[Pride and Prejudice] Mary's Pride and Prejudice

Chapter 12 Fanny's Food Store

Mary: When you receive this letter, please be sure to read it before going to Alice. It concerns her father and two sisters. Now the two girls are safe and sound. Their father, the most shameless man in England The whereabouts of the man is still unknown, I believe he should have left London.You are probably a little confused about what I said, so I will tell you in detail below.

—At dinner the day before yesterday, the servant came in and said there were two women outside looking for mother. We were very surprised, for mother knew hardly any friends in London who would come to visit her, and at this hour.Mum and Jane went out and we heard their screams and I ran into the living room and there were two young girls standing on the porch, you guessed it Alice's sisters Lily and Kayla, You can't imagine how embarrassed they were, and the two of them immediately burst into tears when they saw Mom and Jane, which overwhelmed us.My aunt let us into the little lounge and took the children away, so that we could inquire in detail what had happened.The truth really astonished us beyond belief.Alice's father, the well-known alcoholic Robert, this man's bestial behavior is simply heinous. In order to pay off his gambling debts, he even sold his two daughters to dirty and indecent places. Your wisdom has always been beyond Age, I think you can see what I mean, Lily was inhumanly abused there, but this girl has extraordinary intelligence, she was so obedient at first that the guards lost their vigilance, and then found Chance escaped with his sister.Because Alice had told them that we were going to stay at our uncle's house in Tenen Temple Street these days, they decided to come to us for help. The two of them wandered the streets of London all day. I really don't know how they got here. Later, a kind driver was willing to drop them off for free. They knocked on doors from door to door, and God blessed us and finally found us.The incident was so appalling that even Jane said a man like Robert was a villain and unforgivable.In the end, I called my uncle and aunt, and my uncle asked them if they still remembered where they escaped from, but the two girls couldn't explain clearly because of excessive fear. Panic escaped from there.Uncle said that it is very difficult to help the two poor girls. Even if we find a place, there is no strong evidence to prove that there is human trafficking there, and it will ruin the reputation of the girls. The best choice is to keep silent and let it go. .I was furious that the crime would go unpunished, but so what, you can understand, I was in a bad mood.My uncle has already written to my father to inform him of this matter. After selling his two daughters, that Robert disappeared. I don’t know if he returned to Longborn. As a landlord, his father has the responsibility to discipline his tenants, so he must take over this matter. .Alice has been following you for the past two years, and now you have to help her settle down, so I think it is necessary to tell you about it.Please rest assured Alice, Uncle has made detailed arrangements for Lily and Keira, trying to make them return to their hometown decently.

God bless us, there will never be such evil around us again.

E. Bennet

Mary almost jumped up in shock when she read the letter. She never thought that Alice's father would dare to do this, selling his daughter to a brothel just to pay off the gambling and drinking money he owed!Such a person should be dragged to the gallows and hanged alive!Mary couldn't sit still angrily, walking up and down the room.She had seen too much news like this in her previous life. Her parents forced her daughter to live in luxury, her mother starved her daughter to death for taking drugs, and her father abused her ex-wife's children until she got married. But it was the first time that this alcoholic Robert had not returned to Longbourn. His family lived in the village of Longborn. Alice took a leave of absence after dinner yesterday to go home. Her father and two younger sisters did not come back at all.Mary estimated that the most likely possibility was to run away. After all, when she came back, she would return the money from selling her daughter to his creditor, this beast!

Mary finally stopped cursing. Mr. Bennet and Mary received the letter from London together. Now Mr. Bennet must have read the letter. She has to find Alice before her father, who will never allow her to participate in this However, in any case, Mary thought she was more suitable for comforting Alice than Mr. Bennet.

Alice had tears streaming down her face before she finished reading the letter. After she put down the letter, she burst into tears: "How could he do this...how could he..." Mary hurried forward and hugged Alice tightly. The girl was already standing They couldn't stand still and collapsed on the ground. "He ruined us all... all..." Alice cried hoarsely, and Mary quickly stepped forward to cover her mouth, and she said softly, "It's not that bad, Uncle Gardiner already wants to You have found a safe way to arrange for Lily and Keira, don't act too abnormally, lest arouse others' suspicion, otherwise it will ruin your family if there are any rumors."

Alice just kept crying, but her voice was much quieter. At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Hill shouted from outside: "Miss Mary, the master told Alice to go to the study."

"Tell him we'll be right there," Mary called.

She wiped the tears from her face for Alice: "Stop crying Alice, you have to come out of your sadness, haven't you been disappointed with that man for a long time, now throw him out of your mind and in your heart Treat him as dead, you must be strong, this family depends on you!"

Alice gritted her teeth and said, "I hope he really dies outside and never comes back."

"Cheer up, Lily and Kayla are safe and well, they will be back with you soon."

"Oh, yes, poor child." Alice's red eye circles were about to burst into tears again, and Mary felt like she stopped: "Dad must have asked you to go because of this matter, don't be afraid, Daddy will always find a way to solve it of."

Alice seemed to come alive again when she heard this: "Yes, yes, thanks to my wife, our family can avoid such a catastrophe. The master and wife are our benefactors and our masters. Without them, we can't solve the problem." thing."

Mary came to Mr. Bennet's study with Alice after a little tidying of her messy hair. After knocking on the door and entering, Mr. Bennet left Alice behind but drove Mary out. He said: "As a young Miss, I can't let you get involved in this matter, I don't care what Li Qi's letter said to you, get out now, I want to have a few words with Alice and go to her house together. You go!" Mr. Bennet showed a rare stern expression on his face. Mary knew that it was really inconvenient for her to come forward, so she obediently obeyed her father's order and gave Alice an encouraging expression before going out. Alice returned a smile that was uglier than crying.

Mary pays close attention to the progress of the matter, but everyone finds nothing. Robert seems to have disappeared and never appeared again.For the sake of Lily and Keira's reputation, they couldn't search for him arbitrarily. In the end, everyone had to agree: Robert disappeared when he went out to drink in London, and a businessman on the same road sent his two daughters to Mrs. Bennet There to seek help, and finally Mrs. Bennet decided to bring the two girls back.

In her letter, Elizabeth has always been aggrieved at not only failing to bring that despicable businessman to justice, but trying to make a good name for him, but this is the only way that is not suspicious, and the two evils have to be the lesser, all of them Keep silent about it.The only good news is that Elizabeth wrote to say that Mrs. Bennet no longer objected to Mary helping Alice open a food store, and she also said that she could sponsor them if necessary.

And Alice also seemed to have been injected with chicken blood. She was so busy all day long that she seemed to have endless energy. Her father ran away, but the debt she owed was still there.When the creditors heard the news of Robert's disappearance, they all rushed to her small and dilapidated home. No one thought that Robert owed money to so many people, no wonder he wanted to run away!Mr. Bennet guaranteed these debts, and the creditors agreed to a moratorium on repayment.Every day when Alice opened her eyes and thought that she owed so much money, she couldn't stop for a moment. She was more active in the construction of the food store, eagerly hoping that the food store could open immediately and make money immediately.Now she is even more passionate about food stores than Mary is.The grocer was soon fitted out, the kitchen remodeled, and the kitchenware, utensils, table and chairs moved in, which cost Mary nearly £80.

Soon, Mrs. Bennet returned with her daughters and Sister Lily. They stayed in London less than originally planned, partly because of Lily's affairs, and partly because of the woman who pursued Jane. Mr. Hall disappointed Mrs. Bennet so much that they hurried back to Longborn's house after their trip.

The carriage drove straight in through the gate. Mr. Bennet and Mary stood in front of the door to welcome the relatives who had returned from a long journey, and Alice and Hill stood behind.

As soon as Mrs. Bennet got out of the car, Mary threw herself into her arms: "Mom, I miss you so much—"

Mrs. Bennet was a little nervous when she saw Mary, but now she lost her temper when she saw her daughter like this: "My poor Mary, I really shouldn't leave you alone at home, you must have suffered a lot these days Fewer crimes."

Mary hurriedly exaggerated her miserable life by 100 times. She made up many disappearing things to win her mother's sympathy, which made Mr. Bennet coughing continuously. Elizabeth knew this situation already Ming winked at Jane and snickered secretly.

Mary's trick was shameless but very effective, and Mrs. Bennet thought that her daughter had been severely punished, and she could forgive her in the heart of a mother's love for her daughter.

At this time, Lily and Keira came down from a pony carriage next to them. They walked at the end of everyone with their heads down. Alice saw that their eye circles turned red all of a sudden, so she quickly lowered her head for fear of losing her composure.Seeing this, Elizabeth said to Alice: "You don't have to be busy, take your vacation today, and take Lily and Keira home."

Once again Alice was very grateful, and once again her gratitude to Mrs. Bennet and the ladies reached a new height, but today Mrs. Bennet is too tired to be interested in these flattery. Also let her hurry home with her two younger sisters.

Watching the three people leave, Elizabeth turned around and asked Mary, "I heard that Alice's food store is ready to open?"

"Yes," Mary said happily, "All the procedures have been entrusted to Aunt Philip, thanks to her, otherwise it would not have been so smooth."

"Oh, then I'll have to thank her personally," said Mrs. Bennet, "she's always been so fond of you, she's treated you like her own daughter."

"Papa thanked her, Mamma, but it would be better if you went yourself. This food store is closely related to you. We named it-Fanny's Food Store,"

Mrs. Bennet's name was Fanny Bennet.

"Is this true, my lord?" Mrs. Bennet asked her husband in surprise.

Her husband shrugged and said, "You know I was never involved in this, it was the girls' own idea."

Mrs. Bennet asked with a smile on her face, "Then when will this Fanny's store open?"

"Next Mon."