Charles and Baron Hall went to talk about what to do next, Caroline felt that there was nothing left for her, then she could leave early, Charles waved his hand casually and asked Darcy to send her back, not caring what Caroline thought.

It was so embarrassing that Caroline stole a glance at Darcy, her mind still thinking about what had happened before, but the gentleman pretended not to know anything, which was so overwhelming.

Darcy was grateful to Charles, he knew that his friend was helping, and although he didn't know why, he would not be ashamed of his sister, Miss Caroline Bingley—at least, more than that Badley Hall.

"Miss? Let's wait for the carriage to come, and take the carriage back, shall we? ”

Caroline glanced at the backs of Charles and Baron Hall, and hesitated in her heart, "Sir, I want to take a stroll around here, why don't you go back first?" ”

Darcy frowned when he heard this, "Wandering around London's East End?" Miss Caroline, that's not a good idea. The streets here are not wide, the sanitary conditions are poor, this is a famous slum, young lady, you want to walk the streets here, it is too dangerous. ”

"Yes...... It wouldn't have happened so coincidentally, would it? Caroline knew that what Darcy said was right, but she just didn't want to get in the carriage now, and who said that Miss couldn't be willful?

However, since the departure of the other two gentlemen, a beautiful lady and a low-key gentleman standing on the side of the street have become the focus of everyone's attention, and many people are vaguely looking at the origin of these two people.

Bentley's carriage was taken away by Charles, and Darcy informed the servants early to let them go to Bingley's house to bring his carriage over, and at this time, it should be there soon.

It is a very dangerous thing for two gentlemen and ladies who have no carriage and no servants to be here, even if people will judge from their clothes and conversation whether they can afford to provoke themselves, but some people are not afraid of this.

For example, a drunk drunk who sucks. Drug addiction. Gentlemen, and gamblers who are tired of being in casinos all day long.

Caroline felt a chill behind her, she looked up in panic, and a man with messy hair, red eyes, and a very different face rushed over, grabbed the diamond-shaped handbag in Caroline's hand with one hand, and then bared his teeth and smiled menacingly, and ran away.

"Wait—" Darcy cried out with a change of countenance, but the man turned his head and smiled mockingly at him, and a silver glint flashed in his hand, revealing a sharp dagger.

"Sir! Don't chase it. Caroline grabbed Darcy's arm and shook her head with a pale face, "It's just some loose money in the bag, nothing else." ”

Before she went out, she thought that she had come out with Charles and Mr. Darcy, so she took a small handbag of flowers that had been very popular lately, and filled it with some money, a handkerchief, a perfume bottle, and a small fan.

There is no identity name, and there are no valuables, so it doesn't matter, just forget it if you are robbed. She was now very worried about whether anyone would target them, and she and Mr. Darcy would definitely be no match for those crazy people.

They stood on the side of the street, and on the right hand side was a small alley, so narrow and cramped that only one person could be allowed to pass through the guò, and the robber fled there.

"Maybe they have an accomplice." He didn't seem to be scared at all, and his robbery methods were sophisticated, and he looked like a repeat offender.

Knowing that gentlemen wouldn't take care of these matters themselves, Caroline had a secret instinct that if she screamed, Mr. Darcy would rush over and even catch the man.

But no. She couldn't see Mr. Darcy like that, it was so unreal.

Darcy's sharp gaze swept around, and the people around him were numb and gray, at this time, in this place, if none of them worked in the factory, then needless to say, these people must be parasites of society.

The ragged man looked up and smiled sarcastically at Darcy and Caroline, showing his yellow teeth, and they looked up and down at the so-called upper-class men and women, and laughed again, and pointed at them with their companions, looking at Caroline's eyes full of lewdness. The smell of evil.

Darcy frowned, his body shook in front of Caroline, his tall figure encircled Caroline in his arms, Darcy lowered his head and said to Caroline, "Miss, are you okay?" - I didn't lie to you, did I? It's really a place to visit. ”

Caroline looked away, Mr. Darcy was so close to her, she could almost feel the strong masculine smell and the smell of hormones, she suddenly felt her face start to burn, and she couldn't help but move her throat, "Sir, I'm fine...... You're right, that, our carriage, when is it coming? ”

Darcy chuckled, and as he laughed, her chest fluttered, and Caroline's eyes didn't know where to go, her head bowed in embarrassment, her ears red.

Mr. Darcy was of high moral character, and he would never make a young lady ugly, especially if that young lady was the one he liked.

"Come right away, let's go over there, it's really not a good place to stay for long."

Darcy observed Caroline's expression and found that her "It's okay" was indeed not a lie, so he breathed a sigh of relief and whispered "rude", and then took advantage of his height to grab Caroline's shoulders, full of aura, and walked in the direction of the road with a black face.

After the people on the side glanced at Darcy, they hurriedly withdrew their eyes, and they said, such a person dares to rob it, it's crazy, isn't it?! How can they provoke people of such a class, if they are not careful, their lives will be lost!

Caroline was a little dizzy all the way, not to mention her hands and feet, even the masseter muscles were stiff, and it was not until she got into the carriage that she felt that the heat source close to her was gone.

Caroline blinked sluggishly, and when she reacted, she looked up to meet Mr. Darcy's worried brownish-black eyes, which were her reflections.

"Miss Caroline, are you really okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine sir." Caroline replied reflexively, and then smiled.

But the smile in Darcy's eyes could only be said to be extremely stiff, so he decided that Miss Caroline was still frightened, she must have been frightened by what had just happened, a lady, how could she have experienced such a thing!

Darcy couldn't help but blame himself in his heart, why didn't he pay more attention to safety just now, why did he stand at the mouth of that alley and talk to Miss Caroline, why did he agree to Charles to take the carriage away?

He took a deep breath and stared into Miss Caroline's beautiful gray-green eyes, with a hint of panic and something indescribable, "Miss, I'm sorry. ”

Caroline was slightly stunned, she had just broken free from her shyness and embarrassment, when she heard the gentleman's inexplicable apology, "I'm sorry for what?" ”

"I'm sorry I didn't protect you." Darcy had a cold face, his expression seemed to be blaming himself, "I promised Charles to protect you, and I lost such a promise when he was only a quarter of an hour away." ”

"It's not your fault, sir." Caroline was helpless, she knew that Mr. Darcy was a very serious person, "It's all because of me, if I hadn't said I wanted to walk around here, maybe we would have gone to the main road to wait for the carriage to arrive, and those things wouldn't have happened." ”

Such a statement did not make Darcy feel better, "But I have not done my duty to protect you, which should be my duty." From the very beginning when I said that I admired Miss Caroline, I didn't do what an admirer should do, I didn't make Miss Caroline feel safe, I didn't make Miss Caroline smile like that, although I said I respected your ideas, but I was not a good promiser, I never really believed in Miss Caroline. ”

Caroline listened and listened, laughing helplessly at the beginning, and then slowly reined in her expression and became serious.

"Miss, I saw you and Mr. Stephenson, I can't believe it, it was the first time I saw you smile so confidently and relieved, I can't describe how I felt at that moment, but I felt guilty, because what I had been unable to bring to you, someone else brought to you. At that time, I realized that it was so important for Miss to believe in a person. I've been trusted by you countless times, but I have never been able to truly trust you, miss, you understand, right? But you don't tell me because I'm not your ideal match? ”

Darcy's eyes were a little dark, "I can't say I disapprove of Miss Caroline, but you understand, I stubbornly think that a woman in business is wrong, but you see it in your eyes, but you don't refute me. I don't know if it's tolerance or something else, but I'm sorry for my stubbornness and selfishness. ”

He saw that Miss Caroline's gaze was as light as water as ever, and Darcy took a deep breath, "Okay, can you give me another chance?" This time it's serious, I will trust Miss Caroline, trust your approach, believe that everything you do is justified, and believe in your ability. I dare not ask for your affection any more, but, I beg you, do not push me away. ”

Caroline had never seen Mr. Darcy like this, "You don't have to be like this, sir. "You don't have to put yourself in such a low position.

"I never thought there was anything wrong with what you were doing."

Caroline smiled and blinked, "The Mr. Darcy I know, Mr. Darcy like you, if you changed your nature because you took care of me, then it wouldn't be you." ”

"Sir, have you forgotten what I told you? I've never said I hate you, but I should seize the opportunity or something, shouldn't I grasp it myself? ”

With that, she winked her eyes at Darcy.

For a moment, Darcy felt like something had been lit up again.