[Pride and Prejudice] Mary's Pride and Prejudice

Chapter 53 Change Target

The next day, Mr. Bingley brought his two younger sisters and his friends to visit Bennet's house. Mr. Bingley was naturally very happy to see his sweetheart. Even if he talked to others, he would pay attention to Jane. Being distracted by him, she didn't notice that her two friends, sisters Bingley, treated her much colder than the last time they parted. In fact, they were more indifferent to other people, and even more dismissive of Elizabeth and Mary.

Mr. Bingley had come to invite the family to his ball next Tuesday, and Lydia was very pleased to hear the news, and said to Mr. Bingley, "You are a man of promise. I visited Jane at Nissanfield last time." I wanted to remind you when I was here, but I was afraid that you would think I was being rude, so I had to hold back, because of this, I haven’t slept well for a long time.”

Her frankness made Mr. Bingley even more proud of being able to hold a ball that everyone was looking forward to: "You can sleep well now, Miss Lydia, and I can guarantee that the ball will be warmly welcomed by the people." , I asked the servants to prepare candles that can burn for 8 hours, so that everyone can dance happily at the ball."

"Oh, that would be great!" Lydia and Kitty were almost ecstatic.

"You can always be honest with me, I'm not the kind of person who puts on the red tape, I mean, we are friends, and friends can be straightforward."

"Then will you invite the officers of Meryton?"

"Oh, of course, I get on well with them, and of course let them come to my ball and have a good time."

"Then Mr. Wickham you will invite him too?"

"Mr. Wickham?" Mr. Bingley froze for a moment, then looked at Mr. Darcy, who nodded with a stiff face, and said to Lydia unnaturally: "Of course, Mr. Bingley has no reason not to invite him." .”

Lydia smiled and said: "Please forgive my impoliteness. I think we are completely friends, so I think it should be straightforward. It shouldn't be too impolite to inquire about the guest list. If so, my sister You will definitely punish me after you leave!"

Jane was a little embarrassed. It was the host's own business to determine the guest list. It would be a different matter if the two parties were close friends who gave some suggestions, but it would be rude for her sister to say such a thing.Mary had already given Lydia a hard look, and Lydia stuck out her tongue, knowing that she was going to be punished again, but what was a little suffering to dance with the handsome Mr. Wickham at the ball?

But Mr. Bingley didn't take this to heart. He has a similar temperament to Jane, and he always likes to tolerate any shortcomings of anyone. Besides, in his opinion, it is not wrong for Miss Lydia to treat him so intimately and presumptuously. Because he and her sister hit it off.

Miss Bingley at the side heard such a conversation, and really wanted to speak a few words to ridicule this shameless sister, but her upbringing made her restrain herself, and she took a few deep breaths before suppressing the violent impulse, She found her tolerance for the Bennet sisters increased, which was good, and she was proud of her demeanor.

It was useless for her to slander Elizabeth and her relatives in front of Mr. Darcy now. Mr. Darcy was unmoved, and Miss Bingley knew that she had to find another way.She deeply reflected on her performance during this period, and found that she was a little impatient.She deduced that even if Mr. Darcy admired Elizabeth, he would never be proud of having such a humble relative. It is actually very simple to cut off a relationship. Her most important task is not to be against the ladies of the Bennet family, but to make Mr. Darcy realize her excellence and value more deeply.

This transformation of Miss Bingley is completely correct. In terms of temperament, Miss Bingley is more like Mr. Darcy's sister, just as arrogant and conceited. If she hadn't met Elizabeth, maybe she could really get along with her. Mr. Darcy gradually fell in love with him.

Mr. Darcy also felt that Miss Lydia was a little too straightforward, but he had learned not to take this matter to heart now. Since he parted ways with Elizabeth last time, he had made up his mind to stick to his feelings, and he certainly could not allow it. I have such humble relatives, if I force myself to marry the second lady of the Bennet family, then it is foreseeable that there will be no happiness in the future married life.

Miss Bingley immediately stood up and said goodbye when her brother finished his business. Although Mr. Bingley still wanted to stay a little longer, Miss Bingley kindly reminded her brother that there were still some people who needed to be invited personally, and it was really not good to stay here for a long time.

After seeing off the lovely guests, Mrs. Bennet is going to take her five daughters to Meriton's fashion store to buy new clothes. Although the time is a bit rushed, it is not necessary for everyone to do it, as long as the two young daughters are on the line The gowns of the two eldest daughters have already been sent to the tailor shop for sewing. Since Mrs. Bennet planned to marry her daughter to Mr. Bingley, she has spent a lot of money on her to ensure that Jane has new and beautiful clothes at any time. She went to the ball, and she gave Elizabeth the same treatment when Mr. Collins came.

As for Mary, she can buy fabrics and take them back and make them herself. Anyway, this daughter has the lowest possibility of getting married, so she has to make way for her sisters unconditionally.Mary looked at the sky speechlessly after knowing her mother's plan. People say that the middle child is the most tragic, and she is a bloody example.

It's a pity that it started to rain the next day, and it didn't stop for several days, which made the ladies of the Bennet family miserable.Kitty and Lydia are fine, Mary has arranged heavy homework for them so that they don't care too much about lamenting the waste of life.Jane can also rely on all kinds of fantasies about her sweetheart to get through this dreary and rainy period, but Elizabeth is miserable. She finds that she can no longer avoid Mr. Collins' entanglement.There is him everywhere!Moreover, his chatter is much higher than that of Mrs. Bennet. Mrs. Bennet can only talk about her family's injustice, which Elizabeth can listen to as a joke, but Mr. Collins ignores his old profession with three words— ——how to be a devout Christian and how to be a more reasonable and reasonable flatterer to his benefactor, and the latter is more like his job than the former.He also "tactfully" criticized the Miss Bennet's for not doing their jobs - they know how to talk about the dance all day long, which is too superficial!

Elizabeth then took the opportunity to tell everyone that she was going to write a novel during this time, which was a huge work, so she would shut up and think hard, and never leave the room unless it was absolutely necessary.Although Mr. Collins wants to warn his cousin not to do those meaningless things, such low-end, superficial and thoughtless books as novels are not something that ladies should devote their energy to creating. If you have this time, it is better to read such high-end books as the Bible or sermons. An atmospheric book.But he found that he couldn't find a chance, and Elizabeth didn't even go out for dinner-she asked the maid to bring the food to her room.

Mr. Collins felt that Elizabeth was committing a crime. She wrote some inexplicable novels to lure those ignorant lost lambs to indulge in pleasure without knowing any repentance.He made suggestions to Mrs. Bennet several times in an attempt to get his mother to prevent her daughter from going further and further down the evil path, but Mrs. Bennet was always proud of having a talented daughter. She has no worries about marrying beauty and beauty, so after two days of ideological struggle, Mrs. Bennet finally suggested to Mr. Collins that she could choose one of Mary, Kitty and Lydia as his wife.

She said apologetically: "My dear Collins, Liqi's temper has been spoiled by her father. It would be difficult to force her to change her character, and her character is too stubborn. Life is no good. You might as well marry Lydia, though she is the youngest, she is the tallest, the most shapely figure, and the mildest temper."

"Oh, my God, what are you talking about? Can wives be changed at will?" Mr. Collins was startled.

"Mr. Collins, you are not engaged!" Mrs. Bennet solemnly declared, "and, I must say, although Lizzie is praised too much for her literary talents, she is far less than Jane when it comes to dignity and beauty." In terms of tenderness and docileness, she can't even compare to half of Lydia! Jane and Lydia are the most outstanding daughters of me and Mr. Bennet! And Lydia is especially outstanding, she is the most versatile, proficient in painting, music , sing, dance, and speak a lot of foreign languages ​​that I don't understand."

If Lydia knew that her mother was cheating her behind her back like this, she didn't know how she would feel.But from Mrs. Bennet's point of view, what she said came from a complete sincerity.She has always favored Lydia, and of course she is willing to leave good things to her. Although this "good thing" didn't like Lydia at first, she can turn the gentleman's eyes to see her treasures.

"Miss Lydia?" Mr. Collins opened his eyes wide in disbelief.

God bless him, he first took a fancy to the eldest daughter of the family, but then Mrs. Bennet said that the eldest daughter was about to get engaged, and then he turned his attention to Elizabeth, because her beauty was second only to her sister.But Miss Lydia, Mr. Collins is also very impressed with her, she is better developed than several sisters, tall, and always smiling, she has a natural appeal, everyone seems to like it She, which is completely different from the scheming long-sleeved dancer, is a completely innocent, kind, and submissive charm.Thanks to Mary's strict teaching in the past few years, Kitty and Lydia are used to pretending in front of outsiders, so they have a very good impression on Mr. Collins.Then Mr. Collins thought: Perhaps it would be nice to have such a young and beautiful mistress in his house, after all, Miss Lydia was second only to the elder sisters in beauty.

But he has always followed the principle of orderly seniority in choosing his wife in the Bennet family, which made him hesitate a bit.But Mrs. Bennet said to him immediately: "Lydia is the most beloved child in our family. Not only her father and I prefer her, but her four sisters also think highly of her. You know our food in London The store earns thousands of pounds every year, and the daughters all said that they will give the younger sister the most shares and dividends in the future, and her dowry is probably the most among them.” In fact, Mary’s original words were that if according to the long-term If the younger ones get married, I'm afraid Lydia will have the most dowry in the end. This is almost certain, because their family's property will increase.

But this is where Mrs. Bennet understood, and she also told Mr. Collins this, which completely dispelled Mr. Collins' scruples. He thought that even Mrs. Catherine would never single out Miss Lydia. Any little problem other than health comes out.

So Lydia was betrayed by her mother without knowing it. Although she wanted to be admired by all the men in the world since she was a child, she never expected that Mr. Collins would take a sharp turn in love and turn the love The spear was pulled from Elizabeth and thrust back into her back.

For the past two days, she only found Mr. Collins really annoying, always chattering around her incomprehensible words, and ran into Elizabeth's room at night to complain, saying that she left the disaster to everyone, but ran in by herself Hide quiet.Elizabeth rolled her eyes and told her that you can also lock yourself in the room in the name of studying!

Lydia suddenly realized, it’s not bad, anyway, it’s been raining for the past few days, and she didn’t have a chance to go out, so she just locked herself in the room and pretended to study, so Mr. Collins has nothing to do!

But her method had the opposite effect to that of Elizabeth. As a priest, Mr. Collins firmly opposed the hedonism of lay people. Elizabeth wanted to write novels, which murdered the world, and she was creating anti-human creations. As a priest, of course he had to resolutely oppose it, and because of this, his favor with Elizabeth was greatly reduced.In order to enrich herself while studying behind closed doors, Ms. Lydia is learning foreign languages, painting, music, history and all kinds of elegant, noble and noble knowledge. What a praiseworthy thing this is!She is perfectly worthy of herself, and can be a pastor's wife who leads people to do good.

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Tomorrow, I will stop updating for one day. I have something to do in the past two days. I don’t have enough time for coding. I’m sorry everyone. It should be almost recovered the day after tomorrow. If it can’t be recovered, I will continue to ask for leave.