[Pride and Prejudice] Crossing into Elizabeth

Mr. Darcy took a look at Bingley. On the one hand, Bingley had to endure a lot of pain while smiling, and on the other hand, he was really embarrassed. These people in front of him were now his relatives. It also swept Bentley's face.

Elizabeth was secretly happy about the unexpected meeting, but in the present situation, she only hoped that the meeting would end as soon as possible, so that she would not be ashamed in front of Mr. Darcy.

Elizabeth was apprehensively afraid that her family would make a fool of herself again, when she heard Mr. Darcy call her name.

"...Miss Elizabeth," said Mr. Darcy, "I forgot to tell you one thing. Mr. Carlos asked you to come to London for a follow-up consultation in three months. Don't forget."

Elizabeth said "Oh", she suddenly remembered that she had never thanked Mr. Darcy properly, Elizabeth was very surprised, how could she forget such a thing, she always knew how much Mr. Darcy helped , but after living like this day after day, I never thought of it.

It's fine if you never remember this matter, but now that you think about it like this, Elizabeth's face turns red instantly.

She was too rude to Mr. Darcy.

Elizabeth was about to express her gratitude to Mr. Darcy in shame, when Mrs. Bennet said loudly instead of her: "Oh, Mr. Darcy, our Lizzie is really thanks to you friends. Take care of her, I really don't know what will happen to her now! I'm scared to think about it! Ever since I heard about it, I really want to thank you in person, I'm afraid I don't have this chance, now you're here But that's great, Mr. Darcy, if you don't mind, come tomorrow and we'll have a light meal?"

In fact, Mrs. Bennet really wanted to have Mr. Darcy at her house for dinner that day, but entertaining a distinguished guest like Mr. Darcy is impossible without carefully prepared meals!Although the food in her family was always good, it might be a slight to entertain Mr. Darcy with these usual dishes.

Jane chimed in and said, "Mr. Darcy, my mother has been talking about asking you to have a light meal ever since I heard you were coming to Netherfield, and my mother and everyone else will be very happy if you would do me the favor." .”

Jane really wanted to create more opportunities for Elizabeth. If Mr. Darcy promised to come to Longbourn for dinner tomorrow, they would naturally have more opportunities to get along.

Mr. Collins exclaimed: "I am only a guest at Longbourne, and I should not have said that," he said, bowing gravely forty-five degrees to Mrs. Bennet, before turning to Mr. Darcy and saying, "However, if Mr. Darcy would do me the honor of coming to Longbourne for a simple meal, I should be very honored, and when I get back to Rosings, and see Lady Catherine, I shall have an answer."

Mr. Collins' words made several people in the room dumbfounded, but Mrs. Bennet told Mr. Collins seriously that she didn't mind Mr. Collins saying that at all.

Mr. Darcy cast an involuntary glance at Elizabeth.

Elizabeth felt a little embarrassed, but said: "Mr. Darcy, I hope you can appreciate it."

Mr. Darcy pondered for a while, and then said: "I am very honored, and I will definitely come tomorrow."

Both Mrs. Bennet and Mr. Collins felt extremely proud, and felt that Mr. Darcy had given them enough face, but Elizabeth could clearly feel Mr. Darcy's reluctance.

The guests left after sitting for a while. Mrs. Bennet asked Mr. Collins to send Mr. Darcy and the others to the carriage. Elizabeth just followed the guests to the door. Mr. Darcy glanced at Elizabeth again before leaving. , Their eyes met immediately, and Elizabeth just curtseyed without saying a word.

Immediately after the guests had left, Mrs. Bennet's triumphant voice sounded, "Children," she said cheerfully, "how do you feel today? I think this meeting with Mr. Darcy was a good one." Excellent! Mr. Darcy has no airs at all, is very civil to everybody, and was immediately delighted when I asked him to come to dinner to-morrow! I really like him."

Just as Mr. Collins came back from the outside after seeing off the guests, Mrs. Bennet immediately said to Mr. Collins: "Sir, you have performed very well today! Who would have thought that this is the first time you have met? How graceful are your words?" Ah, I'd love to hear Mr. Darcy, how he said, oh, 'Lady Catherine can see no one wrong, I trust', Mr. Darcy's exact words, not a word Not wrong."

"That's a good word indeed," said Mr. Collins, beaming. "However, Mrs. Darcy, Mr. Darcy said something else. He said, 'Nice to meet you, sir,'" said Mr. Collins triumphantly. said, "Mr. Darcy doesn't think too badly of me, don't you think, ma'am?"

"Oh, not too bad!" cried Mrs. Bennet with a smile. "You are being modest, Mr. Collins. Anyone with eyes can see that Mr. Darcy has a good impression of you!"

Mary also said: "Mr. Darcy spoke very implicitly, and did not directly praise Mr. Collins, but I think that implicit language is often more powerful than straightforward words."

Mrs. Bennet said that Mary was right. As for Lydia and Kitty, they were not interested in these conversations. Mr. Darcy's opinion of Mr. Collins had nothing to do with them. Lydia called She yawned and said that she ate too much at noon and wanted to sleep, so she went upstairs.

Elisabeth did not want to hear such nonsense anymore, and went upstairs with Lydia.

But within a quarter of an hour of her going upstairs, Mrs. Bennet came into her room. "My dear Lizzie," said Mrs. Bennet, "you have behaved very well today, Mr. Collins has no doubts, but we You have to be careful, you know that there is no room for error at this fork, and you can't stay at home when Mr Darcy comes to dinner tomorrow, as we said, you will go to Lucas' cottage tomorrow , okay?"

Elizabeth had no objection, and she wholeheartedly approved of the method, so that she could avoid these people, without seeing Mrs. Bennet and Mr. Collins making a fool of himself in front of Mr. Darcy, or seeing Mr. Darcy thinking and resigning himself. Reluctantly.

As far as Elizabeth was concerned, there was nothing better than that.

Elizabeth's sensibleness made Mrs. Bennet very satisfied, "Good boy," Mrs. Bennet said, "I have already thought about the dishes for tomorrow. Let's see what you want to eat. I will ask Hill to save it for you. , and eat when you come back."

Mrs. Bennet told her from the beginning to the end of tomorrow's dishes. "I dare say," said Mrs. Bennet quite complacently, "that we serve Mr. Darcy with these things, and no one can tell. What."

Elizabeth thanked Mrs. Bennet for her kindness. "But mother," she said, "you don't have to leave anything extra for me, and I won't go hungry in Charlotte."

"Oh, how can Lucas's food compare with ours?"

Mrs. Bennet said this very proudly, but she didn't insist on anything, and went out happily.

On the second day, Mr. Darcy and Mr. and Mrs. Bingley came to Longbourn according to the agreement. They made an appointment the day before. Mr. Darcy and the others came at this time. They were neither too early nor too late. time.

Mrs. Bennet, fearing that Mr. Darcy would surprise them again, had fixed the time in advance.

Mrs. Bennet had sent Elizabeth to Lucas Cottage an hour earlier.

Therefore, after Mr. Darcy and others arrived at Longbourn, they did not see Elizabeth.At first, Mr. Darcy thought that Miss Elizabeth was just a little late and would appear in a while, but after sitting on the sofa for about ten minutes, Miss Elizabeth still did not appear, but Mrs. Bennet and Mr. Collins were there I never shut up.

Mr. Darcy waited for a while, but Miss Elizabeth still showed no sign of coming out. Mrs. Bennet and the others also looked calm. They seemed to have no idea that Elizabeth was not there at all, or they didn't feel that there was such a thing at all. something is wrong.

"...Mr. Darcy," said Mrs. Bennet, "I especially hope you will enjoy your stay at Netherfield. I have told Jane to treat you well and to be considerate in everything, which I cannot tolerate." Visitors are neglected with us, and I suppose my daughter Jane and Mr. Bingley have not been ill-received?"

Mr. Darcy told Mrs. Bennet that he lived very comfortably at Netherfield, and he went on to say: "Mrs. Bennet, it seems that you haven't seen Miss Elizabeth?"

Mrs. Bennet had expected that someone would ask this question a long time ago, and she had prepared her answer early in the morning. Mrs. Bennet pretended to be very unlucky and said, "Lizzie went to Lucas Cottage early in the morning. , she has an appointment with Miss Lucas, and she made an appointment before you arrived in Hertfordshire, Mr. Darcy. I didn't want her to go, and I told her it would be too rude , but Lizzie must go, and she said she had already agreed with Miss Lucas that she would be with her all day today, and it was useless for me to say anything."

Mr. Darcy's face darkened, and Mrs. Bennet added cautiously: "Mr. Darcy, please don't mind, Lizzie is just too headstrong."

Mr. Darcy paused, and then said: "Since Miss Elizabeth has made an appointment with someone else, it is natural that she should keep her promise, which is as it should be."

When Mrs. Bennet heard what he said, she became happy again, and chatted with the guests for a while. It is time to serve dinner. Mrs. Bennet told the servants to go to the kitchen quickly, so that the food can be served quickly. , if the guests are hungry, she will not be happy.

It’s just that she didn’t know whether it was her delusion or what. Mrs. Bennet always felt that Mr. Darcy was silent when eating, as if he was not thinking about the table, and he was a little thoughtful, which was different from the day before. Are not the same.