[Pride and Prejudice] Mary's Pride and Prejudice

"Oh my God!" Jane's exclamation suddenly came from the door. She was wearing bedtime clothes, and she was holding some food in her hand. It turned out that she couldn't sleep well. When she heard the sound of the carriage, she pulled the curtains After discovering that Daphne and the others had returned, she went downstairs with a candle holder. On the stairs, she met the concierge, and offered to help bring the food.

Well, now that the Bennet ladies are all here, it is decided to hear the whole thing from Daphne.

This matter has to start with the weeping Miss Margaret.As mentioned above, this little Margaret girl is very beautiful. If anyone who Mary knows can compete with her, it must be Jane, and even Elizabeth is inferior to her. exquisite.Moreover, this little girl is only 15 years old, young and immature, and there is still unlimited room for development in the future.

In addition, this lady came from a wealthy family, her grandfather was a famous banker, but the lady's parents died early, and her banker grandfather also passed away last year.Therefore, this young lady was sent to school by her uncle, and she seldom went home, and she was not so close to her family, but the things that belonged to her would never be left behind, for example, her grandfather left her [-] yuan before his death. The savings in pounds sterling will be used as a dowry, and this money can be freely used by her in the future.

Ever since, this lady has always been very sought after by virtue of her beauty and wealth. Even though she has never stepped into the social world, she is also well-known in her social circle.

The meat buns in the world are always easy for dogs to miss. During the summer vacation, Miss Margaret was missed by the famous villain Mr. Wickham in this book.

It turned out that after Mr. Wickham owed a large sum of money in Meriton, he moved to Brighton with the militia camp. Here, Mr. Wickham became addicted to gambling, hoping to make enough money to plug the hole he owed. superior.

However, there is an undeniable truth in this world, that is, 90.00% of gamblers will lose more and more.Mr. Wickham finally found that his salary could no longer support his life and repay his debts. If this continues, he will definitely be sent to the famous Marcy debt prison to spend his life there.

So Mr. Wickham had no choice but to take advantage of an opportunity to go out on business, and his first choice was naturally London.

We must know that the closed environment of the countryside makes it easy for people to know that a stranger passes by here one day. If this person wants to live here for a long time, he will be visited by his neighbors immediately, and everyone within ten miles will be very interested in him.But London is different. It has a large population. Farmers and poor people who have lost their land come here to make a living every day, and a large number of people who live in crooked ways gather here to make a fortune. Therefore, Mr. Wickham hopes to find a good opportunity here to make a living. Yu turned around and made a comeback.

And Miss Margaret was that good opportunity.

Miss Margaret was not happy with her relatives, so she diverted this emotional need domestically. She was very outgoing and loved to make friends, and then met Mrs. Younger who had helped her school for a short time, and then met Mrs. Mrs. Young's cousin, Mr. Foster, who recently came to visit Mrs. Young in London, was a handsome and personable officer, and exuded a charming charm from head to toe, which soon attracted Margaret. fell in love.

It is taken for granted that Margaret's uncle disagrees with this marriage. He has long been prepared to find a good marriage for this niece, so that his career will be promoted to a higher level, instead of letting the young niece marry a A pauper of unknown origin who I have only known for a month.

So before Margaret came to Windsor town this time, the two of them agreed to take advantage of this opportunity to elope and they could go to Scotland to get married.

Then, after Margaret, she will be able to use the money her grandfather left her unconditionally, and then the husband and wife will be able to live a carefree and prosperous life.

However, Mr. Foster's trip to Windsor was not smooth, because he was seen by Daphne. Daphne asked Miss Margaret in surprise if her friend was called Mr. Wickham?And then Margaret actually told him that the gentleman was called Foster. That was suspicious, wasn't it?Daphne met Mr. Wickham a few times. Mr. Wickham was not very impressed with Daphne, but as a person who stayed in Meriton for a week or two every few months, no one knew Mr. Wickham Who doesn't know?

Miss Margaret was just dazzled by love, but her IQ was not behind the British girls. Daphne's swearing, naturally aroused her suspicion, but for a girl like her, love is Always be put first, so after thinking about it, Miss Margaret wrote a letter to Daphne, asking Daphne to confront Mr. Foster.

It happened that Lydia was right next to her. She is not a person who respects her privacy. She glanced at Mr. Wickham's words and snatched the letter. Immediately, she felt that this matter was interesting. Terribly, the famous Mr. Wickham of Meridon might cheat on the marriage in London?Omg it was so exciting!

Then Lydia strongly asked to accompany Daphne, her reason was high-sounding: "You are too young, you should be accompanied by your sister when you go out alone," even though this sister is not a few years older, "Besides, I am from Meridon , I have known Mr. Wickham longer than you, and you are sure you will be able to speak when you see him, he is so eloquent!" Daphne was really not sure that she could win Mr. Wickham.

Finally Lydia said: "Ask the coachman to take us there, and if we can't win, we will win him!"

Daphne was finally persuaded, and the two quietly went to find Margaret, and then the three ladies went to an inconspicuous farmhouse on the edge of the town together, where they found Mr. Wickham, whose alias was Foster.

As a matter of course, Mr. Wickham was seen through the disguise. He still tried to tell Margaret that he really loved her and wanted to marry her. If he got a fortune and cheated her, he could completely cheat those girls who had a lot of money now and then leave and enjoy life.

But his statement was severely laughed at by Lydia, and Margaret, who had been a little shaken, came to her senses again and decided to leave him.In the end, Mr. Wickham became furious. He could immediately deceive the beautiful girl. As long as he could take her to Scotland and spend money to find a priest to witness the marriage, the marriage would be legal even without the consent of the guardian, and no one could change it. .The girl's uncle can't do anything about it, and maybe he can blackmail a sum of money so that he can continue to waste paper and money until his wife can inherit the money from the grandfather's inheritance.

But now she was ruined by two little girls, which made Mr. Wickham very angry. Margaret wanted to break up with him. After the girl shook off the shit that was sticking to her eyes, she became wiser. , she asked Mr. Wickham for the letter she wrote to him. After all, what can't a villain like him do in the future?Those letters left in his hands were a sharp sword that could hurt her at any time. Once he made the letters public, Margaret's reputation would be ruined.

Of course Wickham refused, he begged Margaret to stay and listen to me, but Margaret would not listen to me, and Lydia, who was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, was fanning the flames, so Wickham decided in a fit of anger Kill all three girls.

He first tricked Margaret into a room and said to give her the letter, and then Margaret went down the street smoothly.Then Wickham went out and told Daphne that Margaret was crying inside, hoping she could persuade her, and then Daphne entered the house and went down the street smoothly.The last one left, Lydia, was of course successfully passed.

Wickham has a strong physique, and it's really easy to deal with three fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls. Except for Lydia who is strong and kicked him twice, Margaret and Daphne are almost caught without a fight.

Of course, he didn't kill them, he just tied them up, and there was plenty of rope in this farmhouse!

Next, the first question Mr. Wickham faced was how to go next?

The three ladies came in a carriage, and the coachman was waiting outside the door. It was already dark, and if the ladies didn't go out after too long, the coachman might come in and ask.So what should he do next?

Wickham paced back and forth in the room, the girls who were illegally detained by him were all gagged, Daphne and Margaret were frightened, only Lydia glared at Wickham angrily. Yeah yeah, what are you talking about, you know you must be swearing.

Wickham was fidgety for a while, but his time was really running out. He went through the wallets of several girls, and only found a total of twenty pounds, including the money in Lydia's wallet. Fifteen pounds, that's what was left when she planned to buy something at the stall during the day and she didn't buy anything.

Wickham decided to run away, having put the money in his pocket, and went out of the house.But after a while he came back again. After thinking about it, he was still not reconciled.He wants to take Margaret away!In any case, as long as Margaret can sign a marriage contract with him, then his future will be promising, and he will no longer have to live in hiding for fear of being recognized and sent to debt prison!

But Mr. Wickham misjudged Margaret's timidity. This girl who loved to read Gothic novels was paralyzed on the ground and couldn't get up. Such a case, lest Wickham was trying to kill her and hide her body in some church basement...

Mr. Wickham really couldn't pull her up, so he went to pull Daphne again. In his opinion, the two younger ones were a bit foolish, but Lydia played her sister's sense of responsibility and kicked him hard on the sidelines. .This made Wickham even more angry. He grabbed the two little girls but failed to get them up. Then he stared at Lydia, who was alive and kicking, and said, "Well, we have a long way to go. If I carry people on my back It must not be far, so you come with me, or I will kill you all!"

Lydia glared at Wickham angrily, her face was flushed, but after a while, she rolled her eyes and nodded to Wickham, expressing her willingness to go with him.

When the driver outside the door realized that the time had passed for a long time, and there was not much noise in the building where there would have been a quarrel, he knocked on the door, but there was no response at all, so the driver opened the door and left. After coming in, he stood at the door and shouted twice: "Miss Lydia? Miss Daphne? Is it getting late?"

But there was still no sound. At this time, there was a knock on the door upstairs suddenly. The driver ran upstairs and pushed open the door from which the sound came. It turned out that Daphne and Margaret were two people. Being tightly bound, they lay on the ground and kept banging their heads on the door.

The coachman tore off the ball of cloth they had gagged their mouths, and later found out that it was the ladies' gloves. Daphne said to him in horror: "Hurry back and find my father, Lydia has been taken away!"

The coachman was very sorry when he talked about this, and he said to Jane guiltily: "They walked through the back door of the kitchen, so I didn't see it. Because at the beginning, shortly after the ladies went up, they quarreled. The sound was very loud, so I went up to ask the little master if he needed my help. But Miss Lydia told me to wait outside the door, and if I needed her, she would call my name, and then I could come in. So when I found out everything It's too late, I'm so sorry!"

Jane was at a loss at this time, and she could only keep saying: "My God! My God! What will happen to Lydia? Why did Mr. Wickham take her away?"

Then Mr. Darcy stood up, and said: "I'll go to Mr. Gardiner, and I've got to tell him about it. And I've got to go to the sheriff of the town. A very wicked man has kidnapped a lady. It's so appalling that we've got to get our hands together and go out and search."

Elizabeth took Mr. Darcy's hand and said worriedly: "I think they should have gone to London. This is the closest place to London, where the traffic is developed and there are many people. And there are too many dignitaries in Windsor Town. It is too late for him to stay here." Danger……"

Seeing that she was incoherent, Mr. Darcy grabbed her hand and said firmly: "I see, you are right, and if Wickham wanted to harm Lydia, he would not take the trouble to get her Take it away, so Lydia will be fine!"

Elizabeth was infected by his calm expression, nodded and said, "Yes, that's right."

Darcy took her by the arm and said, "Wait here until we come back, she'll be all right." Turning away, he said to Mrs. Gardiner, "Wake up Mr. Bingley, we need help," suddenly After a pause, he added: "Mr. Hurst also shouted together, and then asked them to go to the security booth. The security officer should be there today."

Mr. Darcy asked Margaret again: "Wickham has no horse and no cart, right? He has nothing but walks?"

Margaret nodded: "Yes, he used to have a horse, but he stayed in London and didn't bring it here."

Darcy nodded, and took the coachman out who had just eaten a few sandwiches. The weather was bad tonight and the moon was not bright at all, so the coachman even lit a torch.