[Pride and Prejudice] Mary's Pride and Prejudice

Chapter 52 Scum Wickham

The dinner table this evening was not as lively as usual because there was an outsider, Mr. Collins, and Lydia and Kitty also acted very ladylike, trying not to say a word, just smirking at the talkative Collins .When Mrs. Bennet learned that her sister invited Mr. Collins to a dinner in Meriton tomorrow, she immediately agreed happily, and told Elizabeth to take good care of this cousin. Mr. Collins was very sorry for leaving the two old people alone. They spent the whole night, but the Bennets wanted him to leave quickly, and the other wanted him to develop more relationships with their daughter, so they naturally asked him to play to his heart's content, regardless of these two boring old people.

So the next evening, Mr. Collins came to Aunt Philip's house with the five sisters. They came a little early, and the male guests hadn't arrived yet. Mr. Collins was talking with Aunt Philip, and the sisters walked aside. small talk.

Lydia looked away from Mr. Collins, and asked Mary, "When is that annoying man leaving?"

"Well..." Mary thought back to Mr. Collins's eloquent letter, "probably next Saturday."

"God—" Lydia rolled her eyes, "How much longer do we have to endure, he really shows off his benefactor all the time."

"But, Lydia," Kitty said, looking over at Aunt Philip, "I like to hear that sometimes. What an insight. A fireplace is worth 800 pounds. Lady Catherine is really rich."

"We have to admit that as a duchess, this kind of wealth is appropriate," Jane nodded, "so it is natural to be proud of being her priest."

"Pride and showing off are two different things," Elizabeth disagreed with Jane's indulgence, "he flaunted it as if it were his own property, as if he was the one who was envied by others. I never saw him so groveling." Such a pretentious person at the same time."

"Ha——" Lydia snorted disdainfully, "This is what makes a man lucky, and a dog lucky!"

Mary pursed her lips: "I think he is flattering Madam Catherine from the bottom of his heart. From this point of view, he is consistent with his appearance."

"I'm afraid this is the only good thing about him." Elizabeth said boredly.

After saying this, Elizabeth's eyes lit up. She looked towards the door and gave a knowing smile. This kind of smile was very charming. Mary had never seen the second sister smile like this before. He thumped a little nervously.

Following Elizabeth's gaze, it turned out that Uncle Philip walked in with a group of officers, except that Uncle Philip affected the picture somewhat, but after blocking him, the picture is still very beautiful.

The officers in red uniforms are all straight and heroic.It is said that men in uniforms are the most masculine. Mary didn't quite understand it before, but now this strong visual impact seemed to wake her up all at once. So many red uniforms appeared in front of her eyes, tall and straight, heroic, tough, As if the crisp uniforms and cloaks on them had magical powers, they instantly raised the beauty of these people several notches.

No wonder Kitty and Lydia have become uniforms. Who can resist such a group of handsome guys?

The ladies are very happy to see so many people here. These are all familiar faces on Meridon, except for an exceptionally handsome guy named Mary, who was introduced by Lydia and found out that this is a newly transferred officer. Mr. Wickham, with his handsome appearance, quickly became the most concerned person present.

Mary felt that Wickham's name was familiar. Thanks to her extra sensitive nerves these days, she was unwilling to give up any clues, so she paid special attention to him, trying to find some clues to verify whether this was the person in the original book. Scum officer.

In fact, Mr. Wickham didn't bother her much?

At first he sat between Elizabeth and Lydia, and he talked non-stop with these two ladies. His words were humorous and eloquent, and he always made the ladies laugh. Seeing him in such a way made Mary cringe. frown.If she remembered correctly, both Elizabeth and Lydia had a fondness for the scumbag in the original book, and the situation in front of her seemed to prove it.

Elizabeth seemed more fascinated by his demeanor. Although Lydia always bullied Mr. Wickham to talk to him, it could be seen that she was only out of a pure nympho mentality of facial control and control control.Elizabeth, on the other hand, stared intently at Mr. Wickham, and the tenderness in her eyes made Mary's heart twitch.

Then Lydia was called to a game of cards, and Mary immediately took the seat that had just been vacated.

Mr. Wickham seemed to be used to being surrounded by ladies all the time, and he didn't even frown. He didn't know Mary yet, but after Elizabeth introduced both parties, he immediately complimented Mary like a lot of tongues, and the words were very decent, It made a vigilant person like Mary feel like a spring breeze, but this only aggravated Mary's suspicion.In a few words, this Mr. Wickham brought the subject to Mr. Darcy, and Mary's heart tightened, and she thought that the fun was about to begin.

Sure enough, after Mr. Wickham tested the two ladies' understanding and perception of Darcy, he began to spare no effort to slander him. He said that he grew up with Darcy, and the dead old Mr. But after the death of old Mr. Darcy, the vile Mr. Darcy immediately repented. He not only deprived Mr. Wickham of the office he had won, but also smeared him everywhere, saying that he was extravagant and rude. So the two became enemies.

Mr. Wickham vowed to describe Darcy's crimes, and said: "Someone will expose him, and this day will come sooner or later-but that person is not me. As long as I remember his father, I will never openly oppose him. , or expose him in public.”

At this point, Mary has confirmed that this person is Darcy's scumbag. This liar, villain, is obviously lazy and sold his position to Darcy in exchange for money. After spending all the money, he shamelessly asked Darcy to give him a new job. Arranging a job, trying to abduct his sister if he can't get it, and now he is still spreading rumors!Later, he also abducted Lydia. That silly girl thought she was going to register her marriage with him, but he just wanted to cheat a pretty girl on the way to avoid debts. If Mr. Darcy hadn't stepped forward, Lydia's I am afraid that the end will be extremely miserable. This society's view of women who have lost their feet is by no means better than that of China at the same time.

Now that Wickham began again to blacken Miss Darcy, as her brother's insolence was intolerable, and Mary could not bear to hear it any longer.

Elizabeth was shocked by the despicableness of the Darcy brothers and sisters, and Mary interrupted her bluntly: "Don't rush to marvel, Lizzie, I am very suspicious of this gentleman's inconsistent words."

Elizabeth looked at her sister in confusion, Mary sat upright, ignored her, and looked directly at Wickham: "Mr Wickham, if you really refuse to forget old Mr Darcy's kindness as you said, then you What are you doing now?"

Mr. Wickham did not expect Mary to be so unexpected. Normally, when he told these ladies about the unfair treatment he had received, the sympathetic ladies would involuntarily defend him and curse the heartless girl with him. Darcy, like Elizabeth, thinks Darcy is treacherous, despicable and dirty.

Women fall under his charm, who would doubt the handsome Mr. Wickham for no reason, and think that the arrogant Mr. Darcy is really innocent?

Mr. Wickham didn't know what kind of expression to make. Just as he was hesitating, Mary continued: "Mr. Darcy may deprive you of a good job and cause you to lose income. Then you speak ill of him behind his back." It is understandable. But a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old is worthless in your mouth, which really surprises me. Since you have looked down on her like this since you grew up with her, then she has nothing to do with her. Besides being as arrogant and rude as my brother, I must have committed other mistakes, right?"

"Oh," Mr. Wickham said incoherently, a little flustered, "actually...Miss Darcy... please forgive me, for the sake of old Mr. Darcy, I can't say anything."

"Is she at school?"

"Yes, according to her family's wealth, she has always been proud of going to aristocratic schools, which is different from poor people like you and me who can't afford to go to aristocratic schools."

"But you said just now that old Mr. Darcy sponsored your college education."

"Yes, because of this, I don't want to expose his son's true face in the public. It will make me miserable, and it will make me feel sorry for old Mr. Darcy who I treat as my own son."

"So you have to say bad things about him in private?"

"Mary!" Elizabeth glared at Mary. She felt that Mary's behavior was too inappropriate. This kind of impoliteness really embarrassed Mr. Wickham and made her look ashamed. Fortunately, he stood up after a while and went to someone else say.

"You were so rude just now," Elizabeth said to Mary.

"Because I can't stand having someone so vile and shameless sitting next to me."

"Why do you say that about him?"

"Do you think his set of lies is tenable?"

"Mr. Darcy is indeed insolent, and I would not be surprised at anything by a man of his stature, and Mr. Wickham, I see no reason why we should suspect a polite friend of lying to us."

"How long have you known him? One day? His lies are full of loopholes. He is trying to stir up dissatisfaction with Mr. We will not say what we said about Mr. Darcy, let us see if the rumors about Mr. Darcy's treachery and mistreatment of him will be spread all over the sky in two days."

Elizabeth was silent for a while, and said: "Yesterday the two of them met very awkwardly for the first time. It was Mr. Wickham who saluted Mr. Darcy first, but Mr. Darcy could only reluctantly return the salute. From this, I concluded that Mr. Wickham It should have a clear conscience.”

"Think about it, Lizzie, not to mention Mr. Darcy, that Miss Darcy is still in school, she can only go home a few times a year, and the number of times she sees Mr. Wickham is very few, I can't imagine that What evil could a young girl do to him?"

"He said she was as arrogant as his brother."

"Her brother was very arrogant and rude to you, and offended you. You never met anyone and told him how mean he was to you at the ball."

Elizabeth pondered for a while: "Mr. Wickham has excellent manners and education, while Mr. Darcy is arrogant and rude. From this aspect alone, I cannot convince myself that the former has failed the latter."

"There is a proverb that says that the best talker is also the best liar. Mr. Wickham always makes such witty remarks. I advise you to be careful."

Eliza laughed: "According to you, the Houses of Parliament in London are full of liars."

"Successful politicians must be first-rate liars! Haven't you heard the saying?"

Elizabeth still felt that Mary was too arbitrary, and she told Jane all these things when she got home. According to Jane's character, she would never doubt Mr. Darcy or Mr. Wickham, so she tried every means. Reasons attempted to explain this phenomenon, and at last she found it most convincing to herself that the two gentlemen must have been duped by some intermediary, so that they were both deceived and turned against each other.

To some extent, Jane, who is the most holy, is actually the most open minded among the sisters!