Dear Mr. Darcy [Pride and Prejudice]

Putting down the pen and paper, the maid didn't retreat immediately, but stood hesitantly for a while.It stands to reason that the guest did not tell her not to mind her own business, but in the face of a helpless and unfortunate lady, she finally decided to ask tactfully: "Is there anything else you need, I mean if What happened to you..." Like an argument with a gentleman who is always so straight-faced.

Emma spread out the letter paper, and it took a few seconds to understand what she said, and she almost laughed out loud.She covered her mouth and coughed, the corners of her mouth curled up uncontrollably.It's no wonder the maid misunderstood, Mr. Darcy's face and tone were stiffer than usual just now.After this period of frank communication, Emma has been able to roughly distinguish Mr. Darcy's thoughts from his expression.If it was the original, Emma would definitely feel that Mr. Darcy would only help out of a gentleman's duty and a duty to his friend's sister, and his stern expression represented business affairs.Now it seems that there is a bit of shyness in it.Although some misunderstandings were caused by Mr. Darcy's poor expression, it's good that only she knows what Mr. Darcy really thinks~

Wait, what is she thinking!Emma suddenly pulled Piaoyuan's thoughts back.Now is not the time to think about these things.

After receiving the decline and thank you, the maid retreated quietly, leaving Emma alone in the room, and her expression became very dignified again.Officer Scat is very suspicious, and the longer the kidnapper is with him, the more likely there will be unexpected dangers. However, it is not in accordance with the procedure to hand over the criminals to the London court before all the criminals have been arrested and given a statement.Perhaps Mr. Darcy knew of some special terms?His uncle was a Magistrate in London.Emma pondered for a moment, putting a pending question mark on this idea.Asking Mr. Darcy for advice has a certain probability of further involving Mr. Darcy in this potentially troublesome incident, which is absolutely unacceptable to her.The most effective way is to silence these people forever by any means.But murder was beyond her moral boundaries.

Emma had no idea for the time being, and turned to her brother's idea. Maybe George has a more reasonable solution to this problem?

Emma was not troubled for long.Before dinner, the postman brought a letter.

Emma's eyes lit up as she turned to the second letter.After reading ten lines at a glance, the plan has been finalized in my heart.

With the help of the police officers, the loyal servants of the Kentra family who were accompanying them have found Emma one after another. Mr. Thomas’s house does not have a room for everyone. Only the two servants who were found at the beginning stayed in Mr. Thomas’s house temporarily. , and the rest lived in nearby hotels.Emma already has a plan, and this time there are servants from the Kentra family by her side, so the implementation of the specific plan will naturally be entrusted to them.

The servant's room is at the back, not in the same house as the master.Emma hurried down to give orders before supper.As expected, she saw Mr. Darcy in the living room at the stairs.He was sitting on the sofa below, with an open book in his hand, and his slender fingers occasionally flipped the pages to make a crisp sound.It seems that Mr. Darcy is immersed in reading, but Emma can see that Mr. Darcy is absent-minded at a glance. Given his love for books, he would never turn pages so violently.

As a matter of fact Mr. Darcy did not read a word of it, and kept his attention upstairs while thinking.Although Emma's footsteps were very light, he heard them quickly, and looked towards the stairs.

The eyes of the two met in the air.

Emma had resolved to keep Mr. Darcy out of the matter.To put it bluntly, she had planned to say hello to Mr. Darcy on the stairs, and then walk out in a feigned haste.Mr. Darcy's mind can fully understand what she means.However, during the actual operation, Emma stared at Mr. Darcy's eyes full of sincerity and worry, thinking about how long he had been waiting in silence downstairs, she was a little speechless.But it's best practice.She kept walking, and greeted Mr. Darcy quickly: "Mr. Darcy... ah!" Emma, ​​who was so tangled up in her heart, forgot she was walking on the stairs and stepped on the stairs. Kong almost fell down, but fortunately she had sharp eyes and hands and quickly grabbed the railing on one side.

Mr. Darcy's heart skipped a beat, and he stood up abruptly. "Miss Kentra!"

Emma had steadied herself, and she felt a little humiliated. "I'm not injured, so I will..." She couldn't say the following words.For Mr. Darcy came up, knelt down on one knee very naturally, and took her ankle.

The knowing blow from Mr. Darcy made Emma feel that her blood tank was more than half empty in an instant, and the temperature from her ankle spread all the way to her face.This is not the closest contact between the two, not to mention that Mr. Darcy once saw her disheveled in the hut, even the first time she went to Bloomberg to get under Mr. Darcy's coat, the shame was higher than this time (calculated in this way) It really took a lot of advantage from Mr. Darcy [manual goodbye).But this time Emma was hit especially hard. The girl's heart, which had been dead for many years, seemed to come back to life suddenly, bumping and bouncing in her chest.

Shyness drove Emma to twitch her ankle slightly. "I'm fine."

If Mr. Thomas were here, he would congratulate Mr. Darcy on finally seeing the light of hope.However, Mr. Darcy was not aware of the change in Emma's attitude, but was somewhat dissatisfied with her lack of cooperation. "Don't move, if there is a sprain, it will aggravate the injury." As he spoke, he gently pressed several places on Emma's ankle. "Does it hurt?"

Mr. Darcy has no selfishness and distractions, and Emma quickly calms down in an atmosphere of incomparable integrity. "There is nothing. I grabbed the railing in time just now, so there should be no sprain."

Mr. Darcy breathed a sigh of relief.Then I remembered the reason why Emma almost fell—was greeting him while walking, absent-minded.He doesn't mind Emma being casual in front of Mr. Darcy, but Mr. Darcy will never relax his requirements when it comes to safety.Mr. Darcy, relieved, was ready to solemnly warn Emma how inappropriate her conduct was.

Seeing that Mr. Darcy was about to start preaching angrily, Emma put on a serious expression in time. "I have something I want to ask you for advice."

What a crafty lady.Emotionally, Mr. Darcy wants to warn Emma not to do dangerous actions immediately, but intellectually, Mr. Darcy knows that what Emma is going to say should be very important.After a short and intense confrontation between reason and emotion, Mr. Darcy decided to do business first. "sure."

After the incident just now, Emma can no longer carry out the original plan.Originally, she hoped to open up the relationship between the two through this refusal. In the past few days, because the two of them were unable to go out, they had a lot of contact.Now that Mr. Darcy has been rejected, we should distance ourselves.But now Emma has a new idea, and she is willing to try it. "If one person has some information, if this information is known by another person, it may cause serious consequences to the third person. How should this kind of thing be avoided?"

This was not the question Mr. Darcy had envisioned, and he thought about it for a moment.The simplest answer is to keep those who have the information from speaking out, but Emma asking this means that this cannot be done or is very difficult to do. "Is the third person aware of the information in the hands of the person who has the information? Does the second person actively obtain the information?"

Emma immediately realized that Mr. Darcy was thinking the same way as hers, and after being affirmed by Mr. Darcy, she felt more at ease. "A small portion. Get it proactively."

Mr. Darcy offered two suggestions. "Clean up in advance to ensure that information leakage will not cause serious consequences. Or release false news to mislead the second person." Emma thought that Mr. Darcy would ask for more specific details, but he didn't. After talking about the general idea, he said There was silence.

These days, Mr. Darcy has come to the conclusion that Emma has his own sense of propriety, and will never let things go. Since she is vague, there must be a reason why she cannot tell him. Mr. Darcy chooses to respect and trust her.For a few seconds an uneasy feeling impelled him to speak, and after turning over in his mind Emma's successful advice in the past and the brilliant insights of the exchange of these days, Mr. Darcy refrained.

Emma felt the respect and confidence accorded by Mr. Darcy. "It seems that our views are completely consistent." She hesitated, the following words were a bit shameful for her, but she felt it was necessary.Lowering the volume, she continued: "Your affirmation gave me a lot of confidence. Without you, I would not be as calm as I am now. Your company is a great help to me, thank you very much."