[Pride and Prejudice] Crossing into Elizabeth

Only then did Elizabeth go on to say, "I thought I'd leave it at that, but I found this."

Elizabeth took out the hidden pajamas and handed it to Mrs. Reynolds. Mrs. Reynolds took the pajamas suspiciously. Clutching his pajamas, he asked, "That person did this too?"

Elizabeth said yes.

Mrs. Reynolds looked again at the poorly cut nightgown, and this time the veins stood out on her forehead.

When Mrs. Reynolds spoke again, her voice became cold and serious: "We can't tolerate such a person in Pemberley. Miss Elizabeth, don't worry, I will definitely find this person out!"

Seeing Mrs. Reynolds like this, Elizabeth really couldn't say what to say next.

On the contrary, Mrs. Reynolds saw Elizabeth's expression was different, so she asked, "Miss Elizabeth, what do you want to say?"

"... Mrs. Reynolds, you don't need to go to this man with a lot of fanfare. I know who did it."

Mrs. Reynolds looked surprised, and asked her who it was.

Elizabeth resolutely told Mrs. Reynolds that Missy had come to see her this morning.

When it came to Missy's proposal to inquire about Mr. Darcy, Mrs. Reynolds's face flushed with anger, and when it came to Missy's conditions, Mrs. Reynolds's whole face sank.

Sophia was also dumbfounded. After Elizabeth finished speaking, she was the first to call out: "Oh, Miss Elizabeth, why didn't you tell us about this?"

Anyway, Elizabeth had already talked to this point, and she simply told Missy about asking her to help transfer to the main house.

Mrs. Reynolds hadn't spoken yet, but Sophia cried out: "This woman is really greedy! She wants to be transferred to the main house so much, why does she charge the thirty pounds? Tell Mrs. Reynolds directly that she doesn't want it." Money, if you want to be transferred to the main house, can’t you do it?”

Mrs. Reynolds looked up at Sophia in surprise, probably meaning that they also knew about the thirty pounds?

Elizabeth has been embarrassed from beginning to end just now, so this level of embarrassment can no longer affect her now, so Elizabeth roughly explained to Mrs. Reynolds that they heard about it from Betty.

Mrs. Reynolds didn't say anything. She took a look at the pajamas, sighed and said, "This Missy is really terrible. I really didn't expect her to be like this. I can't stand her continuing to be around for a day." Pemberley stay, I will go to find her now, by the way, Miss Elizabeth, what things have you lost?"

Elizabeth told Mrs. Reynolds what she had lost, but added: "My things are really not worth much, but such a person cannot stay in Pemberley, and I am afraid she will do something." Come."

But Sophia said: "There is another brooch, Miss Elizabeth, that brooch you specially took out this morning, and it was wrapped in wrapping paper. You put it on the bedside, and it is gone now. It must be the brooch Missy was stolen."

Then Elizabeth remembered the brooch.

Mrs. Reynolds sighed and said, "Miss Elizabeth, I want to thank you. I don't know how long I'd be staying in Pemberley without you."

Elizabeth was silent for a while, and asked Mrs. Reynolds: "Then what are you going to do?"

Mrs. Reynolds pondered for a while, and asked, "Miss Elizabeth, what do you mean?"

Elizabeth thought for a while, and then she made up her mind and said: "I shouldn't talk too much, but Missy is still so young, it's better not to ruin her because of this, or just kick her out. There is no need to make this known to everyone, only Sophia and I know about the pajamas, my sister and the others only know that someone came into the room and stole something, if you want to hide it, you can still hide it."

Mrs. Reynolds shook Elizabeth's hand, and said with a sigh, "You are a kind girl." She forced a smile, and said, "Just do as you say."

After sending Mrs. Reynolds away, Elizabeth let out a sigh of relief. The most embarrassing thing was finally over. Elizabeth touched her cheek, which was warm.

Sophia was very dissatisfied with this way of handling, muttering: "...This is too kind to people like Missy! When you asked me to call Mrs. Reynolds over, I thought you had figured it out , why intercede for that kind of person?"

Elizabeth let Sophia talk about it, she started to pack her luggage, put the clothes folded on the bed into the suitcase one by one, Sophia also hurried over to help, but she still seemed very unwilling, and chanted the last sentence from time to time, the clothes are all After putting it on, Sophia took the pajamas in her hand and looked at it, and said regretfully: "What a good material, just cut it like this."

Elizabeth was afraid that she would talk endlessly, so in order to keep herself quiet, she hurriedly asked Sophia to go back to her own room to rest.

Sophia left reluctantly.

The room suddenly became quiet, and Elizabeth thought about what happened today. So many things happened today, it felt like a dream.

In fact, since she came to Pemberley, she seemed to be dreaming.

Soon she will leave here and go home, but everything here will be treasured in her memory forever.

In the afternoon Mrs. Reynolds came again. Mrs. Reynolds returned her stolen items and told her that the matter had been dealt with according to her wishes.

Early the next morning, after saying good-bye to Miss Darcy and Mrs Reynolds, they set out for Longbourn as they had planned.

Before departure, the postman brought them another letter from Mrs. Bennett. Elizabeth and Jane were afraid of delaying their trip, so they put away the letter and planned to read it on the way.

When the sound of the wheels sounded regularly, they took out Mrs. Bennet's letter.

Lydia pushed forward too, and the three of them huddled together to read the letter, which was very short, only a few lines, and Mrs. Bennet told them to hurry home at first.

It says so:

Come back quickly!Mr. Collins has been here for four or five days, and you are still dawdling!Geez, I don't know what you guys are doing!I'm almost dying of anxiety, and I want to tell you something very urgent. Charlotte has been coming to our house these days, and is pestering Mr. Collins!snort!She can't hide her tricks from me, I can see through her mind at a glance!But I won't let her succeed, don't even think about it!If I could, I'd separate her from Mr. Collins, and keep them from talking!But Charlotte was too cunning, she got Mrs. Lucas to throw a party, and invited Mr. Collins, oh, I watched them whispering there, no one knew what I was thinking What a taste!How could we have such a dodgy neighbor!Dear Jane, hurry up and bring Lizzie back, or I will be so mad at Charlotte!Mary likes Mr. Collins, too, and I think they're a good match, but Mr. Collins seems to think Mary's not as pretty as Kitty, but Kitty doesn't like Mr. Collins. Well, come home, anyway.

Lydia cried out as soon as she read the letter: "Lizzie, our mother wants to marry you to our cousin Mr. Collins! But Charlotte wants to make trouble! But I don't worry about mother, no one will." I don't like Charlotte, she is not as good-looking as Mary, and since Mr Collins thinks Mary is not good-looking, he will not like Charlotte even more."

Elizabeth didn't talk to Lydia, she was thinking about Charlotte. Mrs. Bennet is still very keen in terms of children's marriage, and what she mentioned about Charlotte in the letter should be reliable.

If Charlotte had taken the initiative, the marriage might be settled before they reached Longbourne, and she would be spared the trouble when she got home.

"I should like to see our cousin, Mr. Collins, very much," said Jane.

Elizabeth said angrily, "That's because you're married."

While talking, Mr. Bingley rode close to their carriage, "Jane, Lizzie, Lydia," he called out, "are you cold in here? Would you like some extra clothes?"

Both Elizabeth and Lydia said they were not cold.

For fear that Elizabeth would catch a cold, their carriages sealed the windows and curtains tightly, and they all wore a lot of clothes, especially Elizabeth, who wore thick hats, gloves, and cloaks.

Jane bit her lower lip, and then said to Mr. Bingley outside: "We are not cold, so don't ride outside for too long, come in if you feel cold."

Hearing what Jane said, Mr. Bingley came in immediately, the curtain was lowered again, and Mr. Bingley sat down beside Jane.

It's just that after the two of them sat together, as if they didn't know what to say to each other for a while, they were silent for a while. In order to break the silence, Mr. Bingley asked them with a smile what was written in Mrs. Bennet's letter .

Elizabeth was afraid that Lydia would speak out and make people laugh, so she rushed ahead and said: "It's nothing, I just told us about some family affairs, our cousin Mr. Collins has been here for several days, Mrs. Lucas There was a little party and Mr Collins was invited, that's all."

Mr. Bingley had also heard about their cousin's visit to Longbourne a long time ago. He nodded with a smile and glanced sideways at Jane. Jane was still sitting there silently, and Mr. Bingley turned his gaze to After returning home, he asked Elizabeth with interest: "What kind of person is your cousin, Mr. Collins?"

Elizabeth knew that Mr. Bingley wanted to liven up the atmosphere, so she said cooperatively: "I don't know, we have never met Mr. Collins. He suddenly wrote a letter to our family, saying that he wanted to visit our family, and then he He's coming, I think he's a very interesting fellow, Mr Bingley, and when we get back to Hertfordshire you can have a party at Netherfield like Lucas did at the house, and bring the neighbors over, And of course Mr Collins, I don't know what kind of man he is, but I'm sure he'll be delighted to be invited."

"Parties!" said Mr. Bingley. "Parties are my favorite, and when I get home I shall have one, and invite everyone."

Mr. Bingley looked at Jane, and said with some hesitation in his flattery, "Dear Jane, it's up to you to decide which day we have a treat."

Jane also smiled slowly, and she said softly, "Let's talk about it when we get back to Netherfield."

Mr. Bingley listened to her quickly, and he was pleased when Jane spoke to him in this way.

Seeing that they were reconciled, Elizabeth felt much more secure in her heart.

They spent two nights on the way, and the carriage drove into Hertfordshire near noon on the third day.

They returned to Longbourne first, and Mrs. Bennet and Kitty saw a carriage driving into the courtyard of their house from the window. Mrs. Bennet immediately recognized Mr. Bingley's carriage, and immediately went there with the distinguished guests of the family. Go downstairs to meet the son-in-law and daughters.

The carriage finally stopped, and the curtain was thrown back. Elizabeth and the others saw Mrs. Bennet and Kitty standing there smiling, accompanied by a tall, fat young man.