[Pride and Prejudice] Crossing into Elizabeth

Elizabeth said "ah", and Mr. Darcy continued: "The land is the main asset of Mrs. Catherine, and Mrs. Catherine cannot lose it no matter what. As soon as Mr. Walter took out the IOU, Mrs. Catherine gasped on the spot. When he was out of breath, Rosings immediately sent someone to find a doctor. After the doctor's examination, he said that Mrs. Catherine was out of breath. Fortunately, Mrs. Catherine regained her breath. Otherwise, it would be unimaginable. Anne wrote to me I wrote a letter, which was sent to Pemberley the next day. It was the one I received at the time, but Anne didn't write the matter clearly in the letter. She only said that something happened to their family, and Lady Catherine was angry. Sick, and I didn't fully understand the matter until I got to Rosings."

Elizabeth was stunned to hear that such a thing happened to Rosings, and it almost killed Lady Catherine!

Mr. Darcy paused for a while, and Elizabeth couldn't help asking him: "Then what happened? How do you deal with the IOU in Mr. Walter's hand?"

Mr. Darcy said: "Of course Mr. Walter will not be allowed to succeed. My uncle, Mr. De Boer, has bank records for returning the one hundred thousand pounds to Mr. Walter. Although it has been many years, such a huge sum of money Besides, Mr. de Boer returned the money to Mr. Walter. Apart from Rosings and Mr. Walter, there are many people who know about it, some of them are of high reputation and very important. As for the identity, I immediately wrote letters to these people according to Mrs. Catherine's description, told them the situation of Rosings, and asked them to testify for Mrs. Catherine. If it is necessary in the end, I will have someone investigate The recent situation of this Mr. Walter, the situation became clear very quickly. It turns out that Mr. Walter has become obsessed with gambling in recent years. He has lost his entire family and owed a lot of gambling debts. I don’t know the details of Mr. Walter. How many gambling debts are owed, but according to my preliminary estimate, it is no less than [-] pounds. Mr. Walter was driven into desperation by these gambling debts, so he had evil thoughts and wanted to appropriate the property of the De Boer family. Yes, after the situation is clear, the letters I wrote will soon be answered. Everyone remembers this incident clearly and is willing to testify for Mrs. Catherine. In this way, things will be much easier , I went to Mr. Walter and showed him the letters, and I asked him to hand over the IOUs from that year immediately, and stop doing futile things. When Mr. Walter saw that things had reached this point, he had no choice but to confess everything."

The tone of Mr. Darcy's narration was flat, but Elizabeth felt quite heart-wrenching when he heard it in one breath. Elizabeth could fully imagine how anxious the mother and daughter Catherine must have been a few days ago, and how Mr. Darcy felt for the mother and daughter. Running around.

The story is tortuous and exciting, but what is more exciting than the story itself is Mr. Darcy's rational sobriety and calmness in solving problems and dealing with things. He said things very simply, as if the matter was solved without any effort. But Elizabeth knew very well that the matter was not so simple. If Mr. Darcy had not been in the middle to direct, what kind of chaos would Rosings have become now.

Just by investigating Mr. Walter's situation, no one may have thought of it. It is also difficult to implement it. It is not that simple to find out a person's old background. Mr. Walter has such a huge amount of gambling debt now. It was only exposed, which shows that this person is good at hiding himself. For such a person, it takes a lot of thinking about who should break through from the person around him.

It is not an easy thing to get such a person to tell the truth.

Elizabeth couldn't help saying: "The matter of Rosings can be resolved satisfactorily, it's all thanks to you."

Mr. Darcy smiled, and said he had only done what he could.

Elizabeth was about to say something more, when suddenly there was an exclamation from Mrs. Bennett, but it was not Mrs. Bennett's voice. Lydia exclaimed, and then Elizabeth heard Lydia say loudly in surprise: "Officer! Came here early! My God, is this true?"

It turned out that Lydia was bored, so she joined Mrs. Bennet and chatted with the clever maid.

The maid was also inquisitive, she knew everything about the people nearby, she was very excited when she saw Lydia talking about the militia regiment that was coming to station, and in order to make everyone happy, she deliberately talked about this aspect.

Elizabeth heard the maid say to Lydia: "It's absolutely true, miss! I heard from Miss Smith's servant yesterday that an officer will visit Miss Smith's house this morning. The officer seems to be Smith. Mr.’s friend, he received a transfer order to come to Hertfordshire, thinking that there are still his old friends here, so he simply came here two days in advance, so that he can visit friends and get familiar with the environment by the way..."

"Oh—" Lydia exclaimed angrily, "I really can't believe this is happening! Because I went to see Miss Smith yesterday, but she didn't even mention to me that their family is coming. Keep it a secret! My God, I'll let her know as soon as I get the news! But this Miss Smith has done this to me! If I hadn't come to Netherfield and heard the news Things, I'm still in the dark! Mother, can you believe that there are such people in the world? Kitty, can you believe that there are such things in the world?"

Mrs. Bennet wrinkled her brow, evidently angry too, and said to Lydia angrily: "I've never heard of it! It's horrific! You treat your friends like this! God, I can't bear it." If not, this Miss Smith is too hateful! If I were you, I would teach her a lesson and let her know that I am not easy to bully!"

"I have to let her know how good I am, so she won't dare to bully people like this in the future," Lydia said angrily, "I'm going to her house now, because the officer is at her house now , so she can't deny it, I want Miss Smith to introduce me, Miss Smith has no choice but to introduce us, so that I know the officer and I can ask him about the militia That’s right! That’s what I’m going to do! Don’t let Miss Smith take advantage of all the good things, because she loves to take advantage of it!”

Mrs. Bennet immediately agreed with her daughter: "That's right! Good boy! That's what we should do! Let her know that we are not easy to bully! Baby, are you going now?"

"Of course," Lydia stood up immediately, "I'll stay here for a minute, no! I can't stay here for a second! Kitty, are you going?"

Kitty didn't want to talk to Lydia at first, after all they had had a quarrel yesterday morning, and they had had a quarrel that night, and when she went to bed at night she thought to herself that she would not talk to Lydia for a week, but The temptation in front of me is too great, as long as I go out with Lydia, I can see the officer immediately!You can also inquire about other officers, ask whatever you want!

Kitty was moved, and was about to nod, when Lydia grabbed her arm and pulled Kitty up: "Hey, Kitty," Lydia said, "come on, I know you want to go, you I also want to inquire about other officers, let me tell you, after we go, you can know what you want to know right away! If you don't go, then you are a big fool!"

When Jane came in, she happened to hear Lydia's last words. The housekeeper had something to do with her just now, and she went out for a while, and happened to miss the conversation between Mrs. Bennet and Lydia just now.

Now seeing Lydia and Kitty, arm in arm, looking as if they were going out, Jane hastened to ask where they were going.

Kitty told Jane that they were going to the nearby Miss Smith's house. As soon as she finished speaking, Lydia pulled her away impatiently, as if the officer disappeared after a while, Lydia said loudly to Jane while walking: "Don't wait for us to eat! We will eat at Smith's house today! There are also officers! You just wait for us to bring you news!"

Facing the backs of Lydia and Kitty who had gone away, Jane said inexplicably, "What officer?"

The maid immediately told the whole story to the hostess of the house, and Jane knew what the two younger sisters were going to do, and she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, but Lydia and Kitty have always been like this, and they didn't know how to hide it even outside. One point, everyone here, including Mr. Darcy, knew it, so no one showed surprise or contempt, which more or less made Jane feel better.

Over there, Mrs. Bennet didn't know what was so embarrassing, she was still recalling her past triumphantly and melancholy: "...When I was your age, I used to chase officers all day long. At that time, where Where there are officers, you can see me! Those officers are also very attentive to me, because I am a beautiful girl that is rare in our place, even if I am not much worse than Jane... Your two younger sisters just follow me, and they like it very much. Officer! Especially Lydia, she has exactly the same temperament as I used to! Even now, she is very similar to me, and I like Lydia's temperament! Kitty always said that I prefer Lydia, if her temperament As sweet as Lydia, too, I'm sure I'll love her as much as Lydia!"

Jane coughed in embarrassment. She wanted Mrs. Bennet to change the subject, so she asked her if there was anything she wanted to eat later, "What do you want to eat, Mom? I'll get someone to prepare it for you."

Mrs. Bennet said: "You can prepare whatever you want! Eat whatever you have in the house, and I don't want my children to prepare something special for me! I don't want to give you trouble and trouble It's just for me, I'm sorry! The venison leg was good last time, or the suckling pig, but I say, Jane, you should change the cook. If I were you, I would use French. Cook, because I just like French food..."