Pride and Prejudice Becoming Jane Bennet

Mr Darcy's sudden decision to leave has come as a huge surprise to many.He told his aunt, cousin and cousin about the incident during breakfast, saying that he had something urgent in London and needed to go back to deal with it immediately, so he couldn't stay until Saturday.Mrs. Catherine repeatedly asked to stay, but Mr. Darcy's attitude of leaving was very firm. In the end, she could only think that her aunt and nephew had something to do, and had to accept that he had to leave two days in advance.

Although Colonel Fitzwilliam followed his cousin's arrangement as always, he was puzzled by his sudden decision, because although Mr. Darcy sometimes did things as he wanted, he was always a very planned person Once he decides on something, there are very few changes. Last time he accepted Lady Catherine's retention so easily, it was very rare to postpone the departure date to this Saturday, but now he changed his plan again. It's something that hasn't been seen once in a few years.After breakfast, he found his cousin in front of the window of the corner room on the third floor of the house, and asked him worriedly if something bad had happened to require him to leave in such haste, and asked if he could be of any help .

"Something has happened," said Mr. Darcy, looking out of the window, "but don't worry, Fitzwilliam, it's not what you think it is."

He frowned, glanced at his cousin, and finally decided not to tell him that he proposed to Jane and was rejected by Jane, because from his observation, his cousin was obviously Admiring Jane, if he hadn't suggested that the Earl and Countess of Matlock might object at that time—this was what he originally said to remind himself to suppress his feelings, he might have proposed to Jane.

"You were not in a very good spirit yesterday, Darcy," said Colonel Fitzwilliam. "You must know that I would be happy to help you in any matter."

"Thank you," said Mr. Darcy, "but I think I must settle the matter myself."

He took out his pocket watch and looked at it, frowned again, and said to his cousin, "I'll tell you later, Fitzwilliam, but I have to go outside to get some air, and when I get back, we'll go to the pastor Residential farewell."

Colonel Fitzwilliam agreed. He originally wanted to accompany his cousin to the manor, but Darcy refused, because he was not going out at this time for "breathing" as he said-it was this time of day , is the time for Jane to go out for a walk routinely, and this room at the corner of the third floor can see a fork, from which one can roughly judge which route Jane is taking. On the Jane, it is a very easy thing.

Today, Jane did not appear on this fork. Mr. Darcy can only judge that Jane did not take the routes she often takes. He guessed that Jane was in order to avoid the possibility of running into him, so he quickly drew a line in his mind. A few less-traveled routes would pass by, and finally decided to try his luck in the grove next to the manor, praying that he could run into her again.

His prayer had an effect, and Jane did come to the grove, and he handed the letter to her smoothly.By the time he got back to Rosings Manor, all his luggage was packed, and he and Colonel Fitzwilliam should go to the Vicarage for the last time to say goodbye to those who lived there, and he could successfully leave this sad place.

A group of people in the parsonage were of course also surprised that he and Colonel Fitzwilliam left suddenly, but in their capacity, of course they could not ask him why he left, and because Jane was not present, he could barely maintain his composure, but When he left, Colonel Fitzwilliam decided to stay a little longer to see if he could meet Jane back, which made him feel anxious.He was worried that his cousin would be as unable to suppress his emotions as he was, and proposed to Jane when he was leaving. He was worried that Jane would agree to him, but fortunately, when Colonel Fitzwilliam returned from the vicarage to Luo In Xinsi Manor, he saw at a glance that his cousin did not wait for the person he wanted to wait for, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Mr. Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam seemed a little absent-minded when they left due to different reasons. Naturally, Lady Catherine noticed their different attitude, but she regarded it as her own two. The nephew and aunt were sorry to leave Rosings, but had to, and dissatisfied that they had to leave two days earlier.When she found that Mr. Darcy was more miserable than any other year, and finally lost his energy, she thought that her nephew must have developed a deeper affection for someone who lived in Rosings, She didn't want to leave her, which filled her with anticipation. She only hoped that when she and her daughter went to the city a month later and met him again, she could witness the happy event.

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On Friday, Jane didn't go out for a walk again.She went back to her room after breakfast, picked out the letter from Mr. Darcy from the other letters she had received, put it in the bottom of the letter box, and put the letter box in the last letter box that she had sorted out last night. In a big open box.

She was about to go out to ask the servant to move the last box downstairs when she heard the sound of a carriage driving into the garden of the vicarage. After a while, Mr. Collins' ecstatic voice came up. It turned out that it was Mrs. Catherine with her daughter. and Mrs. Jiang Jinsen came to the door.

Jane was a little strange, because after Mr. Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam left the day before, Lady Catherine, feeling bored, invited the vicarage family to Rosings Manor to talk with her, and she had already spoken to them. Saying goodbye, it was really surprising that she came to the vicarage in person again at this time.She hurried downstairs, and when she reached the front hall, she happened to see Mr. Collins leading a group of distinguished guests to the living room. As soon as he saw Jane, he said, "Cousin Jane, what an honor! You really have special treatment, Mrs. Catherine personally Come to see you off..."

"I happen to be passing by," interrupted Lady Catherine, "and I'm really worried about leaving two girls traveling alone on the post road. It's a good thing your uncle can send for them, Miss Bennet, he Is the carriage coming, and the servants following?"

"Not yet, ma'am," replied Jane. "The carriage has not arrived yet, but I think it will soon."

"I hope your uncle has indeed sent a manservant, for it is quite indecent to send two young ladies on a long journey alone," said Lady Catherine. At the time of Gat, I insisted that she be escorted by two servants, so as to be worthy of her status. Mrs. Collins, if there are no servants with the carriage, you must send a servant to take them away. !"

"Of course, ma'am, please rest assured." Mrs. Collins replied quickly.

Madam Catherine nodded in satisfaction and wanted to speak, but at this moment a servant was carrying Jane and Maria's last pieces of luggage from upstairs, making a loud noise and interrupting her.

"Be careful!" Mr. Collins hurriedly told the servant, "Handle things with care!"

As he spoke, he hurriedly turned around, bowed and apologized to Lady Catherine, and asked her to forgive the current chaos in the room, saying that he would never let her see such an occasion in normal times.

"Ah—how to arrange luggage is a very delicate knowledge," said Lady Catherine. "Heavy things should be placed under the boxes, so as not to crush other things..."

She inspected several boxes while talking, and offered her own opinions while looking at them.Fortunately, the boxes that Jane sorted were almost impossible for her to pick; unfortunately, the boxes that Maria sorted were almost not to her liking. She seriously pointed out Maria's flaws in stacking clothes and told Let her rearrange it according to her own requirements until she is satisfied.Mrs. Collins hurriedly helped her sister reorganize, while Mr. Collins kept apologizing to Mrs. Catherine for her wife and sister, and praised Mrs. Catherine for her brilliance and understanding.

Jane watched helplessly behind them, when she saw Mademoiselle de Bourgh approaching her.

"Miss Bennet," she said, "I forgot to tell you last night . . . could you write to me?"

Jane looked at her in surprise, and couldn't help smiling. She finally understood why Mrs. Catherine suddenly came to visit the vicarage again this morning, causing Maria to suffer such a disaster.

"That's my honor." Jane said with a smile.

"Thank you," said Mademoiselle de Bourgh, with a slight smile, and after a pause, "when you write to me, may you include your picture as you wrote to your sister? "

"If that's what you wish, I'll be glad to do it," said Jane, smiling at Miss de Bourgh.

Mademoiselle de Bourgh pursed her lips and wanted to say something more, but at this moment her mother spoke.

"It is very necessary to learn how to tidy up!" Madam Catherine said, "Although you are still young ladies, you must master this skill. Annie and I will go to the town later, so I won't send you off. Madam Collins, wait for the carriage Here you come, you have to supervise the servants to put their luggage properly, so I don't need to explain what to do, right?"

"Yes, ma'am," replied Mrs. Collins hastily.

Lady Catherine glanced around for the last time, ordered Maria to continue tidying up, then condescendingly wished the two ladies a safe journey, and invited them to come to Hansford again next year.Miss de Bourgh curtseyed to them, held out her hand to say good-bye to Jane and Maria, and told Jane in particular that she must wait until next year to visit Rosings Manor again.The mother and daughter and Mrs. Gingerson soon left the parsonage.

Not long after the departure of this distinguished party, the carriage sent by Jane's uncle, Mr. Gardiner, arrived.Jane interrupted Maria's flustered tidying up, telling her that she didn't need to rush to reorganize at this time, since she already knew the method of tidying up, she could use it in practice later, not to mention how to arrange her own boxes and clothes The placement is completely her freedom.She persuaded Maria in this way, and because Mr. and Mrs. Collins ordered the servants and coachmen to put the box on the carriage in the garden, and no one raised any objections, so Maria quickly followed suit and asked the servant to sort her out. The last few boxes of the house were also removed.

Jane went outside the house to say goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Collins, full of reluctance in her heart-she always has this feeling when a journey is coming to an end, no matter whether the journey brings her joy or trouble.But no matter how many words, no matter how reluctant, when the boxes are tied to the roof of the car, the packages are put into the compartment, and everything left is ready, it will be over.Mr. Collins helped Jane and Maria into the car, and the two ladies said goodbye to Hunsford and went to London.