When it comes to George Wickham, probably everyone knows him.

Handsome in appearance, with the title of officer, but he is a rogue villain, some mercenary will be rewarded, and the most important thing is that he, as the son of Mr. Darcy's old butler, once almost abducted Darcy's sister Georgiana.

In every respect, he is a not very likable character, although he has a good face.

Caroline looked at Mr. Darcy's face that had darkened in half of her instant, and she knew that she shouldn't have held any ball, and she shouldn't have come to the Colonel's house, otherwise there would be no such thing.

It was clear that Darcy didn't want to say anything about it, after all, how could he talk nonsense about such a thing that ruined his sister's reputation.

Colonel Furstow didn't know the twists and turns, he only thought that his officers were first-class, and that he could meet the girls when he went to these social balls, and that he didn't have to live this hard military life—he himself was a man who was going to get married!

Back at Netherfield Manor, Darcy said that he didn't want to go to this ball, and Charles was not happy at first, thinking that Darcy should attend more balls like this, and it would be better if he could fancy someone's young lady.

In the end, it was Caroline who gave Charles a look that made the grumbling man stop.

"Hey, Charles! Mr. Darcy's refusal to go means that he doesn't want to see the people at this ball, and your careful thinking won't work on him. Caroline shrugged, "Rather than let Mr. Darcy be like you, it would be better for you to see early on whether Miss Bennett is worthy of affection, she didn't respond to your liking......"

Charles was deflated at once when he heard his sister say this, she was right, Miss Jane Bennett was good, but she was too shy to tell from her every look or movement whether she had feelings for him.

Charles Bentley is a man, how could he be so observant?!

Even Darcy said that he couldn't see Miss Jane's thoughts, and he couldn't see it himself!

Caroline looked at Charles, who was in love, and shook her head helplessly.

In her opinion, perhaps Charles didn't know whether he was in love with Miss Jane, whether he liked her looks or this person.

Men more or less have extraordinary intuition about their sweethearts, and the other party's eyes and movements can capture her thoughts, but Charles didn't do this to Miss Jane, maybe the love is not deep enough.

She preferred to believe that her brother was only attracted to Miss Jane's looks, and maybe that young lady really liked Charles, but marriage is not just maintained by liking.

Since Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy were clouded, Caroline simply broke the jar, and she was in a state of complete inaction when it came to Charles, who was looking for her sister to help her.

As for his temporary ally, Mr. Darcy agrees.

At the ball, it is still a rural social dance, and the cheerful music makes people dance, unconsciously forgetting their time and troubles. Although the ball was at Netherfield Manor, Mr. Darcy did not even show his face.

As the host, Charles warmly received the guests, including the Bennett family, who was still loud, and Mrs. Bennett seemed to have regarded Charles as a son-in-law, and the words she said made people want to cover their ears.

Charles was embarrassed and wanted to run away, he really had never seen such a "passionate" lady, it was really a little scary.

Inside the dance hall, Caroline also saw Elizabeth's cousin Collins, who was not tall and walked through the crowd in a priest's outfit, with a smug expression on his face and a somewhat snobbish look. He bore through the crowds and talked to them about his experiences and that he was going to marry the Bennett lady.

Elizabeth, who was on the side, couldn't see him, so she turned around and left Collins's side, and found a corner to sit there and wait for someone to invite her to dance.

Sure enough, Caroline hooked the corners of her lips slightly, showing a beautiful smile, and then she heard the gasp next to her.

Turning his head, there were two men in red who looked like officers, one looked calmer and had a gentlemanly smell, while the other was younger and personable, but it made people feel a little frivolous, and his excellent appearance just made up for it.

"I'm sorry Miss, I just thought you had a beautiful smile, so I unconsciously wanted to get to know you." The younger officer spoke, and his voice was pleasant, "You know, the roses of the morning are not as beautiful as yours - am I lucky enough to know your name?" ”

The calmer officer on the side gave him an elbow slammed, "I'm sorry Miss, my friend doesn't have bad intentions, he just likes to praise beautiful things, I forgot to say, I'm Danny, he's George." ”

Caroline blinked, oh wickham, Mr. Darcy your "nemesis" is online.

"Since the gentleman says that I am the rose of the morning, then call me a rose." Caroline's face is not red and her heart is not beating.

Wickham paused, and immediately smiled, his azure eyes seemed to be a nest of clear water, "So Rose, am I lucky enough to invite you to dance?" ”

"I'd rather sit here and enjoy a dinner at Netherfield Manor than dancing, it's hearty, isn't it?"

Danny shrugged and walked away when he saw that Wickham was starting to get old again, but he was going to find a target, wasn't he? It's a prom, after all!

Wickham saw that his friend's departure had given him a chance, so he smiled even more presumptuously, "Miss Rose, do you also think that the dinner at Netherfield Manor is very rich?" ”

Caroline raised an eyebrow, "Of course, Mr. Bingley's taste is not bad." ”

"Yes, of course I think so. Speaking of Mr. Bentley, why didn't the other gentleman show up tonight? Wickham spoke.

"I thought that Mr. George, as an officer, you should have known for a long time, Mr. Darcy has never liked such balls, and it rained again two days ago, didn't he tell the public that he was unwell?"

Caroline pouted, if it weren't for avoiding meeting this guy, Mr. Darcy wouldn't have turned black like that. In fact, let Caroline say, it is simply Wickham's own pot, Mr. Darcy, why do you have to carry it?

However, Charles, a pig teammate, actually went to Colonel Fursto and invited Wickham to the ball, isn't this shooting himself in the foot! - Well, Caroline, she has to take some responsibility for this.

In fact, as long as Darcy insists, he won't dare to show up if Wickham gives him a hundred dares, this kind of snob, the most disgraceful, only knows how to stab a knife in the back.

However, Mr. Darcy did not expect to be the first to be instigated, not that he felt that he was in the wrong, but that he had not yet figured out how to explain to Caroline some of the recent rumors about him, including the case of Georgiana, which he could not speak.

He didn't want to see the slightest hint of disgust in the young lady's eyes, which he hadn't expected.

"Oh-yes, yes, I've guessed it, and that's the reason again." Wickham said listlessly.

"Mr. George, you seem to know Mr. Darcy well?"

"Acquaintance? Oh, can you use that word? I wanted to get acquainted with him, but I couldn't get acquainted with him, and he hurt me, I mean, I don't want to be too nice to him, for now. ”

"What do you mean, sir?"

"We do know each other." Wickham made a look of reminiscence, his chin half-lowered sadly, "We grew up playing together, and his father, Mr. Darcy, was such a generous man, and he liked me very much, and promised me the position of pastor, which was a good thing. But Mr. Darcy, who treated me so badly, that when his father died, the position of priest was not given to me, but to someone else, and that was my godfather, and he loved me so much, that I was so jealous of us, that he did it......"

Caroline looked at him, expressionless.

Wickham narrowed his eyes, making his big sky blue eyes look watery, "I tried to appeal, but the will was very vague, and I had no way to go through the legal procedures, Mr. Darcy, but he coldly doubted me, saying that I was a liar, and that there was no need to give me these things to be given to me, and that my rights should be revoked!" His father loved me so much, I shared his fatherly love from a young age, so he was jealous of me, he was such a small-bellied man, but he was the heir of the Darcy family, with a man like me who was quick to talk and didn't have much power, how could I compare to him? ”

He glanced at the young lady who was fiddling with the wine glass in her hand with her head down, and the corners of her mouth curled down a little, "Everyone in Derbyshire knows what a difficult man Mr. Darcy is, and all his sins come from his arrogance. But his sister Georgiana is a lovely young lady, and she likes me very much, but you know, her brother hates me......"

As he spoke, he made a sad face.

Wickham was mentally considering the holes in his words as he watched the young lady.

Dressed more ordinarily, not an aristocrat, she should also be a country lady from Meriton, she looks good, she looks very restrained and doesn't like to talk, she doesn't react much to her words, and she is sympathetic...... It's hard to say.

"Sir."

Miss Rose spoke, and Wickham immediately took a deep breath and stared with his big eyes at the young lady who looked up, her face a little blurred by the candle flames, and she couldn't see her expression clearly.

"Miss, what do you want to say? Sympathize with me? No, now that I'm an officer on my own, and I'm still an officer with the possibility of becoming a lieutenant, I love my life now. ”

Seeing the person put on a "fragile and strong" posture, the corners of Caroline's eyes twitched fiercely.

She took a deep breath and said, "Sir, have you heard of Pinocchio?" - Well, of course not, then I advise you, only a poor person with low self-esteem will continue to weave his self-righteous dreams with one lie after another, but in the eyes of others, he is a clown. Also, I don't know if the people of Derbyshire like Mr. Darcy or not, but the people that Georgiana liked were never Mr. George. ”

"In the end, Rose is not for a woman like me, call me Bentley, Mr. Wickham."