The memories end.

Emma thought that she would never be able to maintain a friendly relationship with Mr. Darcy again, but she did not look at her with the strange eyes she imagined when Mr. Darcy came to the door yesterday, and sincerely said that the overreaction the day before yesterday was his own problem. Emma then said that her misleading behavior was very rude, and she would never do it again. She had expected Mr. Darcy to be pleased with this, but he had not been at all. So what Mr. Darcy was thinking was unpredictable.

Seeing that Emma didn't want to say, Georgiana thoughtfully didn't ask questions, and patted her on the back comfortingly.

Emma was cured, let go of the entanglement, and invited: "Auntie, uncle, and Alvin and I will go to the opera in the evening, do you want to go together?"

Georgiana suddenly found another solution to the problem, if Emma and Alvin got married, her brother should not be trapped in this relationship anymore. After all, marriages are made under God's witness, and divorces are rare. Instead of convincing the stubborn brother, it is better to let him die on his own. Seeing the dawn of the problem, Georgiana put aside her worries for a few days and nodded happily in agreement. "Great, I'll go back and change my clothes and get ready. ”

Just after the afternoon tea, Mr. and Mrs. Ashley came to the door. George went out today, and they arrived before Alwyn to avoid the fiancée being alone in the apartment.

Because she went to the opera, Mrs. Ashley was dressed very formally, and the fur on her hat was half a meter long, and when she saw Emma, she held her hand affectionately. "Honey, long time no see. You're a little taller, and you must look good in a long dress when you go to the opera. ”

Emma and Mrs. Ashley have a very large difference in their standards of beauty, and in order to prevent her dear aunt from constantly lamenting the aesthetics of the young ladies on the way to the theater and on the way back, Emma gritted her teeth and decided to let Mrs. Ashley be her costume counselor for tonight. "I brought a couple of long dresses, all kinds of styles, and we could go upstairs and pick them up. ”

Mr. Ashley has always been unconditionally in favour of his wife's opinion on clothing. "Ladies, please take care of yourself, I'll read the newspaper on the couch for a while. ”

Emma felt that her whole person was going to be bad. Mrs. Ashley said that her waist was very slender, and because she did not wear a proper bodysuit, she did not show her beautiful lines, so she asked the maid to help her desperately. Emma held the bedpost and inhaled deeply, she felt that she and Mrs. Ashley also had a very different understanding of the word suitable, and Mrs. Ashley's fit seemed to be strangled to death_(:3ゝ∠)_

It was easy to put on the tights, and Mrs. Ashley asked Emma to change into a long dress, hat, and accessories. When she heard the servant say that Georgiana and Alwyn had arrived, Emma was almost moved to tears. "Auntie, they're here, so let's choose here. ”

Mrs. Ashley was not very satisfied, but it was only when Alvin came, and when Georgiana came to the door, she naturally did not want Emma to stay upstairs and continue to choose clothes to keep the guests downstairs. "You invited Georgiana?"

"Yes. Emma gave 32 likes to her choice of inviting the little angel. "Georgiana came to me in the morning, there was no dance these days, she was bored to stay at home all day, so I invited her along. ”

Mrs. Ashley sighed a little hatefully. Generally speaking, in this era, you will not get engaged first, and then not get married for a long time. Initially, after Emma got engaged, Alvin went to war, and not many people knew about this engagement. But now that everyone knows that Emma has a fiancé, they are not married, which makes Mrs. Ashley a little anxious. Although she still didn't want Emma to marry an officer, the marriage contract was already known, and Lady Ashley thought that Alwyn was really good. Now that there are no elders to worry about Emma, George has never been very careful. Mrs. Ashley felt that her time had come. Today's opera repertoire is not very classic, but the ending is that lovers are married, and she wants to use this to remind the two young people. Unexpectedly, Emma didn't seem to have this consciousness at all, and called Georgiana.

Emma really didn't have this awareness. In her feelings, she and Alvin are boyfriend and girlfriend, and it is normal for them to be in a relationship for a few years. Now she and Alwin get along well, and after this period of observation, she is sure that Alvin really fits her heart in every way, and both of them have a good impression of each other. The most crucial step in her plan is now about to begin, to see if Alvin can accept her future business after marriage. If she can, she will find a way to increase the time the two of them spend together, and get married when the favorability reaches a certain level.

Alvin didn't wear a military uniform today, dressed as a standard gentleman. But from his straight sitting posture and sharp eyes, he can still see that he is different from ordinary gentlemen. Mr. Ashley spoke to him for a few words, and saw that his expression softened slightly. Turning his head to look at him, Emma's long dress was swaying to the ground, and she was walking down the stairs.

Mr. Ashley smiled understandingly. "Go ahead. ”

Alwyn stood up a little awkwardly and took two steps towards the staircase, staring at Emma who was smiling at him. Emma wore a long lake green dress, the waist was full of intricate dark green embroidery, as if decorated with a vine belt, and the wide skirt had a long and gorgeous skirt, like a blooming flower, and the waist was slender.

Emma felt fresh about what Alwin was wearing today, and couldn't help but look at him.

Alvin was a little embarrassed by her look, but he couldn't tell her to stop looking, and his muscles tensed.

Emma just liked his innocent appearance, and when Mrs. Ashley walked over to talk to Georgiana, she smiled and whispered, "Long time no see, this dress suits you very well." ”

Although Alvin was very embarrassed, he could still feel as if he had been robbed of his lines, and said dryly, "You too, I mean, very beautiful." "It turned out that no one in the army knew that he had a fiancée, and last year Emma started writing to him, and sent him a few very warm vests, socks and some frostbite medicine in the winter. Now everyone around him knows that he has a considerate fiancée. A friend gave him the idea to recite some sonnets, saying that the ladies liked it very much. He did prepare, but for some reason he couldn't say anything when he saw Emma.

Emma couldn't talk to Alwyn for too long here, so she smiled and put her hand in Alwin's palm and walked into the living room with him. "I'm glad you like it. ”

In the evening, a group of five people arrived at the Covent Garden Theatre.

Emma was very careful when she got out of the car, because Mrs. Ashley also chose a very ornate hat for her, and Emma could not get out of the car without bowing her head, but she was afraid that the feathers and other decorations on the hat would poke Alwyn, who was very close to her.

Emma had been to opera before she crossed over, but the opera houses and Covent Garden Theatre were no match. The high dome is resplendent with gold, and the upper floors are arranged in an arc with three floors of boxes. The lady in a gorgeous dress held a fan in one hand and a male companion in a suit and leather shoes in the other, and walked in calmly. At this time, the stage had not yet begun, and the stage was covered by a heavy curtain.

The plot of today's repertoire is relatively simple, it is a love story, and after twists and turns, lovers eventually become married. But the level of the actors is quite good. After the curtain came down, there was a wave of applause.

Out of the theater, Georgiana's eyes sparkled excitedly, and she pulled Emma to discuss the heroine's choice. Sweet words are often not credible, but fortunately she cleverly saw through the trap and did not pay for love by mistake. ”

A shrill female voice came. "You really have to be very cautious about giving love. Why do you think the ladies would choose to marry the military? They have no land, no titles, no rich property, they have a rude temper and a scar, and after marriage, the ladies will say goodbye to high society completely. ”

Emma looked at the voice, and felt that this young lady's voice and face were a little familiar, oh, she remembered, isn't this Miss Kate from the café? Emma smiled at her: "Thank you for your concern, but I am the young lady of the Earl of Kentera's family, and this glorious surname will accompany me for the rest of my life." The choice I made would probably not be understood by anyone who tried to get into high society. Are you engaged to that Mr. Rawls?"

Emma just poked Miss Kate's sore spot. Miss Kate used to be a young lady in the Baron's family, but unfortunately her father died, the Baron was not hereditary, and the family did not have much property, she wanted to marry the rich Mr. Darcy, but unfortunately Mr. Darcy had an accident. She relented to the next best thing about Cousin Rawls, who had a title but poor property management and a less prosperous life, but did not expect that Mr. Rawls would rather marry Miss Daisy, the daughter of a nouveau riche and a rich dowry, than marry her, and the other options would be even worse. Miss Kate's face flushed. "I didn't talk to you at all, how can you open your mouth and sneer at me!"

Emma was just about to make up for it again, when her eyes suddenly stopped on a man's body. He was tall and expressionless, and the farce did not attract his attention, and he walked over without squinting. Speaking of which, Emma is related to him by blood, but he can no longer be called Mr. Kentra, and everyone generally refers to him: Brown, the traitor Whig officer of the dishonorable bastard of the Kentler family. This string is a perfect introduction to the experience of the first half of his life. His mother was a maid of the Kentra family, and although she didn't know how Emma's grandfather treated them back then, she didn't think it was friendly. Because he joined the army after graduating. With the military merits of counterinsurgency, it quickly became. And just when Emma's grandfather thought that this bastard was very angry, he resolutely joined the Whig camp and took the surname of his mother, the lowly maid, Brown. In terms of personal affection alone, Emma admired this uncle very much, but unfortunately he did not have a good relationship with old Mr. Kentera and did not appear at his funeral. I happened to run into him the last time I came to London with George. If she remembered correctly, it was unusual for a Tory count to come out of the same box as Mr. Brown.

Miss Kate finished her own series of counterattacks and walked away angrily. Emma secretly took note of Mr. Brown's affairs and decided to go back and tell George to keep an eye on them. He took two steps outside, only to find that Alvin hadn't followed. Emma looked back in surprise. "Elwin?"

Alwyn was still standing there, as if thinking something.

Emma thought that Miss Kate's words had stabbed Alwin, and hurriedly comforted: "I had some conflicts with that young lady, and she belittled the soldiers like this in order to attack me, please don't take these words to heart, we all know that what she said is unfair." ”

Aunt Ashley also said, "I have never seen such a mean young lady, and she is so uneducated when she says such nonsense." ”

Some things were inconvenient to say on such an occasion, and Alvin nodded to the two ladies who comforted him. "I didn't take those words to heart. "Those derogatory comments about the military Alwin didn't care, but Miss Kate had a word that he couldn't let go. Why would the ladies choose to marry a soldier? He really had no land, no title, and no good fortune, so why did the old Earl of Kentra choose to marry Emma to him in the first place, and Emma agreed?