Mr. Darcy has always disliked Elwin, but this is because Alvin is Emma's fiancé, and Mr. Darcy still approves of it purely as far as Alvin himself is concerned. I didn't expect him to do such a thing, looking for a lover behind Emma's back, and even having an illegitimate daughter of three or four years old. Mr. Darcy didn't feel angry often because he felt that most people didn't deserve to make him angry, but Alwin was lucky enough to have Emma and didn't cherish him.

The corridor was not long, and Alvin saw Mr. Darcy when he went out, and he was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that Mr. Darcy was also here by such a coincidence. "Hello. ”

Alwin was not ashamed to meet his lover's illegitimate daughter when he was bumped into by an acquaintance, and Mr. Darcy was almost laughed at by his shamelessness. "Mr. Cruise, I'm surprised that you would choose to say hello to me instead of making some cover up for what you've done. ”

Alwyn was confused for a moment, and then immediately realized that Mr. Darcy had probably happened to hear Alice's last words. "It's a misunderstanding, Alice is ......" Alvin didn't know how to define Miss Grace's current relationship with him, so he chose a vague description, "The daughter of a friend of mine." ”

Elwin's hesitation seemed to Mr. Darcy to be thinking of what excuse to make, and he scoffed, "A child of a friend who calls your father?"

The matter could not be explained in a word, and Alvin did not want to tell Mr. Darcy about Grace, but he could not help but explain, so he tried to organize the language: "I used to have a friend who died this year, probably because of me, and her maid came to me with her child. ”

Mr. Darcy keenly captured one word: "She?"

The voice outside the door made Alice poke her head out curiously: "Ah, the gentleman in the back." ”

"The gentleman in the back?" Alvin didn't know what Alice meant.

Sophia pulled Alice back into her arms and explained for her, "This gentleman was behind us when we came in just now. ”

Sophia's hat was pressed very low, and Mr. Darcy didn't see it clearly when he walked behind just now, and now it seems that Sophia did it out of weakness, otherwise what is there to be in a maid's disgrace?

Elwin's heart moved. If Mr. Darcy had just arrived, he would have been understandably accused of having heard that remark. But Mr. Darcy had just seen Sophia and Alice enter his room, and had been waiting outside, and had been sneering at him when he came out. Mr. Darcy is not a nosy man, and if an evil deed happens right in front of him, Mr. Darcy will sneer at it in passing, but he will never waste time on such a thing. Strictly speaking, this matter had nothing to do with Mr. Darcy, and Mr. Darcy's usual style should have chosen to tell George in passing during his visit, rather than waiting outside for a while and then accusing him personally.

Mr. Darcy concluded coldly, "I hope you remember that you have a fiancée. ”

Elwin's face sank. Emma has been in danger several times when Mr. Darcy has helped, and he is not unconcerned at all, but he believes in Mr. Darcy's character, and Mr. Darcy's attitude towards Emma has always been cold. Today, it seems, he may have been deceived. "Emma is my fiancée and I won't do anything to be sorry for her. Alvin put the word "mine" very seriously.

The two men looked at each other expressionlessly, and the air in the hallway seemed to freeze.

"Fitzwilliam?" a voice broke the tension.

Mr. Darcy looked back and saw that it was the teacher he was coming to pick up, and he had completely forgotten about it. "Mr. Thomas. ”

Mr. Thomas is a lovely old man, with a wrinkled face and a big red nose, who is very popular with children. Mr. Thomas noticed that the atmosphere between the two was not right before he could get closer, but he said to Mr. Darcy as if he hadn't noticed anything, "It's really you, I'm worried that I'll recognize the wrong person, after all, the last time we met was six years ago." Apparently I've been overthinking, and your expression hasn't changed since the time I taught you. Don't you want to give the teacher a hug?"

Mr. Darcy was not accustomed to such enthusiastic expressions of affection, but Mr. Thomas smiled and opened his arms, and he had to hug Mr. Thomas. "Hello. ”

Mr. Thomas winked at Mr. Darcy, "I'm sorry dear Fitzwilliam, long time no see, I was so happy to see you just now." You and this handsome young man have something to discuss, I'll wait for you downstairs. ”

The confrontation is interrupted, and Alvin calms down, he has no hard evidence, and it is not good for Emma to get the news out. "No, we're done. ”

Mr. Darcy was also shocked to realize that he had just made a bit of a gaffe, and if Alwyn noticed something, it would probably not be good for Emma. "That's right, we're done. ”

Mr. Thomas followed Mr. Darcy out of the hotel and suddenly said, "I am pleased." "Mr. Thomas occasionally has some sudden emotion, and Mr. Darcy is used to it. "You're happy every day. ”

Mr. Thomas shook his head. "My dear, I'm happy for you. When I first taught you, I felt that something was missing in your life. You are the most impeccable child I have ever met, and the most arrogant person I have ever met. You've been more successful than most people, but you've never been so happy about it, and you feel like you're supposed to do it. You are convinced that you are right, and you are too lazy to get angry with others and not want to defend yourself. I'm worried about this, but I don't know how to change you. Today, it seems like you've changed a bit. ”

Mr. Darcy was silent for a long time, and just when Mr. Thomas thought he would not answer, he spoke: "That's not right. ”

Seeing Mr. Darcy so stubborn, Mr. Thomas sighed, "Your choice has always been the right one, but it is not necessarily the best. ”

Mr. Darcy did not answer this time.

Mr. Darcy accompanied Mr. Thomas to the University of Cambridge to meet some old friends, whom they had not seen for a long time, and had lost track of time. Mr. Darcy was late in the day when he returned to the lodgings, and instead of going to his bedroom, he went first to the study, and wanted to write to George what he had seen today. Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the study, I saw Georgiana sleeping soundly on the desk.

Mr. Darcy frowned. "Georgiana?"

Georgiana said in a daze, "Brother, you're back." ”

Mr. Darcy said in a stern tone, "Why don't you go back to your room and rest?"

Georgiana suddenly came to her senses. "Brother, Emma has something for me to convey to you, I have been waiting for you and accidentally fell asleep. ”

Although he was reluctant to admit it, Mr. Darcy was a little inexplicably nervous. Emma had something to say to him, and he was nervous, but Mr. Darcy was still very calm on the surface. "What?"

Georgiana pulled out a note. "Emma gave it to you. ”

Mr. Darcy unfolded the note and read it: "Dear Mr. Darcy, I have heard that you met Alvin at the hotel today, and you have some misunderstanding with him. Yesterday morning, Alvin and I met Sophia, who was the maid of Elwin's former friend, Miss Jones, who stopped the car. Miss Jones, possibly forced to marry a villain because of Elwin, died this year. Sophia brings Miss Jones's children to Elwin, hoping for help. Thank you for your concern and I wish you well.

Mr. Darcy's face darkened. In order to prevent the matter from being revealed, Alwin rushed to explain to Emma that the maid, Miss Jones's child, seeing is believing, so that he would not be as gullible as Emma, and he must investigate the ins and outs.

Georgiana already knew what was going on, and took the initiative to confess without waiting for Mr. Darcy to ask. "I'm going to see Emma to-day, and while I'm talking, Mr. Cruise is here. He wanted to find Mr. Kentera, but Mr. Kentler had gone out of town and would not be back until two days later. Mr. Cruise told Emma that there was some misunderstanding with you at the inn this morning, and that he wanted Emma to explain it to her brother. Emma said no problem, but after Mr. Cruise left, Emma told me not to let her brother know about it at the end, Mr. Kentler has been under a lot of pressure recently because of the perpetual motion machine failure, so let me give you the note. I came back early and waited until now. ”

Emma's fears are justified, and George probably doesn't have the time or energy to check whether this is true lately. Mr. Darcy decides to do an investigation first, and if Alvin does do do something sorry for Emma, he will sue George.

In fact, Emma did not sue George, but Mr. Darcy did not guess, and she did not sue Siorgioana. Alvin didn't bring it up, but Emma could easily think of what Sophia meant by bringing Alice to London. Emma doesn't want to adopt Alice. A three-year-old girl has no memory yet, and adopting her does not involve inheritance, the problem is that there is a Sophia. Emma is going to start looking for a reliable couple now, and when Alvin comes back and talks to him about giving Alice to them to raise, as long as the couple has no problems, Alvin will not disagree. If George had known about Alice's existence before this, he would have run to ask Alwyn what he was going to do, and if Alvin had said "I want to adopt if Emma agreed", George might have duel him. Why make a bloody mess about something that can be easily solved?

Emma has always been thoughtful, but there are always things that are out of her control.

Alwin couldn't wait for George to return, explained to Emma, and set off the next day, along with a few friends and some servants. Not long after leaving London, it suddenly rained heavily, and there were no people in the fields all around, and the group braved the rain to walk for more than an hour before finding a village, and went to the largest house in the village to ask for shelter from the rain.

The group was already drenched in soup, and their luggage was also wet. The family didn't have so many clothes, so Alvin and the others had to hand over the clothes to them to wash and dry, and a few people huddled in a quilt to avoid catching a cold.

A friend of Alwin asked him: "Why don't you stay in London with your fiancée and go to investigate the affairs of your former sweetheart, so you are not afraid that such a good fiancée will be gone?"

Alwyn thought of Mr. Darcy's business, and his face was not very good. "My fiancée is good?"

Alwin's friend thought he was showing off by asking. "Of course. Not to mention the identity dowry, I have seen her a few times, and she is definitely beautiful and moving. Someone sarcastically mocked the Earl of Kentra, she very skillfully resolved the embarrassment, it can be seen that she is a smart young lady, and she also sends you clothes and medicines in winter, how considerate. If you hadn't been booked early, there would have been many gentlemen who would have pursued her. You're in luck. ”

Alwin was in a mixed mood and muttered, "That's right, I also think I'm lucky. ”

Alvin wanted to find out about Grace and go back to see Emma as soon as possible, but Grace's matter was very difficult to investigate, and Grace's personal maid had already died. The servant who delivered the letter that Sophia had said had been found. But he was completely unaware. He delivered the letter to Alwin's house at Grace's orders, and did not see Alwin, but received a reply a day later. He couldn't remember which servant he had given the letter to. Alvin decided to go to his brother and see if he could find any clues.

Alwyn certainly couldn't go straight back to his old home, so he and his friend's servant found an inn to stay in.

The innkeeper was holding a walking stick, which Irwin looked familiar to him, and when he looked closely, there was a scratch on the eagle pattern in the center of the cane. It suddenly dawned on Alvin that it was the cane of the old butler of the Kentra family. At that time, his mother was sick, and his brother refused to pay for a doctor, so he pounced on him and punched him, and he picked up his horsewhip to whip him, but the old butler stopped him with his cane in time, and brought him and his mother back to Kentra's house. Later, the cane was gone, and Alvin thought that the old butler felt that the cane was flawed and threw it away, and after the army got his salary, he customized a similar cane for the old butler.

When the innkeeper saw him looking at his cane, he said proudly, "This is from an old man." ”

Alvin was a little curious. "For you?"

This question was in the innkeeper's mind, and he boasted, "This is the best business I've ever made." The old man lived for more than half a month, went out to do business for a few days, and when he came back to settle the money and leave, he told me that there was some accident, and the cash should be kept for the way back, and the extra money was not enough, so he gave me the cane. ”

Alvin's heart sank. That's impossible. At that time, the elder brother was aggressive, he was dragging out time and trying to find a way at the same time, it was like a year, how could the old butler of the Kentra family stay for more than half a month before going to him?

Elwyn of the Kentra family suddenly stood up. He remembered why the name of the rich merchant Grace married was so familiar. That day, after Emma said that someone wanted to be unfavorable to the Kentra family, in order not to let go of any clues, starting from the death of Emma's mother, he carefully looked at everything he could find out about the Kentra family. The old Earl of Kentra initially agreed to invest in an iron mine to replace new equipment, which was regarded as a shareholding, and the funds had already been withdrawn from other places, and there was no reason for the sudden change of mind. The mine owner was Grace's husband. The time was the month Grace wrote to him for the second time.

It was still hot and humid in August, but Alvin was chilling.