Alvin sat on the couch with his waist straight and his hands on his lap. According to his previous experience, the two got along either awkwardly and speechlessly, or he inadvertently annoyed each other. Emma was gentler in the hospital bed, but Emma was weak at that time and they talked very little. Alvin was a little worried that the conversation would be messed up by him as well.

Emma was amused by Alwin's nervousness and wanted to laugh a little, but she held back. At lunch, she noticed that Alwin's left arm was a little unflexible. "Is your left arm hurt?"

Alvin nodded. "Yes, scratched by a fragment of a bullet. He remembered that his friend said that ladies were very timid and afraid of the scars on their husbands, and added: "The wound is not big, and it should not leave a long scar." ”

Emma laughed. "If I were to say that scars are medals on the warriors, you might think I'm insincere. But isn't it too chilling that the soldiers are fighting for the glory of their country in front of them, and people are afraid of the scars on his body?"

Alvin felt that Emma in front of him was not the same as before, and a more gentle attitude was not the point, the point was that the thinking of the two of them could be connected. "It's great that you can understand. ”

Emma didn't ask about the battlefield, and for many soldiers, the days of brushing shoulders with death on the battlefield every day, regardless of whether they won or lost the war, were painful memories. She gave a brief introduction to Cotswold, and described their plans for picnics, fishing, and horseback riding in a soft voice. "On the hillside not far away there was a large beech tree, and the surrounding meadow was in full bloom with cornflowers. George brought some nice horses, with whom you can race horses in the vast expanse of grass, and when the race is over Georgiana and I have decorated the tablecloths, we will have something to eat together and talk about interesting things."

Alvin couldn't help but yearn for the peaceful and happy scene described by Emma. When he first came down from the battlefield, his ears always seemed to be haunted by the explosion of artillery shells and the roars of soldiers. Until this moment, in the paradise-like Cozwold, in the soft voice of the beautiful girl opposite, his tense nerves finally relaxed slightly.

Emma didn't say much for long, and when she saw that Alvin was a little relaxed, she asked him to go and rest first. Emma didn't know if George had arranged a bedroom for Alwin, and she probably didn't expect Alvin to come so soon. Calling the servant to ask, George had just asked the servant to clean up the bedroom next to him.

Emma thought for a moment, asked the servant not to put Alwin's luggage in the bedroom, and turned to ask Alwin's opinion. "I've heard that soldiers who have just returned tend to prefer quiet environments, are you the same?"

Alvin didn't expect Emma to take this into account, he did want to have a quieter environment, but if Emma didn't say it, he would certainly not object to George's arrangement.

Emma knew that he didn't speak, and smiled and asked the servant to clean up the innermost bedroom.

Alvin was a little moved, but didn't know if he should thank Emma. Although theoretically it should have been done, they were already an unmarried couple, and if Emma felt that he and her were too alien and angry, he moved his lips and still didn't say anything.

Emma sent him upstairs and returned to his room in a good mood. Lying on the bed, she pondered what the obligations of a fiancée were, and if the relationship went well, when and how to test Alwin's opinion about her desire for independence and freedom.

"Knock knock", a soft knock on the door came. "Emma, are you there?"

It's Georgian. Emma sat up from the bed. "Here, come in. ”

Georgiana walked into the room, frowned, took small steps, looked left and right and sat down in her chair.

Emma raised her eyebrows, Georgiana often came to her, but it was the first time she had been so hesitant as she was today. "What's wrong, darling?"

Georgiana looked deep into Emma's eyes. "Emma, do you like him?"

Emma was a little confused. "Why do you ask?"

Giorgiana bit her lip and whispered, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to speak ill of him, but his eyes looked a little fierce." My cousin said that a soldier might not have a good temper. In fact, Lieutenant Colonel Fitzwilliam told her that soldiers might beat their wives after marriage, and she became worried when she saw Alwin's eyes.

Emma thought it was something going on, but it turned out that the little girl was scared by Alwin. "My dear, Alwyn just returned from the battlefield. There was a lot of smoke there, maybe the friend who had been with him for several years was hit by a bullet and died in the next second, maybe he was also struggling on the verge of life and death. He had just returned to China and still retained the sense of vigilance on the battlefield, so he looked a little fierce. ”

Georgiana froze, and after a moment muttered, "It's so pitiful! It's really terrible! I shouldn't have said that about Mr. Cruise." Is my cousin going to face the same thing?"

Emma didn't know what was going on in India, but thought it would be better to comfort Georgiana. "No, Lieutenant Colonel Fitzwilliam is in India, and the situation is much better than in North America. You see, he hasn't changed much when he comes back. ”

Georgiana patted her chest. "That's good. But she quickly looked worried again. "Emma, I still think that marriage should be based on love. In fact, Georgiana felt that only the best gentlemen were worthy of Emma. Elwin's temper was only one aspect of her worries, on the other hand, she could feel that Emma and Alwin did not have the sweet feelings of mutual admiration between their fiancés, how could a marriage without feelings be happy?

The little angel was so cute that she was worried about her, and Emma hugged her with a smile. "Don't worry, if we don't have love for each other, we can find a reason to dissolve the marriage. Elwin's character can still be trusted. ”

Emma's words always have a convincing power, and Georgiana is a little relieved. "I've memorized the moves you taught me yesterday, and I can learn new ones tonight. ”

When Emma was a white-collar worker in the 21st century, she would practice yoga on weekends, so she taught Georgia a set of yoga movements, which she could practice in bed with her tights off. "Georgiana is so smart, we're going to learn the following moves tonight. Stick to practice every night and wear less tights, and your body will become healthier. ”

Georgiana nodded obediently.

Worried, Georgiana walked into Emma's room and walked out happily. Solving this big problem, Georgiana recalls that her brother seemed to have a bad face at lunch. Although Mr. Darcy had just talked to her about the novel two days ago, and she saw that Mr. Darcy was still a little weak, she was still very worried about Mr. Darcy and decided to go and see if her brother was not feeling well.

Mr. Darcy shut himself up in his room in the afternoon and finished reading Bacon's "On Jealousy", and he came up with two points: first, the proud and arrogant are prone to jealousy. Emma usually takes care of him in every way, both in personality and appearance, and he is jealous when he sees that a treasure belongs to someone else and not to himself. Second, jealousy is something that only idlers can enjoy, and everyone who buries his head in his career has no time to be jealous, and he should enrich his life.

Thinking of these two points, Mr. Darcy felt much better. He wrote a letter to the butler in Derbyshire, asking him to send him all the business that he had accumulated since the previous two months, which he had intended to return to Bloomberg after his holiday in the Cozwolds, but now seemed too leisurely to take care of him.

Georgiana happened to meet Mr. Darcy in the hallway who had brought the letter to the servant to send. She tried to ask her brother if he was unwell, but found that Mr. Darcy had gone against the silence and gloom of the lunchtime, with his head held high and his eyes blazing. Looks like it's going to be fine.

It was only at dinner time that Georgiana realized that Mr. Darcy was not only fine, but simply over-energetic. In the afternoon, George was invited to go horseback riding, and in the evening he was dragged to discuss overseas trade. After dinner, the servant brought a box of books, and it turned out that Mr. Darcy had given them a list of books to buy in the afternoon, which Mr. Darcy wanted to read but did not have time to read, and which he was going to read during his vacation.

Georgiana was confused, and although she didn't know what irritated Mr. Darcy to, it was always good for him to live an active and fulfilling life. Georgiana was relieved after observing for two days.

Soon, picnic day arrived.