28. Sudden news of marriage
At the suggestion of the system, on the way back, Maria never touched the pen again, chatted with Mr. Darcy, or soothed her emotions with the "Leisurely Holiday" scene mode.
By the time she stood on Hertfordshire soil again, Maria's mood had recovered, and she was a good man again!
Darcy looked at the happy Miss Maria, and his heart was congested for a while, but he had already left a lot of official duties in order to chase his wife, but now he could no longer delay it, but fortunately, if the matter of Darjeeling Black Tea was completed, it would also be able to recover the loss of this time.
"Back to Bloomburly Manor."
"Yes."
As Maria watched Mr. Darcy's carriage drift away, she couldn't help but feel a little melancholy.
"If you don't want him to leave, why don't you say it?" Little Mr. Lucas asked with a strange expression.
Maria rolled her eyes and said angrily: "The Darcy family's property is all over the world, and Mr. Darcy has been traveling for several months, and it is estimated that he has delayed a lot of official business, and now that he has returned, it is natural to deal with it earlier." ”
"Tsk-" His sister is really sensible and terrible, and she doesn't have the posture of a little daughter in love at all.
Maria never expected that as soon as she returned home, she learned a shocking news: "What? Mr. Charlotte and Antonio Ferguson? "When did these two get together, and why didn't she notice anything unusual at all?
Charlotte's face suddenly became shy, and she explained softly: "This matter is also thanks to the love letter written by Maria, Mr. Ferguson, fearing that someone would be the first to get there, hurried to propose marriage, and I was surprised at first......"
Hearing this, Maria's face suddenly distorted for a second, she was unintentionally a matchmaker: "It seems that my sister is very satisfied with Mr. Antonio Ferguson, is your wedding date set?" As far as she knew, once a marriage proposal was made by men and women in this era, the unmarried man and woman would soon determine the date of marriage, which was one of the reasons why she was reluctant to agree to Mr. Darcy's courtship.
"Originally, I wanted to wait for you to come back before setting a wedding date, but my mother didn't allow it, but fortunately you came back before you came. The wedding date is scheduled for the 15th of next month, and the wedding will be held in London. Charlotte didn't expect Maria to go so far, and when she learned that Maria had gone to the East, she was stunned, and she was always worried that they would miss her wedding.
Maria and Mr. Antonio Ferguson are also old acquaintances, and they are still very sure of each other's character, at least she has never heard of the other party getting close to a lady of a celebrity. However, the current situation is that Charlotte is about to get married, so what to do when Mr. Collins comes? Forget it, no matter, Mr. Antonio Ferguson is much better than Mr. Collins.
"Charlotte, I went out to buy a lot of good things this time, don't you like the phoenix crown of the Qing Dynasty, I'll give you a set as a dowry!" One sentence made Maria speak with pride.
Maria, on the other hand, was considered wealthy, and she added a lot of makeup to Charlotte, which shocked both the Lucas. It was only at this time that they realized that the young daughter had such financial resources, and they naturally prepared some jewelry for the eldest daughter as a dowry, but the phoenix crown was definitely not among them, but it also made them more optimistic about the matter between Maria and Mr. Darcy.
Yes. The couple had just been reminded by old Mr. Fox that Mr. Darcy was different from Maria, the Darcy family was far from something that the Lucas family could afford, and if Maria had strong financial resources, her path would have been easier in the future. Poor Lucas didn't know that their daughter had started a business with Mr. Darcy, otherwise they would never have been so calm.
Little Mr. Lucas didn't expect to learn the news that Charlotte was going to marry as soon as he came home, and he felt a little uncomfortable. Still, he took out the jewelry he had purchased during the trip as a dowry for Charlotte.
"Charlotte, you know I'm not as rich as Maria, I hope you don't mind."
"Thank you, our" Charlotte took the jewelry box, her heart was full of emotion, she could roughly guess how much money her brother had in his hand, this jewelry was not cheap at first glance, how could she dislike it.
Originally, Charlotte planned to wear Mrs. Lucas's original wedding dress for the wedding, but the phoenix crown brought by Maria gave her other ideas.
When Charlotte followed Mr. Antonio Ferguson to visit her home, she could feel that the Ferguson family did not care about her, and even her future sisters-in-law always looked at her with mockery in their eyes, Charlotte was indeed a good-natured person, but this did not mean that she could endure the constant scorn of others.
She did climb the marriage, but Charlotte didn't feel that she was unworthy of Antonio. Later, Charlotte learned from Antonio that his two sisters-in-law wanted to marry his sister to him, and now that they were cut off by themselves, the two of them were naturally uncomfortable. It was only at this time that Charlotte knew that the future mother-in-law had left all the dowry to Antonio, knowing that Mrs. Ferguson was born in Earl Campbell's Court, and the dowry was not expensive, it is no wonder that the two of them were moved.
So, under the persuasion of Maria, Charlotte decided to raise the profile once.
Elizabeth Bennett is Charlotte's best friend, and the two go to Longborn to invite each other to the wedding.
Maria looked at the heroine sitting beside her, and her heart was full of complexity, this is Mr. Darcy's "wife" in the original book.
"Maria, why are you looking at me like that?" Elizabeth felt a little strange when she saw Maria looking directly at her.
"Oh, nothing. It's just that everyone has grown up in a blink of an eye, and Charlotte is getting married now, and I don't know when we will get married, I always feel that we will ...... after getting married will be different. ”
Thinking that she would not be able to see her friends often in the future, Elizabeth felt a sense of melancholy in her heart: "Yes, we have all grown up. In the future, we won't be able to sit together like we are now, and we will spend the whole day circling around our children like our mothers......"
Maria was choked up, she didn't want to be like Mrs. Bennet!
Charlotte hurriedly interrupted the two and said, "Lizzie, maybe you will marry in London in the future, and we will see each other more often when the time comes." ”
Hearing this, Elizabeth's mood really improved a lot: "Besides, not everyone has such luck as you, I hope that I can marry love like you in the future." ”
Charlotte had a gentle smile on her face: "Lizzie, you are so smart, you will definitely be able to find a gentleman who suits you." ”
Hearing this, Maria thought of Mr. Darcy again, and when Mr. Darcy met Elizabeth, would he fall into the whirlpool of love again like in the original book?