Chapter 27 Chapter Twenty Six

Mrs. Gardiner, as soon as she had a proper opportunity of speaking alone with Elizabeth, gave her niece kindly counsel, and said honestly what was in her heart, and went on: You're a very sensible boy, Liz, and you don't want to be in love just because you're told to be careful; that's why I dare to tell you.Seriously, you must be careful.It is very reckless to fall in love with this kind of person who has no property as a foundation. You must not let yourself fall in love, and don't try your best to make him fall in love.I don't mean to speak ill of him, but he's a very interesting young man; and if he gets his share of the property, I don't think your match could be any better.That being the case, you don't have to fantasize about him anymore.You're smart, and we all hope you don't let your smarts down.I know your father has confidence in your good conduct and determination, and you must not disappoint him.

Dear aunt, you are very serious. Yes, I hope you can also be serious about it. Well, you don't have to worry.I will take care of myself, and I will take care of Mr. Wickham.As long as I can avoid it, I will never ask him to fall in love with me. Elizabeth, you don't take this seriously. please forgive.Let me retell the story.I am not in love with Mr. Wickham at present; I am not.But of all the people I have seen, he is indeed the most lovable one, and no one can compare with him; if he is really going to love me, I believe he had better not fall in love with me.I saw the recklessness of the thing.oh!Mr. Darcy is so abominable!It is my greatest honor that my father regards me so highly. If I fail him, I will definitely feel sorry.But my father also had prejudices against Wickham.All in all, my dear aunt, I would never wish to make any of you unhappy on my account; but when a young man falls in love with someone, he never gives up just because he has no money for a while.If I also moved people's hearts, how could I be exempt?How do I even know if rejecting him is the best policy?Therefore, I can only promise you that you will not rush to work.I never thought myself to be his favourite.Although I am in contact with him, I will never have such thoughts.All in all, I will definitely do my best.

Maybe it would be better if you didn't make him come so often; at least you don't have to remind your mother to invite him. Elizabeth smiled shyly and said: Just like what I did that day, indeed, it is best not to do that.But don't think that he always comes so frequently.It's because of you that he's been invited so often this week.You know Ma's idea, she always thinks she's figured out the smartest way to deal with it; I hope you'll be satisfied now. This was satisfied, the aunt told her; and Elizabeth thanked her for her kind instruction, and they parted, a rare instance of advising on such matters without complaint.No sooner had the Gardiners and Jane left Hertfordshire than Mr. Collins returned to Hertfordshire.He lived in Lucas's house, so Mrs. Bennet not only finally gave up her mind, thinking that this marriage was inevitable, but even said maliciously several times: I hope they will be happy.Thursday was a good day, and Miss Lucas came to Ben's on Wednesday to say good-bye.When Charlotte rose to say good-bye, Elizabeth, both ashamed of her mother's grotesque and auspicious words, and genuinely unmoved herself, escorted her out of the room.As they descended the stairs, Charlotte said:

I am sure you will write to me often, Eliza. Don't worry about that. I also want you to give me a face.Would you like to come and see me? I hope we can meet often in Hertfordshire. I probably won't be leaving Kent for a while.Promise me to come to Hunsford. Elizabeth, though anticipating that such a visit would be no pleasure, could not refuse it. Charlotte went on: "My parents are coming to me in March, and I want you to come with them."Really, Eliza, I will welcome you as I welcome them. After getting married, the bride and groom set off for Kent directly from the church door, and everyone always said as much as they wanted to say.Elizabeth soon received a letter from her friend, and thereafter the correspondence between the two of them was very regular, very frequent!However, it is impossible to speak freely and without scruples as before.When Elizabeth wrote to her, she could not help feeling that the old confiding comfort was a thing of the past; and though she made up her mind not to neglect correspondence, it was not so much for the sake of the present friendship as for the sake of the present friendship. Past friendship.She looked forward to Charlotte's first letters with great eagerness, out of sheer curiosity to know that what Charlotte said was everywhere exactly as she had expected it to be.Her letters were written with a cheerful mood, and she always gave a compliment when she talked about something, as if she was really happy beyond words.The house, the furniture, the neighbours, the roads, were all to her liking, and Mrs. Catelyn was so kind and gracious in her dealings.She was only a little softer about the appearances of Hunsford and Rosings which Mr. Collins boasted about; and Elizabeth felt that she must wait until she visited them herself to know the truth.

Jane had sent Elizabeth a short note, saying that she had arrived safely in London; and Elizabeth hoped that her next letter would tell something of the Bingleys. She was really anxious to wait for the second letter, but it was not in vain.The letter stated that she had been in town for a week and had neither seen nor heard from Caroline.She could only think that her last letter to Caroline from Longbourn must have been lost on the way. She went on to write: Tomorrow my aunt will go to that area, and I would like to take this opportunity to pay a visit to Grosvenor Street. After Jane had called on Miss Bingley, and had seen her, she wrote another letter.She wrote: I think Caroline is not in good spirits, but she is very happy to see me, and blames why I didn't inform her in advance when I came to London this time.Sure enough, I guessed right. She really didn't receive the letter I sent her last time.Of course I asked about their brothers.It is said that he is doing very well, but he has been too close to Mr. Darcy, so that sisters and brothers rarely have the opportunity to see each other.My visit was not very long this time, for both Caroline and Mrs. Hurst were away.Maybe they'll come to see me right away.

Elizabeth read the letter and shook her head.She believed that Mr. Bingley would never know Jane's presence in London save by some accident. Four weeks passed, and Jane saw no sign of Mr. Bingley.She tried to console herself by saying that she was not hurt by it; but Miss Bingley's indifference, she saw at last.She waited for Miss Bingley at home every morning, for a fortnight in vain, and made up an excuse for Miss Bingley every evening, until at last the distinguished visitor came, but only stayed a moment before leaving. And go, and her attitude was completely different, Ji Ying felt that she could no longer lie to herself.She wrote a letter to her sister about the situation this time. From this letter, we can see her mood at that time:

My dearest and dearest sister Liz: I must confess now that Miss Bingley's attention to me was entirely deceitful.I am sure you have a better opinion than I do, and take pleasure in seeing me sad.Dear sister, although the facts have proved that your view is correct, but if I look at her past attitude, I still think that my trust in her and your suspicion of her are equally reasonable, please Don't think I'm stubborn.I still don't understand why she wanted to be close to me in the past; if the same situation happens again, I believe I will still be deceived.Caroline didn't come to see me until yesterday. She never sent me a single message in the future, and she showed a very unhappy look after she came.She just perfunctory me as usual, saying that she was sorry for not coming to see me sooner, and she didn't mention at all that she wanted to see me again.She was so different in every respect, that when she left I made up my mind to cut off all relations with her, and although I could not help blaming her, I felt pity for her.It's just that she shouldn't have treated me differently in the first place; I can say with a clear conscience that my friendship with her was developed step by step on her own initiative.But I pity her, for she must feel that she has done wrong, and I conclude that her attitude is entirely due to her concern for her brother.I don't need to explain any more for myself.Although we know that this worry is completely unnecessary, if she is really worried, it will be enough to explain why she treats me like this.Since he is indeed worthy of his sister's cherishment, no matter what worries she worries about him, it is reasonable, kind and gratifying.However, I simply don't understand what worries she has now. If he really had a heart for me, we would have met a long time ago.From her tone I was sure he knew I was in London; yet from the way she talked it seemed as if she were sure that he was really attached to Miss Darcy.This really confuses me.If I venture to make a harsh assertion, I cannot help but say that there must be something in it.But I will try my best to dispel all painful thoughts, and only think about some things that can make me happy—such as thinking about your kindness and the constant concern of my dear uncle and parents for me.Hope to hear from you soon.Miss Bingley spoke of his never coming back to Netherfield again, of his intention of giving up the house, but not with certainty.We better not have to bring this up again.I am glad that you have heard many pleasant things from our friends at Hunsford.Please go and see them with Sir William and Maria.I'm sure you'll have a great time there.your. ． ．

This letter made Elizabeth feel a little distressed; but she cheered up at the thought that Jane would no longer be deceived by them, or at least by the sister.She has now given up all expectations of that brother.She didn't even want him to come back to restore the old relationship at all.The more she thought about it, the more she despised him; she really hoped that he would marry Mr. Darcy's sister, because, according to Wickham, that lady would make him regret that he should have lost the person he was interested in. On the one hand, it is a kind of punishment for him, and on the other hand, it may also be beneficial to Jane.

About this time, Mrs. Gardiner reminded Elizabeth of how she had promised to treat Wickham last time, and asked how things were going; , but my aunt was very satisfied.It turned out that his apparent affection for her was gone, his attentions to her had passed, and he was in love with someone else.Elizabeth saw all this carefully, and though she saw it all, and wrote about it in her letter, she felt no pain, but felt it a little.She thought that if she had some property, she would have already become his only lover. Thinking of this, her vanity was satisfied.In the case of the girl he was now attracted to, her most conspicuous charm was to secure him a windfall of ten thousand pounds; but perhaps Elizabeth was not so much to herself as she had been to Charlotte last time. Seeing clearly then, and therefore not blaming him for his pursuit of material comforts.On the contrary, she thought it was the most natural thing; she also imagined that he must have hesitated to abandon her, but she also felt that this was a wise and ideal way for both parties, and sincerely wished him happiness.She told all this to Mrs. Gardiner.After describing these things, she went on to write: "Dear aunt, I now deeply believe that I don't love him very much at all. If I really have such pure and noble feelings, then as soon as I hear him The name would be disgusting, and he wished that he had the worst luck.But not only did I not have any grudges against him emotionally, I didn't even have any prejudice against Miss Jin.I don't feel like hating her at all, and would rather like to think of her as a very nice girl.This is not love at all.My caution was not in vain; if I had been madly in love with him, my friends would have regarded me as a more interesting subject, and I should not regret that I was not regarded very highly.Too much attention sometimes comes at a high price.Kitty and Lydia thought more about his faults than I did.They are still very naive in the world, and do not understand the unseemly creed that a beautiful boy must be fed and clothed just like a common man.