[Pride and Prejudice] Mary's Pride and Prejudice

They came back to Gardiner's house just in time for afternoon tea, and Mr. Alfred left after tasting the delicious tea with the kindness of Aunt Gardiner.Probably middle-aged women in ancient and modern China and abroad have such a hobby, like to care about life-long events for young men and women. Aunt Gardiner watched the gentleman's carriage go away, thinking about him and Mary in her heart, thinking These two are a rare match.It's a pity that she and Mrs. Bennet don't know each other very well, otherwise she must have a good discussion with her about her daughter's lifelong happiness, but Aunt Gardiner and Elizabeth have always been close, and she finally decided that if Mr. Alfred is still like this If she had been so courteous to Mary, she would have had to discuss Mary's suitor with dear Lizzie.

It's a pity that Mary stayed at home for the next few days and didn't go out on a date, and Mr. Alfred didn't come to visit. Aunt Gardiner even asked around around the bush, and even Lydia urged her why she didn't go out. Going around, staying at home like this made her feel very stressed, so Lydia had to shut herself in her room all day, even if she didn't come out to eat.The servant said that Lydia was always like this these days, and Mary felt very strange. Lydia is not a person who can calm down, and she has always been in good health. What makes her shut herself in the room for several days in a row Can't come out?

Mary found an opportunity to break into Lydia's bedroom suddenly and found that she was just drawing in the room. Lydia lost her temper, saying that Mary interrupted her inspiration and made her unable to continue.Mary saw her painting as if it were streets, noisy markets and beautiful shop windows.Mary said that there is no need to interrupt this kind of inspiration. If she wants to paint, she can just look out of the window. Lydia was so angry that she hurried out.

Mary temporarily let go of her doubts about Lydia, but she still decided to stay at home these few days. Although she has a good impression of Mr. Alfred, chatting with her family at home is also a good pastime .Moreover, the air in London in winter is really bad. The surrounding factories and many households use coal for heating, and the tall chimneys on the banks of the Thames emit black smoke day and night.In the past two days, there was often heavy fog, and they were always accompanied by choking gas, so she didn't want to go out and suffer. Judging from her high school chemistry knowledge in her previous life, there must be a lot of poisonous and harmful gases in it.It is said that the reason why cod stone and red brick became popular building materials in London is because they have very good corrosion resistance.

Every time Elizabeth wrote to them, she would bring them some news from her hometown. This time, she focused on three things in her letter, which made Mary feel not so happy. One was that the owners of Nisanfield had all left Meryton and came to London. It is said that Mr. Bingley's business is not finished. Mary mentioned in her letter when she wrote last time that she was safe. They were with Mr. Bingley on the way to London. Elizabeth asked Mary if she knew Mr. Bingley's plan.When Mary saw this, she knew that Elizabeth and Jane were destined to be disappointed, and Mr. Bingley did not return to Nissanfield for a long time afterwards.

The second thing is that although Mr. Collins has returned to his esteemed Lady Catherine, he has just written to Longbourne again. In addition to expressing his gratitude for the Bennet family's "gracious and thoughtful hospitality", he also told everyone He was going to visit Longbourn again in half a month, so Elizabeth suggested that they should not go back at all, and wait until Mr. Collins' next visit was over.

It can be seen that Elizabeth is not as angry with Charlotte as she was at the beginning. Maybe she followed Jane's advice and considered the wealth and social status of both men and women in this marriage. submission.

Elizabeth is a perfectionist, she has high moral sentiments and values, and she has always practiced it herself.It's a pity that the real world is always so cruel, ruthless and unreasonable. If she asks her relatives and friends around her to be a moral model like her, the reality will only pour cold water on her.This kind of situation is probably encountered by every young person. When I was young, I always thought the world was beautiful, but when I grow up, I will know that ugliness is around you.

The society is by no means as beautiful as the pure teenagers imagined. Some people will submit and some will resist to the end.

Just like Charlotte and Elizabeth, they had great differences on this matter, and even seriously affected their friendship.

But Mary understands Elizabeth very well. The blow of her best friend marrying for money is a huge blow to any girl who firmly believes in love.

But as she grows older, Elizabeth may understand Charlotte. She is old and has no money. If she does not seize the only opportunity around her, she may face the end of being old and homeless. Lucas The family's economy is not too rich, and there are many children. In the future, her brothers may not be willing to support her.Although the purpose of her marriage is not pure, which has damaged her personal dignity, but if she is poor in the future and has to rely on others to support her, the loss of dignity may be even more unbearable for her.

Marrying Collins, although she has to endure the pain and embarrassment caused by a stupid and vulgar husband, can bring her a decent life and teach her not to depend on others in the future. It is better to have a peaceful old age than to die in poverty.

The choice between love and bread has been equally difficult for thousands of years.

The last thing is that the sisters now have nicknames, because Mrs. Bennet finally knows that the value of her daughters has doubled, so for the shame of Lydia's drunkenness, she goes around showing off her daughters. Wealthy, in addition to the current dowry of 4 pounds for each girl, they will have an annual income of 4 pounds in the future.These two figures caused an uproar in Meriton. You must know that Mr. Bingley is considered a wealthy son-in-law because he can receive 4 pounds in bank interest every year. dream lover.People affectionately called them "Miss 4 Pounds".

Of course, because of Mrs. Bennet's long-standing temperament, people have expressed doubts about her words, but the general consensus is that even if the ladies' incomes are discounted in half and then discounted in half, their image will be fine. There is a layer of shiny gold edging on it, which is enough to stand out from the group of females.

Mary was a little bit embarrassed. She knew that Mrs. Bennet would have such a reaction when she knew about the family's property, but a family always needs a person at the bottom, but other families always look for a control group among the same generation. People compare siblings to each other and judge which is better.At the bottom of the Bennet family are Kitty and Lydia, but when something important happens, Mrs. Bennet, as their mother, will sacrifice her life to set off her daughters with knowledge and wisdom.

Sometimes it was necessary for her to do it, and if Mrs. Bennet didn't go around telling people that, how would people know how much these ladies were worth?Mary and the others can’t yell out on their own, but now that their family’s money is used to buy a house, I hope Jane will get married after next Christmas or Michaelmas Day, so that there will be no jokes about the dowry .

But this incident caused another bad consequence, that scum Wickham seemed to cling even tighter to Elizabeth.

This is so annoying!

Elizabeth seemed to have an undiminished affection for this scumbag. Seeing that she kept praising Wickham in her letter, Mary felt depressed for a while, thinking that she must not lead Lydia out of the fire pit and push Elizabeth into the quagmire!

Mary wrote Elizabeth a stern reply in which she slandered Wickham to the fullest and made a bet with Elizabeth that within a few days Meryton would be all over Darcy She has made such an assertion at the beginning, but Mr. Darcy hadn't left at that time, so Wickham must have had some scruples. This time Mr. Darcy left, Wickham will definitely take the opportunity discredit him.

However, after Mary sent the letter, she regretted it. Young people's feelings are like springs. The more you oppress her, the stronger the rebound will be. If Mary interferes with Elizabeth too much, it may be counterproductive.

Mary was walking up and down the house. Aunt Gardiner thought it was something to do with Mr. Alfred when she saw her like this, so she asked, "Is there anything bothering you? Dear Mary, if you have Any emotional troubles, you can confide to me, and I promise to keep the little secrets of young ladies tight-lipped."

Seeing the look on her aunt's face that she was coming to tell her close sister, Mary thought for a while, and explained to her the indistinguishable hatred and murder between Mr. Wickham and Mr. Darcy, and told her about it. There is one suitor who may be Elizabeth: "We don't know who is right or wrong between Mr. Wickham and Mr. Darcy. Of course, I prefer Mr. Darcy to be innocent, but Elizabeth and I have the opposite opinion. If she judges Wrong, Mr. Wickham is such a scoundrel, and Lizzie is in love with her, then this is a decision that is enough to regret for life, and I am very worried about her."

Aunt Gardiner never expected such a result. She originally thought that she would be able to tell Elizabeth about Mary's love story in the future, but now she heard Elizabeth's lace news first from Mary.

"You have a good idea. One of these two young men must be ungrateful or the other perfidious. I am sorry to think that there may be a villain in my hometown, but it is obviously inevitable."

Aunt Gardiner frowned and thought for a while: "If Mr. Wickham really spread evil words and deeds about Mr. Darcy in Meryton, then obviously he doesn't care about the old Mr. Darcy's kindness as he claimed. Well, I think we can wait until we go back to Meriton for Christmas, and if we can't, we can bring Elizabeth to London. Mr. John is a kind and generous gentleman, so we needn't worry about it at all, should we?"

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