[Pride and Prejudice] Crossing into Elizabeth

The letter is not long, and the content is as above.

Mrs. Bennet was full of nagging, but only revealed one important news at the end. Well, it's not really important, but Elizabeth is very interested in this news.

She really wanted to see that Mr. Collins, and wondered if he was as funny as in the original book.

According to the letter, they were to see Cousin Collins as soon as Christmas was over, upon their return from Pemberley.

There was only one thing in the whole thing that didn't suit Elizabeth's wishes. Mrs. Bennet was obviously inspired by the recent happy event in Lucas's house. Although she had never met the gentleman who was coming, she had already begun to make wishful thinking. up.

She also urged them to go back quickly, and Elizabeth had a bad premonition that Mrs. Bennet was going to have a wishful thinking on her head.

Jane must have understood Mrs. Bennet's plan. As soon as she finished reading the letter, Jane smiled at her, a knowing smile.

Elizabeth handed the letter to Jane with an ironic mood.

As Jane folded the letter and put it back in the envelope, she said, "I really want to meet our cousin. I don't know what kind of person he is." She paused, as if thinking of something else, "But We can't go away as soon as Christmas is over, we must wait for you to recover from your illness."

"Then how do you tell your family?" Elizabeth asked her.

Jane is also troubled by this. If Mr. Darcy's house really has his cousin or something, she can still give Mrs. Bennet a prevarication. The reason why this situation is difficult now is mainly because she doesn't want to put Elizabeth Tell the family about the illness, I don't want them to be frightened, but if you don't tell them, Mrs. Bennet will definitely urge them to go back. Elizabeth can't stand the toss on the road now.

Jane thought about it, but there was really no way, so she tentatively said to her sister, "Why don't you tell them about your illness after Christmas?"

This remark was rejected by Elizabeth as soon as she uttered it. What if Mrs. Bennet ran over in a hurry?

Elizabeth wanted to simply lie and say that Mr. Darcy had his cousin in his house, but it was not appropriate to do so. Lydia would also write a letter back. Second, Mrs. Bennet asked again when she went back. If Mr. Bingley knew about it, how would Jane explain it to him?

Jane can't tell Mr. Bingley that the reason why they made up a fictional cousin for Mr. Darcy is because Mrs. Bennet is eager to marry a daughter.

What a shame.

As soon as Elizabeth thought about it, she felt that this method was not feasible, but later she was asked to come up with an unsatisfactory method, so she explained it to Jane.

"Otherwise we say that Mr. Darcy has a cousin who may come after Christmas, but it's not sure yet. Let's delay it for a while. When I'm better, I will tell the family that Mr. Darcy's cousin will not come. Now, what do you think of this statement?"

Jane thought about it and thought it was feasible.

That's what they decided to do.

After a while, Mr. Bingley came to visit her. He came alone. When Elizabeth saw him coming in alone, she suddenly felt that something had been overlooked by her, but she couldn't think of anything wrong for a while. Later, Mr. Bingley When talking to her, Elizabeth suddenly remembered.

She had seen everyone in the past two days, and everyone came to visit her in turn, except Miss Bingley and Mr. and Mrs. Hurst.

Elizabeth thought it was strange, but Miss Bingley and the Hurst couple were afraid of being infected, so they didn't dare to come to see her. Logically speaking, they should also send servants to greet her. We live under the same roof and have relatives just now. Relationship, isn't it rude for them to do this?

But she also thought to herself that it would not be easy for her to ask Mr. Bingley why his sister did not come to visit her.

Mr. Bingley smiled all over his face, and said a lot of things that he hoped she would recover quickly, which warmed people's hearts.

He stayed in the room and chatted with them for a while, but then he said something casually, which made Elizabeth blush a little.

This is what Mr. Bingley said: "I should have come to see you long ago, Lizzie, but I was afraid it would be inconvenient to come so early in the morning."

There was nothing wrong with that statement in itself, but the problem was that Mr. Bingley did not feel comfortable coming so early in the morning, but his friend came early, before anyone else.

Jane obviously thought of this too, and couldn't help but glance at her.

But Jane was very interesting this time, and she didn't mention it after Mr. Bingley went out.

As soon as Mr. Bingley was out, Elizabeth told Jane the incident which seemed strange to her. "What do Miss Bingley and Mr. and Mrs. Hurst mean?" she said to Jane, "I have pneumonia, They don't listen to it."

It's not that she thinks that everyone should revolve around her, but she should have the minimum courtesy.

Unexpectedly, Jane blushed slowly when she said this, and Elizabeth still felt baffled, so she heard Jane faltering and saying: "They returned to London two days ago, and it was you who had a high fever." That day, they went back that day, I haven't told you about this..."

Elizabeth was stunned for a moment, and only then did she realize that such an illness had scared Miss Bingley and the others away.

Looking at Jane like this, it seems that she is quite embarrassed for this matter.

In fact, what's the matter, she actually doesn't care at all, well, Jane still lowered her head, as if she didn't dare to look into her eyes anymore, so Elizabeth held Jane's hand and comforted her a few words.

But this incident reminded her of what Mrs. Gardner said. Before they set off for Pemberley, they stayed in London for one night because of the bad weather. They went to visit Mrs. Gardner that day. Mrs. Gardner said that I was quite worried about Jane, mainly because it would be difficult for Jane to get along with such relatives.

When Elizabeth thinks about it now, she feels that Mrs. Gardner is quite foresighted. Let’s take this matter as an example. After Miss Bingley and the others leave like this, how will everyone meet in the future?

But Jane was already distressed enough about this matter now, and Elizabeth didn't want to burden her any more, so she didn't say anything else, just a few words of comfort.

In the afternoon, Dr. Carlos arrived.

Mr. Darcy quickly brought Dr. Carlos over. Mr. Darcy had obviously told Dr. Carlos about the development of her condition in the past two days. After Dr. Carlos came, he didn't ask much about the previous situation. Ask her how she feels now.

"Do you still feel hot in your chest?" Dr. Carlos asked her. "Do you have any pain in your chest? Do you have occasional pain? Do you have a cough?"

Elizabeth had told the doctor, and Jane occasionally added a few words.

Dr. Carlos nodded after listening, took out his stethoscope and listened to her for a while.

This doctor looked very professional, and everyone felt relieved to see him, but he had a serious expression, which made everyone a little nervous.

When Dr. Carlos used the stethoscope, everyone was very quiet, and there was no sound in the room, as if they were afraid of disturbing Dr. Carlos.

He listened for a while before putting away the stethoscope. When Dr. Carlos moved, everyone showed a posture of listening attentively.

Dr. Carlos quickly said: "This lady is indeed suffering from pneumonia. Pneumonia caused by a sudden fever like this is the most terrible and difficult to cure. Although the fever has subsided now, the lung disease still has fever symptoms, which means The patient is in danger at any time. I will prescribe some medicine for the patient. You have to take the medicine on time. If the situation goes well, you will be fine in about ten days. During this period, the patient may have repeated fever symptoms, but it does not matter, as long as it is not If the fever doesn't subside, it will gradually get better."

Elizabeth originally thought that she would be fine soon, but now listening to Dr. Carlos, it seems that the situation is more serious than she thought.

She looked at the others, and judging from their expressions, what they were thinking was not much different from hers.

After Dr. Carlos finished speaking, he explained some precautions. This part is similar to what Dr. Pogue said. Finally, Dr. Carlos said: "I will keep monitoring your condition during this period, you don't have to worry too much. , just do as I tell you.”

When he said that, he naturally meant to live here and take care of the patients at any time.

Elizabeth involuntarily glanced at Mr. Darcy, who must have agreed with Dr. Carlos in advance.

Elizabeth felt warm in her heart, but she suddenly remembered a very practical question.

Dr. Carlos is a well-known doctor in London. It is conceivable that his outpatient fees will not be low, and they have come all the way to see her, so they naturally have to pay less, and Dr. Carlos also needs Stay here until she is cured, and the consultation fee will definitely be high.

In addition, there is also Dr. Pogue's consultation fee. The sum of these money is probably not a small number.

Of course, with Mr. Darcy's net worth, I'm afraid this little money is not worth it, but she and Mr. Darcy are not related, so there is really no reason for others to pay.

After everyone else went out, Elizabeth told Jane about it.

"It's true that we should pay for it ourselves," Jane also said. "Mr. Darcy has done a great favor, and we can never finish the debt. Mr. Darcy may not care about the money, but we ourselves You can’t take advantage of this.”

It's just that despite saying this, things are not so easy to handle. The biggest problem is that they don't know how much Mr. Darcy spent for them.