[Pride and Prejudice] Crossing into Elizabeth

A deep male voice said with a smile: "Bingley, you bastard, I haven't seen you for a few months, and you're even married."

Elizabeth swore it was the best sound she had ever heard.

The stools were quickly brought up, the curtains were drawn, and Mr. Bingley came to help the ladies out of the carriage.

Lydia was the first to get out of the carriage at the inner door, followed by Jane. After Jane went out, Elizabeth glanced at Miss Bingley. Miss Bingley smiled at her, and made a gesture of invitation for Elizabeth to get off first. carriage.

Elizabeth didn't refuse either. She understood that important people always appear last.

Elizabeth got out of the car, and she immediately looked towards the master's house.

She saw a tall and straight young man, he was very handsome, with a polite smile on his face, the host noticed Elizabeth's gaze, and nodded to her reservedly and politely.

Elizabeth is now sure that this is definitely Mr. Darcy.

Just like in the book, she is completely glamorous and noble.

Beside Mr. Darcy stood a young lady about Elizabeth's height, who smiled shyly at Elizabeth when she saw her.

Elizabeth thought Miss Darcy was lovely.

Miss Bingley got out of the car soon, and she and Mr. Bingley walked to the owner's house together. Miss Bingley said to Mr. Darcy with a smile on her face: "Long time no see, Mr. Darcy."

Mr. Darcy said politely: "Miss Bingley has worked hard all the way."

Miss Bingley waited for a while, and seeing that the other party had nothing else to say, she said again: "Mr. Darcy, Louisa and I are very happy to come to Pemberley for Christmas. We really did not expect to be invited by you at this time. I thought I was going to spend Christmas in London again. I thought that would be so boring. There is nothing good in London except shops and theatres. It is really poor to spend Christmas in such places. You don't know how sorry I am when you see people in the street, and how happy I am to have left London to come here."

Mr. Darcy smiled and said briefly: "It is my honor that you can come to the humble house."

Miss Bingley saw that the other party had nothing to say, so she introduced the hostess and Elizabeth.

"This is my sister-in-law, Mr. Darcy," said she, "isn't she very pretty? I dare say that even a man of your experience rarely sees such a pretty person?"

Elizabeth felt that Miss Bingley was very skilled. With such a few short words, she flattered Mr. Darcy, Jane and Mr. Bingley, and she was as good as Sister Feng in the Dream of the Red Chamber.

It's a pity that Mr. Darcy seemed to have made up his mind not to talk to Miss Bingley too much, so he just sent her away with a few words.

But Miss Bingley was not easily discouraged, and she soon regained her strength and turned her attention to Miss Darcy. She hugged Miss Darcy very affectionately, and said to Miss Darcy very intimately: "Honey, I miss you so much, haven't we seen each other for nearly half a year?"

Miss Darcy whispered: "We only met in London in September."

Miss Bingley exclaimed exaggeratedly: "What? I saw you in September? It's only been three months, but I feel like it will be half a year. Dear, last time you gave me the pattern to decorate the table I really like it, I don’t know how many times better than Miss Grant’s, my dear, what have you done recently?”

Miss Darcy whispered, "Nothing but playing the piano."

Miss Bingley said: "Then you must let me listen to it later, you must have improved a lot, but dear Georgiana, you really don't have much room for improvement, do you remember that Winter Os Ma'am? She heard you play the piano last time, and she said that you played the piano very well. Mrs. Winters said that few people have such talent as you, and I think she is absolutely right."

Miss Bingley spared no effort to praise Miss Darcy, and Elizabeth was delighted to hear it. She had never seen anyone who had changed so much. Miss Bingley used to look down on her relatives in various ways, but turned her face to Miss Darcy like this fawn on.

But it's too obvious, isn't it?

I'm afraid people don't know that she is interested in Mr. Darcy?

Elizabeth looked at everyone. Judging from everyone's expressions, Elizabeth felt that it was an open secret that Miss Bingley liked Mr. Darcy.

As soon as Mr. Darcy got rid of Miss Bingley, he politely invited them all into the room.

Probably because he is the host, Mr. Darcy does not look as cold as in the book, I don’t know if it is due to preconceived relationship, Elizabeth thinks he looks quite noble, but he is not annoying.

They all followed the host into the house, the house was very warm, and Elizabeth and the others felt much more comfortable, but before everyone could relax, they found that there were other guests in the hall, and several ladies were sitting on the sofa. , one of them was the most conspicuous. As soon as they entered the room, the lady said very rudely: "Darcy, why have you been loitering outside for so long? Me and Anne have been waiting for a long time. Introduce me quickly." Introduce, who are they?"

Elizabeth thought, with such an arrogant tone, could it be Mr. Darcy's aunt, Mrs. Catherine?

Elizabeth guessed right, and Mr. Darcy quickly said: "Aunt, you have met Bingley. These two are Bingley's sister, Mrs. Hurst, and his sister, Miss Caroline Bingley." Mr. Darcy first introduced Sister Bingley, Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley curtseyed to Lady Catherine while he was speaking, and then Darcy introduced Mr. Hurst and Jane. When it was Elizabeth and Lydia's turn, Mr. Darcy It seems that I can't remember their Christian names, so I vaguely call them "Miss Bennet".

Then Darcy introduced his aunt, Lady Catherine, and his cousin, Miss Anne.

Miss Bingley had heard the rumors about Mr. Darcy and his cousin a long time ago, and now seeing that Darcy had invited his aunt and cousin over, she felt very unhappy, which naturally showed on her face, but Mr. Darcy didn't notice it, or he just pretended not to notice it, and he greeted his guests calmly.

Elizabeth felt more and more interesting.

Mrs. Catherine heard Darcy introduce the ladies as Bennett, she thought for a while, and then asked Jane: "Mrs. Bingley, your maiden name is Bennett?"

Jane replied yes.

Catherine asked again: "Is your natal family in Hertfordshire?"

Jane said again, but she was a little surprised that Mrs. Catherine would know about this, so she added politely: "Mrs. Catherine, I don't know how you know?"

Catherine looked like this, and she said: "I just recently recommended a pastor, that is, your cousin Mr. Collins. He told me a lot about your family. I heard that your family will be inherited by Mr. Collins. ,is that so?"

Mr. Collins' father has a bad relationship with Mr. Bennett. The two families have not been in touch for a long time. If it were not for the relationship of restricting inheritance, Jane would not remember this cousin. She would never have thought that Mr. Collins would know Mrs. Catherine, She recommended her to be a pastor, and Jane was taken aback for a moment, then said, "That's true, madam."

Mrs. Catherine said: "It must be a sad thing for you sisters. To be honest, I really don't know why my daughter cannot inherit the family property. The de Bourgh family thinks it is unnecessary to do so. Anne is de Bourgh The sole heir of the Er family."

Lady Catherine said, looking at her daughter very proudly.

Elizabeth took the opportunity to look at Miss Anne. Miss Anne is very thin and has a sick face. From a secular point of view, if Miss Anne is neither a relative of Mr. Darcy nor will she inherit a huge inheritance, then she There is absolutely no qualification to compete with Miss Bingley.

Miss Bingley was also looking at Miss Anne carefully. She probably thought that Miss Anne was really ordinary, so a smile gradually appeared on her face.

Mrs. Catherine looked away from her daughter. Elizabeth found that this time the wonderful lady was looking at her. Soon Mrs. Catherine asked her in that condescending tone: "Miss Bennet, what is your Christian name?" What?"

Before Elizabeth could speak, Lydia said first, "Ma'am, her name is Elizabeth, she is my second sister, and my name is Lydia." Lydia was curious about her cousin, and immediately asked "What kind of man is my cousin Collins, madam? Is he handsome?"