[Pride and Prejudice] Mary's Pride and Prejudice

Chapter 55 The Prom at Thornfield ([-])

It's a pity that Mr. Collins appeared at the breakfast table again on the third day. Seeing his improvement, apart from Mrs. Bennet, only Jane in this family was really happy for his health. After the meal, he even said angrily to Mary: "It seems that he still wants to attend the dance in the evening. God, if only we lived in the Middle Ages, then as a priest, he really can't enjoy the fun of us laymen at all." gone."

Now Lydia is still ignorant, but Mary has confirmed that Mr. Collins has changed his wife's choice, but this Mr. Collins is no better than Mr. Wickham. Mary can be sure that a scum like Mr. Wickham is definitely willing to leave The wife goes to enjoy herself alone, but a man like Mr. Collins only asks his wife to keep strict rules and regulations at home with him.

But there is no need to worry about Lydia, who, though she is a bit big-breasted and brainless, is not without ideas, and I am afraid that Mrs. Bennet will never think of marrying any of her daughters to Mr. Collins.

The sun came after breakfast, and the ladies of the Bennet family cheered for the light to come to the world again, so that they could finally attend the ball held by Mr. Bingley at Nathanfield tonight.

Mrs. Bennet sent someone to Meridon yesterday to bring back the gowns of the ladies, and the ladies spent the whole day dressing up. Although Mr. Collins wanted to express his religious views on aesthetics, But it's a pity that apart from going to the restaurant to eat, the cousins ​​were locked in the room and kept trying on clothes, changing jewelry, and combing hair. He didn't find a chance.

Like him, there is Mary who has no new dress this time. Thinking about her mother's partiality, she can shed tears of sadness, but because she is not keen on attending the ball, there are still two dresses that have not been shown. This time it can be worn.She chose a light green taffeta dress, her hair was brushed up, and she tied it tightly with a lace headband, and around her neck she wore a silver necklace with a small cross pendant, and then she put on a pair of light dance shoes, and everything will work.

Lydia and Kitty ran back and forth between the sisters' rooms, either to let everyone see whether her clothes and jewelry matched, or to borrow other necklaces from the sisters to wear them.

Mrs. Bennet didn't care about them at all. In her opinion, it was a certainty that Mr. Collins would marry Lydia. There was only one person she needed to focus on—Jane.She asked Hill to do nothing today and concentrate on Jane's makeup. They used a kind of small copper pliers, and after heating them, they curled the hair carefully, so that the hair could be curled and bent. Every time Mary saw When they did this, they remembered a plot in a movie they had seen in their previous life - Fang Shiyu's mother also permed her hair like this, and then accidentally set her hair on fire.

However, Hill and Mrs. Bennet have rich experience, and they have never made such a mistake, so they have done Jane's hair beautifully, and prepared a beautiful headband for her, the texture of gold, and the shape of a crown. , with a few small rubies inlaid on it.

In addition, Mrs. Bennet even found some cosmetics and asked Jane to apply some. It was some vermilion root and cochineal powder. Vermilion root is the root of a plant with blue flowers, and it has a very pure red color. , As for cochineal, as the name suggests, it is a kind of beetle, and the powder after grinding is also red.But because of its raw materials and production process, Mary has always stayed away from it. She always yells that putting animal carcasses on her face will make her have nightmares. Because of her influence, the sisters in the family don't like to use it either.Jane rubbed some vermilion grass roots on her cheeks and lips to make them look healthier and ruddy. It is not popular for ladies in this era to wear heavy makeup, because such women are usually prostitutes and courtesans.

After Jane finished dressing up, Mrs. Bennet took her daughter to look around, and Hill also praised her. Jane was naturally beautiful, and she was so beautiful when she put on the newly made luxurious dress, Banner Mrs. Tate thought happily: "Maybe Mr. Bingley is going to propose to you tonight! There is no more beautiful lady in England than you!"

At this time, Kitty hurried to Jane's room again. It turned out that she thought her long gloves were ugly and wanted to borrow a pair from Jane. Mrs. Bennet refused, and she scolded Kitty: "Don't you care about you at all?" Sister? Maybe tonight will be the most important day in her life, she must dress up beautifully and be perfect!"

Kitty, who was scolded for not borrowing the gloves, was very reconciled. She rolled her eyes and decided to go back and encourage Lydia to come here. Dia is often used as a weapon by Kitty.

Sure enough, Lydia ran over after a while, and before she entered the door, she chirped and shouted: "Jane—lend us your gloves, anyway, you don't need—"

She pushed the door open, and seeing Jane in a similar dress, she yelled, "My God—it's so pretty, I want to put on some lipstick—" She grabbed the rouge box on the dressing table Come here, skipper left, and in a short while shouted in her room: "Hill-Hill--, come and help me, I won't use this--"

After a lot of turmoil, the ladies finally finished dressing up. There was still a while before departure, and everyone decided to sit down and have a snack. At this time, Elizabeth, who had been quiet all along, came out of her room. It was obvious that she was in the room. Li dressed up very meticulously.She was wearing a dress of snow-white bamboo gauze trimmed with lace, and her hair was curled up on top of her head and then curled into many long curls, which were filled with small hair pins made of snow-white pearls, and the broken hair on her forehead and ears were also permed. She wore a small roll, very playful and cute, with a lace necklace inlaid with pearls on her slender neck, and no pendants other than that, the whole person was really elegant and gorgeous.

Seeing her like this, Mary thought to herself: I don't know how Mr. Darcy, who wants to stay away from her, will struggle now?But in fact, at this time, Elizabeth only thought of Mr. Wickham in her heart. The so-called woman is the one who pleases herself, and her careful dressing just wanted to hold Mr. Wickham's heart tightly. Mr. Wickham, whom she has a crush on, is bound to win.

Even Mr. Collins regretted giving up on Elizabeth prematurely when he saw Elizabeth's dress, but then he saw Lydia again, and this trace of regret quickly dissipated.

Lydia and Kitty were also wearing newly made dresses, but the two little sisters were more "young and youthful". Their clothes were all pink and light yellow, and they both had beautiful skirts on their chests and dancing shoes. Roses, those were bought yesterday by the servant who went to Meridon's greenhouse in the rain.They finally borrowed the long gloves from the sisters, Kitty took Jane's, and Lydia took Mary's. These were not prettier than their own, but in their eyes, other people's things were better than their own. Be stronger.

Their heads are covered with feathers, and as they talk and turn their heads, the feathers and earrings will dangle accordingly, looking very cute.

"Look at my roses, and look at the feathers on my head." They said this over and over again, and asked the sisters to express their opinions. Everyone expressed their praise and envy for their beauty.

Especially Mr. Collins, who kept praising Lydia for the ostrich feather dyed bright yellow, saying that she had never seen such a beautiful feather on Lady Catherine's head. Can be so good-looking.However, Mrs. Catherine's was a swan feather, which was more valuable than Lydia's, but this did not detract from the beauty and nobility of the ostrich feather on Lydia's head.

Lydia curled her lips behind her back, ignoring him in the end.

Everyone ate a few fried chicken patties and fried spring rolls. Seeing that it was getting dark outside, they boarded the car and set off early. Mr. Bennet still didn't like to ride a car, and Mr. Collins couldn't ride a horse, so he had to squeeze with the female relatives.

Mr. Collins sat down in his seat and kept apologizing for the ladies he had squeezed, and then began to praise how warm the thick sheepskin was on the seat, and said that he had the privilege of riding in Lady Catherine's four-horse carriage, which was compared with The one in Bennet’s house is more spacious, and the fur on it is more expensive and comfortable. If there is a chance next time, he would like to take a few cousins ​​to ride in such a carriage. With Mrs. Catherine’s generous character, he believes there must be such a Opportunity.

Elizabeth did not know that Mr. Collins had changed his mind about proposing to her, so she still made up her mind not to talk to him. Kitty and Lydia had been scolded by Mrs. Bennet for teasing him last time. I also don't want to spoil the good fun of the night by facing Mr. Collins' dissatisfaction in front of my mother.Fortunately, this road is not long, the ladies endured for a while and arrived at Nathanfield Manor.

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