Maria suddenly realizes that Mr. Wycombe's heart is not ordinarily big, and it is no wonder that in the original book she dared to negotiate terms with Mr. Darcy.

"I thought Mr. Wycombe was gone, but I didn't expect him to stay until the end of the ball, which is really ......" For a while, Maria didn't know what to say, she had seen a big heart, but she had never seen such a big heart, so the other party was not worried that Mr. Darcy would take the opportunity to clean him up.

Darcy led the horse in his right hand and walked leisurely to the side: "George Wycombe grew up with me, and he knows me as well as I know him. Since I didn't pursue him at the beginning, I won't pursue it now, of course, the premise of this is that the other party doesn't take the initiative to provoke me. ”

The corners of Maria's mouth twitched, this is the so-called "the enemy who knows you best will always be your enemy", but it is clear that Mr. Darcy has lowered the level of shamelessness of his opponent. Originally, she thought that yesterday's chance encounter had frightened Mr. Wycombe, and he did not dare to ruin Mr. Darcy's reputation as in the original book, but unfortunately some people did not cherish Mr. Darcy's generosity, so they could only be embarrassed......

Mrs. Lucas hurried home and said excitedly, "Something's wrong! ”

Maria, early in the morning, really couldn't think of what was going on, and motioned to her mother.

"I don't know who would spread a lie in private and ruin Mr. Darcy's reputation. Maria, go and inform Mr. Darcy quickly, don't let him be kept in the dark. "How important the reputation of gentlemen is these days, and Mrs. Lucas is in a hurry.

Maria suddenly felt a sense of dust in her heart, and Mr. Wycombe still died after going around: "Mother, you don't have to worry, Mr. Darcy doesn't care about this, not to mention that people who really know Mr. Darcy won't believe these nonsense, besides, I know who is behind this matter." ”

Mrs. Lucas saw that her daughter was not in a hurry, so she calmed her beating heart: "It's good that you know in your heart." "I don't ask anymore if I don't want to say anything, hey, their three children are more correct than the other, and they can only silently guard the rear as parents.

Sir William put down the newspaper in his hand: "Although Mr. Darcy will not care about these messages, you must know that the embankment of a thousand miles is destroyed in an anthill, and you two should not take it seriously." ”

Maria nodded, she was really not in a hurry, when George Wycombe's private behavior was exposed, everyone would know how much moisture he had said, and they were not far from this day, and Lydia eloped......

On the other side, Charlotte was blocked by Elizabeth again: "Charlotte, have you heard rumors about Mr. Darcy?" ”

Charlotte nodded awkwardly, this matter had spread throughout Hertfordshire, and she had naturally heard about it, but she didn't expect Elizabeth to come to her about it. Ever since she noticed that Elizabeth had had an undesirable interest in Mr. Darcy, their friendship had cracked, and it was no longer as close as it had been.

Elizabeth didn't care whether Charlotte knew it or not, and she crackled and recounted what she had heard from Mr. Wycombe, and at the end she sighed: "Men are afraid of getting into the wrong business, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man." Charlotte, do you really care about Maria? ”

Charlotte looked at each other with complicated eyes, and Elizabeth's eyes dodged: "Elizabeth, I know you mean well, but our whole family believes in Mr. Darcy's character. After thinking about it, she said again, "Maria and Mr. Darcy are really talented and beautiful, a natural pair, and they should be together." ”

Elizabeth's face froze, and she knew that Charlotte was telling her not to think about Mr. Darcy anymore, that Mr. Darcy and Maria were destined to get married, and that she was out of luck. In fact, she didn't know what she was telling Charlotte for, and it wasn't necessarily how much she believed Mr. Wycombe.

Finally, Elizabeth pursed her lips and said, "I'm just worried that Maria will meet someone unladylike." ”

Charlotte was a little reluctant to say more to her former friend: "Okay, Elizabeth, I know you mean well, and I will help you convey it to Maria." ”

Elizabeth: "......" she didn't mean that!

Although she didn't have much contact with Maria, she was sure that the most difficult thing in the entire Lucas family was this young lady, Elizabeth always looked at Maria, and always felt that her inner thoughts were clearly seen by the other party, and this young lady sometimes didn't care about her feelings at all, which made her unhappy, and nine times out of ten she would be embarrassed on the spot.

Elizabeth knew that her little idea was not on the table, but now she could not say anything.

Charlotte looked at Elizabeth's figure walking away and sighed slightly, things are not people, and once kind and simple friends have begun to learn to play tricks on themselves, it seems that the two of them will never go back to the past.

When Maria came out, she looked at her sister and looked out the door, and asked casually, "Charlotte, what's wrong with you?" ”

Charlotte shook her head, a little reluctant to mention what had just happened, and turned to talk about going to London: "Antonio's mother is going to let me hold a ball at the Earl's Court, I need to leave early, are you going to go with me, or wait for Mr. Darcy and them to come along?" ”

Maria's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Does the old earl plan to train his eldest nephew?" ”

Speaking of this, Charlotte was also quite proud: "Antonio's two elder brothers have no sons, and it is not surprising that the title of earl will fall to Robert in the future." The old earl thought that the boy was very gifted, and planned to take it with him to teach. ”

This means that the identity of the heir has not yet been completely determined, but her eldest nephew has already begun to receive the education of the heir, which is a good thing.

No wonder Charlotte was in a good mood after reading the letter from London, and Maria said with a smile: "Congratulations." She had heard from Mr. Darcy that her brother-in-law Antonio had been depressed because he was unable to inherit the title, and that now that his son had a good chance of inheriting the title, he must have laughed.

Charlotte shook her head and said: "It's all a matter of maybe, what I'm most happy about is that Robert has access to the highest level of educational resources, which his original identity can't obtain, as for the title, to be honest, I really don't think it's anything, if the eldest brother gives birth to an heir in the future, we won't regret it, after all, Robert has already received a lot of benefits." ”

"Charlotte, it's great if you think so, I'm worried that in case Robert loses his inheritance rights in the future, you can't stand the psychological gap, but fortunately, you can see through yourself." Maria doesn't care about a title or not, just like her father, Sir William, who spent most of his wealth for a knighthood, what's the use, the living conditions of the family are not as good as Bennet's family.

Perhaps because Sir William's education was too unsuccessful, the three children of the family were not very enthusiastic about the title.