[Pride and Prejudice] Crossing into Elizabeth

Mrs. Bennet knew that Elizabeth was here to make trouble, and she immediately yelled, saying that Elizabeth was talking nonsense. Mrs. Bennet said aggressively: "I want to ask you, Miss Lizzie! Mr. Collins I don’t owe the Lucas family anything. If Mr. Collins wants to go somewhere else, why can’t he go? Mr. Collins suddenly thought of something else, why couldn’t he push off this meal at the Lucas family? It’s just It's just a simple meal, does it matter so much? What does it matter to other people?" Mrs. Bennet turned sharply to Mr. Collins, "I assure you, Mr. Collins, no one will went with us to Mrs. Phillips and blamed you."

Mr. Collins was hesitant and didn’t know who to listen to. Elizabeth immediately said to him: “Mr. Collins, you can go to Aunt Philip’s anytime you want. We sisters are willing to accompany you, but you have already If you promised Charlotte to go to her house for dinner tomorrow, then you should do what you say, if you can't even keep your promise, I dare say that other people will not have a good impression of you."

When Elizabeth was speaking, Mrs. Bennet kept yelling "nonsense" loudly, trying to disturb Elizabeth. Unfortunately, Mr. Collins had been trying hard to distinguish Elizabeth's voice. Although Mrs. Bennet was disturbing, Mr. Collins could still hear clearly .Although Mr. Collins was often uncertain, he knew that a man should keep his word, and he often mentioned it in his sermons.

Mr. Collins immediately said: "I have always kept my promise. Since I have made an agreement with Miss Lucas, I should go. I have not said no."

Mrs. Bennet stared at Elizabeth's eyes, and she was about to breathe fire. Elizabeth acted as if she didn't see it, and said, "Mom, there is no reason for you to ask Mr. Collins like this, and there is no need to go to Mr. Darcy's side." Explain what, Mr. Collins, I assure you that Mr. Darcy has not misunderstood anything, you are very polite to everyone in our family, everyone can see it, no one can say anything, And Mr. Darcy has been at our house these two days, he knows very well that it is impossible to misunderstand or say anything to Mrs. Catherine, Mr. Collins, you don't need to worry at all."

Mr. Collins' eyes lit up. As long as Mr. Darcy didn't misunderstand him, he was not afraid of anything!Mr. Collins nodded as if he had taken a reassurance, and said, "I promised Miss Lucas a long time ago, of course I will go, it is necessary."

He turned his face to Mrs. Bennet and said solemnly: "Dear Madam, I respect your character very much, but please forgive me for not being able to promise you this matter. Since I have already made an agreement with Miss Lucas, Then one must keep one's word, one must keep one's word, or else one will not be respected by all, I often say this to others, especially when preaching, and I do it myself."

"Cousin Elizabeth," Mr. Collins turned to Elizabeth again, "I want to thank you. Although I understand all the reasons you said, you are also kind. If you don't mind, I hope you can comfort Mrs. Bennet a little bit more. , I think," Mr. Collins lowered his voice and said with a serious face, "what Mrs. Bennet said to me just now is extremely inappropriate, and together with her behavior this morning, it is unfair to some people."

After Mr. Collins finished speaking, he stood up and bowed to them, then turned and left with his head raised.

As soon as Mr. Collins left, Kitty couldn't help whispering to Elizabeth: "This man is really strange. Every time I hear him talk, I feel very awkward..."

Mrs. Bennet began to shout at almost the same time, and, in a fit of rage, she called Elizabeth a troublemaker who only knew how to make trouble for her, and who had no idea of ​​understanding her poor nerves, and broke down in a crackling swearing, completely drowning Kitty's voice. so that Elizabeth did not catch what Kitty said afterwards.

Mrs. Bennet stared and shouted: "How could I have given birth to a child like you! It's fine if you don't know how to share the burden for me, and you even intend to fight against me! My God, why is my life so miserable... Miss Lizzie, you have to explain clearly to me today. What exactly do you mean? Ah? If you don’t make it clear today, you won’t be able to eat! We might as well starve to death together. Anyway, Longbourne will be inherited by others in the future, or That Miss Lucas at the opposite door! If you don't make me happy, I can't make you comfortable..."

Elizabeth just listened silently, without distinguishing a word for herself. Mrs. Bennet scolded Elizabeth severely. The more she spoke, the more angry she became. When they got down, Mrs. Bennet stopped talking.

Mr. Collins apologized solemnly to them, that he was sorry to have disturbed the conversation of the ladies, but fortunately he would not disturb them for long, for he was going to see Mr. Bennet in the study at once.

As soon as Mr. Collins left, Mrs. Bennet immediately pointed to the stairs and asked Elizabeth to go upstairs to reflect.

Elizabeth got up quietly and walked upstairs, and Mrs. Bennet called her from behind again: "Miss Lizzie, don't think this is over, I tell you this is not over, I don't want to see you for now , you go upstairs for me immediately!"

After Elizabeth returned to her room, she was not completely relaxed. She waited quietly for a while, and found that Mrs. Bennet did not follow her upstairs in anger, which seemed to be relieved.

Elizabeth didn't go downstairs until it was time for dinner. She didn't go downstairs all afternoon, not because she was really afraid of Mrs. Bennet, but to be scolded and scolded was definitely not a pleasant thing to do.

When we arrived at the dining room, we inevitably saw Mrs. Bennett. Mrs. Bennett was listening to Lydia talking excitedly. When she saw Elizabeth coming in, she said strangely: "Look who's here? Miss Lizzie! It's rare. You still know, it’s rare that you still remember people like us, I thought you didn’t see people like us at all.”

Mr. Bennet glanced at Mrs. Bennet, then turned his attention to Elizabeth. He asked Elizabeth to sit next to him, and said jokingly: "I heard that you made your mother angry today... "

Mrs. Bennet snorted, and Mr. Bennet went on to say: "I have heard it all, thanks to Mr. Collins, who went to the study and told me the whole story. I understand it very well. Clearly, I understand every sentence that any of you said, Mr. Collins, have you missed a sentence or two?"

Mr. Collins solemnly told Mr. Bennet not to say a word or two, but he never missed a word!

"Well," said Mr. Bennet, "you see, Lizzie, I told you it was all Mr. Collins' fault."

Mr. Collins asked Mr. Bennet not to be polite: "I am happy to help you. Although we have had unpleasant experiences, as long as it is something I think should be done, I will do it without hesitation, no matter the object is Who."

Mr. Bennet thanked Mr. Collins for his generosity, and then said to Elizabeth with a smile: "You see, Lizzie, our father and daughter have similar experiences. When you are listening to your mother's teachings, I'm also listening to Mr Collins."

Elizabeth wanted to calm down with Mrs. Bennet, so she took the opportunity to say: "It's not the same, you and Mr. Collins are very friendly to each other, but mother is angry with me."

Mrs. Bennet snorted softly, but the sound was much quieter than last time.

Mr. Bennet went on to say: "Mrs. Bennet won't be angry for long, don't worry, Lizzie, we all know how big your mother is, I dare say, only a little bit worse than Mr. Collins, Sesame The size of a mung bean is simply negligible."

Elizabeth could not help laughing, but Mrs. Bennet took it only as a compliment, and Mr. Collins, with an air of complacency and indignation, dared not claim to be more generous than Mrs. Bennet.

When someone praised her, Mrs. Bennet felt much more comfortable in her heart, and she was much gentler when she spoke, but she still said: "Mr. I think it is necessary to tell you, and then you can tell your precious daughter Lizzie, you tell her that my anger will not disappear so quickly, at least it will take a year and a half."

Mr. Bennet said exaggeratedly: "A year and a half! Mrs. Bennet, you are such a magnanimous woman, you fully deserve what I just said! You know, I thought you would never forgive me in this life. Lizzie is gone, but you only need a year and a half!"

At this time, Mrs. Hill came in. She walked up to Elizabeth and handed her a folded card. Elizabeth took it. Mrs. Bennet looked at Elizabeth curiously. Mrs. Hill immediately told her that the card was from Netherfield sent by servants.

"Oh, it's from Jane," Mrs. Bennet asked Elizabeth curiously: "Lizzie, what did Jane write?"

Elizabeth opened the card. It was indeed Jane's handwriting. There were only a few lines on it, which read:

Dearest Lizzie:

How is mom doing?I know she's going to have a lot of whining after we're gone, alas, I hope mother can hold back, we're all fine, Mr Darcy didn't say anything, I sent this card mainly to Please come and play at Netherfield tomorrow. Of course, if mother is really unwell, don't force it.

Tell Tom and he'll bring me the news.

Elizabeth told everyone the main content of the card: "There is nothing else, but Jane asked us to go to Netherfield tomorrow, but she said that if mother is not well, then don't force it."

"Oh—" Mrs. Bennet exclaimed, "Of course we're going. I'm really not feeling well, but it doesn't prevent me from going out. I'll feel better if I go out and relax, or I'll stay at home all day. I'm really going to get sick."