Pride and Prejudice Becoming Jane Bennet

Although Jane and the Weston couple were going to visit Pemberley Manor this afternoon, after discussing with them, they decided to go for a walk around the town of Langton in the first half of the day. So after breakfast, they packed their bags and prepared to go out. went.

"Miss Bennet!" Just as they were about to leave, Hannah, the temporary maid who was in charge of serving them at the Langton Hotel, suddenly came in and called, "Excuse me, but a letter from you has just arrived."

"Thank you, Hannah." Jane walked over to take the letter and said.

Hannah bowed to several guests, and quickly turned to go out.Jane lowered her head to look at the words written on the envelope, and found that the letter was from Elizabeth.She felt a little strange, because she had just received her letter two days ago and hadn't had time to reply. Logically, Elizabeth shouldn't have sent another letter so soon—when she just received the letter, she thought it was written by Mary. Here it comes!

Jane looked at the envelope again, and suddenly found that Elizabeth's handwriting was a bit scribbled—this meant that she wrote the letter in a hurry, and she couldn't help but "cluck" in her heart, and had a faint bad idea.The first thing she thought of was the elopement between Lydia and Mr. Wickham at this point in the original book.But it soon occurred to her that Lydia was in London, and Mr. Wickham was in Brighton, and that such a distance should never happen again.But apart from this matter, what else could have caused his sister to send the letter in such a hurry?

She looked at Mr. and Mrs. Weston, and asked, with some embarrassment, if they would mind her delaying her departure.Seeing her eagerly reading the letter, the two naturally agreed, and said that the husband and wife would go to the church first and come back in an hour.

After seeing them off, Jane quickly returned to the table and sat down, opened the letter and began to read it.

"Dear Jane," it read, "I hope you enjoy your travels in Derbyshire. I am writing you this second letter so soon because a most unexpected and sad event has occurred yesterday! At twelve o'clock in the evening, just as we were going to sleep, we received an express letter from Mrs. Gardiner. It turned out that there had been a riot in a certain part of the city that evening, although it was quickly suppressed. , but some mob just happened to break into the area where Uncle Gardiner's shop is, and broke into Mr. Gardiner's shop! Jane, you can imagine what these uneducated, vulgar people are like in the shop I don't know the loss that this accident caused Mr. Gardiner. God, my poor, reckless little sister! She got into a fight with the mob who were leading the attack on the store, and when the guards arrived and subdued the mob, Lydia was unconscious on the ground , with blood all over his face!"

Jane took a deep breath after reading this. This matter is no better than Lydia eloping with someone. One is the loss of reputation and the other is the danger of life. Everyone can know which is more important.She was already in fear before reading this letter, and she stood up in shock at this moment, and hurriedly read on.

The second half of the letter reads:

"I don't know if I should please rest assured, Jane. The guards arrived in time, and Lydia was immediately sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. Mr. Hunter heard the news and rushed there to invite the best doctor To heal her. Aunt Gardiner wrote that she had woken up once, but she had been asleep except for that time... My dearest Jane, I tried to make myself look in the right direction, but some Horrible thoughts still pop up from time to time...Mary's arm was scratched by the broken vase, but don't worry, she wasn't badly hurt, she was just very frightened and bandaged at the hospital and went back to Gypsy Street Mr. Gardiner's, she had a high fever... Oh, Jane, what a mess at home! Mum fell ill on hearing the news, and Dad left for London this morning. I think Gardiner What happened in Mr.'s shop must be a panic for the whole family. Mrs. Gardiner has so many children to take care of, and she has to worry about Uncle Gardiner. It is inevitable that she will be too distracted to take care of Lydia and Mary. , Papa left in such an angry way, never going to be very safe, but neither Kate nor I could leave Mama...Jane, we have never missed you like this, except to ask you to come back as soon as possible. Knowing what else to do... I have to stop writing, I can't be away from my mother for too long. Sorry to interrupt your schedule, but please come back..."

"Dear me!" cried Jane. "Dear me! Mr. Weston!"

It was urgent to leave Derbyshire and return to Longbourn. Jane didn't even put down the letter in her hand, and rushed towards the door.As soon as she rushed to the door, the door opened. She didn't think much, and stepped out in one stride.

However, at this moment, a tall figure suddenly blocked her way, and she couldn't hold back, and bumped into it.

"Miss Bennet!" cried the man who blocked her. "My God, what happened?"

Jane felt a strong arm catch her, steadying her shaking body from the sudden impact.She looked up and saw it was Mr. Darcy!

"Mr. Darcy!" She exclaimed in surprise, looked aside, and found that it was the maid Hannah who opened the door. She was very embarrassed to see the gaffe of these two distinguished guests, and she bowed quickly. ran away.

"You look very ill, miss," said Mr. Darcy, reassuring himself. "What happened?"

Jane looked at him, and said quickly: "Something has indeed happened, sir. Please forgive me, but I'm afraid I can't receive you now, and I must find Mr. Weston at once."

As she spoke, she wanted to bypass Mr. Darcy and go outside, but was stopped.

"I have no intention of delaying your time," said Mr. Darcy to Jane, equally quickly, "but please let me...or a servant! You cannot go alone..."

"I must..." said Jane, without waiting for him to finish, her anxiety growing, and all her thoughts were to find Mr. Weston as soon as possible, and to get out of here at once.But Mr. Darcy did not allow her to do so, and he pulled her into the house with extraordinary determination.

"Come on, ma'am, I'm going to do it. It's the right decision, you look too bad to walk alone on a country road," he said.

Mr. Darcy took Jane to sit down again on the chair, and immediately turned to call the servant, and told him to fetch Mr. and Mrs. Weston.

After sitting down, Jane realized that her feet were a little weak and her mood fluctuated greatly. It was indeed not suitable for her to go to the Weston couple alone, so she obediently told the servant where to find someone.

"What should I do?" Mr. Darcy asked with concern after the servant went out, looking at Jane's ugly face, "Are you feeling unwell? Do you need me to call a doctor for you?"

"No," Jane immediately rebuffed, "no, I don't need it."

She took a few deep breaths to let herself know that Lydia had been smashed into a bloody hole, and now she didn't know if it was all right or not, and the shock and anxiety calmed down.

"Then what will make you feel better? Shall I pour you a glass of wine?" Mr. Darcy asked again.

Jane thought about it and nodded.

Mr. Darcy immediately got up and went to the wine cabinet to pour a glass of wine and handed it to Jane.

Jane took the wine, took two sips, and felt the alcohol pass down her throat and flow along her blood throughout her body, softening her tense emotions a little.

"I'm sorry," she said to Mr. Darcy, when she felt calmer, putting the glass on the table, "I'm too rude."

"No, don't mind it," said Mr. Darcy, who had been looking at her anxiously, and even reached out to shake Jane's hand on his knee.

"Did something happen?" he asked. "Perhaps you can trust me and tell me."

Mr. Darcy noticed the letter in Jane's hand when he met Jane, and guessed that there must be some bad news from her home that made her lose her composure.

"It's about my sister," said Jane, looking at him. "Perhaps you know that there was a riot in London yesterday evening?"

"Indeed," said Mr. Darcy, nodding his head.Although the newspapers this morning hadn't had time to report the accident that happened in London yesterday, his subordinates in the city had already sent an urgent message to tell him about it.

"My sisters, Mary and Lydia," Jane continued, calming down, "they were affected by the riots—Lydia was smashed in the head, and Mary is now having a high fever."

Startled, Mr. Darcy rose, and could not help exclaiming, "My God!"

He received the letter explaining the London riots this morning when he was dining in the breakfast room of Pemberley Manor, but because the riots only took place in the outer areas of the city of London and were quickly suppressed, there was no harm to his property. Therefore, although the person who wrote the letter sent an urgent letter, it was just to let him grasp the dynamics in the city, and did not make this matter serious.

Mr. Darcy walked around the room silently for a few steps before speaking again: "I'm sorry, and I'm also shocked... How is your sister now? I hope they all got timely help?"

So Jane briefly talked about the situation of Lydia and Mary, paused, and then said: "In this case, I have to go back, I'm sorry, I'm afraid I will miss the appointment with your sister this afternoon. "

"Don't worry," said Mr. Darcy at once. "I'll make it clear to Georgiana that you certainly want to go back and nurse your sister."

At this time, Mr. Weston and Mrs. Weston hurried back, and Mr. Darcy felt that it was not appropriate for him to stay here, so he solemnly said goodbye to the Weston couple and Jane, and left the Langton Hotel.