[Pride and Prejudice] Crossing into Elizabeth

Miss Darcy, who was accustomed to eating slowly, now had other thoughts in her mind, and moved still more slowly.

Mr. Bingley on the opposite side read the letter very quickly, one page was quickly turned over, and Mr. Bingley quickly looked at the second page.

Miss Darcy, apprehensive that she was still dragging everyone back, quickened her pace again.

After eating the ham as quickly as she could, Miss Darcy took up her glass to drink some milk, and looking up, saw Mr. Bingley refold the letter and was about to put it in an envelope.

Miss Darcy took a sip of milk, put down her glass contentedly, and was very thankful that she ate quickly, otherwise it would be too shameful for her to have finished reading Mr. Bingley's letter.

She glanced towards her brother, who was talking to Miss Elizabeth, and paid no attention to it.

Mr. Bingley quickly packed the letter, folded it and put it on his body. He also quickly glanced at her brother to see that they hadn't noticed him, and then, as if embarrassed, he turned back quickly. look.

Mr. Bingley smiled at her, but she could feel his embarrassment.

Mr. Bingley was really embarrassed. Everyone knew that Caroline had written a letter, but he had read all the letters, and no one asked what was written in the letter.

It seemed that everyone was indifferent to Caroline.

Mr. Bingley would have been indignant had it been otherwise.

The problem is that as soon as Elizabeth gets sick, Caroline leaves everyone behind.So now everyone doesn't care about it, and Mr. Bingley doesn't feel angry, he just feels embarrassed.

Fortunately Miss Darcy asked quickly: "Mr. Bingley, what did Caroline's letter say?"

Miss Darcy thought for a while, and probably understood the reason for Mr. Bingley's embarrassment, so she asked a question kindly.

As soon as she said this, Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth looked towards them quickly.

They realized belatedly, oh, it turned out that Bingley had already read the letter.

Mr. Bingley was thankful for Miss Darcy's question just now, but as soon as Miss Darcy finished speaking, he found himself the center of everyone's attention, waiting to hear what he had to say.

Mr. Bingley couldn't hide his embarrassment and said: "Caroline said she was fine, Louisa and Mr. Hurst were fine too, and she mentioned you, Miss Darcy, she said she missed you very much, unfortunately she couldn't Spend Christmas with you."

He paused, then turned to Elizabeth, and said in an almost unspeakable tone: "Caroline greets you. She heard that you have recovered. Caroline is very happy to hear the news."

In fact, there were many other contents in the letter. Miss Bingley specifically asked her brother to pass it on to others. Mr. Bingley had seen it, but he just couldn't say it.

Miss Bingley eloquently introduced a bunch of stories about the thieves in the Hurst couple's house, and introduced in detail what things were stolen in the house, and such and other situations.

It's a pity that Miss Bingley is too embarrassed to make up nonsense, but her brother is too embarrassed to say it.

Elizabeth did not think much of Mr. Bingley's words.

To put it bluntly, the Hursts and Miss Bingley were just her sister's relatives to her, and she didn't care about their sudden departure except that she was worried that Jane would not get along well with them in the future.

Since Mr. Bingley conveyed Miss Bingley's concern to her, Elizabeth naturally said, "Then please help me to thank Miss Bingley for her concern when you write back to Miss Bingley."

Mr. Bingley nodded awkwardly, then said nothing more about Caroline's letter, and fell into an awkward silence.

Elizabeth felt quite embarrassed, and for some reason, she subconsciously looked at Mr. Darcy.

Mr. Darcy seemed to understand what she meant, and said quickly: "We are relieved to hear that Miss Bingley and the Hursts are all right, Bingley," he called Bingley, "you will go upstairs first. Miss Bingley's reply or what?"

"...I'll come back to you after I write the letter to Caroline."

Mr. Bingley got up quickly from the dining table as soon as he finished speaking. He was going upstairs, and he was ashamed to stay with Darcy and the others at this time.

As soon as Mr. Bingley left, Mr. Darcy took the lead, and the three of them also walked out of the breakfast room quickly. The Darcy brothers and sisters were going to take Elizabeth to visit Pemberley.

Because the breakfast room is on the second floor, they wanted to take Elizabeth to take a look at each room on the second floor.

Elizabeth has been to the living room on the second floor. Although every living room is beautiful and comfortable, there is no need to go to see it again.

Mr. Darcy led them round a sitting-room, and a few steps along the corridor, and finally stopped before a door.

Elizabeth guessed that this was a bedroom, and from the outside it looked like a large room.

"This is my mother's room," said Mr. Darcy to her.

As she was speaking, she was about to open the door when Miss Darcy beside her suddenly said "Oh".

Elizabeth looked at Miss Darcy strangely. In her impression, Miss Darcy had always been gentle and dignified, and she had never been like this before.

Mr. Darcy also looked at his sister questioningly.

"Is there no fire in this room?" said Miss Darcy. "There has been no fire in Mother's room for many years, and Miss Elizabeth will catch a cold in it."

As soon as Elizabeth heard that Miss Darcy was worried about this, she wanted to say it was all right, but Mr. Darcy smiled and said that the fire was already aroused inside.

"Miss Elizabeth just said she wanted to go around the house," he said, "and I had every room set on fire."

He opened the door after speaking to his sister.

"Miss Elizabeth, please come in."

Elizabeth didn't know how she got in, she was thinking about many things in a daze.

While thinking, oh, that's what Mr. Darcy said to the servant just now.

While thinking, does he need to be so considerate to her?

Although Elizabeth's mind was in a mess, she also knew that she should act more naturally, so she looked around hard after entering.

In an instant, I was shocked by this room again.

This bedroom is so beautiful too!

Her bedroom here is already very beautiful and comfortable, but if it is compared with this room, the grade will drop immediately.

If Elizabeth was only allowed to use one word to describe it, Elizabeth would probably use the word graceful and luxurious.

Elizabeth thought to herself that Mrs. Darcy must have been a noble and beautiful lady just like this room.

She walked around the room enviously, and found that the wallpaper was very pale purple, and careless people might mistake it for pure white. Elizabeth took a closer look and found that there were dark patterns on the lavender wallpaper .

Elizabeth couldn't help saying: "This room is really beautiful!"

Mr. Darcy smiled, and Miss Darcy slowly showed a little sadness.

She said slowly with a sigh, "This used to be my mother's room."

Elizabeth probably understood Miss Darcy's feelings. She wanted to ask some questions about Mrs. Darcy, but now she dared not ask any more.

The room is large, and although the fireplace does not make people feel cold, it always feels deserted because no one has lived in it for a long time.

Elizabeth looked around the room, and she suddenly found a place, there were some traces on the wall facing the end of the bed, as if a portrait had been hung and then taken off.

Mr. Darcy caught her gaze, and he immediately confirmed her thoughts. "There used to be a portrait of my mother there," he said.

This would be a good opportunity, perhaps to take her to the studio right away.

She was already interested in the studio, but after visiting this room, she wanted to go even more, and she couldn't wait to see Mrs. Darcy's portrait.

Elizabeth asked: "Where will the portrait of Mrs. Darcy be placed after it is taken down?"

"There is a room dedicated to portraits. My mother's portrait is there, and there are portraits of other members of our family in that room," Mr. Darcy asked her. "It's on this floor. Would you like to see it?"

Elizabeth could not wait any longer, and they went at once.

The room used for family portraits was large, and as Mr. Darcy had told her, there were many portraits hanging on the walls every week, and Mr. Darcy led her to the portrait of his mother.

Elizabeth looked carefully at Mrs. Darcy's portrait.

The portrait was probably painted by Mrs. Darcy when she was in her 30s. Mrs. Darcy's eyes are soft, not as luxurious as she imagined, but very beautiful and dignified.

Elizabeth recalled Lady Catherine's appearance, and soon realized that the two sisters did not look alike.

She looked at Miss Darcy on the side again, and Miss Darcy had something similar to her mother.

Miss Darcy blushed at her probing eyes, and said with some embarrassment: "My mother is much prettier than I am."

Elizabeth said sincerely: "I think you are very similar to Mrs. Darcy."

After finishing speaking, she looked at Mr. Darcy again. She wanted to know whether Mr. Darcy and his mother looked alike, but it was better not to look at her. Still smiling slightly.

How does this make her think?

Elizabeth quickly looked away from Mr. Darcy's face, and pretended to look at Mrs. Darcy's portrait.

After seeing Mrs. Darcy's portrait, Elizabeth wanted to see the old Mr. Darcy's portrait.

It's just that she was still flustered. There were many portraits hanging on the wall. Elizabeth looked at a few of them casually, and asked Miss Darcy casually, pretending to be casual.

"Miss Darcy, is old Mr. Darcy's portrait here?"

Miss Darcy said yes, and led her in another direction.

The portrait of old Mr. Darcy was placed not too far from the portrait of his wife. Miss Darcy took her a few steps before stopping in front of a painting.

As soon as Elizabeth saw the old Mr. Darcy in the portrait, she immediately knew who Mr. Darcy looked like.

She couldn't wait to look at the figure in the painting.

It was a middle-aged man full of mature masculine charm, his expression was very confident, his eyes were gentle, but also shrewd and sharp to see the world.

Whether it is appearance or temperament, Mr. Darcy is very similar to his father.

It's just that Elizabeth privately thinks that old Mr. Darcy was not as handsome as his son when he was young, and Mr. Darcy will be more mature and attractive than his father in another 20 years.