Pride and Prejudice Becoming Jane Bennet

Miss Bingley never imagined that one day she would meet Jane at Pemberley Manor, nor that Miss Darcy would like and be so close to Jane.Because of the relationship between her brother and Mr. Darcy, she established friendship with Miss Darcy early on. Since she herself fell in love with Mr. Darcy, she has devoted herself to matching the feelings of her brother and Miss Darcy, hoping that they can become a couple. Yes, then the chances of herself and Mr. Darcy becoming a couple would be high.But maybe because she made friends with Miss Darcy out of the psychology of taking advantage, she always hinted at the benefits of Miss Darcy and her brother's marriage intentionally or unintentionally in daily conversations, which made Miss Darcy aware of it, and she and Darcy Miss's relationship is not as close as it seems.

This time, she introduced the characters in the stamp portrait to Jane and Mrs. Weston. The intention was to let them know the closeness between herself and the Darcy family, so as to show the unusual relationship between herself and the Darcy brothers and sisters. Unfortunately, she inadvertently confided that Mr. Wickham's name made things self-defeating.

Miss Bingley knew that Mr. Wickham had done something wrong to the Darcy family, and also knew Mr. Darcy's attitude towards Mr. Wickham, so she dared not mention him blatantly. Now that she suddenly lost her word, she was naturally very annoyed , she was eager to make up for her image in front of the Darcy brothers and sisters, so as soon as Miss Darcy finished playing, she walked up to Miss Darcy and took her hand and said: "Dear Georgiana, your piano skills have improved again, The performance just now was wonderful!"

Miss Darcy looked at her, pursed her lips, and lowered her head without speaking.Miss Bingley's words reminded her of her previous gaffe, and she was so embarrassed that she did not know how to respond to her.

At this time, Mr. Darcy saw the situation on their side, realized that his sister's mood had not recovered, and noticed that Miss Bingley wanted to talk to her wholeheartedly. Seeing the clue, he got up and walked to them, and asked Jane: "Miss Bennet, I can assume that you want to visit this manor?"

Jane looked at him, then at Mr. Weston and Mrs. Weston who stood aside and looked at her with great interest after hearing Mr. Darcy's words, and Miss Darcy looked at her expectantly, smiled, Said: "I am very happy."

"Then let my sister Georgiana show you and your friends the house," said Mr. Darcy.

Mr. Weston and Mrs. Weston were very happy to hear that. They had heard about Pemberley Manor for a long time. At this time, they can be guided by the owner of the manor. They must be able to see some rooms that are not open to the public. That is the essence of the manor. So they all stood up and walked to Miss Darcy.

"That's very good!" said Mr. Weston, "but Miss Darcy, I'm going to trouble you to walk about with us."

"Oh .

Although Miss Bingley really wanted to talk to Miss Darcy at the beginning to make up for their friendship, but at this time Jian Jian went out with Miss Darcy and the Weston couple, but Mr. Darcy did not express that he wanted to accompany them She quickly made a decision in her heart, so when her brother proposed to accompany her on the tour, she said: "What's the point of wandering around the house? You are not the first to see those beautiful rooms here. See you again. I'd rather rest in this room, I'm exhausted from the journey of the previous few days."

"Yes, Charles," said Mrs. Hurst, "you are so busy with your journey that you have no consideration for us."

Mr. Bingley saw that none of his sisters wanted to visit Pemberley Manor again, and Mr. Hurst was also lacking in interest, so it was hard for him to say anything more.For this point, Jane didn't feel any regrets. Although she felt less disappointed with Mr. Bingley because of his sincere attitude when she saw her again, she still couldn't forgive him for making her sister sad. What's more, Elizabeth has made it clear that she wants to let go of this relationship, and she doesn't want to give Mr. Bingley any unnecessary hopes. When Mr. Bingley talks to her, he will always inquire about Elizabeth's affairs consciously or unconsciously.

Both Mr. and Miss Darcy were relieved that Mr. Bingley and his party did not join in the visit to Pemberley Park.Mr. Darcy has always kept the matter of Mr. Wickham from Mr. Bingley, because it concerns his sister, and he is afraid that his friends will look down on her if they find out.And Miss Darcy was afraid that Miss Bingley would mention Mr. Wickham again, so she was also anxious to avoid this group of people.

As soon as the visitors to Pemberley Manor were confirmed, Miss Darcy led them out of the concert hall, and walked along the long aisle outside the hall to visit the rooms along the way.

Jane and the Weston couple had a preliminary understanding of this magnificent building when they first entered the Pemberley Building, and now they have a deeper impression with the deepening of the visit.Pemberley Manor is not as resplendent as Rosings Manor, but it is more elegant and pleasant-her overall tone is biased towards elegant blue rather than dazzling golden red.The most surprising thing is that the views from the windows of each room are very different, but the same thing is that all the views are beautiful and delicious.

"This is my brother's favorite room." Just as Jane was focusing on the flat lawn outside the window and the tall and beautiful fountain in the center, Miss Darcy said so suddenly.

"My God, I don't think there's anyone who doesn't love this room," said Mrs. Weston with wonder.

Jane, attracted by their conversation, could not help turning her eyes to them, and found that Mrs. Weston and Miss Darcy had passed into the next room.She hurried to follow, through the huge carved wooden doors, and into one of the largest rooms she had seen since entering Pemberley House.

It was an unusually large rectangular room, twice as high as the others--almost as high as the vestibule through which they had entered.One side of the room is a translucent glass window, and the other three walls have two layers of bookshelves, which are neatly filled with books.There is a small wooden escalator inside the room, through which you can go to the place where the bookshelves are placed on the upper floor.There are more than a dozen sets of sofas in the center for resting, the floor is covered with soft carpets, and several crystal chandeliers hang from the ceiling.

"Is this the library at Pemberley Manor?" Jane asked in surprise, her mouth shut from ear to ear at the sight in front of her, because the library that comes with the manor is completely worth a small library.

"Yes, Miss Bennet," said Miss Darcy, "this is the largest library in the manor. My father often entertains guests here, and my brother spends most of his time in Pemberley. .”

"Is there more than one library in your house?" asked Mrs. Weston in surprise.

"Yes, ma'am," said Miss Darcy.

"It's really magnificent!" Mr. Weston, who was one step behind them at this time, couldn't help but sigh.

After a pause, he said to Jane and Mrs. Weston: "You guys love reading so much, it's a pity I can't have a library like this."

Mrs. Weston smiled slightly, and asked Miss Darcy: "Is this the collection of several generations of manor owners?"

"I suppose so," said Miss Darcy, looking a little embarrassed. "This room has been so full of books for as long as I can remember."

"The books on this shelf are all recent years," said Mr. Weston at this moment, looking at a shelf near the window. "I suppose Mr. Darcy brought these back?"

Miss Darcy looked at the bookshelf in front of Mr. Weston, nodded, and said: "Indeed, this bookshelf has been tidied up a few years ago, and now these are all put in by my brother himself, and they are also the books he often reads. .”

"Mr. Darcy is really well-read." Mr. Weston sighed, "I have seen many manor libraries, and many books have not been read after they have been put in."

"Mr. Darcy doesn't seem to read novels much?" Mrs. Weston approached, looked at the books on the shelf, and asked.

"Indeed," said Miss Darcy, "my brother reads very little, and most of the novels he brought back are in my little study."

"You like novels, Miss Darcy?" asked Jane.

"Yes," Miss Darcy admitted with a shy smile, "I like reading it very much... I recently finished reading a book called "Gulliver's Travels", which is really interesting. Have you read this A book, Miss Bennet?"

"I've seen it." Jane smiled and replied.

Miss Darcy was very happy, and said: "What do you think, Miss Bennet? Isn't the adventure of Captain Gulliver a legend?"

"Indeed," Jane said.

She could see from Miss Darcy's appearance that the young lady had not yet grasped the true meaning of Swift's novel, and that there was nothing in Parliament about the mercenary and corruptness of the British government that this novel was trying to reflect. She was unaware of the meaningless partisan struggle, the cruelty of the colonial war.Of course, when most people read this novel, they simply read it as an adventure novel, without realizing the political significance behind the novel.

"You said..." Miss Darcy asked again with some hesitation: "Is there really such a magical country in this world?"

"I doubt it very much," Jane said, "but I believe that what happened in those magical countries is also happening around us."

She thought again of the time when she and Mr. Darcy were talking about the book on a walk in Kent, and that he had a different opinion of the novel and of the author than many others, saying that Swift was A writer with excellent insight, but also a very bold person, he satirizes and sarcasm those people in the British government in his novels, but the objects of his sarcasm and satire still pursue his works all the way.

Miss Darcy was very surprised by the second half of what Jane said just now, so she asked why Jane felt that those interesting and absurd things happened around them.

"Real life is the basis of creation, isn't it?" Jane replied with a smile.

At this time, she noticed that the cover of a book on the coffee table by the window was very familiar, so she couldn't help picking it up for a closer look, and found that it was Mr. Bingley who was still in Hertfordshire last year. A novel that Yu read when he was recuperating at Netherfield Manor——"The History of Tom Jones, an Outcast".Looking at the traces of the book, this novel has been read many times.

"Is this what you are looking at, Miss Darcy?" asked Jane.

Miss Darcy looked at the book in Jane's hand, shook her head slightly, and said, "No, I've never seen this book before."

She took the book from Jane's hand and looked at the cover, suddenly remembered something, and said: "I think my brother brought it back yesterday, and I saw him sitting here reading this book yesterday afternoon! "

The Westons, who had been at other places in the library at first, overheard the conversation of Jane and Miss Darcy, and came over to look together at the book they were discussing.

"Tom Jones?" said Mr. Weston. "A novel, if I remember correctly?"

"Yes," said Mrs. Weston, "Mr. Fielding's masterpiece."

"I remember you saying that Mr. Darcy doesn't read much novels, Miss Darcy?" asked Mr. Weston.

"Indeed." Miss Darcy was also a little puzzled, flipping through the book in her hand, "I haven't seen my brother read a novel so fascinated by it for a long time, and he sat here yesterday after returning from Langton Hotel Until supper, I kept this book in my hands."

Both Mr. Weston and Mrs. Weston have only heard about this book, but have not read it. At this time, Miss Darcy said that Mr. Darcy, who has never read novels, is so interested in this novel. Fascinated, he couldn't help feeling very curious, borrowed the novel from Miss Darcy, and started reading it by himself.

Jane has already read the novel, so she knows what it is about, but she is as puzzled as Miss Darcy and the Weston couple who have not read the novel, and does not understand what makes people like Mr. Darcy think about it. This novel is such an obsession.She thought again that she had read the book hastily at Netherfield, and she only thought that she had missed some intriguing details because she had read too hastily, so that she could not understand Mr. Darcy's extraordinary enthusiasm for this novel.