Pride and Prejudice Becoming Jane Bennet

After learning the news that Jane and Elizabeth were leaving in a few days, the attitude of the Bingley sisters became more amiable than before. After breakfast, the ladies and wives sat in the morning reception room to take a nap, while the gentlemen were out riding horses. For an hour they talked so pleasantly that both Jane and Elizabeth felt at home, but when the gentlemen returned, the attention of Miss Bingley and Mrs. Hurst was at once directed to them.

Mr. Darcy came forward to say hello to Jane first, and wished her good health politely; , sincerely, but not so much as Mr. Bingley's greetings, and he spent the first half hour putting coals on the fire, lest the room should be too cold to upset the patient.

Following Mr. Bingley's instructions, Jane moved to the fireplace, and then took the half-read book a few days ago, and continued to read; Mr. Bingley sat down beside Elizabeth, and he was absorbed in talking to her, ignoring everyone else. .Seeing all this, Jane felt indescribably happy.

After tea, Mr. Hurst suggested that Miss Bingley join a table of cards, but in vain, Miss Bingley saw that Mr. Darcy had no intention of playing cards, and told Mr. Hurst that "no one wants to play cards." Seeing that the audience was silent, Mr. Hurst felt that what Miss Bingley said was right, so he lay down on the sofa and dozed off boredly.Mr. Darcy sat down and picked up a book to read.Miss Bingley, seeing this, selected the next volume of Mr. Darcy's reading, and took it up.Mrs. Hurst was absorbed in her rings and bracelets, occasionally interjecting a line in the conversation between her brother and Elizabeth.

Miss Bingley read very absent-mindedly, and as she read, she would walk around Mr. Darcy and ask him where he was reading and what was in it.However, she couldn't get him to talk more. She answered Mr. Darcy's questions and continued to read her book after answering.

Jane noticed the movement over there, and thought of the scene where she tried to talk to phd, she couldn't help laughing secretly.

Miss Bingley soon felt bored. She put aside her book and looked around the room, looking for something to amuse herself. Have a dance party.

"Are you really going to have a ball here, Charles? I advise you to seek the advice of your friends there first. There will be some who feel that dancing is a torture rather than a pleasure," said Miss Bingley.

"If you're referring to Darcy," cried her brother, "let him go to bed before the ball, and do as he pleases. I've made up my mind, and I'll send the invitation when Nix arranges it." .”

If it hadn't been for the presence of guests, Jane would have suspected that Miss Bingley was about to roll her eyes.

Miss Bingley was very dissatisfied with her brother's answer, and Mr. Darcy did not respond even when she said it.She walked around the room a few times in a bored way, deliberately staying at Mr. Darcy's side, so that he could notice her graceful posture when walking, but it was a pity that Mr. Darcy was only absorbed in reading, which made her waste all her efforts.

She walked around again, came to Jane, and said to her: "Miss Bennet, please allow me to persuade you to take a walk with me in the room, the room is very warm, and you will feel refreshed if you walk around Refreshing."

Jane looked up from the book to look at her, somewhat surprised at the sudden suggestion, but readily assented.She saw the purpose of Miss Bingley's courtship, but she had read for a while, and it was time to walk about, relax her eyes, and stretch her muscles.

And so Miss Bingley's real object was accomplished—and Mr. Darcy looked up, and looked at them.Miss Bingley at once invited him to take a walk with him, but he declined.

"That would be a big spoiler," he said.

"What do you mean, sir?" said Miss Bingley, turning to Jane. "What could he mean, Miss Bennet?"

Jane glanced at Mr. Darcy, then turned to Miss Bingley and said: "I think we had better not ask."

She strode across the room with strides, but Miss Bingley, after much difficulty in initiating the conversation, would not give up, and followed Jane to the other side, turning sideways to Mr. Darcy.

"No, we insist on knowing what you mean, sir!"

Mr. Darcy watched them go by, and said, "You are most beautiful when you are walking, so I had better sit here and admire them."

Miss Bingley, greatly disturbed, exclaimed: "What a shock! What a disgusting answer!"

She glanced sideways at Jane and said, "How should we punish him, Miss Bennet?"

Jane couldn't help laughing, and she said with a smile: "Since you are so familiar, you should know how to deal with him."

"Oh! I don't know what to do with it!" cried Miss Bingley. "Mr. Darcy is a man without blemish!"

"A man without blemish?" Jane repeated in astonishment, and could not help watching Mr. Darcy's reaction to this remark.

"It's impossible for anyone," said Mr. Darcy, looking at the two young ladies, and then added after a pause, "but I've been trying to figure out how to avoid the disadvantages that make people laugh."

"Such as holding grudges... or... arrogance?" Jane asked, staring at Mr. Darcy.

Mr. Darcy looked at Jane and said nothing for a moment, and after a long silence, he said: "Hearing grudges is indeed a shortcoming, but arrogance..."

He met Jane's scrutinizing eyes and said: "If the thought is noble enough, then it is not surprising to be arrogant."

Jane looked at him without speaking.

"I have faults," continued Mr. Darcy, "but I hope this will not lead you to misunderstand me."

Jane raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at him.

"I can't guarantee my temper," he said. "I'm not one to compromise. I can't forget other people's follies and mistakes that I should have been quick to forget; and I can't forget them when they offend me."

He looked at Jane standing in front of him and said, "My temper is indeed disgusting. Once my favor is gone, it will be gone forever."

After he finished speaking, he stopped talking, and after looking at him for a while, Jane said slowly: "That is indeed a shortcoming, but I can't use this shortcoming to deal with you."

"I believe that no matter what kind of temper a person has, he will inevitably have some defects. This is innate, and no matter how well educated he is, it cannot be avoided." Mr. Darcy said.

At this time, Miss Bingley was already impatient to listen to the conversation that she could not get into, so she interrupted them loudly: "Let's listen to some music! Louisa, do you mind if I wake Mr. Hurst? "