Pride and Prejudice Becoming Jane Bennet

Jane was a little absent-minded during the second half of the dance.After she introduced Mary and Mr. Hunter, Mr. Hunter immediately invited Mary to dance. It can be seen that the two had a good conversation.But Jane was always a little uneasy, not knowing what scheme Mr. Hunter had.

During the dinner, Mr. Bingley proposed to have some music to add to the fun between meals, and invited Mary to play a piece for everyone, and Mary readily agreed.When the music started, Jane found Mr. Hunter sitting beside her.

"Your third sister is a very accomplished lady, isn't she?" said Mr. Hunt.

Jane gave him a strange look, wondering what he meant by that.

Mr. Hunter glanced at her and said, "Please don't misunderstand that I have any bad intentions for your sister, miss."

He paused, and then said: "If I have any intentions, it is based on good original intentions."

Jane was a little surprised at what he said, but Mr. Hunter did not wait for her answer, but stood up and walked closer to Mary, from where he could admire Mary's pretty profile and her music on the piano. Flying dexterous slender hands.

Looking at Mr. Hunter's actions, Jane couldn't help but want to laugh. She was worried that Mr. Hunter had found out about Mary's writing and submission, and wanted to make use of it. Now it seems that Mr. Hunter may not want to use this matter to threaten They, on the contrary, came here specially to get acquainted with them.What puzzled Jane was that Mr. Hunter seemed to be sure that Mary was Mr. Matt, but how on earth could he be sure?What was he thinking about Mary?

Ignoring these questions, Jane finally relaxed a little, so after Mary finished playing, she walked to the wine table, intending to scoop up some wine for herself to calm down her emotional ups and downs that night.

"Jane!" Elizabeth called at this moment, approaching her in a low voice, "I have asked Mr. Bingley about Mr. Wickham and Mr. Darcy."

Jane turned to look at her, and asked, "What did Mr. Bingley say?"

"He said that Mr. Wickham had treated Mr. Darcy in a despicable way. Although he did not know the whole incident, Mr. Darcy was not at fault."

After a pause, Elizabeth said again: "However, he doesn't know Mr. Wickham himself. So I suspect that he heard the whole thing from Mr. Darcy, and maybe he was also deceived."

"I heard that Mr. Wickham was actually among those invited," said Jane suddenly, "but he went into town suddenly yesterday."

"Yes, I've heard that too." Although Elizabeth did not understand why Jane suddenly mentioned Mr. Wickham, she agreed, "At first I thought Mr. Bingley did not invite him for Mr. Darcy's sake. But Captain Danny said he had suddenly accepted the mission to go into town to avoid someone."

"It's easy to hide a sharp gun, but hard to guard against a dark arrow." Jane said, "As long as the two gentlemen don't meet, everyone can't tell who is right and who is wrong from their expressions and behaviors, and they will believe what they believe wishfully. Serious prejudice against Mr. Darcy and partiality for Mr. Wickham is self-evident."

Seeing Elizabeth looking at herself intently, Jane said again: "Think about the behavior of the two gentlemen towards this ball. I stick to my opinion, Liz."

Elizabeth still wanted to say something, but at this time several ladies and ladies came here to drink wine, so the conversation was interrupted.

When they finished their drinks, and were about to go back, they found Mr. Collins hurried past them. When he saw them, he said to them ecstatically: "It is completely beyond my expectation! You think Did you come? I found that there is a close relative of my benefactor in this house! I happened to hear a gentleman tell the hostess's lady about the gentleman's cousin, Miss de Bourgh, and his aunt, Lady Catherine. What a coincidence! Who would have thought that I would meet Lady Catherine's nephew at this ball! Fortunately, I found it just in time, and I had time to greet him."

Jane understood at once who he was referring to, and asked quickly: "Are you going to introduce yourself to Mr. Darcy?"

"Of course!" said Mr. Collins with equal rapidity. "I must go and ask his pardon, and ask him not to blame me for not asking him earlier."

Before Jane could stop her, he quickly bowed and left them.

"My God," Elizabeth exclaimed softly, "they haven't been formally introduced yet!"

She turned her head quickly to look at Jane.

"Can we still stop him?"

"It's too late," Jane said helplessly. She thought she could introduce the two gentlemen herself, but Mr. Collins seemed unable to wait a second.

They watched Mr. Collins quickly pass through the crowd, found Mr. Darcy at a dining table, and bowed deeply to him. They couldn't hear what he said, but they seemed to hear him. All his words, for from the shape of his mouth he said "Apologies," "Hansford," "Mrs. Catherine de Bourgh."

Jane saw Mr. Darcy squinting at him with undisguised surprise, waited until he had finished speaking, and then responded coldly, then stood up, and asked him what he asked with a respectful look—Jane guessed It was to ask Mr. Collins' name - because Collins' mouth after that was clearly saying his name.

Mr. Darcy walked away without waiting for another chatter from Mr. Collins, and Jane could almost feel the substantial cooling of him as he passed.

Mr. Collins also soon returned to Jane and Elizabeth, and told them that he had "no reason to be dissatisfied" with the way Mr. Darcy had received him, that Mr. Darcy had heard his courteous greeting, and that Lady Catherine was in good health. He appeared very happy, and on the whole he was very pleased with Mr. Darcy, and left both sisters speechless.

During the rest of the dinner, Jane was invited by Mr. Bingley to play a piece at the piano, which won everyone's applause. Everyone invited Jane to play and sing again, but she said she would leave time for others. Miss, sat back at the dining table, and then focused almost all of her attention on the two younger sisters and the gentleman who was courting them.She saw Elizabeth talking happily with Mr. Bingley, both of them looked very happy, and she felt happy too. She could almost imagine their future life, the husband and wife were very loving and very happy.But when she saw Mary, Mr. Collins, and Mr. Hunter who was often near them, she felt worried again. She was not sure what kind of feelings Mr. Hunter had for Mary, and whether he had any plans to pursue Mary. Even if Mr. Hunter had that intention, it was too late—Mr. Collins did not know when he would propose, and Mary did not know whether he would accept it or not.She also saw Mrs. Bennet praising Mr. Collins for being reasonable and respectable to several other ladies and gentlemen, saying that this gentleman was very fond of Mary, and she herself thought that Mary was his wife more than anyone else. irritable.

So she went forward and whispered to persuade Mrs. Bennet to keep her voice down when talking about her favorite things, so as not to arouse the jealousy of others and spread some bad things.What made her feel relieved was that, perhaps thanks to the 15 years of their former tutor, Miss Ludwig, although Mrs. Bennet blamed her for being a bully and even taking care of her own mother's affairs, at least she changed her mind. Let's talk about a topic, no longer talk about the previous things.

At the end of the dinner, Jane was standing at the side of the room saying good-bye to the Lucas ladies, who had agreed to dine together in a few days, when she noticed that Mr. Darcy was standing very close to her, but it was not until the Lucas Several ladies left, and people came to say goodbye to her one after another, and he never came to talk to her. She guessed that it might be because she mentioned Mr. Wickham recklessly, which made him think that she questioned his character. Regretted, I just felt that I had offended this proud gentleman once again.