[Pride and Prejudice] Mary's Pride and Prejudice

This day was so chaotic, the frightened ladies except Lydia couldn't sleep because of the excitement, and the rest went to the bedroom to rest after eating.The others are wise enough not to bother them.Until dinner time, several people came downstairs one after another,

In the afternoon, Uncle Gardiner rushed back with Mr. Bingley and Hester. Uncle Gardiner said that he had written a letter to Mr. Bennet, and they would leave for London tomorrow, and Mr. Bennet Definitely will come as soon as they get the letter, they can have a round in London.

Mrs. Bennet couldn't wait to tell her brother the good news that she had another daughter who was successfully engaged. Mr. Gardiner was very surprised to hear this, but he thought it was really good news. As long as Lydia If you get engaged smoothly, then the negative impact on this matter will disappear quickly.

He didn't want his niece to be confused and guessed by the neighbors after everyone worked so hard to find her.As soon as the news of her engagement spreads, everyone will only pay attention to who her fiancé is, how much he earns a year, how old he is, how he looks... As for Lydia's danger, for those who like to inquire For those who read the news, the times have passed and the times have changed, and they can't keep up with the trend.

Lydia also laughed and showed off the ring on her hand to her uncle and future brother-in-law. She talked about the history of the ring with great interest: "This is the ring of the old Countess Edwards. She gave this ring to Andrew's mum, then she left him, and now he gave me a ring. Gosh, it's beautiful isn't it?"

It was beautiful indeed, and both Uncle Gardiner and Mr. Bingley expressed their delight at having such a sweet end to the matter.

The atmosphere of the dinner was quite pleasant. Although Miss Bingley wanted to express her opinion on Mr. Wickham, who did not know whether he was alive or dead, so as to take the opportunity to satirize Elizabeth, but before she had finished speaking two sentences, the topic was brought up by Lydia again. When it came to her engagement, the people in the house were not interested in any other topic now.

"I think we should get married soon, maybe earlier than Jane and Mr. Bingley, oh, if that's the case, you can hurry up and don't be left too far behind by us." Lydia said to her sisters excitedly Say, "Oh, someday I can take you to prom."

There are always many rules about the identity of the referrer and the referee at the ball. The elder recommends the younger, and the married recommends the unmarried. If Lydia is married and her sisters are not married, then she is responsible for recommending her sister. For the others, unfortunately, she counted her fingers from Jane to Mary, and finally found that the only unmarried ladies in the family were Elizabeth and Kitty, so she finally had to say regretfully: "I can introduce you to others at the ball, Lizzie, At that time, you will need me to introduce you, and you will have to walk behind me when we go out in the future!"

When Elizabeth heard this, she raised her head and glanced at Mr. Darcy reflexively, and Mr. Darcy was looking at Lydia, who was still complacent and unaware, and then he looked at Elizabeth again, just in time to be avoided by her.He thought: Maybe, Miss Elizabeth no longer needs her sister to introduce her.

Miss Margaret was still a little distracted, but this incident was a huge blow to her. She silently came to a small lounge next to the living room. There was a piano there, which was originally a small room for piano practice. , When holding a party, if you open the door, you can hear the wonderful piano accompaniment in the living room, if you close the door, then here is a quiet world.Margaret sat in front of the piano, pressing her fingers lightly on the keys, and the piano made a low and pleasant sound, Margaret sat there in a daze.

At this time, there was a "click" sound on the door, and the door was pushed open after a while, and Mr. Darcy was outside.He stood by the door and did not come in, but reached into his pocket and took out something wrapped in white cotton cloth, which seemed to be a rectangular parallelepiped. Mr. Darcy put it on the piano cover, and said to Margaret: "This is from my valet this afternoon. He found it at Mrs. Young's. I think I should return it to you. God bless you, Miss Margaret." Then he turned and left. .

Margaret opened this thing, and inside was a bundle of letters. She counted them carefully, opened them one by one, read them one by one, and then hugged the letters and closed her eyes tightly and sobbed softly.

Mr. Darcy turned round, just as Elizabeth was looking up at him, and they both looked at each other and laughed.

After everyone rested in Windsor town for a day, they set off to leave this eventful place.Before departure, Mr. Darcy and Uncle Gardiner went to the Brighton Hotel to settle their worries. After they came back, Elizabeth asked about the situation, and then said worriedly: "Sheriff Bob still needs us to correct Mr. Wickham. ?"

Mr. Darcy raised his eyebrows: "I don't think so. He already questioned you the day you came back, didn't he? Then he went to Dr. House's clinic to arrest the criminals. I don't think he needs the ladies anymore. In court." Besides, Wickham was seriously injured, and Dr. House said he probably wouldn't live long.Elizabeth was actually worried about this. She opened her mouth and said hesitantly, "His injury..."

"His penis exploded, and he was seriously injured, but it has nothing to do with the ladies." Mr. Darcy looked into Elizabeth's eyes.

Elizabeth looked directly into Mr. Darcy's eyes for a while, and was finally persuaded by him, or she was persuaded by herself at the same time.She nodded with a smile, and decided to let go of this knot and the past. Getting entangled in it will not help, but it will only bring harm to the family.

After the brigade returned to London, they went back to their homes temporarily. Mr. Bennet was already waiting at home. He saw his daughters come back intact, and then saw his new son-in-law, Colonel Edwards.

The other words passed in passing. Originally, Mary expected her father to step forward and drive Colonel Edwards out of the house. Unexpectedly, Mr. Bennet's attitude was very peaceful. The fiancée was playing mandarin ducks, he had a peaceful lunch with his family, and then took the colonel into the study.Mary's eyes wished she could see through and see what Mr. Bennet was talking about with Edwards. Unfortunately, her mortal body did not have this function yet. In contrast, Lydia, who should be nervous, was not worried at all. Still laughing and laughing without any worries, it seems that the nightmare the day before yesterday had no effect on her at all. Mary admired her psychological quality a little. This heartless state made her speechless.

Until Colonel Edwards departed cheerfully, Mary saw no sign of Mr. Bennet's objection to the marriage, which she wished to see.She found an opportunity to make a discord with her father, but she didn't know how to start it. After flirting for a while, Mr. Bennet finally sighed and said to her: "You know, Mary, the worst thing is like this, My daughter was able to avoid marrying a jerk, but she married another jerk. This is predictable, if she doesn't marry this jerk, sooner or later she will marry the next jerk, this plot will be in her Enduring performances throughout his life."

Mr. Bennet put down his pipe, picked up a newspaper and began to read. His voice came from behind the newspaper: "So don't worry, Mary, this is a good opportunity. The Colonel has done a good thing, and some A young and outstanding youth can avoid a regrettable marriage, and I finally don't have to worry about my little daughter getting into a more worrying marriage. They are a perfect match, aren't they? From now on, my ears can truly It became quieter, and another man took up this responsibility happily, and I am very grateful to him, very grateful!"

Mary's shoulders finally collapsed. Anyway, this marriage is a firm deal, and objections are invalid, so I have to give my best wishes.

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Madan, she is still very angry, what should I do? ? ? !

But then she didn't have time to pay attention to it.Mr. Bennet read the newspaper for a while, then put it down suddenly, and asked Mary, "I remember Alice's two sisters are in London, right?"

"Yes, I think they've all managed to forget that experience and start a new life, and Kayla is still working in food development, which is just above her house."

"What's the big one's name?"

"It's called Lily."

Mr. Bennet was silent for a while, then put down the newspaper and said to Mary: "I think you should read this, my dear, I think we may not have time to dwell on Lydia's marriage for a while, and then we There's going to be big trouble."

Mary picked up the newspaper, and the place Mr. Bennet pointed out was the headline of the society page, and the headline read "**** Murder"!

"A sensational murder took place in apartment 15 on Park Street yesterday. The female murderer killed two people and injured one person. The only survivor was the biological father of the female murderer."

Below is a detailed description of the bloody scene at the scene of the crime, which is horrifying to read.The general idea is that the female killer put the tranquilizer prescribed by the doctor into all the food, broth and wine. The three victims ate and drank, and then fell asleep from the wine.The female killer stabbed the two victims with a freshly purchased sharp knife, causing blood to flow at the crime scene, and when she killed the last victim, her father, the man suddenly woke up and wrestled with her, and then Successfully knocked out the female killer and fled outside for help.

At the end of the article, the names of the female killer and the victim were disclosed. The names of the two deceased, Mary, were very strange, but the female killer was named Lily O’Deno, while her father’s name was Calvin Baker. The father and daughter had different surnames, of course. It is strange, so the reporter dug up the father's original name, Robert O'Deno.

Mary sat down on the sofa. If it is a coincidence that there are two pairs of father and daughter with the same name next to her, the following article clearly states that the father and daughter are both from Hartfordshire. The father sold his daughter If you do it, it will never be a coincidence, so this murder case is called "the murder case"!And Robert O'Deno said his daughter is now working for Fanny Foods.

Mary's face was pale. She had entrusted Alfred to pay attention to Lily's actions, and some time ago he had told her in a letter that Lily was in contact with Robert, and Mary had always suspected that Lily was being coerced by Robert and was about to return to London. Later, Lili talked about it, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen now.

Her first thought was to find Alfred, but she stood up and remembered that he was not in London now, he had gone to Wales.

Mary raised her head to face Mr. Bennet's gloomy eyes, and he forced a smile at his daughter: "This is really big trouble, Mary, I completely understand Lily's choice, but this time she really caused big trouble. And This matter is bound to involve our family, well, I have to go and see, how to minimize the impact of this matter, of course, if there is no other way, we can also comfort ourselves, our family is finally no longer unknown. "

Mr. Bennet put on his coat and went out. Mary forgot to ask him where he went, but she sat up for a while and then stood up. She found Elizabeth with the newspaper and asked her to go with her. A trip to the old Charlie's Cheese Hotel, where she remembered Mr. West, the thief-catcher.

Elizabeth was also stunned by the news in the newspaper, she never thought that Lily would do this.As she sat in the carriage, still trying to collect her thoughts, she said to Mary, "It's terrible, I know she's had terrible things, but it seems like she's been through worse than I thought. God, she used to be a very smiling girl and kind, I remember when she came to our house to find Alice when she was a child, she would bring me a bouquet of wild flowers she picked herself, once she brought me A bouquet of gerbera, golden petals, beautiful..."

Elizabeth murmured, and soon they came to the Old Charlie Cheese Hotel, Mr. West is well known here, he is a tall and thin gentleman with a long scar on his face, Mary came to him He was sitting behind the table drinking soup when he arrived.