Chapter 34 Chapter Thirty-Three

Elizabeth had often, unexpectedly, met Mr. Darcy in her walks in the garden.It was unfortunate that he should come where no one else came, and it seemed to her that fate was deliberately trying to annoy her.She told him for the first time that she likes to walk around this place alone, and her intention at that time was to prevent this kind of thing from happening again in the future.It would be strange if there was a second time.However, after all, there will be a second time, and there will be a third time. It seems that he deliberately made trouble with her, or else he wanted to make amends; It's not like walking away after a while, but really turning around and walking with her.He never talked much, and she was too lazy to talk too much, too lazy to listen; but when they met for the third time, he asked her if she was happy living in Hunsford, why she liked to walk alone, and how she was. Not that the Collinses are happy.Speaking of Rosings, she said she didn't know much about the family, and he seemed to hope that whenever she came to Kent again, she would stay there for a while, from his speech. He has this meaning.Was he changing his mind for Colonel Fitzwilliam?She thought that if he took the truth seriously, then he must have hinted that that person was a little attracted to her.She felt a little distressed, and was glad that she had reached the gate of the wall opposite the vicarage.

One day, as she was walking, re-reading Jane's last letter, chewing carefully the passages Jane had written when she was discouraged, it was startling again, but looking up, It was not Darcy this time, but Colonel Fitzwilliam walking towards him.She immediately put away the letter, forced a smile on her face, and said: Didn't expect you to come here too. Fitzwilliam replied: "I do this every year. I always have to go around the garden before I leave, and finally go to the vicar's house to visit."Do you still want to go forward? No, I'm going back soon. And so she turned, and they walked together toward the vicarage.

Are you really leaving Kent on Saturday?she asked. Yes, provided Darcy did not delay.But I'm at his disposal.He does things just to please himself. Even if you can't manipulate according to his own will, at least you have to choose according to his own will.I never saw a man so fond of having his own way, and having his own way, as Mr. Darcy. He's too capricious, Colonel Fitzwilliam replied.But we all do.It's just that he has more conditions than ordinary people and can do that, because he is rich and ordinary people are poor.I mean it.You know, a young son can have to restrain himself and rely on others.

It seems to me that the youngest son of an earl knows nothing of these two things.Besides, I want to ask you a serious question, what do you know about restraining yourself and relying on others?Has there ever been a time when I couldn’t go somewhere I wanted to go or buy something I loved because I didn’t have money? Good question, maybe I don't know how hard it is in this regard.But when encountering major problems, I may suffer because of lack of money.The youngest son often has a lover and cannot get married. Unless it's a rich woman, which I think happens to them more often than not.

We are used to spending money, so we have to rely on others. There are not many people like me who can get married without talking about money. Are these words spoken to me?Elizabeth couldn't help blushing when she thought of this; but she immediately recovered her composure, and said in a very lively voice: May I ask how much the youngest son of an earl is usually worth?I don't think you can bargain for more than fifty thousand pounds, unless your brother is in poor health. He also answered her in the same tone, and did not mention the matter again.But she was afraid that if she kept silent like this, he would think that she felt uncomfortable after hearing what she said just now, so after a while, she said:

I think your cousin brought you here with him chiefly so that he might have someone at his mercy.I don't understand why he doesn't get married yet. Doesn't getting married mean that someone can be at his mercy for the rest of his life?For the present, however, he might have a sister; and since she was now his sole care, he could treat her as he liked. No, said Colonel Fitzwilliam, the benefit must be shared with me.I am also Miss Darcy's protector. are you reallyMay I ask how you are as a protector?You lady is quite difficult to serve, isn't it?Misses of her age were sometimes very difficult to deal with; and if she had been of Darcy's temper, she would naturally do everything to her own pleasure.

When she said this, she saw him looking at her sincerely.He asked her right away why she should have thought that Miss Darcy might make them feel bad.Seeing the way he asked this question, she became more and more convinced that her guess was really close to the truth.She replied immediately: You don't have to panic.I've never heard anything wrong with her; and I daresay she's the most obedient girl in the world.Several of my girlfriends, like Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley, were very fond of her.I seem to have heard you say that you knew them too. I don't know them very well.Their brother is a funny gentleman who is a good friend of Darcy.

Oh, yes, said Elizabeth coldly: Mr. Darcy treated Mr. Bingley very well, and treated him with the utmost care. Take care of him!Yes, I do believe that Mr. Darcy will find a way for him where he cannot do it.On our way here he told me things which, from what I heard, convinced me that Mr. Bingley really owed some favors to him.But I must ask his pardon, that I have no right to suppose that it was Bingley who he spoke of.That's pure guesswork. What do you mean by that? Of course Mr. Darcy didn't want to let everyone know about it, lest it should spread to the lady's house and make people unhappy.

Don't worry, I won't say anything. You will remember that I had no good reason to suppose that the man he spoke of was Bingley.He merely told me how much trouble he had lately saved a friend from an impertinent marriage, which he found comforting; but he gave no name or particulars; I was suspicious of Bingley, partly because I believed that a young man like him was capable of such trouble, and partly because I knew they had spent the whole summer together. Did Mr. Darcy give any reason for his meddling? I heard that the young lady was too unqualified in some ways. By what means did he separate the two of them?

Fitzwilliam smiled and said: He didn't explain what method he used. He told me, and I told you everything just now. Elizabeth didn't answer, but went on, feeling out of breath.Fitzwilliam looked at her, and asked her why she was so brooding. She said: I was thinking about what you told me just now, and I think your cousin's behavior is not very good.Why should he be the master? Do you think his meddling is totally meddling? I really don't know what right Mr. Darcy has to judge whether his friend's love is suitable or not; how can he direct his friend how to obtain happiness based on his own will.She calmed down a bit when she said this, and then went on, but we didn't understand the details, so it would be unfair for us to blame him.Perhaps there was no love at all between the man and woman.

This inference cannot be said to be unreasonable.Fitzwilliam said.My cousin was very happy at first, but if you tell me like this, his contribution will be greatly discounted. His remark was meant to be joking, but she felt that it was just a vivid portrayal of Mr. Darcy, so she could not answer, so she suddenly changed the subject and talked about irrelevant things. While talking and walking, they came to the door of the parsonage.As soon as the guests left, she went back to her room and sat behind closed doors, thinking carefully about what she had just heard.The couple he just mentioned must be related to her.There is absolutely no second person in the world who would obey Mr. Darcy so unconditionally.She had never doubted that Mr. Bingley must have had his share in the endeavor to separate Mr. Bingley from Jane; she had always thought it entirely Miss Bingley's idea and arrangement.If Mr. Bingley had not been carried away by vanity, it was his arrogance and self-will that contributed to Jane's present sufferings, and all her future sufferings.The kindest and most generous heart in the world, let him thus destroy the hope of happiness; and no one dared to say when and when this wrong he had done would be done. Colonel Fitzwilliam had said that the young lady had some qualifications which were too unqualified; perhaps they meant that she had an uncle who was a lawyer in the country, and an uncle who was a trader in London. Thinking of this, she couldn't help exclaiming: "As for Jane herself, there can't be any defects at all. She is so lovely and kind. She has high opinions, well-bred, and charming manners. My father has nothing to blame. In spite of his eccentricities, Mr. Darcy had abilities which Mr. Darcy could not despise, and which Mr. Darcy could never match in his virtues. Of course, when she thought of her mother, her confidence was shaken a little; but She did not believe that weakness in that respect could have any great influence on Mr. Darcy.Nothing hurts his self-esteem more than letting his friends be married to people from humble families. As for marrying people who have no knowledge, he doesn't care too much about it.She at last quite figured it out; Darcy was on the one hand possessed by the worst kind of arrogance, and on the other hand he wanted to ration Mr. Bingley to his own sister. The more she thought the more angry she was, and the more she wept, until at last she had a headache, which was worse at night, and, as she did not want to see Mr. Darcy, she resolved not to accompany her cousin and sister-in-law to Rosings. tea party.Mrs. Collins saw that she was really ill, so she could not force her to go, and tried not to let her husband force her to go; but Mr. Collins could not help being a little flustered, lest she would offend Mrs. Caitlin by not going.