[Pride and Prejudice] Mary's Pride and Prejudice

Chapter 39 Prom Prom

The successful publication of the novel turned Mrs. Bennet's mood into a cloud. She carefully collected the newspaper. After warmly entertaining every guest who came to Bennet's house, she would tell people about the novel. , All of a sudden, Elizabeth's reputation spread far and wide.

Elizabeth was very distressed by this.

Mrs. Bennet goes around preaching that her daughter is so talented that no one can match her. This is a common problem among parents all over the world. I really can’t blame her alone, but Mrs. Bennet never forgets when she praises her daughter. Belittling other people's daughters, she said it in a cryptic manner at the beginning, and she always talked about people behind her back, so no one cared about it.

But on Sunday, she chatted with Mrs. Taylor at the church door. We all know that Miss Taylor is a lovely girl, and it is said that she was very popular in London during the last social season, and many young people wanted to dance with her. , with friends visiting her every day, Miss Taylor was almost engaged in London.

Mrs. Bennet thought that Miss Taylor had been exaggerated by her mother, which greatly robbed Elizabeth of the limelight, so she began to mock Miss Taylor for not being able to write, of course she thought she was very euphemistic.But if Mrs. Taylor had been modest and discreet, the reputation of Miss Taylor would not have been widely known.So Mrs. Taylor also satirized Elizabeth's lack of elegance and being a rough wild girl.Mrs. Bennet has been famous for more than 30 years in Meriton, how could she swallow her anger, so the two ladies fought at the door of the church.

God, when Jane went home and told Elizabeth what had happened, she was always generous and generous, but when she thought about the scene at that time, she felt very shameless.

When she returned to Longborn, Mrs. Bennet was still resentful. She kept walking back and forth in the living room, angrily nagging Mrs. Taylor about how unflattering and arrogant she was. Miss Taylor was not a good person anymore. Pretending to attract bees and butterflies everywhere, sooner or later ask for trouble!

Then she decided to train the daughters in the family to be standard British ladies, and she would be furious if any behavior of the daughters touched her nerves.

In order not to run into trouble, several daughters walked around her.

With the application of the patent right, there is also news about the canning factory. After comprehensive consideration, Uncle Gardiner and Mr. Lake agreed to build the canning factory in London. Britain is not a country rich in fruits. Relying on imports, London has well-developed water transport and is the main sales market for canned food. Moreover, the population here is increasing year by year. Many farmers who have lost their land come here to find a living. The human resources are very developed. The benefits of directly building a factory here are obvious.

As long as Mary handed over the method of canned fruit, everything will be fine, and she doesn't need to come forward for the rest, just sit at home and wait for the dividends.

The dark clouds in the sky over Bennet's house gradually dissipated as time went by, and after Elizabeth's leg recovered, Mrs. Bennet's mood completely improved.

She began to arrange the ball with great enthusiasm. This time she forbade Elizabeth to go out of the house before the ball, away from the horse, away from the water, and even away from the knife and fork. Elizabeth protested: "I'm going to starve to death, because I can't even eat!"

Mrs. Bennet thought it was overkill, so she omitted the last one: "You must ensure your own body and don't have any more accidents. My fragile nerves can't bear any more damage!"

Elizabeth was helpless, but because her leg injury was just right, for the sake of her health, she didn't plan to do too much exercise, but just walked around in the small garden at home.

In a blink of an eye, it was time for the ball, which seemed to be even grander than Jane's. Mrs. Bennet spread invitations widely based on the principle of being as lively as possible. Her second daughter, Elizabeth, who has been an adult for several months.

And her daughter who has just grown up also performed very well, winning her a lot of praise and glory.

As a well-known talented woman, Elizabeth is also beautiful and intelligent. When people look at her, they don't pay attention to the beautiful clothes she wears and the luxurious jewelry she wears. People only notice her elegant appearance. With a calm demeanor, a lively demeanor of talking and laughing freely, she is so graceful and radiant, neither shy nor arrogant, her bright eyes that look forward to bright eyes have won her as many admirers as her sister .

The only pity was that her legs were just fine. Dr. Jones advised her not to do too much exercise, so she stopped after she danced two pieces, disappointing those young people who wanted to invite her to dance.

Elizabeth didn't notice it at all, she was very willing to take care of her body and obeyed the doctor's orders very much. Every time new dance music played and young people rushed down the dance floor, Elizabeth would politely reject the young people who came to invite dancers. Those who admire her certainly do not blame her pursuit of health.

Charlotte joked to Elizabeth: "How many fiery beating hearts have you broken, and you cruelly let those men down."

Elizabeth said without humility: "But the ladies on the dance floor have to thank me!"

The two of them burst into laughter after speaking.

Charlotte is several years older than Elizabeth. She has often attended various balls since she became an adult. Unfortunately, most of her good friends Elizabeth can't attend with her. This has made the good friends regret for several years. Those other ladies said they couldn't go together, and now that Elizabeth is of age, they can go to the ball together in the future, what a good news this is!

This ball was more lively than Jane's, because Jane's younger sisters were not able to attend that year's ball, but now, Jane can attend Elizabeth's ball, and their younger sisters are all young girls in their prime , although not able to dance, but still attracted a lot of attention.

Jane's meekness and obedience are as well known as her beauty, and she is the ideal lady of Meryton.

Among the younger sisters, Mary's appearance is not outstanding among the sisters, but she can still be regarded as a pretty little beauty.

As for Kitty and Lydia, Kitty is already 15 years old. She has bright eyebrows and looks radiant, and she is a slim lady sitting on the sofa.Although Lydia is the youngest, she is already as tall as Mary. She is strong and strong, with a round face and two dimples when she smiles. Who is the oldest of the three youngest daughters of the Te family.

Under the education of Mrs. Atkinson in the past two years, although Kitty and Lydia have not become absolute ladies, they are already very capable of bluffing people on the surface.

The five daughters of the Bennet family have finally grown into heart-warming fair ladies.

During the ball, some officers in red uniforms even asked to be introduced to the young ladies of the Bennet family, which excited Kitty and Lydia, and they pestered Mrs. Bennet to let them go early after the ball. Out and about socializing, they've grown into attractive, charismatic women.

Mrs. Bennet seemed very moved by what was said. She herself started socializing before she became an adult, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with a few daughters coming out to socialize earlier, but Mary expressed her concern: "Now Jane still Not married, if a few younger sisters come out to socialize too early, it will distract people's attention from her. Moreover, Kitty and Lydia are too young and mentally weak, so if they encounter something, they may not be able to handle it maturely and rationally."

The soft-eared Mrs. Bennet is very clueless. Mary persuades her to think carefully: "Think of Mr. Hall and Mr. Lawrence who pursued Jane. Neither of them proposed to Jane, but Jane treated each other calmly. Most people don't like Knowing that there is such a thing, there is no discussion about it.”

"There's nothing to discuss about it. Let me tell you, those two people don't know what's good and what's wrong. They have no vision at all."

"If it were Kitty and Lydia, they are so impulsive, and they will definitely cause trouble when they encounter such a thing. It will not benefit their reputation at all, and it will also endanger the reputation of the whole family."

These words reached Mrs. Bennet's heart. Kitty and Lydia were indeed impulsive and reckless. If they encountered something like Jane's, I'm afraid they would really go too far.

Mrs. Bennet also thought of Mr. Booth, who was born in a wealthy family in Meriton and was very close to their home. He was the young master of Nisanfield Manor. Unfortunately, Jane didn't like him, and the family moved to Scotland was gone, much to the disappointment of Mrs. Bennet, who had fancied that Jane could live in that beautiful manor.

In the end, Mary persuaded Mrs. Bennet, and she also thought that it would be better to wait for Kitty and Lydia to have a more stable personality before coming out to socialize.

In fact Mary had only pushed back the date by less than two years, when she, Mrs. Bennet, began to repeat the old story, and she was going to bring her two young daughters into the social season together.

Mary was sitting on the sofa at this moment, resting her chin on the armrest of the sofa with her right hand, with a rather sad face.

Now it was her ball, no, to be precise, her coming-of-age ball, cum ball, cum Kitty's ball, cum Lydia's ball.

Do audience friends understand?Mrs. Bennet took the opportunity to socialize Kitty and Lydia too!

One of them is only 17 years old and the other is 15 years old!As for being so anxious?

But at this time, the situation is irreversible.