[Pride and Prejudice] Mary's Pride and Prejudice

After they came out of prison, they came to Mrs. Fry's salon, which was a place where Mrs. Fry specially entertained guests. Mrs. Fry delivered a short speech here, making these donors realize their pity for these poor people. The importance of human beings, everyone who heard her speech felt a great responsibility, and their hearts were filled with redemption. I have to say that this Mrs. Fry is a very infectious person, and she knows how to Use the charm of language to incite people's hearts.

When Elizabeth and Mary came out of the salon, both of them decided to continue to increase their donations, and Elizabeth also planned to buy some books to donate to the small and poor literacy class. Many books she mentioned were not suitable for Mary. The children read it, but Elizabeth said it was for Philip, and Mary was silent.It is said that the child can read very quickly, and the current level of teaching can no longer meet his needs. Elizabeth also intends to find out if there is any school in the surrounding area that is suitable for a child like Philip, and she can sponsor him to continue his studies.Although Mary was a little surprised when she heard her plan, Elizabeth was indeed a kind person, so her idea was not surprising.

Instead of taking a carriage, the three of them strolled through the streets of London. Now London is one of the most prosperous cities in the world, but it also has the dirtiest slums. From time to time, there will be a few ragged people on the streets During the walk, Mary had never thought about this kind of scene before, but today she thought of what she saw and heard in Newgate Prison, and she couldn't help thanking God for giving her a good birth, and decided to cherish it even more. life now.

Mary proposed to order a small frame for Jane's portrait, so several people went to a shop to order the size, which happened to be next to a second-hand goods market, so the two sisters decided to go shopping, because the Billings fish market in London was next to it , so although it is very lively here, dragons and snakes are mixed together, Alfred decided to continue to accompany the two ladies throughout the journey, so as not to cause any trouble for them.

Mary found a second-hand snuff bottle here. Mr. Bennet also had a few of these, but he didn't use them often. Men mostly used them for decoration and collection. Mary decided to give him one.Elizabeth found some good second-hand toys, one of which was a very strong wooden horse, and the wood had been polished very smooth, which was just right for the Gardiner children.

The two of them also found some worthless small jewelry, although they were old, they were still quite interesting.

At this time, Elizabeth suddenly saw a familiar figure, which made her jump: "Lydia—"

When Mary heard her call, she immediately turned to look at her: "Who? Lydia?"

"I seem to see her, yes, that's right." Elizabeth said and walked in that direction. There were many people in the market. Mary followed Elizabeth closely, and Alfred followed them closely to prevent them from being caught. The flow of people dispersed.

Mary squeezed past Elizabeth, but she didn't find any figure of Lydia, so she confirmed to Elizabeth very strangely.Elizabeth said with certainty: "She is dressed like a boy, but it must be her. I will not mistake my sister!"

Mr Alfred also said: "It is really difficult for me to misidentify my relatives."

"Men dressed as women?" Is this her new game?Mary was a little pensive. She and Elizabeth searched for a while but did not find Lydia. She said decisively, "We should go home!"

Several young people hurried back, and Mary ignored Mrs. Bennet's words of gratitude to Alfred for accompanying them home, and rushed to Lydia's room, which was empty and there was an easel by the window. , which depicts the lively streets of London, while the windows next to it are open!

great!This stinking girl is really not here!Sure enough, she apparently sneaked away!How bold!

Mary walked quickly to the window to have a look. This window was a small terrace, its east side was recessed. If you went down to the first floor from here, it would never attract people's attention. Mary tried to get out of the railing there. She found that there was a large platform outside the railing that allowed her to stand firmly, so she suddenly grabbed the railing with her hands and lowered herself down.This gesture of hers startled Mrs. Bennet: "Mary—"

Mary hung herself on the platform now, her feet were more than one meter away from the ground below, she gritted her teeth and let go, and jumped off from above.

She thought she was going to fall to the ground, but she didn't expect to fall into a warm embrace. Although this part was so vulgar, it happened, and Mary smashed Mr. Alfred who was waiting below. .

She got up in a panic, knelt beside Alfred nervously and asked, "Alf, are you alright?"

Mr. Alfred just saw that Mary was about to jump off, so he ran over to pick her up in a moment of impatience. Although Mary was not tall and strong, the impact was not small, and he was immediately overwhelmed by Mary.But fortunately, his body was strong, and after the chest pain passed, he felt that his body was not damaged at all. He took a few deep breaths, opened the corners of his mouth and smiled at Mary: "I'm fine, I'm fine." He said from the ground He got up and jumped childishly, showing that he was in good health.

Elizabeth and Mrs. Bennet stood on the balcony and looked at the two fools. Elizabeth said to Mary helplessly, "Please don't do this again. I was shocked just now. It's too dangerous!"

Mrs. Bennet began to praise Mr. Alfred for his bravery: "If there is no Mr. Alfred, you will definitely fall to your death! I don't want to attend my daughter's funeral in my lifetime."

Mary looked up to her mother and said, "You can tell Lydia directly, she has done this more than once!"

"Lydia?" Mrs. Bennet realized that her little daughter who was supposed to be locked in the house had disappeared, and she immediately panicked: "Oh my God, where is Lydia? Why did she disappear? My God, what happened?" What's up?"

Elizabeth quickly comforted her mother: "I think she must have sneaked out, Mom, don't worry, she should be back soon."

Alfred and Mary returned to the house again, and Mary decided to sit here and wait for her little sister who had left the nest to play, and looked at her dark face and angry look, Mrs. Bennet had just been comforted by Elizabeth. Heartbroken again, she asked Elizabeth: "Mary is so angry, will Lydia be beaten?"

Elizabeth looked at Alfred who was also standing silently in the room, sighed and said to her mother, "I don't think so, Mary has never been rough on Lydia."

"But Mary looks terrible!"

"Mom, Lydia is really out of line, she sneaked out alone, it's too dangerous!"

"She will never be alone!" Mary said viciously, "She doesn't have the brains or the guts, she must have an accomplice..."

Alfred suddenly said: "I may need to avoid it for a while, it seems that I have to say goodbye for a while."

Mrs. Bennet felt that it was not good for her daughter's suitor to see such a thing. She personally accompanied the young man out, and repeatedly told him that her little daughter was only occasionally naughty. Home has never happened before, and she promises it never will.Mr. Alfred didn't pay attention to this, he just nodded to Mary and turned away.Mary has no time to care about her mother's thoughts on this matter now. She took Elizabeth back to Lydia's bedroom, but Mrs. Bennet was very disturbed. Mary's suitors seemed about to be scared off by the youngest daughter's audacity.

Mary is now full of anger and doesn't want to pay attention to her mother's chatter. Elizabeth finally couldn't stand it anymore, not wanting to let her ears continue to suffer, she interrupted her mother: "If Mr. Alfred is really scared away, then Mary loses There is no pity for such a suitor." She sent Mrs. Bennet away, and finally persuaded her to keep her quiet. It was not difficult, as long as she believed that Mr. Alfred would come back. Well, Mrs. Bennet can only think about one problem in her head, and let her think about how to keep Mary from being too angry when Lydia comes back, which is enough for her to pass the time.

Then Elizabeth went back to the house and sat with Mary. The time passed bit by bit. Elizabeth had never felt that it was going so slowly. It was just over an hour, but it made Elizabeth feel as if a whole year had passed, and it was still very difficult. year.

But they finally waited, and a carriage came downstairs. The carriage was very ordinary, without any special marks, and even the driver was wearing an ordinary gray coat.Lydia jumped out of the car. She was wearing men's clothing and a little felt hat. She was dressed like a boy in a pharmacy or a tailor shop. She said something to the open car door, and then laughed and said People wave goodbye.Mary and Elizabeth hid behind the curtains, watching Lydia climb up the pipes and edges nimbly, like a wild little monkey.She climbed onto the terrace and waved again to the carriage below before the carriage drove away.

Lydia walked into the room humming a song, she didn't know that her world was about to be turned upside down, she opened the closet without realizing it, took out the clothes inside and replaced the men's clothes on her body.

Mary came out through the curtain, and said to her with a sneer, "Have you had a good time, Lydia?"

"Ah—" Lydia was taken aback.

"Mary?"

"And me." Elizabeth had no choice but to follow.

"Liki?"

Lydia was shocked: "Why are you in my room?"

Mary laughed angrily: "You should explain to us why you are not in your room?"

Lydia panicked at the beginning, her face turned pale, and then quickly turned red. She opened her mouth several times and tried to find an excuse for herself to get over it, but after a while she lost her panic. Putting it down, she looked at Mary and Elizabeth calmly: "Why do I have to stay in my own room? You didn't stay in your own room either, did you?"

"If your memory is fine, you are not allowed to go out, and you need to be punished for doing something wrong!"

"I didn't, Mary, I didn't do anything wrong. Maybe what I did was inappropriate in your eyes, but I didn't do anything wrong, and I shouldn't be punished by you!" Lydia retorted confidently.

Her words made Mary very angry: "You are really uneducated, I am doing this for your own good!"

"So put me in a cage like a bird?"

"That's because you did something wrong!"

"No, I was right!"

"You obviously made a mistake but still didn't admit it, and finally sneaked out behind our backs!"

"That's not called sneaking, I just changed the way of travel, and you forced me to do this, I was forced!"

"You really don't repent! Now you are still sophistrying, don't you feel ashamed?"

"I have nothing to be ashamed of, I follow my heart and I never hurt anyone, why should I be ashamed?"

"Your words and deeds are inappropriate, which is to hurt others!"

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When the two sisters were arguing, the door was suddenly opened, and the maid announced, "Ladies, Colonel Edwards and Mr. Alfred are here."

Then the door was pushed open, and Alfred and Colonel Edwards walked in. Alfred had a complicated expression on his face. After he came in, he looked at Mary and said, "I brought my brother to apologize, Miss Mary, As I said, it is really difficult to identify the wrong relatives, so I think I can wait for the person who is with Miss Lydia below—my brother Andrew Edwards." He paused, and then said: "In the flea market When I was walking, I found that there was a person in the direction that Miss Elizabeth was pointing at, so I had this guess, but I am not sure that they are together, so I am sorry for not telling you just now."

Mary's eyes widened, and she looked in surprise at Colonel Edwards, who was pulled forward by Alfred with a smile on his face. She was going crazy, and Lydia, who was beside her, went up to her with a happy face. : “Andrew, you didn’t go?”

Colonel Edwards said awkwardly: "I was going to leave, Miss Lydia, but I thought I had to come back when I knew you were in trouble."

Lydia immediately praised Colonel Edwards for his chivalry and gentlemanly demeanor, but Colonel Edwards was obviously not intoxicated by the beauty's sweet talk as usual. He walked forward and almost ran away, but considering that his dear brother had already blocked his escape route, he still obediently stood where he was, ready to bear the storm from Mary.