[Pride and Prejudice] Mary's Pride and Prejudice

Before the three sisters reached the entrance of the villa, they were caught by a large group of people rushing out from inside. Miss Margaret ran away with a flushed face, apparently she had just come back here to rescue soldiers.

And those who ran in the front turned out to be Mr. Darcy and Colonel Edwards. Lydia saw the group of them from a distance, and immediately let go of the hands of the two sisters. She brushed her hair and looked at her Yiqun asked the two sisters: "Is my face ugly? Do I look embarrassed?"

Indeed, all three had disheveled hair and dusty dresses, especially as they were all dressed in white linen, which was in fashion.

But Elizabeth straightened Lydia's hair, dusted the dust off her skirt, and said with a smile, "You're fine now, dear. You're not miserable at all. You're fine."

Colonel Edwards ran up to Lydia at the first, and he was still in shock: "Lydia, my God, are you okay? Are you okay?"

However, Mrs. Bennet, who was louder than him, stared at her child in panic, holding her child in a panic, looking back and forth, and shouting in horror: "God—— God, what's the matter, how did it happen? God!"

She glanced back and forth between Elizabeth and Mary, then put her arms around Lydia, looked her over and over again, and found that she had no obvious trauma, and finally let out a long breath: "Thank God, you It's so good, it's so terrible, it's so terrible! What's the matter with you? What's the matter?"

Seeing that there was still a large group of people following behind, mighty and mighty, and Mrs. Bennet continued to complain loudly, Mary immediately stopped her.

"We've been robbed, mum, our bag of kinkinis has been robbed."

Elizabeth looked at Mary, but did not make a sound. She had planned to do the same. Only by doing so would the harm to the Bennet family be minimized. It seemed that she and Mary really had the same heart.

Seeing Bennet looking up and crying regardless of the occasion, Elizabeth immediately supported her: "Mom, let's go back and talk about it."

Mrs. Bennet did not wink like that, she was still complaining, but there were still many understanding people at the scene, especially Mr. Darcy, Mrs. Bennet always feared him, and the people at the scene respected him, so Later, when Mr. Darcy told everyone to go home, everyone went back in a mighty way.

When they got home, Elizabeth told the whole thing, and Mrs. Bennet started complaining about damned Mr. Wickham again.

But Mr. Darcy walked out with a bearded man in uniform, and he said to the bearded man: "That Wickham should be at Dr. House's now, and I will leave this to you."

The bearded man promised to take it all on him, and Mr. Darcy went on to say: "So, I think the nature of this matter has changed from kidnapping to robbery, has it not, Mr. Bob?"

The bearded Bob is the sheriff of Windsor town. He has been in charge of the security here for many years and has seen a lot since he heard what he said. , he may be a threat to the safety of the residents of the town, oh, he came from London, and we found nothing, there are fugitives wanted almost every day in London. And there happened to be a robbery in the town today, stupid criminal I was blown up by my own gun."

Mr. Darcy was very satisfied with this statement, and his expression relaxed a lot.

But then Mr. Bob frowned again, considered his words, and then said to Mr. Darcy: "I promise no one will get a single word from me that will ruin the reputation of the ladies. But with all due respect." Mr. Darcy, there are several reporters living in the small town, all of whom came to report yesterday’s unprecedented match, and for those people, security cases are always easier to get their attention than other things.” Finished speaking He blinked again. "The reporters mostly live in the Brighton Hotel next to the post office."

Mr. Darcy frowned again, he thought for a while and said: "I will find a way, Mr. Bob, myself and my friends are sincerely grateful for your kindness and dedication." Then he said to the sheriff He said some compliments and compliments about yesterday's hard work, so the bearded man happily went to Dr. House's clinic to arrest the criminal.

When Mr. Darcy turned around, he was stunned for a moment. Elizabeth was standing behind him. She was leaning against the wall with a shawl around her and was staring at him blankly. Their eyes met in the air. Elizabeth blushed a little. Walking in front of Mr. Darcy, he solemnly said: "Thank you, Mr. Darcy, my family and I are very grateful for your help."

Mr. Darcy was a little at a loss: "I actually... I didn't help much... I'm ashamed——"

He had been busy all night yesterday, searching all the way from Windsor Town to London, but he couldn't find any clues. He couldn't help being very anxious. After arriving in London, he found Mrs. Young overnight and asked Wickham's whereabouts. It was disappointing. , Mrs. Younger killed Wickham and did not come yesterday. Darcy saw that the woman was not lying, so he had to rush back in the early morning. Miss Greet rushed in again to call for people, and he led people to rescue Elizabeth in a hurry. Miss Margaret didn't say clearly, saying that she saw blood, but she couldn't tell whether Elizabeth and the others were injured. It was a very torturous guess along the way, thank God she was fine.

But now that Elizabeth is thanking him so solemnly, he feels that he has not done anything worthy of her gratitude. He has done nothing useful in this matter. She can be safe and her sister escaped smoothly by luck. Thanks to her intelligence and courage, he didn't get any credit.

But his slightly self-loathing remorse made Elizabeth feel his sincerity, and his refusal to work so hard just showed his humility.And he has been so troubled from yesterday to now, apart from his love for her, Elizabeth believes that it must be because he has noble morals and sentiments. He is a true gentleman and will never care about the pain of others. Turning a blind eye and willing to work hard for the victims, if there is any word to describe Elizabeth's feelings now, it is that she found that she really got to know the gentleman in front of her again.

Although her impression of him has been getting better and better during this period of time, now she has really dispelled the mist in front of her eyes, allowing the ray of sunshine to shine on the hearts of the two of them again, not only because of Mr. Darcy's help , and let Elizabeth produce love because of gratitude.As he himself said, he didn't really help them, but he did help them. If he hadn't called the sheriff to search around, Wickham might have taken Lydia away.The important thing is that what Elizabeth pays attention to is the heart-wrenching feelings and spirit shown by Mr. Darcy in this matter. He works tirelessly for Lydia, who has always been shameless and frivolous. He is indeed arrogant, but he is not swayed by this arrogance, he is just and noble.

When Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy walked into the living room, Mrs. Bennet was still chattering to Mary. She kept complaining about Lydia and Daphne's indiscretion, and then made a "cruel" personal attack on Wickham. Said that she knew from the first moment she saw him that he was not a good person, that he was a frivolous playboy and a bum with no humanity.She had foreseen everything about him, earlier than when he was discredited in Meriton, she knew that such a young man with no credit who liked to owe money to others was not worthy of trust, and he even owed a lot of gambling debts, So she had expected him to do this kind of thing a long time ago, she was not surprised at all, and he deserved to go to hell, she wanted to see him hanged alive!

Mary quickly interrupted her after hearing her vent a few words, knowing that her mother's words could easily get in most of the people present, especially Miss Darcy and Miss Margaret. His face was pale and crumbling.

Mary hurriedly found a gap to interject and asked her mother, "Why is Colonel Edwards here?"

As soon as Colonel Edwards entered the door, he and Lydia walked to another room. The door was open, but Mary still thought it was inappropriate and wanted them to come out. Standing next to the small flower garden of the villa and talking.

"Oh," Mrs. Bennet shrugged, "he came early in the morning before we had breakfast, oh, and I haven't eaten anything yet, that's no good, we have to eat Order something, the feeling of being hungry is really bad."

Everyone has not eaten or drank since early in the morning. Some people are not in the mood and naturally do not feel hungry, such as Jane and Mrs. Gardiner, and some people have secretly some hearts and fruits, such as the Bingley sisters.

But now everyone has to make up for this meal, so people finally sat in the dining room again. It was only after ten o'clock at this time, which was the time when the leisurely wealthy class had breakfast, so the time was just right, but Ma Miss Gerrit still didn't have any appetite, so she went straight back to her room to rest.

Before everyone started discussing this matter again at the dinner table, Lydia rushed in. She laughed and showed Mrs. Bennet her finger, and said excitedly: "Mom, Mom, I'm engaged, I'm engaged!"

On her hand was a ruby ​​ring, the style was not fashionable, even a bit old, Mary had never seen her wear this ring before, so when she saw her showing off her finger, her heart twitched with hatred, Sure enough, her family's good cabbage was raped by pigs!Colonel Edwards the bastard!

Mrs. Bennet didn't care about that, as long as someone would marry her daughter, she didn't care who it was?Anyway, the daughter of the Bennet family can live comfortably with only the dowry, as long as there is such a thing as a husband, it will be fine!However, Colonel Edwards is so handsome and wealthy, which is really a surprise. These advantages of him are enough to defeat his scandals.

As soon as Colonel Edwards entered, Mrs. Bennet walked over immediately: "Oh, Colonel, congratulations, congratulations, you and my daughter are a perfect match!"

The daughters lay down together, and Mary even gave Colonel Edwards a fierce look: This villain who has no promises!

But the colonel has just made a successful proposal, and he is full of pride. He doesn't care what others think of him. He is showing courteousness to his future mother-in-law: "I really love Lydia, and I promise to make her happy, Mrs. Bennet, I ensure."

Except for Mrs. Bennet and Jane who were sincere, Mary and Elizabeth frowned, but this kind of occasion did not allow them to publicly express any objections. The only people who had the right to object to this marriage were the Bennets. But it is impossible to expect Mrs. Bennet to object, and Mr. Bennet is far away in the sky. It is too difficult for him to realize this move. Mary can only hold her breath.

In the end, it was Elizabeth's persuasion that calmed her down. Elizabeth said to her: "Colonel Edwards's ability to propose to Lydia at this time is a manifestation of his noble character. After all, something about Lydia has already happened, although everyone Guaranteed to keep this secret, but yesterday's incident was considered huge, so many people searched all the way from Windsor to London, and there will never be few people who know about it. This kind of thing spreads very fast, and they can't predict what will happen in the future. To what extent will it ferment, and what consequences will it produce. And Colonel Edwards was able to propose to Lydia as soon as he knew about it. His sincerity can be seen. He wants to protect Lydia from gossip. s damage."

Mary was a little unconvinced: "Lydia doesn't need his protection, she is not a person who is afraid of gossip!"

Elizabeth sighed: "But Lydia agreed, which means she was moved by him." She took Mary's hand and said, "I know you don't like the colonel, but Mary, you have no choice now. And, I I don't think any man can have such courage. You know, it may be easy to make them verbally pity a woman, but if it makes them get themselves into gossip, most people will hesitate."

Mary curled her lips. "He's had enough of his own gossip, and he doesn't care."

"That's what's good about him, isn't it? He doesn't care about gossip, but he does care if Lydia gets hurt. He's a pity for the weak, and I don't think a man can be too bad for that. And obviously he is. Really loves Lydia, I can tell, he can't hide the look in his eyes."

Yes, that's the case, so Elizabeth also expressed her approval for this marriage. A marriage based on love is the happiest and long-lasting. This is an irrefutable truth.

"Mary, accept this matter. If Dad is here, there may not be any better reason to object. The Colonel is willing to protect our family's reputation and Lydia. If it is out of love, then this matter is worth it." Relief and joy. We love Lydia, and the Colonel loves her, so when he proposes to her is the least important thing. But if he proposes at this juncture, then it will show his sincerity all the more."

Mary bowed her head and thought for a long time, and finally had to admit that what Elizabeth said was right. Even Mr. Bennet might not have a better reason to object to this marriage. Marriage proposal is an important manifestation of his love and demeanor.Look, haven't Mrs. Bennet and Jane been taken down by him?