[Pride and Prejudice] Sky Bookstore

The sadness hadn't stopped completely, but Darcy felt that he was more surprised today than he had ever been in the past.

After hearing what Witkey said, he wanted to stand up and inquire carefully, but his... feet were numb.

Wilkey just felt that Darcy didn't know why he was sitting on the ground, but he didn't pay much attention to these details.He took out a thousand paper cranes from his pocket, with words densely packed on it, from inside to outside.The straight wings of the paper cranes are straight, and the black fonts on the white paper cranes are like shackles. With Skye's sharp pen, it reveals an ominous feeling.

The content of the letter itself is not easy to see from the appearance of the paper crane.Because of the order of the folds, the words are fragmented, and the only thing that is certain is that this is indeed Skye's note.

Anyone who was cheated once by Skye's half story will never forget Skye's handwriting in this life.

"When did he stay here?" Darcy's throat was a little dry.

"I remember this very clearly. It was when Anna and I got married." Wilkey could bicker with Skye because he felt that the two were living in the same place, and their status was not so disparate.And the general law given by the times is that when you see a nobleman like Mr. Darcy, you must be respectful.

"Then what did he say?"

"That is to say, if one day he suddenly disappears, show... something."

"He didn't say he must show it to me, did he?" Darcy asked after hearing his language error.

"This...he just said that it can be opened. We think you need this letter very much." Witkey didn't have much thought about opening and reading the letter left by his former rival in love.And everyone in the town knows that Skye and Darcy have a good relationship, so it is no problem for Darcy to open this letter.

After all... no one thought that this would become Skye's suicide note.

Witkey didn't intend to stay longer after delivering the letter. He came over in a hurry and left in a hurry because he was worried that Anna would be alone at home.

The blood in Darcy's legs gradually circulated, and he slowly got up on the chair. The sleeves were long enough to open the letter itself deftly with his fingers.

—Obviously Skye style.It's more like a sticky note, just scribbled on.

To the person who is reading the letter:

When you open this letter, I should have decided to sell the bookstore and travel far away.Rousseau said: When a person travels with any purpose, he only knows to acquire knowledge related to his purpose during his travels.I think I will read more things related to culture, to feel the distance beyond the books.

Of course, it can also be described in a less literary way.It's nothing more than that I don't want to trap myself in a broken bookstore for a lifetime.When you find an opportunity, go out and have a look.What I must confess here is that the person who prompted me to achieve this plan is Mr. Darcy who is somewhere now.This... (Darcy saw that there should be an adjective here, but it was badly painted out by Skye, and he couldn't see it in the candlelight) really encouraged me and let me know how hard it is to paint. sad thing.

Now that I have left, most of the books in the bookstore should be sold. I have deposited a box of ancient books with Anna. Please help me hand over to that Mr. Darcy when he comes next time. I foresee that we will have an agreement. When we met once, if nothing else happened, I was doomed to miss the appointment.

And it's a pity that I can't be the godfather of Anna's child. The child deserves better.

Your sincere friend - sky

Darcy put down the paper in his hands dumbfounded.The uneven creases on the letter paper are like Skye's usual unconstrained thinking.Judging from what was written, Skye decided to leave soon.It was like a prank on her, so that everyone was surprised to find out that she had left the next morning.

But she herself did not leave in the end.

Hell true friends!Darcy snorted heavily, his eye sockets were a little wet, of course, this was all due to his well-developed tear glands, and had nothing to do with being moved or sad.

48 hours after Skye's death.

Darcy concealed all his emotions and sadness, and controlled his emotions to the extent that an ordinary friend died.He changed into his three-piece suit and tied his tie in front of the mirror, just like he did on his first day in this town.

Even though he closed his eyes, he could still think of Skye dying in front of his eyes.But that's it, stay a few more days and leave this sad place.

Yesterday, Witkey brought all the ancient books mentioned in the letter.It was indeed a very heavy box with some patterns carved on it, which should be the most precious thing for Skye.

Darcy still remembered that time he almost decided to give himself a single copy, but he was still stingy and unwilling to give it up.

"Mr. Darcy...Mr. Darcy?" Keller, the town's tax officer, saw that he was talking, and Darcy was distracted, so he had no choice but to call his attention back again.

The tax officer followed Darcy's gaze and saw the box that was said to be left by Skye.

"I'm listening."

"Skye would appreciate your generosity...you've done a lot for him after all. Really...won't you stay for his funeral?"

Although Skye's hometown is far away half of England, but Skye inherited Claire's bookstore, and thus obtained the qualification to be buried here forever.Darcy shouldered Skye's expensive funeral and aftercare expenses.If he hadn't, Skye wouldn't have been treated so well.

Anyway, Skye has a good friend.He was just too short-lived!

"This matter... There are still some doubts... I have stayed here longer than expected, and it is time to leave."

Darcy covered all the costs.But the total value of these expenses is slightly different from those books left by Skye.He didn't want to stay and see another cold tombstone, and more importantly, as he himself said, there were still some things he couldn't figure out about this matter.

"What...is there any doubt?" The tax officer looked at Darcy in a daze.

What Darcy minded was the letter Skye received that day, the arrangements Skye had made early, and the Bible that Skye had been reading before his accident.

Darcy once wrote a letter to Skye's hometown to find out the story of the Holt family, and there was a sentence in the reply letter - the three children of the Holt family: Anwen, Skye and Elsie.

Skye is not the name of the eldest brother. If there is no problem with the order in which the pastor replied, then the eldest son Anwen should inherit the bookstore, and Skye is the name of Miss Holt.Old Clare appointed the eldest son of the Holt family to inherit his inheritance, and the contract itself is problematic!

However, this may be a clerical error, or there may be something really wrong. After all, Darcy hopes to leave a little thought, so as to comfort himself, the person who died was not Skye.

"Okay, okay..." The tax officer couldn't bear Darcy's falling into memories from time to time. He said so many specific arrangements, but the other party didn't respond at all. After all, he felt a little bored.

"Then there's one last thing... I'm sure it's trivial. But as a devout Christian, I'm a firm believer that everything is alive... I'm just going to say...Skye What about the cat in front of the store..."

The tax officer saw Darcy standing there with a blank face, maybe he still didn't hear his inquiry, or maybe he didn't want to take over some troubles of life.He thought he had explained everything clearly, so he didn't want to repeat it again.

The tax officer bowed and saluted, and said dryly to Darcy: "I've finished what I have to say. Then I will take my leave first."

Now that his hand had touched the doorknob, he heard Darcy's low voice from behind: "I will arrange for servants to take them back to Bloomberg."

The pronoun he used was 'they'.The word was so soft that it didn't seem to come out of Darcy's mouth.

The tax officer was stunned for a moment, and he said with some emotion: "To be honest. I always thought that Skye was the kind of person who temporarily lived in our small town after going through a lot of things. What we left here, but he did change you... Maybe you didn't even realize it yourself, you really softened a lot."

The door of the room was gently closed from the outside. Darcy glanced at all the packages and saluted. Finally, he picked up his cane, put on his hat, and walked out of the room.

When preparing to leave, a lot of salutes were added to the back of the carriage.Anna and Wilkey came to see Darcy off, and the couple stood there far away, supporting each other, just as Skye expected.

It was still very early, the morning wind was a little bit cold, and the leaves on the branches had almost fallen. When an unknown bird stopped on the branch, it was as quiet as a statue.Darcy didn't look back.

He got into the carriage, the driver urged the horses, the black steed drove the carriage, the wheels turned slowly, and stepped on the return road.

"This is the end..." Anna said sadly.She looked back in another direction, that was the direction of the church, and Skye's tombstone was there, "... that man didn't even take a look..."

Wilkey put his arm around his wife's shoulders.With Darcy's sponsorship, a new house was built on the ruins of Sky Bookstore.The drawings refer to the original architectural style, and it is said that it will be exactly the same when it is completed.

But now there are only a few scattered bricks and tiles there.The minds of the rich are indeed fickle.Wilkey suddenly thought of something, and said to his wife: "When I went to the pastor, he told me that a Bible was placed on Skye's tombstone. Who did you say it would be? Normal people don't Should all be flowers?" Witkey was still confused.

"That's someone who doesn't want others to know that he went to see Skye."

Anna finally smiled after hearing what Witkey said.She imagined that awkward gentleman had given Skye a book in the middle of the night, and they might have exchanged a few words.With this conclusion, she finally decided that this year's late autumn will not be so cold.

Come to think of it, Skye thinks so too!