Pride and Prejudice Becoming Jane Bennet

Fishing is an activity that Jane has never been in contact with before and after crossing. At this time, Mr. Darcy asked her to try it. Although she felt it was sudden, she agreed because she was interested.

Mr. Darcy inquired of the other ladies and ladies if they wished to show their skills.Mrs. Weston agreed without much hesitation. When she and Mr. Weston lived in Brighton, under the influence of her husband, she had already tried sea fishing. Such a big fish, I couldn't help becoming interested, and wanted to try my luck.Miss Darcy always listened to her brother's advice, and sometimes she herself fished in the small fish pond, so she nodded in agreement when Mr. Darcy first brought it up.Only Miss Bingley, who never liked to take part in such activities before, always felt that gentlemen would be fine, and that it was very indecent for ladies to go fishing and have their skirts wet with splashes from fish, but this time When she saw Jane, she had already agreed, thinking that this was an opportunity to get close to Mr. Darcy and cultivate common hobbies with him, so she reluctantly agreed.

Mr. Bingley was very happy to see that the ladies and wives he led wanted to try fishing, and said, "Your decision is absolutely right! There is nothing more enjoyable than fishing in this beautiful place. Is it? Your luck must be better than mine, and you will definitely catch a big fish!"

As he spoke, he handed the fishing rod brought by the servant to Miss Bingley and Miss Darcy who stood nearest to him

Mr. Weston had been holding a fishing rod before, and when he heard that his wife wanted to try it, he handed her the fishing rod in his hand.Seeing that the servant brought the fishing rod, he just wanted to take another one for Jane, but suddenly found that his little friend had been led by Mr. Darcy to the place where the gentleman had been fishing before.

He and Mrs. Weston smiled at each other, knowing the relationship between the two ladies and gentlemen, and went to the fishing spot on their own.

On the other side, Jane wanted to wait for the servant to come and give her the fishing rod and bait, but unexpectedly, Mr. Darcy spoke to her and asked her to go with her to the fishing spot by the river.

Mr. Darcy took Jane to the place where he put down the fishing rod before, picked up the fishing rod, and handed it to Jane.Jane took the fishing rod obediently, and looked down for a while, which made her startled, because the engraving on the end of the fishing rod was Mr. Darcy's name, and Jane immediately realized that this was not for guests Fishing rod, but Mr. Darcy's personal use.

"I hope you don't mind using my rod, Miss Bennet," said Mr. Darcy.

"Of course," said Jane, looking up at him, "not at all."

After a pause, she asked again, "What should I do next?"

"Bait it, miss," replied Mr. Darcy.

The bait they used was grapeworms. Mr. Darcy opened the bait box, and Miss Bingley, who led Miss Darcy to the side, screamed away in panic.

"My God!" she said, "I don't understand why gentlemen are so keen on fishing. I can't stand the sight of these baits! What's this wriggling thing?"

"It's a grapeworm, Caroline," said Mr. Bingley, who was coming up behind her. "Come this way, it's not easy for us to fish in the same place."

Miss Bingley reluctantly followed her brother away from Jane and Mr. Darcy, walked to the tree not far from them and stood still, but her eyes still turned to Jane and Mr. Darcy from time to time. glance over.

"I was not thoughtful enough," said Mr. Darcy to Jane after they had left, "forgive me that I should have prepared some bait, which is made of wine rice and bran cake, which Georgiana sometimes uses. A bait for fishing. . . perhaps you would prefer that, Miss Bennet? Shall I send the servants to prepare some?"

Hearing what he said, Jane couldn't help but looked up at him, thought for a while, and said, "Please don't bother, Mr. Darcy... I know this kind of bait, it is indeed easier to accept than these bugs, but I believe The effect of using this kind of bait is definitely not the same as using this grape worm, okay?"

"That's true." Mr. Darcy said with a slight smile, "Those baits may attract fish quickly, but they are easy to feed the fish, and the effect of retaining fish is not good."

As he said, he helped Jane string a grape worm to the fishhook.

"Is there anything special about the grapeworm?" Jane asked. "I used to watch Mr. Weston fish with earthworms."

"Earthworms are the most common, indeed," said Mr. Darcy, "but they don't do very well with trout, which prefer grape worms, chestnut worms, or willow worms. Come, Miss Bennet." , and try casting, as Mr. Weston did."

He pointed to Mr. Weston, who stood a few paces to the left of the two men, and was repeating to his wife the precautions for throwing a pole, and demonstrating it himself, so that Mrs. Weston could repeat Recall the posture of throwing the pole.

Although Jane has never personally participated in fishing before, she has watched Mr. Weston and her uncle Mr. Gardiner fishing several times. At this time, she took another careful look at Mr. Weston's posture and put The fishing rod was lifted up, but it looked pretty good.

Mr. Darcy was always paying attention to whether the fishing rod raised by Jane touched the treetops behind him, and he was surprised to see that Jane learned so quickly.Ever since he demonstrated archery to Jane at Rosings Manor, and found that Jane shot much better than himself, he already knew that Jane was very intelligent, as long as he told her how to do it, she could do it very well, so he also Do not show your professionalism in front of her.He looked at Jane's posture and could hardly find any mistakes, so he told her in a low voice the technique of strength to master when throwing the pole, and asked Jane to try to swing the fishing pole out.

After listening to his words, Jane flicked the fishing rod forward, and the red buoy led the fishing line through a perfect arc, and firmly plunged into the water surface of the trout pond.

Mr. Darcy smiled approvingly, and said, "Now it's all about waiting, Miss Bennet. When the fish bites, the red buoy will sink, and then it's time to reel."

Jane nodded, waiting quietly, watching how her friends on the left and right were progressing.

Mr. Weston and Mrs. Weston are making very good progress. Although Mrs. Weston threw the pole too close for the first time, she has already found the feeling. After throwing it once, this time the buoy plunged into the water not far from the shore and not too close. At this time, she and her husband were sitting on the chair prepared by the servant, holding the fishing rod in their hands, waiting quietly. Take the bait.

Turning to Miss Darcy and the Bingleys, the situation was not so harmonious.Because Miss Darcy knew how to fish, when Mr. Bingley helped her put on the bait, she took the fishing rod and started fishing.But Miss Bingley didn't like the grape worms used for fishing, so she held the fishing rod straight with her hand, only thinking of keeping the worms as far away as possible from her, and she didn't pay attention when she cast the rod, letting the fishing line and the tree behind her and Mr. Bingley was taking his shears to cut the line which was tangled in the tree.

"Fishing is indeed not easy," Miss Bingley said loudly to Jane and Mr. Darcy while her brother was rearranging the rod for her. Mr. Xi, it will take a lot of time to become as proficient as you are?"

Mr. Darcy glanced at her, frowned, and said after a long silence, "Indeed."

"When did you start fishing?" asked Miss Bingley again.

"Seven," said Mr. Darcy.

"Oh, that was a long time," said Miss Bingley. "Did old Mr. Darcy teach you to fish?"

"Yes, Miss Bingley," said Mr. Darcy patiently.

Seeing that Miss Bingley was still about to speak to him, he said again: "Miss Bingley, why don't we save our discussion of my fishing experience for a break? Now our voices will only scare the fish that are about to take the bait." run."

Miss Bingley was startled when she heard his words, and turned her head to look at her brother involuntarily.

"Yes, Caroline," said Mr. Bingley, who had just rebaited Miss Bingley's rod-hook, "fish are very timid creatures, and when they hear If you talk on the shore, they won't come to bite your hook."

As he spoke, he handed the fishing rod back to his sister.Miss Bingley took the rod, looked at Mr. Darcy, and said, "Oh, of course. I did not expect the fish to be so timid. Mr. Darcy, please forgive me for scaring your fish away just now. "

Mr. Darcy glanced at her, nodded his head, and said nothing.

Jane listened to the conversation between the two with great interest, and could only feel that although Miss Bingley wanted to attract Mr. Darcy's attention, she used the wrong method. She could only be mistaken by her cleverness.

At this moment, she suddenly noticed that the buoy floating on the water moved slightly, and it was different from swaying left and right with the water waves when it was blown by the wind, but sank downward.Jane immediately realized that a fish had taken the bait, and quickly retrieved the fishing line. Soon, a small trout appeared in front of Jane's eyes following her movements.

Mr. Darcy had just turned his gaze back from Miss Bingley, and saw Jane's action of retrieving the fishing line. He couldn't help being stunned for a moment, looked down the pond, and immediately saw a fish following Jane to recycle. The movement of the line is being pulled to the shore.

"As I expected, you are a good fisherman." Mr. Darcy smiled slightly and whispered to Jane.

He took the fishing net from the waiting servant, and fished up the small trout that Jane had pulled to the shore.

"The first time I went fishing with my father, it wasn't so quick," he added.

"It seems that my luck is not bad." Jane smiled, looked at the trout she caught, and frowned slightly, "This fish is too small, should we put it back ..."

When she said this, she suddenly stopped.When she was studying abroad, she met some friends who were very keen on fishing. Sometimes they caught fish with great difficulty, but put the fish back. Jane didn’t understand why at the time. She once asked them about this, and they told her, This is to protect the sustainable development of resources. According to the regulations, rare fish and small-sized common fish must be released. Jane felt their awareness at the time, so she deeply remembered this matter in the In my heart, I couldn't help but say it at this time, but I didn't realize that in this world and in this era, I am afraid that there are no such regulations and practices.

"Would you like to put it back, Miss Bennet?" asked Mr. Darcy at this moment.

After a pause, he saw that Jane didn't respond for a while, and then explained: "We do release those juvenile fish when fishing, but this is not a rule for people to follow. If you want, you can Keep the fish."

Jane was relieved by Mr. Darcy's words, and she immediately said: "No, let's put it back."

She smiled and said, "My luck today is not bad. I believe I can catch a fish of normal size."