Chapter 25 Chapter Twenty-Four

Miss Bingley's letter came, and the doubts were allayed.The first sentence of the letter stated that they had decided to spend the winter in London, and concluded by apologizing for his brother for not having had time to say good-bye to his friends in Hertfordshire before leaving. Hope was dashed, utterly dashed.Jane continued to read the letter, but felt that there was nothing to comfort her except in the affected kindness of the writer.It was full of words of praise for Miss Darcy, and of her charms.Caroline remarked cheerfully that they were growing closer each day, and boldly prophesied that the wishes mentioned in her last letter would certainly come true.She also wrote with great pride that her brother had gone to live with Mr. Darcy, and mentioned with great joy that Darcy intended to acquire new furniture.

Jane at once told Elizabeth most of these things, and Elizabeth was angry and silent.She was really heartbroken. On the one hand, she cared about her sister, and on the other hand, she hated those people.Caroline's letter stated that her brother was in love with Miss Darcy, and Elizabeth did not believe it anyway.She believed, as ever, that Mr. Bingley was really fond of Jane.Elizabeth, who had always thought highly of him, now knew that he had been such an easy-talking, unintellectual being, that he had been restrained by his scheming friends, who made him capricious, and sacrificed his happiness. Thinking of this, she couldn't help being angry, and even looked down on him a little bit.If only his personal happiness was sacrificed, he could do whatever he liked, but her sister's happiness was also involved in it, and she believed he should understand it himself.To put it simply, of course, this issue has been considered over and over again, and in the end there must be no solution.She couldn't think of anything else.Had Mr. Bingley really changed his mind, or did he not know it at all?Although for her, she should discern the right and wrong in it, and then she can judge whether he is good or bad, but for her sister, it is all the same sad and uncomfortable anyway.

It was only after a day or two that Jane summoned up courage to tell Elizabeth what was on her mind.And when Mrs. Bennet, as usual, talked about Netherfield and its master for a long time, and at last went away, leaving only the two sisters, Jane could not help saying: Oh, if only Mommy would control herself more!She didn't know how painful it was for her to mention him all the time.But I don't blame anyone.This situation will not last long.He will forget about it for us in a moment, and we will be as usual. Elizabeth looked at her sister with dubious concern but with great concern, and said nothing.

Don't you take my word for it?Ji Ying blushed slightly and shouted.Then you really have no reason.He was probably the sweetest friend I can remember, but that's about it.I had no hopes, no worries, and nothing to blame him for.Thank God I don't have that distress yet.So after a while, I will definitely overcome it slowly. She immediately said in a stronger voice: I can immediately comfort myself and say: This is only my own imagination, but fortunately it did not harm others, only myself. Elizabeth quickly cried out: "Dear Jane, you are too kind."You are so kind and considerate of others, you are like an angel; I don't know what to say to you.I feel like I didn't treat you well enough, didn't love you deeply enough.

Jane strenuously denied all these exaggerated compliments, and used them instead to praise her sister's ardor. Don't say that, said Elizabeth, it's not fair to say that, and you always think the world is good.As long as I say a bad word about anyone, you will feel uncomfortable.I want to see you as a flawless human being, and you come to refute.Please rest assured, I will never speak too much, you have the right to treat people from all over the world equally, and I will not interfere with you.You don't have to worry.As for me, I have few people I really like, and even fewer good ones in my mind.The more I experience things in the world, the more dissatisfied I am with them; I believe more and more every day that human nature is to be different, and we can't trust someone just because of their superficial advantages or opinions.Two things have happened to me lately: one of which I don't want to talk about, and the other is Charlotte's marital problems.This is simply inexplicable!No matter how you think about it, it is inexplicable!

Dear Liz, don't think so wildly.That would ruin your happiness.You do not appreciate enough the differences of circumstances and tempers of persons.Consider Mr. Collins's position, and Charlotte's prudence.You must bear in mind that she was a lady, and as far as property was concerned, it was a very proper marriage.Let's take everyone's face into consideration, just think that she really respects and respects our cousin. For your sake, I'd be willing to take almost anything for truth, but it's no good to anyone; and I only think Charlotte doesn't know love at all, and if I'm to be persuaded that she's really in love Collins, then again I think she's pretty clueless.My dear Jane, Mr. Collins is a pompous, showy, narrow-minded fool, and you know that as well as I do, and you feel as I do that only a sane woman would marry him.Although this woman is Charlotte.Lucas, you don't have to defend her either.You must not change your principles for a certain person, make an exception, and do not try to convince me or yourself to believe that selfishness is prudence, and being foolish and bold is equal to the guarantee of happiness.

Speaking of these two, I think you speak too much, said Jane.I hope that when you see them two happily together in the future, you will believe my words.That's enough talk about this, let's talk about another one.Didn't you mention two things?I won't misunderstand you, but, dear Liz, I beg you, don't think it's the man's fault, don't say you despise him, lest I feel pain.We must not casually think that others are deliberately hurting us.We can never expect a lively youth to be always careful and considerate.We tend to get carried away by our own vanity.Women tend to fantasize about love as unrealistic.

So men deliberately tease them so imaginative. If it was a deliberate arrangement, they shouldn't have; but whether the world is really full of schemes, as some people think, I don't know. I do not mean by any means to suggest that Mr. Bingley's conduct was premeditated, said Elizabeth.But even if you don't mean to do something wrong, or to upset someone, you can actually do something wrong, with unfortunate consequences.All that is careless, that fails to see the good intentions of others, and that lacks decisiveness, is equally damaging. Do you think this incident must be attributed to such reasons?

Of course | should be attributed to the last reason.But it would also displease you if I were asked to go on and tell what I think of those whom you think highly of.Let me be silent now, while I can. So you're sure his sisters are manipulating him. I do not believe.Why are they manipulating him?They only want him to be happy; and if he really loves me, no other woman can make him happy. Your first thought is wrong.They would have many other intentions than their wish for his happiness; they would wish him richer and more powerful; No doubt, they hoped he would pick Miss Darcy, said Jane: "But, as far as that goes, they may have good intentions, and not so badly as you think.They knew her much earlier than I did, so it's no wonder they liked her better.But no matter what their own wishes are, they will not go against their brothers' wishes.Unless there is something too unpleasant, which sister would be so presumptuous?If they believed he was in love with me, they would never try to break us up; if he really loved me, they couldn't.If you must think that he really has feelings for me, then it would be both inhuman and ridiculous for them to do so, and I would be even more saddened.Don't make me miserable with this thought.I would never be ashamed, if ever slight, by a mistake, but it would be infinitely more painful to think of him or his sisters being unfeeling.Let me think of it from the best side, from the side of humanity.

Elizabeth could not object to her desire, and Mr. Bingley's name was seldom mentioned by them thereafter. Mrs. Bennet continued to wonder and complain when he did not return, and although there was hardly a day when Elizabeth did not explain to her clearly, it could not relieve her worry.The daughter tried her best to tell her, and told her mother what she did not believe herself, that Mr. Bingley's affection for Jane was only a momentary pleasure, which was nothing at all, and that when she was no longer in his presence, It is also ignored.Although Mrs. Bennet also believed these words to be true at the time, she repeated the old story every day afterward, and finally found a way to comfort herself, hoping that Mr. Bingley would definitely come back here next summer.

Mr. Bennet felt differently about the matter.One day he said to Elizabeth: Hey, Liz, I found out that your sister has lost her love.I would like to congratulate her.Apart from getting married, a girl always likes to have a little lovelorn from time to time.That would give them something to think about and show off to their friends.When will it be your turn?You don't want to let Ji Yingchao go too long.Now is your chance.There were plenty of officers in Meryton, enough to discourage every young girl in the village.Let Wickham be your object.He's a funny guy, and he'll dump you in a decent way. Thank you, Papa, I can be satisfied with lesser people.We can't all count on Jiying's good luck. Yes, said Mr. Bennet, it is comforting to think that whatever luck you have had, your good mother will do her best to make it right for you. Many people in the Longbourn house were unhappy because of the recent unfavorable events, but Mr. Wickham's coming and going with them relieved the sullenness a lot.They often saw him, and they praised him, and said he was frank and forthright.The routine which Elizabeth had heard--about how much Mr. Darcy had done him wrong, and how much he had suffered for Mr. Darcy--was accepted by all, and openly talked about.Every one could not help being very flattered at the thought that he had hated Mr. Darcy so much long before he knew it at all. Only Miss Bennet thought there must be something strange about it, which had not been cleared up by the people of Hertfordshire.She was a soft-natured, steady, fair-natured person, who always demanded a good deal of insight into the fact that things could often go wrong, and it was a pity that Mr. Darcy was generally regarded as the most scoundrel in the world.