[Pride and Prejudice] Wisdom

As soon as Elizabeth arrived in the living room, her eyes began to look left and right. Looking around, there was no Mr. Wickham among the officers in red uniforms!

So many people came, but Mr. Wickham was the only one who could not be seen. Elizabeth couldn't help but suspect that Mr. Wickham didn't come at all, or that he wasn't invited at all.

Thinking of her conversation with Wickham, the doubts in her heart became deeper and deeper. If she had believed five or six points in Wickham's words, now it has increased to seven or eight percent.

Kitty also obviously noticed that Wickham was not there, and her meticulous attire, which was originally intended to capture Wickham, was completely decadent.

Fortunately, she didn't give up. When she saw Mr. Danny, she hurried over and asked him eagerly, "Is Mr. Wickham here? Mr. Danny."

Danny was chatting with other people. When he saw Kitty and Elizabeth following her, and heard her eager words, he had to admire Wickham's luck. Unfortunately, he could only apologize to the two ladies. Said he wasn't there.

"He went out on errands the day before, and he hasn't come back yet, so he didn't come to this dance." After speaking, he added with a smile, obviously Wickham also said something to him: "Actually, if you think about it carefully, if you don't want to avoid someone here, it's impossible for him not to come back now."

Kitty only heard that Wickham was not there, so she didn't pay attention to what he said later, she just thought that since Wickham was not there, she could only give in and find another target.

Elizabeth was paying attention, this sentence made her heart churn, and she firmly believed that her initial guess was correct!

As soon as she turned her eyes, she saw that little man Darcy was flattering Lydia. She suppressed the anger in her heart and determined not to give Darcy a good face, because being kind to him was hurting Wickham. Even with Lydia, she didn't want her family to have any contact with him.

She walked forward unceremoniously, covering the two men and women who were talking.

Darcy's feelings towards Lydia's sister became a little strange at the moment, but since she was Lydia's sister anyway, he greeted her kindly, moved his steps a little, and stood still. on the other side of Lydia.

Elizabeth turned a blind eye to his good words and good manners. In her eyes, Darcy was a guy who was defiant just because of his own identity, not to mention the things he did to Wickham.

But when she saw her sister looking at her suspiciously, she also realized that her behavior seemed to be a bit bad. She wanted to take Lydia away directly, but when she saw Lydia and Darcy both The expressions were synchronized, and she looked at her with a confused face, as if she didn't know where her anger came from.

She also realized that she was a bit rude, and she turned her head and walked away with embarrassment on her face.

...............

Lydia looked at her back as she turned her head and left, and really didn't know why her sister wanted to play this game.

However, she quickly guessed that it was probably because Wickham didn't come, and she naturally paid attention to the movement of the scumbag in her heart. At first, she was relieved when she saw that he didn't come, but now that she thinks about it carefully, Seeing her sister's reaction, she felt a sense of crisis inexplicably.

Elizabeth...couldn't be deceived by his lies? !

She was thinking in her heart that Wickham really had a special liking for the Bennet sisters, how could she know that other people had a special liking for Mr. Darcy instead of the Bennet sisters.

Elizabeth's somewhat rude behavior made the originally very relaxed and happy atmosphere between the two a little awkward.

Lydia raised her eyes and apologized to Darcy instead of Elizabeth.

Since Darcy came to Netherfield, he has heard a lot of comments about him. Although he himself thinks these rumors are ridiculous, some people actually believe these rumors. Seeing the reaction of Lydia's sister, you can Guess she was the one who believed it.

Although he himself was a little puzzled, he didn't really care about it. Seeing Lydia apologizing to him now, he felt a little embarrassed and said repeatedly that there was no need to do this.

Just as the prelude was played, he mustered up the courage to look directly at Lydia with expectant eyes.

"Then, Miss Lydia, would you do me the honor of dancing with me for the first time?"

Since Darcy wanted to break the embarrassment, Lydia naturally went down the donkey happily, not to mention that she could find one less excuse to deal with Collins, so she nodded to Darcy.

The two of them went to the dance floor hand in hand, but Collins, who came to find Lydia and was about to dance with her for the first time, felt inexplicably aggrieved when he saw the two matching backs.

She promised to dance her first dance with herself!

The two of them were in their poses, and Lydia, who had practiced at the previous ball, danced with great proficiency, and Darcy, of course, needless to say.

In this way, things like accidentally stepping on the wrong foot will never happen to them.

"You look really chic today."

The words that came out of Darcy's mouth were really novel. Lydia opened her eyes slightly, and looked up to see how the always serious and rigid man would say such a "compliment".

He looked into the girl's clear eyes and smiled slightly: "Don't you think so?"

Since Darcy praised herself like this, Lydia would not refuse hypocritically, her face was a little hot, and she said to Darcy politely.

"You are also different today."

Darcy's eyelids twitched, and he raised his head in embarrassment.

I only hate that the dance ended too quickly. Before Darcy had time to continue asking her own questions, Lydia was stopped by Collins who was waiting by the side.

Now that she was stopped, Lydia couldn't slap Collins in the face in public. After all, she was a family, and she was embarrassed to let others see her. She nodded to Darcy and signaled that she would go out first.

Darcy looked at her back, the few strands of hair falling by his ears made him itchy to help her pin it up, but the reality was that he could only watch Lydia standing with her cousin Collins .

At first, from his position, he could only see Collins say a few words to Lydia, and then she frowned, seemingly puzzled.

Finally, when he saw them leave the hall together, Darcy's heart was in a hurry, but he tried to keep calm on his face, afraid of being discovered by others.

There was a battle going on in his mind, and in the end he still walked towards the direction they left in a serious manner.

Lydia didn't know what Collins wanted to tell her, she had to leave the hall to say it, but Collins did something out of place, she agreed to his request, but watched him take her away a lot If you go down the road, you won't see anyone, Lydia hastily told him to stop.

"Just say it here."

Collins looked at the few people who occasionally passed by, thinking that it was almost the same, at least it seemed that Cousin Lydia would not be too shy.He cleared his throat.

"Before I tell you an important thing, please allow me to tell the truth, Cousin Lydia, today you seem to have attracted the attention of everyone present." Collins felt that this compliment was no exaggeration , Thinking of Lydia's beauty, his mood became firmer.

How could Collins' compliments be so easy to bear?Lydia said a few words quickly; "You can't say that, Mr. Collins."

Collins looked at her with satisfaction: "Cousin Lydia, please believe me, although you just evaded a few words, but your modesty and reservedness make you look like you haven't lost your dazzling charm , on the contrary, it also added a bit of kindness to your personality."

Although she didn't know where he got the result, Lydia didn't want him to continue talking, so she wisely shut up and listened to him.

"I hope you allow me to make a statement. The current interview with you was just approved by your mother. Although you look cute, I understand that you are shy in your heart. Maybe you will hear me next time. You will be overwhelmed with joy and panic at these words, and you may even pretend to refuse to cover up your inner feelings, but you will definitely not fail to understand my intention of speaking."

Lydia instinctively had a bad emotion in her heart, and the more she heard the back, the faster her face changed. She was already sure that her mother seemed—was—sold herself? !

She wanted to interrupt Collins, but she had no choice but to watch him chatter and continue talking.

"I have a soft spot for you, and everyone has witnessed it, and I believe you know it too."

I really don't know, look at my big honest eyes!

"Almost the moment I stepped into your house, I chose you to be my life partner." Speaking of this, Collins paused, and Lydia quickly seized the opportunity.

"Mr Collins, I..."

But the opportunity was lost so suddenly, and before Lydia could finish speaking, Collins interrupted her again: "I haven't finished, Miss Lydia!"

Then, he went on to describe the reasons why he came here, and proudly stated his current conditions, so that Lydia could understand that he was more than enough for her.

"You don't have to rush to refuse, because once this happens, although young ladies accept it in their hearts, they usually have to refuse it verbally two or three times before they are satisfied. Of course, I also think that a lady like you should refuse more A few times, I can accept it in my heart."

"So, Miss Lydia, would you accept my marriage proposal?" Collins looked at her.

Because of the extra delay in thinking, Darcy found where they were, and after a while, he finally found it. He only had time to hear the last sentence, that is to say.

So, Miss Lydia, are you willing to accept my marriage proposal...

Darcy was in a trance, and Collins' words kept echoing in his ears.