Pride and Prejudice Becoming Jane Bennet

In less than five hours from Hunsford, Jane and Maria arrived at the Gardiner's house in Tennessee Street, London.Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, Jane's younger cousins, and Elizabeth, received them with usual warmth.

Mrs. Gardiner had arranged a variety of programs for the party. They went to the clothes and hat shops first, brought the popular things in the city for family and friends in Longbourne, and then went to the theater to hear the plays. .During this visit, Jane paid close attention to Elizabeth's expression, and found that Elizabeth had indeed become as lively and happy as before, and she could no longer find a trace of depression, so she was heartily relieved.

Seeing that Elizabeth had recovered from her emotional distress, she hadn't planned to bring up Mr. Bingley's matter anymore, but before going to bed at night, Elizabeth brought it up on her own initiative.

"Jane, I noticed that you have been paying attention to me!" Elizabeth said to Jane with a smile.

Seeing her sister's smiling face, Jane couldn't react for a while.

"You always look at me from time to time, don't think I didn't notice!" Elizabeth said playfully, "Are you still worried about me and Mr. Bingley?"

Jane was taken aback by her questioning, she opened her mouth and was speechless for a while, thinking that her actions were so obvious that it was so easy for Elizabeth to find out?

Elizabeth smiled when she saw her sister standing there in a daze, rushed over and hugged her, and said, "Thank you, Jane...but you don't have to worry about Mr. Bingley and me anymore."

She looked at Jane still in a daze, and said: "Mr. Bingley may still have traces in my heart, because he was the first person I fell in love with sincerely...but now I have decided to give up on him, He should be the one who should feel sorry, not me, because there is no girl like me waiting for him in the world."

Jane finally smiled, stretched out her arms and hugged her sister back, and said, "I believe that in this world, there is always someone waiting for you somewhere."

"Then I have to find out where this person is hiding!" Elizabeth laughed.

After such a conversation, the sisters left Mr. Bingley behind and talked about Jane's life in Hunsford, their mutual friends Charlotte and Mr. Collins, and Rosings Manor. The famous fireplace, as well as the owner of the manor, talked about Mr. Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam that Jane met in Hansford.

Jane hesitated for a while when talking about Mr. Darcy, but still kept the matter of Mr. Darcy's proposal of marriage to herself, because although Elizabeth has let Mr. Bingley go now, when it comes to this matter, it will inevitably involve Mr. Bingley made Elizabeth feel that she had given her wrong heart, or resented Mr. Darcy.

She talked about Miss de Bourgh, about the difference between this lady and her imagination, and about the unexpected friendship between the two, which surprised Elizabeth.

"It's hard for me to imagine Mr. Darcy's cousin is such a person," she said. "From Mr. Wickham's description, she is very arrogant and cold, but from what you say, she seems to be a very nice lady. "

"My first impression of her was indeed like this," Jane said, "but it wasn't until I had a more in-depth communication with her that I realized that this is not the case...First impressions are sometimes deceiving. Many people who we think are arrogant at first glance are actually because they are not good at communicating with others, and people who we think are honest at first sight are actually sanctimonious.”

Elizabeth smiled and said, "It seems that your opinion of Mr. Wickham is also deeply rooted. Do you really think he is a sanctimonious person?"

Jane also smiled, and said, "That's true."

After a pause, she said again: "You may think that this is due to my prejudice, Liz, but you have to admit that many of Mr. Wickham's actions are immoral. Let's just say this Once, my first impression of Miss de Bauer was largely based on what this gentleman said, which gave me a preconceived feeling. If it wasn't for the fact that I developed a friendship with her later, it might be like this impression will not change."

"Perhaps he was also deceived by the appearance of this Miss de Bourgh?" Elizabeth asked hesitantly.

"Perhaps," said Jane, "but he would do harm to the lady's reputation by saying so, and people who don't know it will surely believe it."

Elizabeth nodded thoughtfully.But Jane knew from her appearance that her younger sister might have doubts about Mr. Wickham's quality, but she couldn't admit it yet.Of course, as far as Mr. Wickham's appearance is so personable and elegant, if Jane hadn't known his nature after reading the original book, she would have raised her vigilance at the beginning, and carefully observed that he was no different from the hypocrite in the original book. , I'm afraid she will be deceived too.

"By the way, do you know that Mr. and Mrs. Weston, and Kate and Lydia have returned to Longbourne?" Elizabeth asked Jane after recovering from her thoughts.

"Have they returned to Longbourn?" said Jane, pleasantly surprised. "I don't know... I got a letter from Kate this Tuesday, telling me they're going back to Longbourn on Saturday... The plan has been advanced? Mr. Weston Are you and your wife here too?"

"Yes," Elizabeth said, "I just received the letter this morning, saying that Mr. Weston had good news and couldn't wait to tell his father himself, and he was going to the north to deal with some business, so he took Kate and Lydia Came back early...Longborn where they arrived last night."

"Really, what good news?" Jane asked.

"Kate said she didn't know, but she said Dad was very happy to hear that news," Elizabeth replied.

Jane's heart moved, and she already had a faint guess, and she was waiting to see Mr. Weston to confirm it.Elizabeth knew her sister well, and seeing her expression, she guessed that she might know about it, and asked repeatedly, but because the matter was still uncertain, Jane just said: "We still wait to go back to Longbourne tomorrow and ask Dad Bar."

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The next morning, the three young ladies bade farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner with great reluctance, and set out from Temple Street to a town in Hertfordshire. Mr. Bennet had arranged with them for a small the inn, and a carriage was sent to meet them there.As soon as the ladies got there, when they got out of the carriage, they saw Kate and Lydia watching them from the dining-room upstairs. As soon as they entered the door of the inn, Kate and Lydia were waiting there.

"Seeing you looking up at the window, you wouldn't have thought we'd come here to fetch you, would you?" said Lydia excitedly. "You must think we're still in Brighton, Jane?"

"It's a pity," Elizabeth said with a smile, "I told Jane the news of your return yesterday."

"Oh!" said Lydia, with a sigh of great pity, and complaining to Kate, "you shouldn't have written about our return to Longbourn yesterday, or we could have seen them both." I can't close my mouth in surprise!"

"You have surprised us." Jane said with a smile.

"That level is far less than you thought we were in Brighton, but we turned up here!" Lydia pouted.

Both Jane and Elizabeth laughed while looking at Kate.

"How long have you been waiting?" Jane asked.

"Over an hour." Kate replied, "We heard that you were coming back, so we begged Dad to let us come."

"Oh! We visited the hat shop, saw the sentries on guard, and made some salads...we don't know what we're going to do if you don't come!" Lydia said.

She brought a group of people to the table, showed them the dishes on the table, and said, "Look! It's great, right? This is where Kate and I are hosts!"

Jane smiled and looked at the dishes on the table. They were indeed very good, except for some cold cuts that were always available in the small inn, there were also roast pork, cold ham and the hot corn soup that the servant had just brought up.Seeing such a sumptuous food, and thinking that it was a guest invited by her two playful little sisters, Jane was deeply moved.

"You really impress me, Lydia." Elizabeth winked at her sister and said, "I can still wait for the day when you treat me as a host."

"Lydia was going to buy hats with her money," said Kate, laughing.

"But those hats are ugly!" said Lydia. "Kate would look better in anything she's dressed up! But it doesn't matter what she wears now! Guess what? We've just come back from Brighton, and the Militia are going to Drive over there!"

"Really?" Jane said with a smile, and sat down at the dining table.

"Yes!" said Lydia, "they're leaving in a week!"

"That's really unfortunate." Elizabeth said, and then smiled at Jane.Jane secretly thought, this is what Lydia and Kate want to go to Brighton, call the two little sisters—especially Lydia, stay away from the militia, don’t call this fancy world fan looked away.

"It's not a coincidence!" Lydia pouted, "Even Mr. Hunter is gone."

Mr. Hunter came to Hertfordshire for a short while while Jane was at Hunsford, but, on business with the newspaper, went north again before their return.

"Yes! We have news for you from Brighton!" said Kate.

"Yes! It's someone we all liked before." Lydia said impatiently.

Jane and Elizabeth looked at each other, and sent the waiter who had been standing aside to listen to their orders to leave.Lydia looked at them, smiled, and said, "Oh, you guys are so disciplined and careful, I believe what he usually hears must be more unpleasant than what I'm going to say next..."

When she said this, she saw Jane showing her disapproving expression, pursed her lips, and shouted: "Okay, well, let me tell the news...it's about the lovely Mr. Wickham! Didn't he follow Miss Mary King to Brighton too? Remember Kate's letter telling you about their engagement? They can't get married! That girl's uncle took her to Liverpool I've gone...and once I'm gone, I won't be coming back!"

"It seems that Miss Mary King has been saved." Elizabeth said with a smile, and looked at Jane.

"Do you think they have a deep relationship?" Maria asked, she had been unable to intervene before.

"At least he's not deep!" Lydia said, looking at her, "at least he didn't act like she liked her much at all before I left."

"I think what he likes is the wealth this lady brings," Elizabeth said.

"Oh, Liz!" cried Lydia, "you say exactly the same thing as Mrs. Weston! But you can't stop a lovely gentleman who has no money from making plans for his future!"

Jane glanced at her in some surprise, and said with a little interest: "You surprise me more and more, Lydia, and you also think that Mr. Wickham is after Miss Mary King's wealth?"

Lydia smiled smugly, and said: "Otherwise? Mary King is not good-looking at all...I have to say, it's too bad-looking! Her head is also empty, and it's no fun to talk to her! Her whole body People are lifeless, besides being rich, what advantages does she have? It's not like you haven't seen her before, can you deny that what I said is not true?"

What she said made everyone at the table laugh. Jane and Elizabeth were helpless, while Kate and Maria agreed.They ate in this way, and talked and laughed all the way into the carriage, and went to Longbourne.Lydia only asked Jane and Elizabeth about Hunsford and London at the beginning, and the rest of the time she talked about what happened to her in Brighton, about the intimacy of Mr. and Mrs. Weston, and about the The streets nearby, the beach, and the lively dance party, Kate added fuel and vinegar to her, making everyone happy along the way.On reaching Longbourn, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, and Mary, met them at the door.Mrs. Bennet was very happy to see her two eldest daughters in good health and in good health; Mary and each of them hugged each other affectionately and pressed their cheeks; Said to his two eldest daughters: "I am so happy that you are back."