[Pride and Prejudice] Wisdom

The car of the noble, generous and amiable Mrs. Catherine, whom Collins spoke of, finally came in front of them.

When they took a closer look, they realized that it was just a low open carriage. The carriage came gracefully and stopped dignifiedly outside the small gate of Collins Garden.

Collins rushed out immediately with Charlotte, ready to meet the people who were about to come down.

An older lady came down first. Lydia originally thought she was the lady Catherine who had been famous for a long time, but judging by her clothes, although she was very nice, the noble ladies in her impression were absolutely Would not wear so "simple".

"Is this Mrs. Catherine?" Elizabeth asked aloud, also puzzled.

"Oh, my dear." When Maria heard Elizabeth say this, she knew that she had made a mistake, and was a little surprised. She immediately said, "This is not Mrs. Catherine, but Mrs. Jane Kingson who lives with her."

Then, a pale and thin hand stretched out, and Mrs. Jane Jinson hurriedly supported her.

"Here, that one is Miss de Boer." Maria said with great respect: "Look! What a petite and exquisite figure, who would have thought that a noble lady would be so thin and lovely."

At this time, Collins and Charlotte had greeted Miss De Boer cordially and introduced their relatives to her.

Originally, Collins didn't want to introduce it in a hurry, but he found that Miss De Boer seemed to be very interested in the guests in his home.

Lydia also felt that Miss De Boer was interested in her.

She has received the lady's gaze on her many times.

She adjusted her posture slightly, and with a sweep of the corner of her eyes, the eyes of the two collided in the air.

Lydia was the first to show her a slight smile and nodded, she looked no different from any well-educated girl.

Seeing her smile, De Boer was stunned. Her face was small and pitiful, and she had been bedridden all year round since she was a child. Mrs. Catherine loved her only daughter like an eyeball, but no matter how carefully Catherine To take care of his daughter, but De Boer still looked like he was born with a deficiency.

She is small and thin, and her beautiful hat is neatly tied with a beautiful knot, and she stays quietly on her head. Seeing the young lady smiling at her, De Boer also politely returned a smile.

Elizabeth said to Maria: "Miss De Boer looks very pleasing." If she was compared with that Miss Bingley, she won many times over.

Lydia had heard about this lady in Collins's words before. In his mouth, Mrs. Catherine was inspired to make a pair of her nephew and her daughter, which made her treat Miss de Boer calmly and at the same time And a little uncontrollable subtlety.

Collins and Charlotte have been standing at the door talking to Miss de Boer, but did not invite her into the house, because Collins and Charlotte knew in their hearts that it would be difficult to let Miss de Boer into his narrow room. But it takes a lot of face.

Soon, at the urging of Mrs. Jane Kingson, they got up and left.

Collins had a smile on his face, and everyone knew that there must be something that made him very happy during the conversation just now.

As soon as he entered the garden, he couldn't help but murmur loudly what happened just now, and blessed the new guests.

"You're lucky!" Collins said beaming.

Charlotte explained for everyone who was confused: "Miss de Boer just came to invite us to Rosings tomorrow."

"It's a great honor for us!" Sir Lucas said very kindly.

Maria also looked excited.

It is difficult to express how pleased Collins was with this invitation, for what he had always dreamed of was to let these guests see the dignity of his benefactor and the grandeur of Rosings, which made him feel very proud. .

"I admit it." Collins said, "I am not surprised by Mrs. Catherine's invitation at all. Maybe you will be surprised that such a noble lady would condescend to invite you, but this is just It is a place worthy of her admiration."

"Well, maybe that's exactly it." Lydia said cheerfully seeing him alone, but outside, the wind was a bit cold.She wanted to use this to interrupt Collins' conversation, but she didn't expect him to be energetic instead.

Really, if you don't do it, you won't die.

"Yes, as Cousin Lydia said, Lady Catherine is such a kind and friendly person. Who knew she would treat us so courteously?"

Of course it's you, Lydia thought silently.

"And she invited all of us as soon as she invited."

"I'm not surprised by this at all." Lucas continued, "My status has allowed me to get in touch with some big people..."

Then Lydia spent another long afternoon and night, and everyone was very excited about the upcoming tomorrow. She and Elizabeth listened to the clichéd words, and looked at each other.

understand each other.

Lydia's hands were itchy, and she wanted to hide in her room and write a letter to Darcy to thank him.

So she took the initiative to bid farewell to everyone and went back to the room, and Elizabeth hurried back to the room with her sister.

"It's for Mr. Darcy." Elizabeth said jokingly, flipping through the book in her hand.

Lydia didn't look sideways, she had a thick skin.

"Of course!"

She answered loudly, which made Elizabeth a little embarrassed.

The next day, their door was slammed, and it was Charlotte and Maria who came to find them.

"Get up quickly," Maria said.

The two sisters got up together and turned the handle of the door.

Charlotte looked at them and said to them that they would be leaving in two hours.

"So what time is it?" Lydia asked casually.

"six o'clock."

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

After Lydia had finished washing Elizabeth, she split up and went to dress up. Mr. Collins tirelessly instructed his guests not to be distracted when they saw those gorgeous houses, numerous servants, and sumptuous meals. scared.

"Don't worry about your clothes." Collins said: "Dear cousin, Lady Catherine will not ask us to wear gorgeous clothes, because only she and her daughter are worthy of such clothes, so you just need Just be decent."

"So, Mr. Collins, I'm going to start dressing up." Lydia closed the door with a smile, and suddenly felt quiet.

Then, within a few minutes, Lydia could hear Collins' voice outside the doors of the crowd, urging them to hurry up.

Maria was dressed in no time, and was terrified at the thought of her going to see Lady Catherine.

They were on their way to Rosings.

The distance is not too far, about half a mile is estimated, the scenery on the road is really unique.

But Collins wasn't satisfied with that. He pointed to the windows gleaming in the sun.

"I don't know how much money was spent on those shining windows!"

For Collins' mouth along the way, it was like a motor was installed, and Lydia simply blocked his voice.

Walking into the hall, Collins told them about the coordinated layout and exquisite decoration here, but Lydia didn't seem to be interested, and she was calculating the whereabouts of her money in her mind.

It would have been a considerable fortune if it had been kept with her forever, but Lydia wanted it to circulate.

They followed the servants into the antechamber, and Sir Lucas even breathed carefully.

Afterwards, they entered an exquisite room, where Miss de Boer and Mrs. Jane Kingson, whom they met that day, were already sitting there, and the lady sitting among them was undoubtedly Collins' daughter-in-law. Lord, Lady Catherine.

Lady Catherine has a plump figure and three-dimensional features. Everyone can't help guessing that she may have been very handsome when she was young, but she has a dignified look, and her demeanor reveals her aura of superiority.

In other words, look at people with their nostrils.

Charlotte had already discussed with Collins that she would be the one to introduce the guests, which she did very properly and just right.

Sir Lucas was nervous, bowed deeply to the lady, and sat down in his seat without saying a word.

Maria was also a little flustered by the lady's serious demeanor.

Madam Catherine was okay when she was silent, but when she spoke, her majestic voice made her feel a natural arbiter of her own.

"This is your sister." Catherine turned to Maria and asked Charlotte.

"Yes, ma'am."

Mrs. Catherine nodded, and then turned her gaze to Sister Bennet who followed Maria to say hello.

"Then, these two should be the two cousins ​​that Mr. Collins is going to inherit from the family?" She said in a calm tone, with a hint of impenetrability.

"Miss Elizabeth and... Miss Lydia."

She glanced at Lydia meaningfully.