[Pride and Prejudice] Mary's Pride and Prejudice

In the afternoon, the Bennet family welcomed new guests. Mr. Bingley and his sisters came to visit together, and Mr. Darcy, brother and sister, also accompanied him.

Jane was naturally happy to see her fiancé, but she felt a little subtle when she saw Mr. Darcy. She didn't resent Mr. Darcy for being mean to her family, but rather felt sorry for the hurt he suffered from Elizabeth. She even talked to Mary. At that time, he said to her softly: "I think he must be in pain now, you see how pale his face is, almost bloodless, how can we prevent him from thinking about Li Qi in our house? Poor Mr. ..."

Mr. Darcy's complexion was indeed not very good, but he never liked to talk with people, he just liked to sit on a chair and watch his sister or silently observe the crowd around him, so everyone didn't take his depression seriously, It was simply the accessory of his haughty disposition.Mary thought that this gentleman must be in a good state of mind if he could gather himself up in such a short time and re-enter the door of the Bennet house.

The news of Mary's engagement with Alfred was first known by these guests. Mary naturally received many blessings, and the most sincere ones were Miss Darcy and Mr. Bingley, especially Mr. Bingley. He was even happy Maybe the two of them can hold a wedding together this Christmas.

During this period, Miss Bingley fully adjusted her mood and regained her friendship with Jane. She naturally congratulated Mary and Mr. Edwards in a very decent manner. In her opinion, Mary's marriage was purely high-flying. According to Edwards The family background, even the youngest son, does not have to give in to nouveau riche like the Bennet family.

But since her brother is already engaged to the eldest daughter of the family, Mary's marriage is not bad at all, at least it has greatly improved the Bennet family's lintel, so her attitude is also very enthusiastic.Of course, this kind of enthusiasm has a limit. Her main job today is not to come to the Bennet's house to contact her, but to try her best to gain Mr. Darcy's favorability.So she dutifully accompanied Mr. Darcy, praised Miss Darcy's perfect social etiquette for a while, and laughed in a low voice for how stupid Mrs. Bennet's self-satisfied and complacent look was.Even if Mr. Darcy is not very cooperative, he speaks concisely and is unwilling to say a word, but Miss Bingley is so talented that she doesn't mind turning the double-mouth comedy into a stand-up comedy, and it's funny.

Mary sat with Alfred and chatted some gossip. Occasionally, she saw Miss Bingley smiling happily beside Mr. Darcy through half of the living room. She couldn't help feeling a little pity in her heart. Mr. Darcy belongs to Elizabeth, it's the basic law of the world, girl, look away and look at the other boys around you, with her rich dowry, there's something about a fine lad in London!

This night is the last night of the Bennet family in London. Tomorrow they will set foot on the carriage home, so the lovers are reluctant to part. Mary has never found herself so sticky, but she is There were endless conversations with Alfred, even if they were nothing particularly thought-provoking, just gossip, but they still talked back and forth and didn't want to part.From today onwards, they will not be able to meet each other for a long time, and they can only rely on letters to communicate.Mr. Bingley can still go to Longbourn to see his fiancée, but Alfred will stay here to deal with Miss Sissy.He just got the news about her. It seems that this young lady has made up her mind not to contact her husband again, for fear of being found and taken back by him. If so, Alfred will probably stay and help her apply for a divorce in the king's court. , which is not only difficult but also protracted.But parting would always come, and the two agreed repeatedly that they would communicate every day in the future, so Alfred got on his horse and left Bennet's house.

Miss Darcy was also reluctant to part with her. She took Jane's hand and said a lot of reluctant words, but Jane sincerely invited her to travel to Meryton some time, where there were also some rural scenery worth seeing.But Miss Darcy knew that Mr. Wickham was in Meryton from Miss Bingley, so she hesitated and didn't know how to decline the invitation. Mary interrupted them, saying that Miss Darcy was still in London. For her studies, she can still write more letters, and they will definitely reply immediately after receiving the letter.

Jane immediately felt that this was a good arrangement, and Miss Darcy, relieved, could not help looking at Mary with grateful eyes.

They left early in the morning the next day, and Aunt Gardiner had repeatedly assured Mrs. Bennet that she would receive Elizabeth here in a week's time, and then let her return to Longbourne comfortably.

Mrs. Bennet was content; she was now on her way.She was still sighing in the carriage, so many things happened in London, her two daughters were successfully engaged, and her fiancés were both handsome and promising, she would never be so happy in this life.She also brought up Mr. Alfred's deed.

"Alfred is really a considerate person, and he is so affectionate and righteous. Mary is really lucky to be favored by him! However, Mary is not considered high-ranking. They have a famous family, and they have a large dowry. Oh, speaking of this, it is very wise for Alfred to hand over the property to Mary. With Mary's intelligence, their wealth must be the largest among the sisters in the future. From this point of view, Mr. Bingley's affection is not as deep as that of Alfred, but Jane is much more beautiful than Mary, so there is no need for Jane to do that, and Mr. Bingley is very rich, so Jane's future life will be fine. Worrying..."

Mary heard such words on the road, but she was not in the mood to stop her mother from saying that. She was so lazy that she didn't want to talk, and she didn't want to talk to anyone. It seemed that she had just left London and missed it a little bit. To be precise It's the people who miss it.She never felt this way before, she always felt that those inseparable couples are really hypocritical, but now it seems that everyone has hypocrisy, but the relationship is not enough.She used to think that she chose to marry Alfred because she made a huge sacrifice and took a huge risk. Now it seems that Alfred understands her so well and is considerate of her. When she thinks of someone who loves her so much, Mary I couldn't help but feel a little sweet and lazy, and once again I was reluctant to leave this place where someone loved her.

However, her reluctance lasted for less than half a day. When she returned to Langbourne, she suddenly felt: ah—it feels so good to be home!Although living in London is very convenient, and you can kiss me with your sweetheart, only after returning to Longbourne can Mary feel the heavy relief in her heart, as if her soul has found a home, and she puts herself down in the lounge She sat on the couch, sighed contentedly, and suddenly felt reluctant to marry Alfred again, because then she would have to leave here, alas——thinking about it, I was really reluctant.

When she expressed this feeling to the family who had just settled down, Mrs. Bennet immediately shattered her fantasy: "Don't think so much, even if you never marry, you can't live here forever, because you Mr Collins is sure to throw us all out of the house when Papa dies! He's sure to do that!"

It was such a damp reality that she didn't have to worry about such remoteness as Mrs. Bennet did at the moment.Now Mary is finally in the mood to warn her mother: "You must never meet anyone in the future and tell them that Alfred signed a contract with me."

She hopes that her mother will never show off these treaties when she sees people in the future. Although she doesn't know the specific content, but relying on the word of mouth of the three aunts and six wives, it may be said that she will occupy all of Alfred's family wealth in the future It's over.

She said to Mrs. Bennet, "Mum, I don't think we need to spread the word about this."

"Why?" Mrs. Bennet thinks that Mary's fiancé trusts and values ​​her so much, isn't it a good thing?

"I don't want people to look at me and meddle in my fiancé's finances before we're actually married. I don't intend to do that before we're married. Mum, if we let people know, they'll laugh at us, say Maybe they will also say that if they want to marry the Bennet daughters, they have to let them manage the property and gossip. Come to think of it, Kitty and Lydia's suitors will be scared away, and then the two of them I won’t be able to marry for the rest of my life!” Mary threatened.

"Oh, of course housewives have to manage the family's expenses, isn't that a natural thing?" Mrs. Bennet wondered, she didn't take those contracts to heart, and all she agreed with was Mr. Alfred's respect for Mary is as generous as she is, so when she showed off her new son-in-law to Mr. Bingley yesterday, she just passed it by. She still can't understand Mary's logic, but don't say it if you don't say it. It would be bad for their daughters to be very greedy, although they are actually very rich, the key is not to scare off Kitty and Lydia's suitors, so Mrs. Bennet decided to focus on publicizing their family It's right to see how valuable your daughter will be in the future.

Mary didn't know that she misled her mother's thinking by saying a word. In fact, only Jane knew the specific content of the contract, and Jane would definitely not talk nonsense to others. At most, she would tell Elizabeth and Bingley something, but that was not the case. What is shameful, as Mrs. Bennet said, it is very natural for housewives to manage the daily expenses of the family. If the husband is unable to manage the property for special reasons, most of the wives can exercise power on his behalf.But Mary has an indescribable shyness. She is very unwilling to show off her lover's thoughtfulness to her everywhere. It is probably a fault accumulated in her previous life. When she gets a good thing, she wants to treasure it, instead of making it known to the world.

The news spread quickly that the women of the Bennet family had come home. Aunt Philip did not even wait for the next day to rush over. Naturally, she wanted to express her longing for her sister and nieces whom she had not seen for a long time, especially It was she who had accumulated a lot of gossip and wanted to tell them. In fact, she had told Mrs. Bennet many of these things in letters. Although neither of them liked writing letters very much, this was the only way for them to maintain long-distance communication. .But how can that kind of dry news written on paper compare to face-to-face gossip and complaints, and the interaction between the two is interesting.And the small letter paper really can't write all the interesting stories about Meriton.

"Oh, Miss King broke up with Mr. Wickham, really?" Kitty asked in surprise.

"Oh, yes," Aunt Philip nodded. The news came recently, and she hadn't had time to say it in the letter. Said, it's all right, Miss King is really not worthy of Mr Wickham, except for her dowry."

"Poor Mr. Wickham," sighed Kitty, "he was so condescending to Miss King, but Miss King was so ruthless."

Lydia laughed at Kitty's sentimentality very much: "Tell me, Mr. Wickham only pursued Miss King, and Miss King was not engaged to him, so he is not pitiful! Tell me, this is Miss King's." Loss, although Mr. Wickham is not the most handsome and graceful man I have ever seen, but he is one of the few, and I am afraid that it will be very difficult for Miss Jin to meet such an excellent man as Mr. Wickham in the future."

Then Kitty and Lydia had a debate about whether it was Miss King or Miss Wickham who was pitiful.

Mr. Bennet could not bear it and finally put aside the newspaper in his hand, and said to Mary and Jane who were reading: "My dear daughters, I sincerely welcome you two to go home, but next time if you don't If only you two come back, you better not come back at all, I can bear the loneliness without your company, but I can't bear the stupidity of my two little daughters, there is no English girl more stupid than them!"

After he finished speaking, he stood up and went to the study. Mrs. Bennet said indignantly: "Your father is really incomprehensible to me. I look down on many other girls, but I don't look down on my own." daughter."

When the officers in the town heard that the hospitable Mrs. Bennet had returned home, they paid a special visit. The popular Mr. Wickham was naturally among them. Come.

Mrs. Bennet felt that he was so self-cultivated, and even comforted Mr. Wickham, saying that it was a pity that Miss King left, but with Mr. Wickham's demeanor and acceptance, there was no need to worry about young ladies who didn't know how to admire him.At this time, Mr. Wickham showed a little embarrassed look. Jane felt that although her mother said such words out of good intentions, they were indeed a bit poignant, so she hurriedly smoothed things over.But Mary still thought that her mother's poking wasn't hard enough, and hoped that her mother would poke twice more. Unfortunately, in the end, the kind-hearted Jane didn't want her mother to arrange for a young lady who had left, so she quickly ended the topic .

When the officers were leaving, Mr. Wickham deliberately stayed behind and asked Mrs. Bennet about Elizabeth's return date, and Mrs. Bennet naturally told the truth.But after Mr. Wickham left, Lydia curled her lips to her mother and said: "Look, Miss King dumped him, and he came back to love Li Qi. If Li Qi was really engaged to him, I would look down on her. "

"Lydia—" Mrs. Bennet scolded: "If there is a young and handsome officer with a high salary who proposes to you, I will definitely agree. I have no reason not to agree. Mr. Wickham is so outstanding."

Lydia probably thought of someone because of this, so her face suddenly became ugly, and she went back upstairs without saying a word.

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Sorry, there was a power outage yesterday, and all my stuff is in this computer, so I can't do anything more.