Pride and Prejudice Becoming Jane Bennet

Although there are no rules and regulations on fishing in Britain in this era, it is a customary custom among gentlemen to release rare fish and small-sized common fish, but they usually invite the lady or wife to try their skills At that time, he would not tell this matter, so as not to spoil the elegance of the young lady and his wife.Now that Jane herself proposed to release the small trout she had just caught, Mr. Darcy couldn't help being a little surprised, but thinking that she might have seen Mr. Weston's behavior when he watched Mr. Weston fishing before, she didn't hesitate. I don't think it's strange anymore.

"If you insist," he said to Jane, and returned the dip-net with the small trout in it, and let the fish in the net swim out.

After he finished doing this, he was going to help Jane put a new bait on the hook again, but he stopped as soon as he picked up the grapeworm, looked at Jane, and said, "Do you want to try to catch a big fish?" , Miss Bennet?"

"Of course!" said Jane.

After a pause, she thought of something, and said, "It's just that I heard that big fish are easier to catch than small ones? Is that true, Mr. Darcy?"

Mr. Darcy smiled slightly, and said, "I don't think it's hard for you to catch them, Miss Bennet. It's just that the fish always run away when they realize they've fallen into a trap."

"Now I understand," Jane said with a smile, "When a fish grows bigger, its strength and tricks to escape will increase?"

"You're quite right," said Mr. Darcy, "that the hardest part of catching a big fish is when you're lifting the rod to bring it in."

While talking, he was stringing grapeworms on the hook.

Jane just watched Mr. Darcy's action at first, but she couldn't help laughing when she saw the back, because this time Mr. Darcy didn't just string one grape worm on the hook as before, but several grape worms in succession. Now, there were three grapeworms on the hook of the fishing rod, and Mr. Darcy was still in motion.

"What fish do you want me to catch, Mr. Darcy?" she asked with a smile.

"A fish so big that you don't have to release it." Mr. Darcy said with a smile.

As he said, he handed the fishing rod to Jane, and Jane raised the fishing rod and threw the fishing line out again just like the previous time.

They didn't wait long, and Jane saw the buoy on the water not far away suddenly sinking again.

"The fish is hooked!" said Mr. Darcy, rising up suddenly.

Jane didn't think that her luck would be so good at first, so she didn't react at the moment when the buoy sank, but when she saw Mr. Darcy's actions and heard what he said, she immediately came back to her senses, and hurried Standing up, he picked up the fishing rod.

The accident happened at this time!

Because Jane had never had any fishing experience before this time, although she had expected that the fish caught this time would be a big fish, she miscalculated the escape strength of the fish that had fallen into the trap.As soon as she lifted the fishing rod, she felt a heavy force pulling the fishing rod down at the other end, which made her stagger and almost fell into the river ahead.Fortunately, after Mr. Darcy stood up, he kept paying attention to her. Seeing that Jane was not standing still, he immediately grabbed her waist with quick eyes and hands, and helped Jane stabilize the fishing rod with one hand.

"Be careful, Miss Bennet," he said. "You've caught a big fish, and it's escaping to the bottom."

He waited for Jane to stand still, and immediately put down his arms around Jane's waist, and even took half a step back, but the other hand was still tightly holding the fishing rod in Jane's hand—the fishing rod was now covered by the two sides. The force is pulled into a bow shape.

"Thank you," Jane exhaled, and said in shock, "I didn't expect this fish to escape so hard..."

She subconsciously turned her head to look at Mr. Darcy, only to find that the gentleman was helping her to hold the fishing rod with one hand and share the strength, but he didn't look at her, just stared straight at the water surface, and that's too It's not staring at the fish, but it seems to be in a trance.

"What should I do?" Jane asked.

"Keep it so," said Mr. Darcy at once.

He glanced at Jane as he spoke, but quickly looked away.He made a fist with his free hand, turned his back behind him, and then moved a little further away from Jane.

"Stay like this?" Jane asked enquiringly.

"Yes," said Mr. Darcy, taking a deep breath, "just keep it like this, and don't let go of the tension. When the fish is too stretched, it will leave the bottom of the water."

The speed at which he said this sentence was different from usual, it seemed much faster, and his voice was a little tense, revealing a hint of nervousness, and Jane couldn't help but look at him strangely.

Sensing Jane's sight, Mr. Darcy glanced at her quickly, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "Can you bear this force, Miss Bennet?"

Jane blinked, realizing that Mr. Darcy was referring to her fishing rod, which he had been holding up to now, and said hastily, "Yes, sir, you can let go... Thank you."

Mr. Darcy looked at her, and slowly lowered the hand he had been holding up, and clasped it with the other hand in front of him.Jane noticed that he was turning the little ring he wore on the little finger of his left hand, which was a subconscious movement of the gentleman when he had something in his mind.

She looked at the calm water surface and the fishing rod stretched into a bow, then at the gentleman who turned around and stood sideways to her, and couldn't help asking: "When the fish leaves the bottom, what should I do?" How to do it? Pull the fish straight to the shore?"

She asked this question in order to prepare for emergencies, but what surprised her was that Mr. Darcy didn't listen to her question. Jane waited for a while, but didn't hear his answer until she appeared again. Called him, and he came back to his senses.

"No, I don't think it's that easy." Mr. Darcy said, looking back at Jane, "at that time it will go to the deep water ahead. But you just need to be ahead of the fish when it moves. Stretch out, let the fishing line move faster than the fish can swim, and the fish will follow the line... here it comes!"

Before Mr. Darcy finished speaking, Jane felt a lightness in her hand, and she cried out in her heart that something was wrong. She only felt that the fish had escaped with such force, but Mr. Darcy grabbed Jane's fishing rod and pulled Jane to catch the fish. The pole moved to one direction, and Jane looked in that direction, and through the clear river water, she saw a large fish being pulled over under the water.

"Get a bigger dipping net." Mr. Darcy instructed the servant standing aside while leading Jane to pull the fishing rod.

After hearing the order, the servant immediately ran to Mr. Weston's side, and wanted to bring over the net that had been used to catch the big fish that Mr. Weston had caught earlier.

His action alarmed Mr. and Mrs. Weston, who were intently watching the buoy on the water.When Mr. Weston saw that what he was going to take was the dip net for big fish, he couldn't help asking in surprise, "Did anyone catch the fish?"

"Yes, sir," replied the servant, "Miss Bennet has caught a great fish."

"Really?" Mrs. Weston couldn't help turning her head curiously, and looked in Jane's direction as she asked.

"Yes, madam, it is absolutely true," replied the servant.

"Send the copying net quickly!" Mr. Weston said, he noticed that Mr. Darcy, who was helping Jane with the fishing rod, had been looking at them since just now, obviously waiting for the servant to send the copying net over.

The servants were so relieved by Mr. Weston's words that he made a quick bow to them, and trotted away.

"Let's go and see the big fish Jane caught, what do you think?" Mrs. Weston looked at Jane's side and couldn't help but said to her husband.

"That's a good idea!" said Mr. Weston, "and I'd like to see what a big fish Jane caught, too."

Now that the couple's curiosity had been aroused, they could no longer wait for the fish to take the bait quietly. They hit it off immediately and decided to go to Jane and Mr. Darcy.On the other side, although there were no servants to disturb, Mr. Bingley and Miss Darcy did not notice the movement of Jane and Mr. Darcy, but because of the strong sense of crisis that Miss Bingley felt in her heart, she was right. Jane and Mr. Darcy are always paying attention to what happened - she had changed her face when she saw Mr. Darcy half-embracing Jane, but she lost her reaction for a moment because of shock and disbelief. Suddenly, seeing the Weston couple walking to the side of Jane and Mr. Darcy, watching the whispered discussion under the water, she realized what happened there, and she just took this opportunity to go there.

"Miss Bennet seems to have caught some big fish!" She threw away the fishing rod in her hand, and said to her brother and Miss Darcy, "Don't you want to go and see it?"

"Big fish?" exclaimed Mr. Bingley in surprise. "My God, Miss Bennet is such a genius. Can you catch a big fish in such a short time?"

Miss Bingley got up and walked towards Jane and Mr. Darcy without waiting for him to finish speaking. Seeing this, Mr. Bingley hurriedly invited Miss Darcy to go with him, and Miss Darcy immediately agreed.

When the group reached Jane and Mr. Darcy, Mr. Weston happened to catch the fish with a dip net, and was excitedly telling everyone that this fish was not much worse than the one he caught earlier.

"It's a strong fish," said Mr. Weston, "and a cunning one too! Jane, you caught such a fish so quickly that I'm outnumbered. Congratulations!"

"Congratulations, Jane!" said Mrs. Weston, "I have rarely seen such a large fish."

Jane sincerely thanked her two friends, and after them, Mr. Bingley and Miss Darcy also warmly congratulated Jane, and Jane also thanked her, knowing in her heart that these were the real friends. She was happy that she had caught the fish, and although Miss Bingley also congratulated Jane, it was very obvious that she was not happy that Jane was the focus of everyone again-especially once again occupying all of Mr. Darcy's focus on.