[Pride and Prejudice] Sky Bookstore

After the banquet came another long winter.After a long period of being closed, gossip cannot enter, but all activities have almost stopped.

Skye did these things with ease, but for Anwen, there were fewer cars and horses in front of the always busy door.It took him a while to heal the wound, but he didn't say anything about the current predicament. He lived as usual every day, with some abnormal patterns.

On the day the party ended, stones were thrown at the windows.The stone passed through the living room and fell directly on Skye's feet. There was nothing wrong with him, but the glass shattered all over the floor.It made them all feel that their safety was threatened.

Anwen had someone replace the glass, he strengthened some of the infrastructure of the house, and at the same time increased the number of servants on duty at night.

Ordinary people would not do such intimidating things just for a piece of lace news.Mr. Darcy and the others knew the reason of the incident, and it was impossible for them to have any feelings of revenge. Moreover, Georgiana's name had not been mentioned in the rumors, and many people did not know who "a certain lady" was.

The only person who is full of malice is the Duke.This is his warning and the beginning of revenge.

After this happened, Skye was still sitting in the living room, her sofa was moved to the farthest position by the window, and there were people watching outside, so there would be no problem.For this position, Skye was unexpectedly stubborn, and Anwen couldn't persuade her, so he had to watch her hold a cup of hot tea every day and watch the frost and snow formed on the window from a distance.

When Anwen went upstairs and downstairs, he couldn't see his depression.He picked up a letter addressed to him from the tray.The letters in the past few days are as dense as snowflakes. It seems that postmen all over London have to run in front of Holt's small house once to be satisfied.

The raging gossip and the wrestling with the duke have undoubtedly become a topic of conversation during the Chinese New Year.Even if they only look at the appearance, the damage caused is the same.

"The letter from Elsie." Anwen glanced at it briefly, and when he handed it to Skye, he commented, "He has improved a bit."

Skye took it, the letter was a bit long, Elsie briefly described his life at school, nothing negative.He didn't mention what happened in London, but he carefully avoided this link, obviously he already knew about it.

"How will he live in school in the future? I don't want Elsie to become a student with a poor family, you know what it means." Skye stared at Anwen: "We always have to do something instead of sitting it's here."

This was the first serious communication between Anwen and Skye after returning from the banquet.Anwen sneered, put his hands behind his head, leaned on the sofa, and said in a mocking tone, but not aimed at Skye: "Our brother really needs a little hardship. Let him know what life without anyone else is like." This is a kind of growth. Besides, just because I stay at home doesn't mean I'm discouraged, it's not the time yet, we have to be patient until spring at least."

Skye fell silent.

"Is there anything you want in spring?"

"Why do you think he is so anxious to bring me down?"

Skye gave him a sideways glance, and Anwen waved his hands again and again, no longer holding Skye's appetite. "His personal doctor told me he was terminally ill."

"I don't want to let you go like this? I hope you didn't really kill his son like everyone said." Skye also leaned on the sofa.

"I don't think these things can be believed at will. One thing you have to know is that I'm always just defending myself. Instead, you and Darcy... what are you going to do?"

Skye said nothing.Both she and Anwen saw sadness in each other's eyes.Maybe the career has not reached the point of no return, but what about the heart?

The danger doesn't end until the winter is over.Anwen has been worrying about the Duke's final counterattack. He knows the Duke so well, which convinced Skye that it is reasonable to make more preparations.

On the same day that the brother and sister confessed their love, someone who thought they were uninvited came to visit.When the housekeeper saw this thin and ragged girl for the first time, he thought of expulsing her directly.

But this person can say something about Skye and Anwen.Although she was dressed in tatters, she could vaguely tell that the previous clothes were not too cheap. This girl named Lydia wanted to find Anwen by name.

Her sad and desperate expression made the housekeeper very suspicious. If she didn't report to her, whether this little girl was helpless and lost her trace like the tramp who froze to death on the roadside every day.But we can't lower our guard. While Anwen's reputation in the social circle is falling, some nasty things will follow.A few days ago, there was a man who brought an illegitimate child to the door. Although he was exposed on the spot, it was still disgusting.

"Lydia?" Anwen and Skye looked in surprise at how this down-and-out girl—the Miss of the Bennet family—came into such a situation.

"Mr. Anwen. All I can think of is you." When she saw Anwen, her expression suddenly lit up. She wanted to move forward, but she thought of something, and temporarily stopped her steps.

"I don't think Miss Elizabeth has left London yet. Do you need me to contact her for you?"

Anwen replied with a good temper, but the tone of his speech could not be refused.

Georgiana's life during this time was not very satisfactory.The reputation of the royal family is not easy to be tarnished. It was really said that day that the disqualified person is a prince, so in order to fulfill the reputation, the Darcy family and the royal family must have a marriage.

And even if the prince is not named, something will happen.

The duke split things into two parts.Part of it is his adopted son doing something bad to an unknown noble lady.The rumors grew bigger and bigger, including the part about Skye helping the evildoers.Georgiana is tormented by the realization that the Holt siblings have chosen to keep silent for the sake of her reputation.

The other part was the Duke's push to get her married to Wilson.He has repeatedly praised Wilson in public as a promising young man.But how could Georgiana marry such a man by herself after seeing such a cowardly side of that man!

What's more, his elder brother also fell into an inextricable self-blame because of this incident.Mr. Darcy came to look for Skye many times, and he used his actions to express that he would not give up his relationship with Skye because of external pressure.But Holt's family seemed to have misunderstood something, knowing that they were inside, but Mr. Darcy's visits still failed again and again.

The best time was Anwen shaking his head arrogantly at Mr. Darcy on the second floor.Said that Skye did not want to see him.

The most striking thing was that two days ago, Miss Bennet visited their residence in London.She didn't know what exactly happened on the day of the banquet, so she chose not to talk about it.

The main reason for Elizabeth's arrival was the disappearance of her sister Lydia, whom there is evidence to have come to London.But many days have passed. If Lydia hadn't encountered any accidents, she should have arrived in London long ago.

Elizabeth and her aunt's family have tried their best to find it.But London is too big, and their power is limited.So, this time I found Mr. Darcy, and wanted to get rid of Mr. Darcy after Christmas to help him find it.

"Miss Holt has lived in London longer, don't you consider asking her to help you find it?" Although Mr. Darcy has many things, he has a good impression of Elizabeth.This kind of matter is really urgent, he agreed on the spot, but asked one more question later.

"...I think it's better not to disturb her." Elizabeth tactfully expressed her refusal.She doesn't know what happened at the banquet, but she knows that Skye has been involved in many things.

Mr. Darcy made no further inquiries.He just suddenly wanted to see Skye, especially at such a critical moment, he wanted to be by Skye's side more than just hearing Skye say, "That's it" and "don't see each other in the future" crap like that.

But... how to meet Skye?

Mr. Darcy looked at the row of books behind him.Something like Shakespeare doesn't seem to mean much when it comes to actually pursuing a person.Looking at those hardcover books, Mr. Darcy suddenly remembered a love story he had read at the Sky Bookstore in his early years. Now he still feels that there is no content.

In order to pursue the heroine, the hero has done a lot of absurd things.Finally, I finally chased after the heroine's story with my own passion.

Skye was very interested in this version at the time.After she finished reading a tome, she would always flip through this book.Although Skye always hides the book in the pile after reading it, telling other customers that there is no such book in the store....Darcy remembers asking her disgustedly at the time: "Do you think these things are really useful?"

What did Skye say?

"These behaviors of sending flowers and reading poems are classics, and many people have done them. And the scene of several marriage proposals in this book is very interesting... I believe that there is always a reason why this book is so popular. As a As a bookseller, I can tell you responsibly that almost every five young ladies have such a book in their collection. Since it is so popular, it is always because it caters to the ideas of young ladies..."

He went to the doctor in a hurry.Although Mr. Darcy clearly remembered Skye's subtle and constricted expression at that time, but...he thought hesitantly, why don't we try? !