[Pride and Prejudice] Crossing into Elizabeth

Mr. Darcy walked behind her at some point, Elizabeth recovered from the portrait of the old Mr. Darcy, and when she turned her head and saw Mr. Darcy, she felt like going back in time for an instant.

Elizabeth couldn't help being taken aback.

Mr. Darcy said to her: "This portrait is several years after my mother's."

Elizabeth was a little impulsive and wanted to ask about his parents.

But when the words came to her lips, she swallowed them back again.

She told herself that it was inappropriate to do so, she shouldn't inquire about people's parents like this, besides, Elizabeth glanced at Miss Darcy, who was still there, thinking of the sad tone she said about her dead mother. , Elizabeth completely suppressed this impulse.

Elizabeth casually looked at the other portraits, and at a glance they were all portraits of adults, only one was clearly distinguished from the others.

She soon found a portrait of a little girl.

The little girl in the portrait is about seven or eight years old, with long golden hair braided into a long scorpion braid from the back of her head, which hangs down naturally.

The little girl looked a little shy.

Elizabeth carefully looked at the appearance of the little girl, and found that her features were almost like Miss Darcy's.

Mr. Darcy said with a smile: "This is Georgiana's portrait. It has been painted for seven or eight years, and it was painted together with my father's."

As soon as the words were finished, the door of the studio was suddenly opened from the outside, and Elizabeth and the others all looked towards the door.

A man who looked like a servant walked in quickly.

It's just that his uniform is different from that of Pemberley's valet, and he doesn't seem to be Pemberley's valet.

But his uniform, Elizabeth, still looked familiar, as if he had seen it before, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

The man looked a little dusty, and came straight towards them.

Elizabeth looked at Mr. Darcy, that person should be looking for him, Mr. Darcy frowned slightly, and looked at the person walking towards them with some doubts, it seemed that Mr. Darcy knew which family it was servant.

The man walked quickly, and when they were only a few steps away, another panting figure appeared at the door, this time it was Mrs. Reynolds.

Mrs. Reynolds gasped at the door and said to them: "He is walking too fast. He said that Miss Anne sent him to deliver a letter. Mr. Darcy seems to have something urgent. He said he can't miss a moment."

Only then did Elizabeth know that the visitor was a special messenger sent by Lady Catherine.

No wonder she thought his uniform looked so familiar to her. She had seen it last time when she worked in Lady Catherine's carriage.

But Elizabeth felt a little puzzled, and wondered if it was Mrs. Reynolds' slip of the tongue. She just said that it was Miss Anne who sent the letter, not Mrs. Catherine.

Elizabeth looked at Mr. Darcy strangely. What's wrong with Miss Anne looking for him in such a hurry?

The messenger sent by Miss Anne also came over, and as soon as he stood still in front of Darcy, he took out a letter from his body. "Mr. Darcy," he said urgently, "this is from Miss Anne. Yes, she asked me to bring it to you, saying that she would deliver it to you personally."

Mr. Darcy took the letter, and asked Mrs. Reynolds to take the visitor down to rest.

Then Mr. Darcy looked at her again. "I'm afraid I must be excused for a moment, Miss Elizabeth."

Elizabeth hurriedly said that there was no problem on her side, "Quickly read what is said in the letter, Miss Anne must have something important to do."

But she really didn't know what Miss Anne could have to write to Mr. Darcy in such a hurry. Darcy took the letter and left quickly, and Elizabeth watched his figure disappear quickly at the door.

There is a feeling of loss in my heart.

Miss Darcy did not leave. After Mr. Darcy left, she also felt a little strange, and said in a low voice: "What can Annie do?"

Elizabeth hesitated for a moment before asking Miss Darcy, "You and Miss Anne ... know each other very well?"

As soon as the words came out, Miss Darcy gave her a strange look, and Elizabeth also felt something was wrong. What was she talking about?How can there be any reason for unfamiliarity with such close cousins?

Elizabeth hurriedly said as if to make amends: "I mean, you must have very close contacts with Miss Anne on weekdays, right?"

But after saying this, Elizabeth immediately regretted it. Why did she seem to be asking for something?

What is she talking nonsense about?

Miss Darcy heard something else in Miss Elizabeth's words, too.

She looked at Miss Elizabeth curiously. In fact, she wanted to ask about Anne and her brother, right?

Miss Darcy was in some difficulty, mainly because she didn't know how to answer Miss Elizabeth's question.

Besides, what she knows is basically known to everyone. The mother once made a private agreement with Aunt Catherine about the marriage of her children, and Aunt Catherine wanted to marry Anne to her brother. She knew this. What did brother think about this marriage? Yes, she didn't know, but my brother never told her this.

But she could see that her brother liked Miss Elizabeth very much.

Miss Darcy didn't want Miss Elizabeth to misunderstand her brother. She knew that Miss Elizabeth's question was caused by the letter just delivered. Cousin Anne sent such a letter to her cousin suddenly, which might have caused Miss Elizabeth to misunderstand. Miss Darcy just wanted to clarify something for her brother.

". . . not very closely," she said to Miss Elizabeth. "Anne is in poor health, and seldom leaves Rosings . . . and usually we meet only when we go to and at her aunt's."

When Miss Darcy said this, she was a little hesitant, and she didn't know whether it was right or not. After all, their family had an agreement with their aunt's family, and the aunt wanted Anne to marry her very much, and cousin Anne didn't seem to object.

Thinking of this, Miss Darcy hesitated when she spoke.

But what she said was the truth. It is true that my brother rarely saw Cousin Anne, and even less in recent years. She had a clear conscience about these words.

She just had some doubts, and felt that maybe it was wrong to say such things to Miss Elizabeth.

After speaking, she looked at Miss Elizabeth, wondering what she thought.

After hearing this, Miss Elizabeth just nodded with a smile, and asked no more questions, which made Miss Darcy feel relieved. If Miss Elizabeth continued to ask, she really didn't know how to deal with it.

Miss Elizabeth looked casually at the other portraits, and talked to her about something else, but she seemed a little absent-minded.

After a while, she seemed to have remembered something, and suddenly said to her:

"Mr. Darcy seems to have been away for a while, Miss Darcy," she said, "do you need to go to Mr. Darcy's to see, maybe Miss Anne really has something to do, and maybe you are mentioned in the letter Woolen cloth."

Miss Darcy didn't think that Cousin Anne would need her to do anything, but she would not refuse others by nature. Hearing what Miss Elizabeth said, she immediately said "Oh", and then said with some hesitation: "Then I will go to my brother's place." Take a look, but Miss Elizabeth, you are here alone..."

"I'm fine," Miss Elizabeth quickly interjected, "Miss Darcy, hurry up and don't delay Miss Anne's affairs. I'll be back in my room soon."

Miss Darcy left quickly after hearing what she said. She was also a little curious to know what Cousin Anne had said to her brother.

Elizabeth heaved a long sigh of relief as soon as Miss Darcy disappeared from the door.

Her attention had long since ceased to be here, but she still had to put on a nonchalant look in front of Miss Darcy.

It was hard enough.

Elizabeth waited at the same spot for a while, expecting that Miss Darcy must have gone far, so she slowly came out of the studio.

She is going back to her room.

The joyful mood of wanting to look around just now was gone, and she just wanted to go back to her room and stay alone for a while.

When she opened the door, Elizabeth was taken aback for a moment. There was someone in her room, who was wearing Pemberley's uniform of a maid, with his back turned to her, but Elizabeth recognized it immediately.

The person with his back to her was Missy who had taken care of her for nearly half a month.

But Elizabeth was a little strange. Missy and Rena Lisa had been transferred back to their original posts since yesterday. How could Missy appear here now?

She liked Missy very much, and she was the most considerate of the three people Pemberley sent to look after her.

Elizabeth wondered if Missy was worried about her, so she came to have a look.

When Missy heard the sound of the door opening, she turned around quickly, and when she saw it was her, she immediately laughed, her eyes were crooked.

"Miss Elizabeth," she said, "I want to come over to see you and tidy up your room. I didn't scare you, did I? I couldn't resist coming here. Oh, Miss Elizabeth, seeing that you are all right, I'm so happy."

In fact, Elizabeth's room is not easy to clean up, because she lives in someone else's house, usually Elizabeth will pay special attention to it, if it is really messy, Sophia will clean it up, of course Pemberley has a maid who cleans the room, but Elizabeth They are never used here.

But it was a pleasure to see Missy.

Elizabeth asked Missy to sit down.

Missy sat down happily, and greeted Elizabeth very warmly. When Elizabeth and Missy were chatting, she thought that it would be great if they had bought the gift one day earlier, so that they could give it to Missy now. up.

But in the middle of the conversation, Elizabeth noticed something else. Missy's words were not expressive, and her eyes flickered, as if she had something to say, but she was not embarrassed to speak.

Elizabeth asked her if there was anything wrong.

Missy let out a "hey" and said in a long-term manner: "Miss Elizabeth, I have something to trouble you, and you are the only one who can help me with this matter."