77. Small town secrets

Just when Maria thought that Mr. Collins was going to return disappointed, she came to visit her fiancée.

"Oh, Mrs. Lucas, allow me to introduce you—this is my fiancée, Miss Lucy Green." I saw Mr. Collins with his head held high, and his nostrils were facing the sky.

"Congratulations, Mr. Collins." Mrs. Lucas, too, knew about the Bennett family, and she felt that Mr. Collins would inevitably be suspicious of falling into trouble when he brought his fiancée here, and she was very disdainful.

Maria almost rolled her eyes uncontrollably, disgusting! Although according to the world's point of view, Mr. Collins is definitely the fast son-in-law of Miss Bennett, but she thinks that Elizabeth's choice is right, there is no way, this man is too cautious.

Mr. Collins had not been in Hertfordshire for a long time, and it may not have been clear what Miss Lucy Green was about, but Mrs. Lucas and others knew it well.

Miss Lucy Greene was not prejudiced against people of this kind of look, but she was more prodigal than Lydia in her youth, but unfortunately the young gentleman who had taken her with her had abandoned her after having had enough, and Miss Greene returned to settle in Hertfordshire after her wealth had been spent.

The population of the Green family is quite tight, except for a few people who accidentally learned about it, the rest of the people don't know what Miss Green was doing during that time.

Miss Lucy Green actually married a long time ago by virtue of her beauty, but she was blinded by the prosperity of London, and she refused to accept her fate for the first two years, and wanted to fly on the branches to be a phoenix.

Maria did not expect that Miss Green would choose Mr. Collins, and she was not surprised to think that Mr. Collins's conditions were relatively good in this era.

Mrs. Lucas tried to keep a smile, but she was angry and wanted to scold her mother, she had nothing to do with Mr. Collins, and the other party showed off in her house what was wrong, and their Lucas family would not dare to marry Miss Green, and Mr. Collins, who did not understand the situation, was happy.

Rao is Sir William's cultivation was almost unrestrained, and he had to interrupt Mr. Collins's chatter and praise for his fiancée: "Mr. Collins, I don't know when you plan to go back?" Did you tell the rest of your neighbors the good news? ”

Mr. Collins then ceased to compliment: "Lady Catherine has written to me early in the morning that I may return soon, and I intend to take Miss Green out of Hertfordshire early to-morrow. ”

Miss Green, who knew better than Mr. Collins, got up and took her leave: "We still need to go to Longborn to take our leave, Sir William and Mrs. Lucas have just been disturbed." ”

As soon as she heard that the two were leaving, the smile on Mrs. Lucas's face suddenly became much more sincere, and she followed Sir William to send them out the door.

Maria leaned back on the couch: "These two can be regarded as leaving, if they don't leave, I will expose Miss Green's love history." ”

"The children's house is clean and messy!" Mrs. Lucas angrily tapped Maria's forehead with her index finger, "You give me those things in my stomach, and I am not allowed to mention them in the future." ”

Maria pursed her lips and said, "Got it, you see when I said it nonsense." "Once the reputation of the entire Green family is exposed, it will be ruined, and she has not planned to do this for many years, after all, this matter has spread and affected the reputation of their entire county.

"Hey!" Mrs. Lucas sighed helplessly, "What is going on day by day, there was a Miss Green before Lydia, and there was a Miss Brown before Lydia, and that Miss Brown had a more miserable life, and I don't know what she thought, she became a famous courtesan in London." Miss Brown will do it when she is old. ”

Sir William patted his wife on the shoulder: "The Brown family is a mess, and even if Miss Brown does not become a courtesan, the actual situation is not much better." ”

It was only after some popularization by her parents that Maria learned about Miss Brown's experience. Mr. Brown was very capable in his youth, married a beautiful wife, and gave birth to two daughters who were better than the blue. It was obviously a very happy family, but it was a pity that Mr. Brown mistakenly believed that the villain entrusted his two daughters to his nephew Mr. Kurd before his death.

Mr. Kurd is simply a low-profile version of Mr. George Wycombe, addicted to gambling, he did not quit his drug addiction after marrying the eldest lady of the Brown family, and the other party soon squandered the inheritance left by Mr. Brown, and scolded his wife, and the eldest lady who was spoiled before marriage has lived a miserable life ever since.

The Miss Brown in their mouth is actually the second lady of the Brown family, and she was forced to choose to elope with Young Master Kuo from London. Mr. Kurd is simply an out-and-out demon, in order to pay off his gambling debts, he first extended his magic to his wife, making her a secret prostitute, and then hit the idea on the younger and more beautiful sister-in-law.

Maria felt that Miss Brown had become a courtesan because she was not innocent and could not marry, and on the other hand, because she was completely disappointed in men.

In some ways, Maria could not agree with Miss Brown's choice, but it must be said that it was because of her choice that she was completely freed from the oppression of Mr. Kurd, after all, none of her benefactors were fuel-efficient lamps.

Maria suddenly understood Mrs. Bennet's hysteria, and it was really this kind of tragedy that happened in Hertfordshire, which made Mrs. Bennet, who had always cherished her daughter, bear. In the original book, Jane and Elizabeth did not live up to Mrs. Bennet's expectations, and in the end both of them married the golden beetle, and even if Mr. Bennet had a chance in the future, the other unmarried daughters could be taken in.

Touching the manuscript on the table, Maria's eyes flashed with determination, she wanted to finish this book well, hoping that a girl would avoid going astray because of this book.

"Maria, why are you hiding in the house again. Mr. Darcy had just sent a message from his servant saying that they were ready to depart. Charlotte's voice came from the door.

Only then did Maria remember that she was going to London today, and slapped her forehead sharply: "It's all Mr. Collins, if he hadn't come over early in the morning to force it all the time, I wouldn't have forgotten such an important matter." ”

"Quickly put your hand down, your forehead is red, I really don't know the severity at all." Charlotte hurried to check on Maria's condition.