Chapter 22: Last Year Cozwold (7)

Georgiana has been looking forward to this day for a long time. I got up from bed before dawn and went to the kitchen to check the food I wanted to bring and make sure there was no problem. Then he walked briskly to the living room, ready to read a book for a while, waiting for everyone to get up. I didn't expect someone to get up as early as her. "Emma, you're up so early, too?"

Emma was also a little excited, after all, there is too little entertainment for ladies nowadays, listening to music depends on live performances, playing cards depends on whether people can get together, and outdoor entertainment like picnics is even more rare. "I'm going to have a picnic today, and I'll get up early to see if there's anything to prepare. ”

Georgiana took Emma's hand and giggled at the two of them, "I'm going to check, I'm ready." ”

Both Mr. Darcy and Alvin have a regular routine and are used to waking up early. Meeting in the hallway, the two habitually nodded and went downstairs together. Emma was worried that George would not be able to get up, so she arranged for a servant to call him. George, who was yawning, soon appeared downstairs.

After breakfast, the Smiths came to the door.

Mr. Smith was also in high spirits today, for he had heard that George had some very good horses. Little Mr. Smith also looked a little more energetic than he had been that day.

Emma couldn't quite understand the men's love for horses, and she watched with interest as Georgiana walked over to greet Daisy. After a moment of silence between the two of them, Georgiana tried to find a topic to talk about, "Do you like to play the piano?" Miss Daisy said softly, "I like to draw." Both of them felt a little embarrassed, and their hobbies were different from each other's. "I think painting is an art that requires talent. Miss Daisy also said, "I think playing the piano is an elegant hobby. ”

Emma almost burst out laughing. "Georgiana, I see that Miss Daisy has brought the tools for painting, and we can admire her paintings in a moment. You can enjoy the sound of the piano at the dance party in a few days. Mrs. Smith did not come because she was a little unwell, and Miss Daisy relaxed a little without her mother, and nodded with a slight blush.

After a while, another guest arrived. It was Mr. Stoke and Mr. Murray, the squire who had come to the door two days before.

Mr. Stock, as always, chattered. George, Mr. Darcy, Emma, and Georgiana are all here, and he is a little too busy. George was the earl, and old Mr. Darcy was friends with Count André, who was in charge of the county. However, he didn't have much enthusiasm for Mr. Smith's family and Alwin. Even Mr. Smith, who is a nouveau riche, has a faint sense of contempt, and has repeatedly boasted of his aristocratic blood. Mr. Murray was much more pleasant in comparison, and greeted everyone politely, without trying to join in the conversation of the ladies or insert Mr. Stoker's flattery of Mr. George and Mr. Darcy, but had a few words with Colonel Alwin, who had no one around.

Several of the men had already agreed to go hunting. But Mr. Darcy and George knew that both Georgiana wanted to have a picnic under the beautiful beech trees, so they planned for everyone to go to the picnic spot first. Then the ladies had their own amusements, and the gentlemen who wanted to go hunting left to hunt and returned for a picnic after that time.

Arriving at Georgiana's long-awaited picnic spot, Mr. Murray smiled and said, "When the Earl of Kender invited me, I wondered if I would choose this place, because it is high and the scenery around it is picturesque. Before my daughter got married, my family and I used to visit here. ”

Mr. Stoke hurriedly said, "Yes, I also think Miss Kentra and Miss Darcy have a good eye. Only such a beautiful scenery can barely be worthy of a few beautiful young ladies."

Mr. Smith has always been confident in his eloquence, but he is still willing to bow to Mr. Stoker. He couldn't interject, and thought indignantly, what is the use of you currying favor with the Earl of Kentera, and there is no beautiful daughter of the right age to marry him. Then I thought that my daughter didn't dare to ride a horse at all, otherwise it would be a pity to ask George to teach her.

George cleared his throat and interrupted Mr. Stoker's gushing compliments: "So, who is going to hunt? Who is going to enjoy the beautiful scenery?"

All the men chose to hunt.

The three elder brothers were a little uneasy. Mr. Darcy frowned slightly. Mr. Smith Jr. looked worriedly at his shy sister, "I'll stay." Daisy shook her head, "Brother, let's go hunting." She had never seen her brother feel so good these days, so she naturally refused to let him not hunt for her own reasons.

George knows better than anyone how smart his sister is, but she is a weak girl after all, and he said: "Emma and I have never been away for so long since last year, and I don't worry about her. Emma, Mr. Darcy, and Georgiana all looked at him, but not quite the same. Emma: Brother, you're too slimy. Mr. Darcy: With Miss Kentra, she'll protect you. Georgiana: Mr. Kentera is not very reliable, but he is a good brother.

Alvin spoke, "I'll stay." "Having just come down from the battlefield, he wasn't very interested in hunting, and if it weren't for George Fei pulling him, he would have chosen to stay in the first place.

"No, I can't. George immediately objected. In the past few days, my sister has taken care of Alvin in various ways, and Alvin has stayed like a log [George's Perspective]. He decided to have a man-to-man duel with Alvin in the hunting field today, and after the victory, he sternly warned the guy to be kind to his sister [George Fantasy].

Emma looked at George helplessly: "Brother, Alwin's injury is not healed yet. "Can you please refrain from being vexatious?

Alvin was worried about the conflict between the brother and sister, and hurriedly said, "I've been healed." I can. ”

Emma sighed, "Brother." ”

George shuddered, and every time Emma said that, she was warning him. George was a little aggrieved, his sister was biased towards her fiancé before she got married, and he wanted to warn that guy for his sister's sake, but his sister didn't understand him at all.

Mr. Darcy turned his face to the side. With the birth of its master, the human being, jealousy began to wander around in the emptiness of the human heart. It peeps into the world through the eyes of a human baby, coveting others and being jealous is a witch Gu She is so good to her fiancé, of course. But if he doesn't love her, what does that have to do with you? And sooner or later he will fall in love with her. After all, she's so good, so good.

Mr. Stock, seeing that the atmosphere was a little stiff, felt that the time had come to play his part. "Miss Kentra don't worry, the Earl of Kentra must be measured, there are no big beasts here, we are just going to relax. ”

Emma didn't want to give George face in front of outsiders, so she had to stare at him and said, "I believe in my brother, I will definitely pay attention to safety." George nodded hurriedly.

Mr. Stoke and Mr. Murray were unfamiliar with the young ladies, and neither would watch each other go and leave alone. Georgiana winked at her brother. She kind of wanted Mr. Darcy to stay, just in time to see how he treated Miss Daisy. But Mr. Darcy didn't speak, he didn't want to stay and face Emma.

After going around in a circle, there are still no men left.

The ladies all thought that nothing would happen to the servants, and besides, what would happen if they were just painting and chatting?

Daisy was tasked by her mother to paint a portrait of Emma or Georgiana. Emma was accustomed to the 21st century camera with PS software and had little enthusiasm for portraits, so Georgiana was eager to ask Daisy to paint her a picture of her on a horse. Although they did not have horses, the valets came on horseback and could borrow them.

Emma was a little worried, and Georgiana smiled and said, "It's okay, I used to ride a horse." Just get on the horse and don't run, there won't be any problems. "Georgiana wouldn't lie about security, and Emma didn't object.

The manservant picked one of the most docile mares, and Georgiana was not very skillful but managed to sit on it and take a pose.

Daisy had been staring at Georgiana in horror before she breathed a sigh of relief. Pick up the pen and start drawing.

Emma didn't know much about painting before, but from the perspective of this year's accelerated training, Daisy was proficient in both structure and light and shadow. When she was painting, Daisy no longer had that shy and timid look, her eyes were focused, and her pen was extremely steady. Emma didn't bother her and sat on the mat to watch Daisy paint.

Suddenly, a dull thunder exploded in the sky. It was getting dark.

Georgiana was startled, and the originally tame horse neighed and raised its front hooves.

Emma snapped, "Georgiana, hold on to the horse's neck!"

Georgiana subconsciously did what Emma said, but the horse shook his head and jumped, trying to get the man off his body. Georgiana blushed with all her might, and her hands let go a little bit. The manservant, who had been guarding by the side, tried to pull the reins of the horse. "Don't!" Emma shouted late, and the manservant was kicked away by the horse's hooves and fell to the ground. The other servant threw himself at him and dragged him to prevent the unfortunate lad from being trampled on the horse again.

Emma pulled out her knife and cut a piece of the tablecloth, tied a cushion behind her neck, picked up another one, flew on the nearest horse, and ran towards Georgiana with a flick of the reins. "Pull your feet out of the stirrups and cover your head with your hands when I say let go!"

Georgiana struggled to pull her foot out of the stirrups, which was not easy, the horse was moving too hard. After the right foot was withdrawn, Georgiana had even more difficulty in maintaining her balance, and when her left foot was halfway drawn, the horse jumped, and she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her left foot, and then she could not use her strength. Georgiana's hands could no longer hold the horse's neck, and she gasped as hard as she could, pressing her nails into the horse's neck.

Emma got closer to her, and Georgiana finally pulled her left foot out in pain. As the two horses staggered, Emma shouted, "Let go!" and threw Georgiana off her horse. Georgiana suddenly lost her balance and screamed and waved her hands. Emma couldn't change her position in the air, and when the two landed, Georgiana must have been underneath, so she tried her best to hold Georgiana in her arms and use a cushion to protect her head and neck.

Miss Daisy screams and faints as Emma flies at Georgiana.

In order to prevent all the weight from weighing on Georgiana, Emma propped up her elbow on the ground when the two landed, and suddenly a pain came. Emma snorted and rolled around the ground with Georgiana in her arms to prevent her from being stepped on by the frightened horse. Unfortunately it was a slope, and Emma tried to grab the bush with her hand, but the pain in her elbow made it impossible for her to lift her hand for a while, and the two rolled down the slope.