. Every couple has a different way of getting along. There is no best way, only the way that suits two people. Maybe Miss Kentra's ideas are more unique than others, but this is not the case. It means she is wrong."

Mr. Thomas used his own marriage as an example. "My wife hates reading the newspaper while I'm talking to her. Although it saves time, she hates it, so I don't read the newspaper while talking to her. Marriage is not measured by efficiency, but by happiness."

Mr. Darcy was lost in thought.