little miss austin

Only teaching two students, the labor intensity is not considered high, and you can do some things, so you won't be too idle to gossip.Mrs. Baker has good taste, high style, and a bit of aloofness, but she has not become cynical and male-hatred because of her own experience. It is no wonder that Mr. Hastings would recommend her to teach Alice.

Alice also felt that it was very rare to have such a nearly all-rounder teacher, and she studied hard and made progress every day.

It is not necessary to have classes every day, and the teachers themselves have to rest. There are no classes on Sundays, and it is up to the students to stay at home or go out to play.There are a bunch of servants in Becker's house, and the two students have their own personal maids. If they want to go out, they just need to tell the coachman in advance.

Lucinda is a little hypocritical of a rich lady, but she is kind-hearted. She is probably equivalent to an upgraded version of Lucy with money. There is no conflict between the two female students.Mrs. Baker must have inspected Lucinda before accepting her, so there is no need to worry about her character, and it is unlikely that there will be such a mess between girls.Before Lucinda was born, her family was very rich, and a rich child was pampered. To be honest, it was not easy for her to develop a stingy and calculating temperament.

Alice sometimes goes to church to listen to sermons on Sundays to compare the difference with Pastor George's sermons, but she doesn't go to church every week.

I see Tom at least once a month. Tom takes her to places where little girls can go, buys her delicious cakes, and treats her very well.

When Henry came to London, he would also visit Mrs. Baker and see Alice by the way.Mrs. Baker likes Henry very much. After all, he is beautiful and talkative, and has no conflict of interest. This kind of man will be popular everywhere.

The Austins often write letters, and Jane is especially fond of writing letters. She can often write two letters a week. Her writing style is very detailed, involving almost everyone in the family and every aspect.

For example, Edward's brother had another boy, little Henry, who was born in May; both Francis and Charles sent letters home, and they were both fine; besides, Dad's health didn't seem to be in good shape, and he always felt tired recently.

Pastor George is 66 years old this year. He is still working in his later years. It is really not easy.He has always been in good health, but after all, time is not forgiving.

Mr. Hastings remained at Daylesford, and sometimes wrote to Mrs. Baker, in passing, to inquire about Alice's studies.

Alice wrote back to her family, wrote to Mr. Hastings, and wrote to Wesley, and she was also in close contact.

Soon it was summer again, and Tom Lefroy graduated from Lincoln's Inn.

He soon went to Welbeck estate in North Nottinghamshire to see his uncle Benjamin Langlois.Welbeck Manor is the domain of the third Duke of Portland, and Langlois has been living there since his retirement.

North Nottinghamshire is in the central part of England, and the journey is far away. Tom went for three weeks before returning to London.What Tom had talked to his uncle no one knew, not even Henry.All Alice knew was that he was going back to Ireland at the end of the year.

Alice didn't quite understand why Tom had to go back to Ireland.

Both Lefroy and Langlois are descendants of French immigrants. The Lefroy family came to England a little earlier, and Langlois immigrated from France at the beginning of this century.Tom's parents had eloped and married, and Langlois didn't know where his sister lived until the family's sixth child, Thomas, was born.Fortunately, little Thomas has shown a high IQ since he was a child. Although my uncle feels that his sister has caused damage to the Langlois family's reputation, he still takes good care of his sister's family. He paid for his nephew to go to Trinity College and graduate. Let him come to London to study.

Actually, speaking of it, the reputation of the Lefroy family in Ireland is not very good.

Tom returned to Ash soon after his return from Welbeck.

Then, one day in August, Alice was shocked to hear that Jane had sneaked out of the house without the permission of Reverend George, and followed Tom to London.

Cathy had written secretly to her, asking her to see if Jane was living with Tom in his apartment.

Alice was almost taken aback.

She received the letter in the morning, but did not have time to open it until the lunch break.After reading the letter, she rushed to ask Mrs. Becker for leave, saying that she had something to do at home, she would not have class in the afternoon, and she was going to cousin Thomas' house.

Mrs. Baker let the family carriage take her to the house of cousin Thomas.

Alice stayed at Thomas's house for more than ten minutes, and asked the servant to call a carriage for him, and went to Tom's apartment to find him.

She didn't want Thomas's servants to follow her, but Mary said that the law and order in London is not very good, and a well-dressed and cute child like her might be kidnapped and sold, so either she accompanied her or the servants accompanied her. .

Alice was in trouble, thinking that all the servants were gossips, it would be better to let Mary's cousin accompany her. Mary is not the kind of gossip person, after all, she is related. It's disgraceful for his face, and he doesn't talk nonsense with his big mouth.

So they went out with Mary, and let the servants look after little April and little Thomas at home.

Tom was not in the apartment, and Alice didn't know where to find him, so she had to leave a note for him, and slipped it into the room through the crack of the door, asking him to send a letter to Becker's house as soon as he saw the message, no matter what time, Send her a letter immediately.

Mary didn't know what was going on, and couldn't ask.Alice was anxious, but her face was quite calm.

She didn't go back to Thomas' house either, and directly called a carriage to take her back to Becker's house.

This afternoon, after dinner, Tom Lefroy delivered a letter.The letter was written very skillfully, saying that there was nothing to do, and asked her to come here before breakfast tomorrow morning.

Jane lives in a hotel and is very nervous when she sees her little sister.

Alice thought, sure enough, Jane would be the kind of woman who lost her head because of love.

Tom was all right, a little uneasy, but calm enough.

Alice has received a lady's education for almost half a year, and she feels that she has made great progress, so she can go to negotiate with her sister.

"Have you—have you thought about the consequences of this?"

Jane lowered her head, and after a while, she whispered, "You don't understand, you're still young—"

Alice snorted, "I'm going to ask Henry to kill Tom."

Tom wanted to laugh a little. "He won't kill me."

"You think things are too simple! Jane, you know that Dad is not in good health. If you run away so secretly, Dad will be angry. If he is angry, he may have a stroke in a fit of anger. He is old and cannot stimulated."

Jane was ashamed.

"Besides, do you have any money?"

Jane glanced at Tom quickly, and whispered, "Cathy gave me some money."

Alice asked angrily: "The money is used up, what should I do? Mr. Lefroy, I remember that you haven't looked for a job in London yet. Do you want Jane to go to Dublin with you?"

The final solution is that Jane and Alice temporarily live in Becker's house, and Henry will come to take her home in a few days, declaring that Jane has come to London to see her sister.Then after two months, let Jane and Tom get engaged first, and then let Tom go back to Dublin, and he is not allowed to come back if he can't earn money for the marriage.

Alice took Jane back to Becker's house. Although Mrs. Becker was a little surprised, she agreed to Jane's temporary stay for a few days, and joked that she would ask Mr. Hastings for more accommodation fees.

In the evening, Alice wrote letters to Pastor George and Brother Henry to make arrangements.

Henry came over on the weekend and almost died laughing when she heard that she told Tom to go back to Dublin to make money.

An elopement scandal was resolved relatively perfectly.

Alice didn't say much to Henry. She guessed it herself. Jane regretted it when she arrived in London. After all, marriage is such an important event, and Jane is romantic by nature. Not the wedding she had imagined.Besides, she had a lot of brothers and sisters, and she couldn't help thinking of them.

After going through the initial stage of being impulsive for love, she immediately calmed down, and she was not really stupid.

Jane returned to Steventon safely, stayed at home obediently, and quickly finished her second novel called "First Impressions".After she revised "Elinor and Mariana" at the end of last year, she began to write "First Impressions". The main characters are the five Bennet sisters.

Alice knew the book, and at first she thought Elizabeth Bennet was Jane and Darcy was Tom, but later found out that she was mistaken, Darcy was Jane, and Elizabeth was Tom.This gave her a whole new perspective on the two characters.

The engagement was settled after Tom went to Steventon and talked with the Reverend George, but he had no money and could not marry soon.

By early November, Jane Austen was engaged to Tom Lefroy.

Alice took a week off and went home to the engagement party.

It was the same as Henry's engagement banquet last time, that is, the Austin family and the Lefroy family sat down for a meal.This time it was to Ash's Lefroy's.

Although Tom's parents were dissatisfied with Jane's lack of money, Tom insisted that they had nothing to do with him who was far away in England, so they had to reluctantly agree.

After getting engaged, Tom can visit at any time, instead of having to visit with Henry or the Lefroy family every time.

Unsurprisingly, Lucy fell out of love. After crying sadly for a day, she decided to forget about Tom.

At the end of November, Tom Lefroy left England and returned to Ireland by boat.

At the beginning of December, Alice Austin returned to the Steventon family after finishing her first year of study.The next school year starts in early February and she can stay at home for two months.

This year passed quickly.

She is almost 8 years old and growing taller again.Mrs. Baker had made her a new dress and said it was all on Mr. Hastings' account.

After 8 months of intense study, she has a bit of a lady in etiquette and posture, she can play a few piano pieces, her understanding of literary works has deepened, she has systematically studied French and Latin, and she can already speak French. It’s not bad; she doesn’t like the hard German, so she didn’t learn much, and she plans to learn Italian next year, so the language is basically the same.

Mrs. Becker felt that it was not necessary to learn this skill too well. As long as she was not tone-deficient, learning to sing some popular songs would be enough. After all, ladies don’t need to rely on singing to make a living.If you study well, it is the icing on the cake. If you study well, you will be average, and you will not get beaten, so there is nothing to be ashamed of.

When she got home, Pastor George secretly showed her a letter.

Last month, as soon as Jane got engaged, the Reverend George wrote to a publisher in London, asking if he could have First Impressions sent to him to see if it was up to publication; or if printed at his own expense, How much will it cost.The publisher replied arrogantly that he would not consider publishing a work by an unknown author, and he didn't even ask to see the manuscript.

Alice is so angry.

"What is this saying? He hasn't even read Jane's manuscript!"

Pastor George quickly motioned her to keep her voice down, "Don't let Jane know, or she will be sad."

"Don't she know?" Alice was surprised.

"I thought that if Mr. Publisher agreed to read the manuscript, Jane would definitely need to know, but he refused—" Pastor George was a little frustrated. "I think Jane's writing is very good, but maybe—it doesn't suit the current style."

The author has something to say:

*Jane and Tom are not the main story line, so the confession is faster.Engagement is not yet married, and marriage can still be divorced. This pair may not be so peaceful.

*Pastor George’s letter to the publisher actually happened in early November 1797, inquiring about publishing by the publisher or at his own expense. The publisher rejected the letter and did not request to review the manuscript. "First Impressions" will later become "Pride and Prejudice".