[Pride and Prejudice] Wisdom

Seeing that everyone was present, Mrs. Philip stood up with a smile on her face, and invited everyone to sit down and start eating.

Her seat arrangement is quite ingenious, her husband Philip sits in the main seat, and she and the Foster officer sit on his lower head, and they come in turn. On her side are Jane-Elizabeth-Jie Dee—Lydia—Collins, and Jane was sitting opposite Bingley, Elizabeth was facing an unknown officer, Kitty was Mr. Wickham she was thinking of, and there was no doubt that Mrs. Philip Caringly arranged Darcy in front of Lydia.

She wondered how she could thank herself if she told the story to her sister, Mrs. Bennet.

Mrs. Philip, who was quite satisfied with her arrangement, called the servants to serve the dishes she had carefully prepared, and placed them one by one in front of everyone.

"Colonel Foster, I said, you have to taste the steak in front of you. I used a little trick on the sauce on it, which is different from the outside."

Colonel Foster nodded to her: "Okay, Mrs. Philip, thank you for your kindness."

At this time, Bingley apologized to Mrs. Philip for the sudden disturbance between himself and Darcy.

Lydia didn't expect that she did not avoid this cousin after all the hiding and hiding. Her eyes dimmed, and she heard him keep preaching the gospel of the Lord to her.

She sighed in her heart, and took the initiative to talk to Darcy who was opposite, which made Darcy, who had been looking at Collins who was so courteous, feel a little better.

"How long are you going to stay here, Mr. Darcy?"

Wickham quietly pricked up his ears, and his passionate eyes glanced at Lydia's gorgeous side face.

Seeing that she asked the questions he wanted to know for him, Wickham admired her vision very much, and felt that this young lady was a pretty good person.

"There is still a period of time. Of course, it depends on the situation. If there are any important things here that stop me, then I will definitely stay for a while longer." Darcy changed his reticence, although he did not like Wickham spoke as eloquently, but compared with usual, he said these words can be compared with what he said all morning: "However, I am more curious, Miss Lydia." The tip of his tongue rolled around: "I don't know why you ask this?"

Wickham listened to his important words, a glint of haze flashed in his eyes

"Maybe I want to know when I will lose such friendly neighbors as you and Mr. Bingley." Seeing that Collins was about to come over to talk again, Lydia hurriedly opened her mouth.

Darcy's ears were red, and he said in a low voice: "You can rest assured about this."

Lydia thought he was just saying a few polite words, but facing Collins' staring eyes, she began to talk to Darcy, hoping to attract Collins' eyes there.

"I heard that you happen to be the nephew of Mrs. Catherine, Mr. Collins' benefactor? What a coincidence."

Collins' eyes lit up when he heard Lydia's words, and the smiling face that was originally facing Lydia turned to Darcy.

"Really, Mr. Darcy, as Cousin Lydia said, it was my luck that we met."

When Darcy heard him calling Lydia cousin affectionately, he felt a little unhappy, so he just gave a faint "hmm" and turned to Lydia again.

"The last time I saw you play four-handedly with Miss Caroline, the skill is very good. Have you been studying for a long time?" Darcy looked at her.

Lydia knew that she would be asked this question sooner or later, so she took this opportunity to dispel her sister's doubts: "We have heard my sister Mary play many pieces, right Kitty? "

Kitty, who was asked, averted her obsessed eyes, and nodded unconsciously.

"So, I sometimes play it when I'm free. I'm sorry to say, but all I know is that one piece of music." Lydia blinked her eyes shyly.

Darcy was amused by her words and softened again, thinking that she was really clever.

But in his heart he didn't hate this kind of cleverness at all, on the contrary he thought she was extremely cute.

Bingley had been talking to Jane about the Niripei dance the day after tomorrow. He looked at Jane's adoring eyes, his face bloomed like a flower, and his blue eyes kept staring at Jane.

Jane's face was flushed by his stare. Although the two of them didn't say anything clearly, they probably got a point or two of each other's feelings. This is a different kind of fun.

After the meal, everyone praised Mrs. Philip's delicious meal, and Mrs. Philip shook her hands again and again after being praised. Finally, she warmly invited them to sit down and play a game of cards before leaving.

Colonel Foster apologized to her, said he had some business to do, and Mrs. Philip was full of regrets, but at last she made an appointment with him to meet again next time.

So there were several other officers who went with him, leaving only the Bennet sisters and Collins, and Wickham and another officer who was born face-to-face.

Because Bingley wanted to see Jane for a while, as soon as Mrs. Philip invited him, he readily agreed, and with pleading eyes, he hoped that Darcy would wait to accompany him.

Darcy looked at the treacherous Wickham, and felt that he wanted to catch up with Lydia as soon as he left, and Collins, who was so attentive and had no room to show off, he naturally accepted it. request from my friend.

Seeing that he agreed, Bingley immediately smiled.

Mrs. Phillips ordered the card-table to be set, and as soon as it was done Collins always felt himself useful.

"Although my card skills are inferior and not so superb, I am very willing to improve... In addition, it is my luck to play cards with a lady like you." Collins sat down, Said to her.

Seeing that Collins was going to play cards, Lydia immediately said that she didn't know how to play, so she didn't bother them, and just sat on the sofa and read a book.

"You don't play cards. It's really strange to read a book." Kitty thought she was going to pretend to be a lady in front of Wickham, her tone was sour.

Lydia knew that her sister was very good when she got better, but sometimes she would have indirect convulsions, so she ignored her words, picked up a book that Mrs. Philip put on the shelf as a pretense, took it in her hand, and walked towards the sofa. go.

Darcy silently took a book and followed.

Because Bingley felt that staying inside was too boring, he said he wanted to go out for a walk, and begged Jane to accompany him for a stroll.

Darcy watched the two of them leave their backs, turned to look at Lydia who was immersed in the book with one hand, and sighed inwardly.

Wickham did not go to play cards, but was invited by Kitty and Elizabeth to another table, and he sat down happily between them. All attention was drawn to her.

However, she still felt a little itchy in her heart, and after a few words, she walked over to watch the game, and finally abandoned Wickham afterwards, and began to place bets.

Wickham got a chance to be alone with Elizabeth, and their side was not far from Darcy's sofa. From time to time, Wickham took a break from the conversation with Elizabeth to look at the two of them. Eye.

Suddenly, Elizabeth heard him ask: "You and your sisters must have a good relationship."

Wickham smiled charmingly.

"Overall, we hit it off pretty well most of the time," Elizabeth said playfully.