[Pride and Prejudice] Mary's Pride and Prejudice

Mr. West did not show any surprise at the arrival of the two ladies. Every year he meets all kinds of weird clients, and the two well-born ladies are by no means the most special ones, so he did not change his countenance. To finish the soup on the table, he is a man who never wastes food.

But one of the ladies was obviously impatient. She said to West: "My fiancé is Mr. Alfred Edwards. I have entrusted him to help me investigate Lily O'Deno and Calvin Baker. I think Wes Mr. Te must know why I'm here."

Mr. West was really surprised this time. He put down the spoon in his hand, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and said to Mary: "Oh, yes, miss, if what you said is true, I think I know Is it a murder case?"

Lawyer Edwards is his old client, and they cooperate very happily. Of course he knows that Mr. Alfred Edwards has a fiancée, but he doesn't know that the Lily father and daughter that Mr. Edwards asked to investigate will have a relationship with his fiancée .

Mary said displeasedly: "Lily is not a prostitute, Mr. West, I think you should know this better than us."

Mr. West was a little embarrassed, he adjusted his face, and said: "I understand what you mean, Miss, Mr. Edwards paid me to investigate the matter of Lily O'Deno and Calvin Baker, in fact, it is not difficult Yes, I quickly told him the result, and he told me to keep an eye on these two."

Upon hearing this, Elizabeth quickly asked him, "Then, on the day of the murder, did you send someone to follow the two of them? Do you have any clues about the murder?"

Under the close watch of the two ladies, Mr. West nodded: "Yes, both of them were abnormal that day. I recorded them faithfully and prepared to send them to Mr. Edwards the next day. I wrote to him once every day. It happened so suddenly, and Mr. Edwards was not in London, so I knew that I had written to Mr. Edwards the day after it happened. I think he should have received it by now. Believe it."

Mary quickly asked him about the details of this matter. She had high hopes for Mr. West and hoped to get more clues from him. Although she felt that the narration in the newspaper might be wrong, Lily was not the real murderer. Mr. West may have some proof of that.

However, she was doomed to be disappointed. Mr. West's evidence pointed to another direction that Mary was least willing to believe. Mr. West said that the person who was ordered to pay attention to Lily did not pay close attention to her, but she It is true that she often goes to see a doctor, and the doctor prescribed a lot of sedatives for her.This incident did not arouse Mr. West's vigilance. He has already verified the relationship between Lily and Robert. Lily is facing such a bad father, and this bad man is still squeezing her and sucking her. With blood eating her flesh, the poor girl really does seem to be sleeping on sedatives for now.

Moreover, on the day of the murder, Lily did buy a sharp knife and a piece of rope in a grocery store, which are strong evidence that can convict Lily.

Mary was a little frustrated, and Elizabeth asked Mr. West again: "What about Robert O'Donoghue? Does he have any clues?"

Mr. West shrugged: "I don't think you should count on that Robert. He is a complete bastard, a drunkard and a gambler who has no humanity at all. I have met many bad people like him in my life, but like He is so bad that there are not many. I don’t think you should pin your hopes on him, a father who puts all the blame on his daughter when she is unconscious, doesn’t it? Do you still expect him to have any fatherly love and humanity?"

Mary frowned: "Is Lily still unconscious?"

Mr. West nodded: "Yes, she is in Clark Hospital now, and there is a policeman guarding her."

He saw that the two ladies seemed to want to visit Lily, so he quickly dispelled their idea: "I hope you are not planning to visit Lily O'Deno, it is not suitable for ladies to go there. Besides, Robert Ord Nuo spreads everywhere that her daughter is a dirty slut, a cold-blooded killer. So it is best for the two innocent ladies not to have anything to do with her, it will be harmful to their reputation."

But now they were involved, and Robert had exposed Lily's business, Fanny's Foods, in the newspapers.

Mr. West's final suggestion was: "I think Mr. Edwards will come back soon. Our best action now is to wait. Miss Bennet, this kind of thing should be left to professionals."

After coming out of the old Charlie's Cheese Hotel, Mary couldn't help sighing. Lily is still unconscious. It seems that she was seriously injured. When they left, Mr. West told them not to leave Impulse to visit Lily so as not to damage their reputation.

Elizabeth thought for a long time and thought that they should accept this suggestion, and the time would not be too long. I believe that Alfred will come back as soon as possible after receiving the letter.Mary also decided to write to Alfred immediately after returning home. She wrote to Alfred that night after they met Wickham. Since the two got engaged, the relationship between them has become closer She wrote to him almost every day, telling him every detail of her news.

Seeing her depressed mood, Elizabeth comforted her: "I think there must be some arrangements for my father. You don't have to be so depressed."

After hearing this, Mary remembered that Mr. Bennet went out one step earlier than her, but she didn't know where he went?

After they got home, they found that Mr. Bennet had returned. It turned out that he went out to Miss White's place and met Keira.

Ms. White is very busy today, and she didn't read today's newspaper, but that doesn't mean that others don't read it either. Other store managers saw this article, which mentioned Fanny's Food Store, so the store manager So I hurriedly found Miss White and told her about it.Miss White was startled by the report, and immediately sought out Kayla, who was of course even more surprised by the incident than she was.Miss White went to the sheriff to ask about the progress of the matter, and then went to the hospital with Keira to visit Lily who was unconscious.

When they came back, they happened to meet Mr. Bennet who came here. Miss White didn't know that Mr. Bennet came to London last night, which of course surprised her, but it was good news for her.The sheriff doesn't take Miss White seriously, that's the downside of women coming out to work, they're discriminated against, no one trusts them to make rational decisions that help things go, and they can't take any responsibility .

But Mr. Bennet is different. Of course, a gentleman has the right to ask about the crimes committed by farmers on his land. Mr. Sheriff received him politely and described the relevant details of the case and the current situation with him in detail. progress status.

When Mr. Bennet came home, both Mary and Elizabeth waited eagerly for some good news from him.However, I don't know whether this news can be classified as good news.

"Lily is awake, but she seems to have forgotten a lot of things." Mr. Bennet said flatly, and then he told his two daughters all the news he got today.

When Keira and Miss White went to visit Lily and found that she was awake, which of course made them happy, but they couldn't laugh immediately, and Keira was surprised to find that Lily had forgotten a lot of things, and her memory could only last until When she was 12 years old, when her father was just a boring lazy alcoholic, her sister Alice was still working as a maid in Master Bennet's house.

Mary knew right away that Lily had lost her memory, and the meme of amnesia, which had filled most of her entertainment life, was finally catching up in her real life.

"Then why did she lose her memory?" Mary asked.

"I don't know. The doctor said it might be due to an impact on the brain, or it might be due to psychological reasons. The doctors are not sure about these two factors. According to the current medical level, they can't solve it." Mr. Bennet sat heavily on the chair "So, it's unlikely we'll get any relevant information from Lily."

"And where is Robert?" Elizabeth asked.

"Oh, it's better to count on him than to count on His Majesty the King to recover from madness and then pardon Lily!" Mr. Bennet smiled sarcastically: "I have already visited Mr. Fox, and he promised to take over the case and let Al Fred acted as barrister in the case."

"Mr. Fox? Alfred's solicitor?" Elizabeth asked.

"Oh, yes," Mr. Bennet blinked, "I don't know any better lawyer."

Mary sighed, and now she could only wait for Alfred to come back. As a lawyer's fiancée, she still knew a little about the process of the case.Robert is the witness and victim of this case, so this scumbag who has done all kinds of bad things is still at large, and Lily has a clear witness Robert to testify against her, so she was taken into Newgate Prison by the sheriff after she woke up .

This murder case can be said to have conclusive evidence, and the time to go to court will be very fast. The efficiency of the current judicial department is really high. In the past few years, efficient judges can try [-] or [-] cases a day and pronounce more than a dozen death sentences, so their speed must also be fast.This matter is not simply related to the life and death of Lily alone. Once she is sentenced to death as a murderer, the reputation of the ladies in the Bennet family will also be damaged. Common people of money, people in this class like to chew people's tongues to reflect their innocence.

Mr Fox had promised to visit Lily at Newgate as soon as possible and to have some "communication" with Robert.I hope this experienced old lawyer can bring Lily a glimmer of life.

Mary has never been so eager to see her fiancé, but Alfred's return is still faster than she imagined.At noon the next day the maid came into the sitting room and said, "Mr. Alfred Edwards is here."

Then she saw the longing tall figure walking in.

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