40. Chance encounter in the woods
"Maria, it's really rare to go out for a walk early today." Mrs. Lucas felt that this daughter was lazy not for nothing, Maria did not like sports, and in the past Charlotte would take her out for a walk when she was at home, but now she is bored in the house all day long, and she is not too suffocated.
Little Mr. Lucas, who was going downstairs, pouted when he heard this, after all, it was not a sudden desire to exercise, and if nothing else, Mr. Darcy should also take a walk. Does he want to intervene? Suddenly he wanted Mr. Darcie to go for a walk, so would Georgiana follow, if so, Maria's imaginary world of the two would seem to be disturbed, forget it, he better go over and have a look.
In a blink of an eye, Mrs. Lucas found that her son was gone, and she was immediately depressed.
Sir William's eyes flashed with a hint of clarity, his son may just be just making fun, but his daughter Maria was seduced by a gentleman, but he is not the kind of person who can't see the affection of juniors, and he still has blessings for dates between young people.
Maria didn't expect it to be like this, Miss Bingley was still following Darcy, and for a moment she had to sigh at the perseverance of this young lady. If it weren't for the power of the plot, the Miss Bingley in the original book might have really become Mrs. Darcy.
Mr. Bingley wanted his sister to stay, but Georgiana came with him, so it was hard to say. In the past two days, he could see that Caroline was going to hang herself from Darcy's tree, but Darcy had no intention of doing so, and even reprimanded Caroline last night for speaking ill of Miss Maria.
The joy of seeing Jane suddenly diminished, and Mr. Bingley groaned out with some headaches.
Darcy naturally knew Bingley's thoughts, and he didn't want Miss Bingley to disturb his date with Maria, so he immediately said, "Bingley, if you are not feeling well, you can go back and rest first." ”
Bentley hurriedly shook his head: "No, I'm in good health." ”
Hearing this, a hint of pity flashed in Darcy's eyes, and it seemed that he couldn't stop today, but, "Do you really think Miss Bennet?" I advise you to think carefully, for if such a girl is glued, it will be very troublesome, and Mrs. Bennet may not be able to accept it when she sees it, and may take the opportunity to make a name between you. ”
No matter how naïve Bingley was, he didn't think Mrs. Bennet was polite, so he could only mutter, "Mrs. Bennet is just too enthusiastic, and I don't think she will embarrass Jane ......."
Before Mr. Bingley could finish speaking, Caroline interrupted him: "Brother, what is it that makes you so confident in Mrs. Bennet?" And that Jane, if she was serious, she wouldn't have messed around with her mother at the ball. Oh my God, she's in a hurry to dance with you for the third time—"
"Caroline!" Mr. Bingley's face was a little ugly.
Caroline looked unconvinced, and wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Mrs. Hearst: "Why did my sister pull me, I didn't say anything wrong." ”
"Okay, after a long time, Charles will figure it out in the future, but he is on the rise now, even if you say it is reasonable, he will not listen. In that case, why not wait for Charles to be cold to Jane? ”
Caroline reluctantly stopped mentioning it.
The group soon met Maria, who had come out for a walk.
Georgiana trotted forward excitedly: "Oh, Maria, I knew you would definitely come for a walk today, why didn't little Mr. Lucas come with you?" ”
After greeting everyone, Maria said, "How many times have you met Arros to fall in love like this?" ”
"Hey, hey." Georgiana also knew that her move would inevitably make people think too much, so she inevitably spread gossip, so she had to explain honestly: "I just want to be a matchmaker and give him a red rope." ”
Maria blinked curiously and asked, "Which daughter are you going to introduce to him?" "I feel that little Mr. Lucas will have a nervous breakdown if he continues to be so single, and she is really impatient to listen to her mother complain about her brother all day long.
"Ahem." Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Giorgiana straightened her chest and said, "Cousin de Bauer." ”
"Who?" For a moment, Maria suspected that she was hallucinating, otherwise she would have heard Mademoiselle de Baul's name.
Georgiana nodded in affirmation, and said, "Yes, it's the Miss Bauer you know." Why are you looking at me like that, I really think they're a good fit. ”
Maria twitched twice, and she felt that Georgiana really dared to think that this master had almost become Darcy's fiancée, and in a sense, she had robbed Mademoiselle de Baul of her fiancé.
Even Mr. Darcy was quite uncomfortable, and although the marriage contract was a joke, the two families had a tacit understanding of the marriage of their children, and if old Mr. Darcy had not died, he would have married Mademoiselle de Baauer by now.
Now that his sister mentioned it, he was inevitably a little embarrassed, but: "Georgiana, don't mess around, my aunt will be unhappy." "The difference between the identities of the two sides is too great, Aunt de Baul will not agree, not to mention that De Baul's cousin is a moral person who can't stand it at all.
Giorgiana pouted in disbelief, and she thought that little Monsieur Lucas would like the personality of Cousin de Baul.
Miss Bingley's sisters were tripped up by Georgiana and left alone with Miss Maria, and Mr. Darcy suddenly forgot about his sister's previous inconsistency.
Maria strolled leisurely along the country road with Darcy on her arm, and for a moment felt like the years were quiet.
Darcy clenched his fists nervously and asked sincerely, "Is what you said last night still counting?" ”
"What?" Maria knew what Darcy wanted to know, but she deliberately pretended not to.
Darcy's face turned ugly, and he thought that Maria didn't want to marry again, after all, this young lady was like the wind, and it was always difficult for people to catch it.
Seeing that things were about to go in an uncontrollable direction, Maria didn't dare to mess around: "Just kidding, I'm still waiting for some gentleman to put a ring on me-"
Darcy breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and glared at the young lady who made him nervous angrily: "You are always like this...... Sometimes, I don't even know which sentence is true, but I always have that ring with me. Now, Miss Maria, may I put that ring on you? ”
When it came to the end, Maria rarely gave birth to a touch of shyness, with a sweet smile on the corner of her mouth, and said, "Of course you can ......"
"Oh! Mr. Darcy, Maria—"