[Pride and Prejudice] Sky Bookstore

"Is that Elsie Holt in the middle?"

Elsie came out of school with two classmates, and the street was full of people.In the bustling daily life, there are always crises that are easily overlooked inadvertently lurking in it.

Elsie has been wandering around with Skye since he was a child. In his habit, it is very sad to stay in one place for a long time.Before entering this school, Elsie had never experienced group life for such a long time.

A lot of knowledge can be learned in this school, but many boys live in the same room, and the bed that is not much bigger than a coffin occupies the entire room.The gloomy buildings and complicated rules, coupled with the strict hierarchy, made Elsie very disturbed.

He joined some student organizations, enriching his life one at a time.

Skye had a large study in his London house.The walls and rooms are full of books, stacked neatly from the floor to the ceiling. Unfortunately, most of them are novels, and there are very few books that can be read in depth.

If it weren't for the closeness of the home to the library, Elsie spent most of her childhood in countless pink novels.And Skye never seemed to think there was anything wrong with it.

A few months ago, several seniors who were more familiar with Elsie took Elsie over the wall and ran out of the school.They just enjoy the free air outside, drink a glass of ordinary home-brewed beer, which is not normal for their age, and then go back to school and have a good dream.

Elsie never seemed to have thought that in ordinary life, there would be a pair of silent eyes silently paying attention to all his actions.

"Yes. Every Wednesday night, he will climb over the wall with a few classmates, stay outside for a while, and return that night."

Collect money to do things.Although the person in charge didn't know why this gentleman inquired about a student's situation, he had already received a considerable amount of money, so it didn't matter what the money owner's motives were.

"Ah—" The brim of the gray hat covered the face of the voyeur.With a deep and pleasant voice, and ups and downs of the aria, he said to the people around him full of nostalgia: "I remember that when I was studying, I found the way out much later than him. But who can bear the life of being closed?" ? He's really..."

The money collector was silent.He just listened to this nostalgic dialogue.Soon after, he got his commission and happily disappeared into the crowd.

This story was naturally unknown to Elsie.But the first betrayal in his life has been quietly brewing.

Perhaps the senior who took him out had good intentions at first, but not many people in the academy knew that they would go out secretly.The rebellious young man grows up watching Montesquieu's books, just at the age of mocking everything about time, and rarely obeys and listens.Only children who are ahead of their peers can get their sincere aspirations.

When Elsie was woken up by her senior from her sleep on a Thursday night, the other party just vaguely said that there was something for Elsie to see, and then took Elsie out of the familiar path over the wall.

"What the hell is it?" Elsie was confused.He was fully dressed, but there was only a thin shirt underneath.This unplanned event made him suffer from the cold wind, and the private silence was also neglected by carelessness, an ominous omen.

"You'll know when you arrive..."

They walked through a common walk, and the senior was only responsible for moving forward with his head covered.Elsie had a lot of wonderful guesses in his mind, and he guessed what kind of wonderful experiences he would have.But when he walked to the wall, the senior still didn't stop.He climbed directly over the last wall and disappeared into the night.

"Hey!" Elsie stared dumbfounded at the anxious senior.

The unplanned trip finally brought him some hesitation.But since this is a student of the same school, he had a good relationship with him in the past.Although I hesitated for a while because of worry...

"Come out quickly! Come out!" The senior lowered his voice and called him from the other side of the wall.Because he was afraid of watching the night, his voice was extremely hoarse, like a few drops of water squeezed out of his throat.

Elsie finally didn't think much about it, and he climbed over the wall and came out.

"You are wonderful! My brother, has it never occurred to you that there is deception in this world?"

Skye sat in his room at Netherfield while the matter was being discussed.Outside her window is a beautiful garden scene, the evergreen shrubs have been pruned into regular patterns, and even the shades of green are carefully decorated, a pleasing green pavement outside the window, like a piece of green extending from the feet, through To the unknown distance.

The views of Oxford are also beautiful.Although Skye has never seen what that school looks like, it is somewhere in his memory.There is a memory that lists to her the Oxford colleges that are still alive after a hundred years.

It should be a very lucky thing to be able to stay in such a school.

Skye is annoyed at Elsie's inappropriate behavior, but Elsie's story only opens up.Skye didn't want to embarrass him too much.She got up and poured him a cup of hot cocoa. The boiling water was brewed from the teapot into the bone china cup. The dull color of the drink brought Elsie's memories back to that day.

The cocoa fragrance gradually spread in the room, which gradually made people feel relaxed.

It's not a good memory for Elsie either.Skye persuaded himself in this way before continuing to listen.

Elsie, who turned out of the wall, saw that there was another person behind the wall where there should have been only two people.

He only had time to ask the senior: "Who is this man?"

Under the hazy moonlight, I saw the senior raised his head and looked at him with guilt in his eyes. Because of the relatively close distance, Elsie could even see the senior's lips moving, and he heard him say sadly: " I can't help it...you must forgive me..."

"What?" Elsie was confused and wanted to ask again.

But the man didn't know when he walked behind him.The other party knocked him unconscious, the world was turned upside down, and his memory was interrupted.

"It's because I didn't see how the senior is." Elsie took a sip of cocoa.He said with some sadness: "Actually, I should have noticed...the rumors of this senior's family closing down, and other classmates have reminded me, but I still think...it's not a big deal." Who Can you imagine him doing such a thing?

Skye nodded, agreeing with part of Elsie's opinion: "Since the classmates have reminded you of some things... you should really take them to heart, a gentleman will not look down on others because of property, but he will not let you down because of carelessness." put yourself in danger."

In this regard, you can emulate Darcy.

Skye swallowed his last words of admonition.In view of Elsie's strange help and enthusiasm for Darcy, this kind of thing should not be said again, so that Elsie's attention will be diverted.Although, some of Darcy's business cases are indeed successful, which can be regarded as a model in terms of employment...

Elsie nodded.It was impossible to tell from his expression whether he had listened to Skye's persuasion.

When Elsie woke up, she found herself in a warm room.The clothes on her body were untouched, the heavy curtains blocked out the outside light, and the room was lit with candles, but there was no clock.So I don't know how much time has passed.

A man came in, followed by a tailor.

After seeing Elsie, the man smiled at him and said with a smile: "From now on, you will be the young master of the Ante family. You will gradually understand other things in the future... Now, I think You need some new supplies."

"Who are you?" Elsie asked the man suspiciously.

Skye stood up from his chair angrily when he heard this. "How dare he... How dare this guy named Ante do such a thing!"

"Ante... his name is indeed Ante. But his full name is Anwen Ante." Elsie had never seen Skye so angry.

"Anwen?" Skye's eyes widened. "You mean him...it's impossible!"

The housekeeper clearly told her that Anwen was dead.The housekeeper shouldn't lie to her about this kind of thing!

But another voice in my heart sounded softly, it was a voice full of doubts——Really?Surely there will be no problem with what the housekeeper said?Wouldn't there be some statistical error, or some misunderstanding?

"I was also thinking about the same name and surname at the beginning. Until my brother explained everything." Elsie's tone was a little heavy, and he took the opportunity to escape from Anwen's house shortly afterwards.

But fleeing in a physical sense couldn't change his heavy mind.Every time Elsie closes her eyes, she thinks about what Anwen will tell him.One thing after another weighed on him, so he couldn't wait to leave to look for Skye.

"Skye and Elsie have been up there all afternoon. How did you meet Elsie?"

Bentley accompanied several Bennets on a day trip to Meryton from start to finish.The combination of Collins and the two sisters Bennett and Wickham is exhausting.

"I met by chance." Darcy kept silent about Elsie's wandering experience.But every now and then he would look upstairs, worried about the conversation between Skye and Elsie.

Darcy hesitated for a moment. Although he pressed Skye for some questions during the day, his initial thoughts were shattered by Skye's impulsive eyes. He asked uncertainly, "What do you think it means for a woman to draw a portrait of a man?" ?”

"Hmm..." Bingley glanced at Darcy, did Skye paint Darcy?He suppressed his curiosity, while lamenting that the possibility of him and Darcy getting closer has disappeared, but on the other hand he was happy with the progress of his friend's relationship: "That probably means... this lady has something for you I like it."

Everyone told Darcy, including what Skye had confessed and what Darcy himself thought-Skye liked him.

But this kind of situation where the lover is not satisfied is the most tormenting.