little miss austin

The ladies are keen to discuss the five Bennet sisters, who is the perfect woman in this era, Jane or Elizabeth, and have different opinions on Darcy and Bingley. An assertive man, Darcy is an arrogant spoiled man, neither is a good husband candidate.Some people think that Darcy's family property is enough to make up for his character defects-this one is generally agreed.

Temporarily living in London, Temple’s family is also very interested in literary works that tell English rural love stories. When Sally learned that Henry Austin is the boss of Austin Publishing House, she asked Henry to introduce her to the author of "Pride and Prejudice" .Henry said that the author is unwilling to use the real name of the handwriting and is unwilling to meet the readers. It is better to keep it mysterious, but he can guarantee that her letter to J. Austin will definitely be answered.

Grant talked about this to Alice and asked her: "Mrs. Austen is a relative of your family, isn't it? Is it one of your sister-in-laws?" He didn't directly guess whether it was the only reason for Jane Austen, Because the signature is "Mrs. Austen" and Jane is Mrs. Lefroy.

"you guess."

"I don't know all the relatives in your family." Temple's family does not have many relatives in the United States, and there are some in-laws, far less than Austin's relatives.

"It doesn't matter who the author of the study is, you don't want to know what the apple tree looks like if you eat an apple that's sweet enough."

"This metaphor is not appropriate, after all, writing and Apple cannot be generalized."

"There is no difference in essence. Don't you have anywhere else to go?" Alice raised her eyes and glanced at Cathy and Sally who were discussing embroidery skills.Sally began to regard Cathy as her friend almost the first time she saw her. William had two older married sisters who did not live in London. Other female relatives were not kind enough, only their status was similar to hers. Kathy can get along with her, plus how old Kathy is, she unknowingly regards Kathy as a close friend like her sister.

"There is nothing interesting in other places. By the way, do you want to see a circus show? William said you like the circus show very much, and you must go to it at least once a month."

"Wrong, I only watch them when they have new shows." The downside of frequent circus performances is that there are no new shows that can't attract her anymore.

"Then what else haven't you seen?"

"That depends on what new program they have, right?"

"It's spring now, let's go to Salisbury. I calculated, go two days, play at Stonehenge for two days, go around, play for two days, come back for two days, it will arrive in seven days." In 7 days, even if there is a delay on the road, it will not exceed 8 days."

Alice pondered for a moment, "Will Sally go too?"

"She goes too, she hasn't seen Stonehenge. William goes too."

A son of aristocrat like William has no other careers to do besides being a member of parliament or a priest. He doesn't want to be a member of parliament, let alone consider becoming a priest.

If Alice goes out to play, she must not go alone, and Cathy must go together; since Cathy is going, maybe Eliza will also go, so there are many people, and it is a long-distance spring outing. good.

Wesley stayed in London until Christmas, and returned to Gresham Manor. Mrs. Gresham fell ill.At first it was just a cold and a fever. Later, the cold got better, but it became weaker and weaker. At the beginning of March, I couldn't even get out of bed.The doctor whispered to Wesley that Mrs. Gresham's time was probably short, and told him to be ready.

Wesley wrote to William sadly, saying that his dear aunt might not be alive soon.

Mrs. Gresham complained that Wesley was almost 30 years old and had not married a wife and had children, and resented that Jane did not agree to the proposal.

"She just thinks that poor Irish boy is good-looking!" she said angrily. "Isn't my Wesley as good as that poor boy?"

Wesley was quite helpless, "Aunt! Don't talk about this now."

"And you! You have been out for so many years, haven't you found another cute girl? Don't tell me, you still think about Jane. "

"That's all in the past. Jane is happy now, and I'm happy for her. She doesn't love me, and that's all right. It would be bad if she married me for my money."

"She is happy, but what about you? How can I feel relieved? Let me tell you, don't be like those people who never get married. I have left Gresham Manor to you. Don't leave it to you just because you have no children." This piece of land is given to the government or the church for free. You need to find a wife who is worthy of you. She doesn’t have much money, but she must be a gentle lady. She must take good care of you and Gresham Manor.”

"I will, Auntie, I will. You should rest now."

Leaving Mrs. Gresham's room, Wesley couldn't help but smile bitterly: How can it be said that if you find a wife, you can find a suitable one immediately?

He is no longer the young and ignorant boy back then. These years outside, going to university and traveling abroad have made him clearly understand the magic of money, but just like Jane, he also believes that a marriage without love is It is unimaginable that his problem is not money, but that he has never met a girl who can make him fall in love again.

It is precisely because he once loved Jane, and when he saw those girls and women outside, he realized how precious Jane is. There are not many girls who are as naive as her and insist on their ideals. Most of them are actually very ordinary. There are many girls who are more beautiful than Jane. Many, but when he took a look at their fine clothes, his heart was pale. He couldn't believe what he would do in the future if he married such a girl—William didn't have such worries because he had never really loved anything. So he can find a naive and docile American girl as his wife.

In fact, there is nothing bad about it. William's temperament and Sally are quite complementary. Sally can stay at home and be a quiet little wife. William will be a little better at least in the first few years of marriage, and don't play too much outside. After a few years, they had a child, and Sally didn't care whether he went outside or not.

How many couples come here like this.

ah!child!

Thinking of this, Wesley felt quite uncomfortable again.Helena was very cute, but that was limited to the half of her that belonged to Jane, and he couldn't like the half that belonged to Tom, no matter how generous he was.Tom's presence was a constant reminder of his failure, and at one point he even resented why they hadn't come back to Ireland so he couldn't hear from them and couldn't think of his tragically failed boyhood love.

This is really torture!

By the end of March, Mrs. Gresham was seeing her spirits getting worse and worse, and she might die in her sleep at any time.

Alice returned to Steventon, instead of living in the pastor's house, she rented the Lagrange Garden that Eliza had rented back then, and the group stayed there for two days.

During the period, Alice, Cathy and Eliza visited Mrs. Gresham.

Not surprisingly, Alice also thought that Mrs. Gresham was dying.

When a person is about to die, his complexion and demeanor will change, and the temperature on his body will also become corrupted, which cannot be covered up even with more perfume.That may be the legendary "dead air".

Wesley was very sad and felt guilty that he had been away from home for many years and did not stay with his aunt.

Mrs. Gresham saw Alice once in a few years, and lamented that she had grown up and turned into a little beauty like a flower. She was also very satisfied that she had become a lady, and she was actually a little bit better.

After leaving Gresham Manor, Alice sighed in the carriage, "I don't think Mrs. Gresham will live long. Oh! Wesley is about to inherit a large manor and many, many fields!" cash.

Mrs. Gresham is a widow with limited social activities. The biggest expenses are the maintenance of the manor, servants' salaries, and holding balls. The income of 5 to 6000 pounds a year can't be spent. She has saved a lot of money over the years , even if you only save 5000 pounds a year, you will have a huge sum of nearly 15 pounds in the past 10 years as a widow.According to Wesley's simple consumption method, he may not be able to use up the money when he lives to be 80 years old. Besides, he still has his own annuity, the annuity of the inherited farm, and the dividends from the Austin Typewriter Company and Austin Publishing House. It can be said that, Even if he has ten or eight children, he doesn't have to worry about the children's future.

Both Cathy and Eliza thought of Jane.Tom Lefroy's career has developed very well, but generally speaking, that is also his career. It is not enough to be a manor owner, which is more in line with their values. If Tom hadn't become a member of the House of Commons, he would The social status is definitely not as good as Wesley's, and it is not as good as money.

After Wesley inherited the inheritance, he became the target of all mothers with unmarried daughters in the ten miles and eight villages. At that time, he would not be able to cope with the prom invitation alone, and he would not be able to refuse all the prom invitations and guest invitations.

Cathy was fine, but Eliza felt that it was a pity for Jane. If Jane had agreed to Wesley, she would now have an income of more than 10 pounds.

However, things that have passed cannot be changed.

Alice just sighed about the inheritance that Wesley was about to receive, she didn't think of anything else, and she didn't have any thoughts.

Lady Gresham was about the same age as the Reverend George, and Alice thought of her father easily.After Pastor George turned 70 years old, his mental state deteriorated greatly, and he looked more and more old.The family has money, and they are willing to spend money. Whenever the doctor says there is something good for maintenance, whether it is food or supplies, I try my best to buy what I can. My mother spent a lot of money on this.

If it's food, Alice thinks it's nothing to eat, and it's okay to eat some delicacies from mountains and seas. There are no artificial messy foods in this era.But what kind of Bohemian white crystal recliner with magnetic therapy effect, what kind of water cup is dug out of Bulgarian alpine ore, after drinking the water in it, it can adjust the direction of human blood, this kind of thing is purely IQ tax , but before I told my mother not to believe the pyramid schemes made by doctors, my mother started crying, and Alice was too scared to say anything.Think about it later, just pay the IQ tax, these things are useless, but they can’t do any harm, just buy a psychological comfort.

Mrs. Austin and Pastor George are the right couple. Pastor George was 33 years old when he got married. Cassandra Leigh was 8 years younger than him. At the time, she was 25 years old. She was considered an older unmarried young woman. A suitable husband.George Austin was the dean of St. John's College at Oxford University at the time, and Cassandra Leigh's father, Thomas Leigh, was once the dean of All Souls College at Oxford University. They were introduced to each other at Oxford University and soon booked marriage.

George Austen had already received the vicarage of Steventon from his cousin, Mr. Knight, and his uncle Francis, who had brought him up, had given him a small sum of money, so that the young Austen and his wife lived in Steventon. Settled down—first lived in Dean Parish for 4 years, and gave birth to 3 children, James, George, and Edward; moved to Steventon after the parsonage in Steventon was renovated.

They have been married for 41 years and have raised 9 children. None of them died at birth or due to illness. This shows that there is no serious genetic problem with the healthy genetics of the Austin couple, and it also shows that Mrs. Austin takes care of the children very carefully.

The way the Austin family raises children is a bit special. When a child is almost one year old, he is sure that he will not die in good health, so he is sent to a nearby farmer's house to be raised, and he does not return home until he is three or four years old.Cathy and Jane also came here. The only child who was not sent to a farmer's house was Alice. That was because when she was born, most of the children were not at home. There were only Cathy, Jane, and Charles at home. , the youngest Charles is 1 years old, and the family can fully take care of the newborn.

Alice worried about her elderly father, "Should we go to Bath? I want to see Dad and Mum."

"Fine, go as you say." Cathy never refused her little sister.This is not troublesome, the carriage and the coachman are all owned by the family, so they can leave as soon as they say.

Back at Lagrange Gardens, Cathy wrote to Bath's parents, saying that they would visit them in Bath after they left Salisbury, perhaps for a few weeks before returning to London.

Alice was very happy and told Grant that she was going to visit her parents in Bath.

Grant asked, "Bath? I heard it's a health resort. Is it fun?"

"It's okay, it's quite lively, and many people go to recuperate. Shopping is also very convenient, and many places are similar to London."

"Then I want to go too."

"Aren't you going back to prepare for the wedding? The wedding is in May, right?"

"It's William who will be getting married, not me. Of course I can go wherever I want. They can go back to London first."

"No, we are all women, you are a boy, it is not convenient to go anywhere."

Grant was dissatisfied, "What's the inconvenience? If you have money, you will have convenience." He also understands the magic of money very well.

"A carriage can accommodate four people. There are three of you. It is just right to add me." He immediately made a decision. "I have some gold coins. How much does it cost to go to Bath?"

"If you don't spend money indiscriminately, 2 to 30 pounds is enough."

"Then I'll take 100 pounds."

They soon left Steventon for Wiltshire.

Grant expressed a little disappointment with Stonehenge, "It's just some big stones, I don't know why it seems so mysterious."

"The mystery is because of the process of transporting large rocks. There are no such rocks near Salisbury, so they must have been transported from far away. Humans will not build useless buildings. Think of ancient Greece and ancient times. Those temples in Rome, if there were no statues in them, you might not think that those ruins would be temples."

Grant nodded, "If it's the ruins of the temple, it would make sense."

The beginning of April is already spring, and the grass is luxuriant and wild flowers are everywhere.Cathy picked some wildflowers, wrapped them with ribbons, and wove a wreath for Alice to wear.

Her hair, which had grown darker and was already a deep golden brown, was braided and fell over her breasts.Wearing a light blue long-sleeved skirt with bulging breasts and a slender waist, she is a tall girl with a good figure and a beautiful appearance.

The two of them left Cathy and the others unknowingly and ran to the middle of Stonehenge, where the big stone blocked their view.

The two chatted casually, and Grant said that London is much more prosperous than he imagined, but the cities below are still too small, the towns are too dirty, and the countryside is even smaller.

"Isn't it the same in America?"

"It's the same. But Charleston can't compare to London. London has a lot of new things that I haven't seen."

"That's for sure. London can buy things from many countries in the European continent, as well as things from Asia, Africa, and the Americas. London can be said to be an international metropolis."

"International metropolis?" The word was unfamiliar, Grant muttered.

Alice explained the word, and then said: "However, there are also some bad things. Medicine is not advanced enough, and many diseases cannot be treated. They still rely on bloodletting therapy. It's terrible!"

"Bleeding therapy?" It sounded like a scary treatment!

"The doctor has a medicine box, and there is a small wooden box in it, which contains bloodletting tools, about this size." Alice gestured, "Square, put it on your arm, press the button, and several pieces will pop up." Cut a few wounds on your body with a blade, so that the bleeding can be drained quickly. The doctor's assistant will use a bowl to catch your blood under it. When it is almost drained, cover the wound with gauze."

Grant frowned, "It sounds like it hurts."

"Wrong, it is said that it does not hurt too much, because the blade is very sharp, and you will not feel too much pain during the whole bloodletting process. However, after the bloodletting, you may feel a little dizzy, because after all, you will lose blood in a very short period of time. .If the doctor accidentally exsanguinated too much blood, you'd faint."

"I don't want to be bled," Grant said hastily.

"Is there no doctor in the United States who does bloodletting?"

"Probably, but my family members rarely get sick. I don't like to be sick. It's hard to be sick."

"Speaking of being sick, have you been vaccinated against smallpox?"

"Yes, as soon as we arrived in London. William said that Sally must also be vaccinated against smallpox, and their children will be vaccinated in the future."

Alice nodded in agreement, "Then how did you react to the vaccine?"

"It doesn't seem to be. It does have a fever, doesn't it?"

"Correct."

"Then I don't. I'm in good shape. By the way, I'm a good horse rider. When can we go out and ride a horse all day?"

"All day?" Alice quickly refused, "That's too tiring, it's okay to ride for a few hours."

"Then it's settled. I don't go to Oxford until September, and I've been free until then."

Now that we are in Salisbury, we must go to Fengshan Manor.William is a relative, so he took his fiancée, brother-in-law and Alice to visit William Beckford.

The Deng Bo'er siblings were greatly shocked by the magnificence of Fengshan Manor and were amazed.

The Fengshan Manor has been completely built, and the construction period lasted 1796 years from 1804 to 8.The 295-foot tower soars into the sky, making it a unique landmark on the land.The main house of the manor itself is also very distinctive, with Gothic magnificence and gloomyness, which is absolutely impossible to see in the United States.

Beckford was away, and Susan Beckford entertained a party of relatives.

Stayed at Fengshan Manor for one night.

Before going to bed, Susan quietly ran into Alice's room and whispered to her in the middle of the night.

Susan turns 18 next month, but Beckford doesn't seem to realize that her daughter is old enough to consider marriage.She doesn't have a wide social network, doesn't know many people, and has some suitors, but she doesn't have a suitable husband candidate.

On the one hand, she was worried that she might not be able to find a husband until she was 30 years old, and on the other hand, she was worried that after she got married, her father would be left alone at home, living in such a large manor, alone, with no one to accompany her he.

"If you are married, he can live near your house."

Susan sighed sadly, "He won't. He said he was impatient with my husband, including his family. He didn't like children very much either. He told me to have a baby in the future. Just send him a letter and say it." gone."

Alice was surprised, "He's—strange enough!"

"That's the kind of person he is. In fact, he doesn't love Mrs. Margaret, and he doesn't like me, because I'm not the son he wants."

Alice couldn't comment on this, so she wisely kept her mouth shut.That was a question between their father and daughter. She couldn't guess whether Beckford loved her daughter or not.The reason why Susan thinks her father doesn't love her is mostly because of Beckford's eccentric temperament.Alice didn't feel deeply about Beckford's temper, because after all, they didn't live together, and Beckford couldn't lose his temper or put on airs with guests. On the contrary, it was because he had received an excellent education and was well-bred. , very amiable and kind in front of strangers.

It was normal for Beckford to want a son, after all, too rich to live without an heir, but he didn't get the boy he wanted.In fact, he could find another wife with a lower family background and continue to have children. She would give birth to ten or eight children, and they would always give birth to boys, but there were no boys. It can be seen that he was determined to complete his property blindly. Or be really gay.

The author has something to say:

*Buying health care products is written here nonsense, but there should be such things at that time.

* How did Lady Gresham's £10 be calculated?It's not like they didn't have any savings before her husband was alive. If you round it up, you can have 10.

* Pastor George died of illness on January 1805, 1. In this article, let Dad live longer.

*British people have a really high rate of duplication of names, and there are often many people with the same name in a family.

George Austin's second son has the same name as his father, also named George;

Edward's eldest son, Edward Jr., the second son with the same name as his grandfather, also named George, the third son with the same name as his uncle, also named Henry, and later a son with the same name as the youngest uncle, also named Charles, and the youngest daughter named Cassandra Jane , with the same name as two aunts;

The son of the eldest brother James is also named James;

Francis is named after the Reverend George's uncle Francis, who raised the Reverend George and his sister, Frieda Fia; Francis' eldest daughter is Mary Jane, the eldest son Francis, the second son Henry, the third son George, and the second daughter Cassandra ;

Charles' eldest daughter is Cassandra, second daughter Henry Yate Jane, eldest son Francis, and the next four children are named Charles, George, Jane and Henry.