Chapter 56 Chapter Fifty-Five

A few days after this visit, Mr. Bingley came again, and alone.His friend had set off for London that morning, but was due back in ten days.He sat in Ban's house for more than an hour, obviously very happy.Mrs. Bennet kept him for dinner, and he apologized repeatedly, saying that he had already had an appointment elsewhere. Mrs. Bennet had no choice but to say: I hope you can appreciate our faces when you come next time. He said he would be happy to come anytime, if she didn't bother, and he would see them whenever he could. Can you come tomorrow? Can come, he has no appointment tomorrow; so he readily accepted her invitation.

He did come the next day, very early, and the ladies hadn't even dressed yet.Mrs. Bennet, in her dressing gown, with her hair only half combed, ran into her daughter's room, shouting: Dear Jane, come down-stairs quickly.he came.Here comes Mr. Bingley.He really came.Hurry up, hurry up.I said, Sarah, hurry up to Missy and help her dress.Leave Miss Liz's hair alone. Jane said: We'll go down at once, Kitty may be faster than both of us, for she's been up for half an hour. Oh, leave Kitty alone!What's the matter with her?Hurry up, hurry up!Where is your belt, my boy? After her mother left, Jane repeatedly asked a sister to accompany her down-stairs.

By the afternoon it was evident that Mrs. Bennet was once again determined to have them both together.After tea, Mr. Bennet went, as was his usual habit, to the study, and Mary went upstairs to play.Mrs. Ben winked at Elizabeth and Caitlin when she saw two out of five obstacles, and Kitty finally said innocently: "What's the matter, mother?"Why do you keep blinking at me?What do you want me to do? Nothing, boy, nothing.I didn't wink at you. So she sat down for another five minutes, and not wanting to miss this great opportunity, she got up suddenly, and said to Kitty: Come on baby let me have a word with you.

Having said this, she drew Kitty out.Jane glanced at Elizabeth at once, expressing that she could not bear such manipulations, and begging Elizabeth not to do the same.In the blink of an eye, Mrs. Bennet half-opened the door, and cried: Liz, honey, I need to speak to you. Elizabeth had to go out. On entering the hall her mother said to her: We'd better leave them alone, Kitty and I went upstairs to my dressing-room. Elizabeth did not argue with her, but remained silent in the hall, and did not return to the drawing-room until her mother and Kitty were out of sight. Mrs. Bennet's plans for the day did not go as planned.Bingley was charming in every way, except that he did not openly claim to be her daughter's lover.He was poised and cheerful, and everyone liked him at their evening family gatherings.In spite of Mrs. Bennet's indiscretion and meddling, he strove to bear it; and in spite of all the foolish things she said, he listened with a certain calmness and patience, which especially pleased the daughter.

He hardly needed an invitation from his master, so he stayed to eat by himself; and before he took leave, he followed Mrs. Bennet's wishes, and agreed to come and shoot birds with her husband tomorrow. From that day on, Jane never said that she was indifferent to him.Neither sister said a word about Bingley afterward, but Elizabeth went to bed with a high spirit, feeling that if Mr. Darcy did not return in time, the matter would soon be brought to fruition.She thought, however, that by this time Mr. Darcy must have given his assent. Bingley was punctual for the appointment the next day, and spent the whole morning with Mr. Bennet, as previously agreed.Mr. Bennet was far more amiable than Mr. Bingley had expected.This is because there was nothing haughty or stupid in Bingley that he should laugh at, or be so annoying as to ignore him.He was more talkative this time than when Bingley had last seen him.It's not as wacky as it used to be either.It is needless to say that Bingley returned to lunch with him, and in the evening Mrs. Bennet managed to get the others away, and he was with her daughter.Elizabeth had a letter to write tonight, and after tea she went to the sitting-room to write, for she saw that the others were all sitting down to play cards, and she could not antagonize her mother.

When she finished writing the letter and came back to the living room, seeing the scene, she couldn't help being shocked, thinking that her mother was much smarter than she was.Besides, as soon as she came in, she saw her sister and Bingley standing together by the fire, apparently engaged in a lively conversation, and if there was nothing suspicious about the situation, just look at the look on their faces, how flustered they were. Zhang turned around and left immediately, and you knew it in your heart.They showed their embarrassment, but she herself was even more embarrassed.They sat down without speaking a word; and Elizabeth was about to go away when Bingley rose suddenly, whispered a few words to her sister, and ran out.

Jane, who was never concealed from Elizabeth, had a happy thing in her heart, and immediately embraced her sister, acknowledging with the greatest warmth that she was the happiest creature in the world. She said again: I am so happy!I am so happy.I do not deserve.Ouch, why can't everyone be as happy as I am? Elizabeth hastened to congratulate her with such sincerity and ardor as to congratulate her beyond description.Every kind word she uttered added to Jane's sense of happiness.But Jiying can't entangle with her sister any longer. She hasn't said half of what she wants to say, so she can't go on.

Jiying said: I have to go to my mother right away. I must not disappoint her good intentions. I will go and tell her about this in person, and no one else will tell you otherwise.He has gone to tell Dad.Oh, Liz, you know how happy the whole family will be to hear about it!How can I bear such happiness! So she hurried to her mother's place, only to find that her mother had left the card game and was sitting on a chair with Kitty. Elizabeth, left there alone, could not help smiling when she thought that the family had been worrying about this for months, and that it had been solved at once.

She said: This is the end of his friend's careful planning!It was his own sister who deceived herself!This result is so happy, so fulfilling, and so interesting! In a few minutes Bingley came to her, for he had spoken briefly with her father. As soon as he opened the door, he asked quickly: Where is your sister? It's upstairs at my mother's, and it'll be down soon. He then closed the door, went up to her, and asked her to congratulate her brother-in-law kindly.Elizabeth said with all sincerity that she was delighted at their future happy marriage.The two shook hands cordially.She only heard him tell of his own happiness, and of Jane's perfection, till Jane came down.Although these words came from a lover, she was convinced that his wish for happiness would be realized, because Jane was extremely clever and her temper was as good as possible, which was the basis of happiness, and their mutual character and harmony Interest is also very similar.

It was a very pleasant evening for all, and Miss Bennet's face was fresh, radiant, and more beautiful than usual, from her own satisfaction.Kitty smiled and smiled, and smiled, and she only hoped that such luck would soon be her turn.Mrs. Bennet talked with Bingley for a full half an hour. She was full of approval and extreme praise, but she always felt that she could not fully express her enthusiasm; , but looking at his manner of speaking, one can see that he is also extremely happy. But he didn't say a word about it at the time, and when the distinguished guest left, he turned around and said to his eldest daughter:

Jane, I congratulate you.You have become a very happy girl. Jane immediately went up to him and kissed him, thanking him for his kindness. He said: You are a good boy; I am so glad to think that you have settled the affairs of life so happily.I believe you will be able to get along well.Your personalities are very similar.You are willing to accommodate when things happen, but you will not be able to make up your mind about everything. You are so easy to talk, but every servant will bully you in the end; you are so generous, you will definitely make ends meet. I hope not.It is inexcusable for me to be careless in matters of money. His wife exclaimed: "I can't make ends meet!"My good lord, what are you talking about?He had an income of four or five thousand pounds a year, possibly more. She said to her eldest daughter: "My dear Jiying, dear Jiying, I am so happy!"I'm not going to sleep tonight.I knew it was going to be like this, and I usually always say, one day it will be like this.I always thought you couldn't be so good-looking for nothing.When he arrived in Hertfordshire early last year, as soon as I saw him, I thought the two of you would be a good pair.God!I have never seen such a handsome man in my life! She had long forgotten Wickham and Lydia.Jiying was her favorite daughter, but now she doesn't care about anyone.Immediately the younger sisters crowded around Jane, demanding how much benefit she would promise them in the future. Mary asked to use the library at Netherfield, and Kitty insisted that she give dances there several times every winter. From then on, Bingley naturally became the regular guest of the Longbourne family every day.He always came without breakfast, and didn't leave until after dinner, unless a neighbor who didn't know the general idea and was not afraid of being hated repeatedly invited him to dinner, so he had to socialize. Elizabeth had scarcely an opportunity of talking to her sister, for Jane's thoughts were not with anyone else so long as Bingley was present.Still, the two of them sometimes had to part ways.Bingley was very fond of talking to Elizabeth when Jane was away; and Jane always sought her for her amusement when Bingley went home, so that she was of great use to them both. Jane said to her one evening, I was glad to hear that he said he had no idea that I was in town this spring.I really didn't believe it was possible before. Elizabeth replied: I was also suspicious of this before, did he explain why? It must have been arranged by his sisters, who of course disapproved of him befriending me, and I'm not surprised, since he could have picked someone who was better than me in everything.However, I believe that one day they will understand how happy their brother is with me, and then they will slowly change their minds and restore my old friendship, but they will never be as confidant as before. I've only heard you say one small word in all my life.You are such a kind girl!To tell the truth, it would make me very angry to see you again being deceived by that hypocritical Miss Bingley! I want you to believe, Liz, that he really loved me when he went to town last November, and if he hadn't taken people's word that I really didn't love him, he would have been back anyway. ! He actually has something wrong, but it's all because he is too humble. After hearing this, Jane naturally praised him for his humility, and praised him for having many beautiful qualities, but he was not self-important. Elizabeth was pleased that Bingley did not reveal the fact of his friend's obstruction, for Jane, though magnanimous and free of enmity, would have had a bad opinion of Darcy if she knew about it. . Jiying said loudly again: I am indeed the happiest person ever!Oh, Liz, with so many people in my family, how can I be the happiest?I hope you will be equally happy!I hope you can find such a person too! Even if you gave me dozens of such people, I would never be as happy as you.Unless I have a good temper and a good person like you, I will never be as happy as you anyway.No, never, let me do my best, and if I'm lucky, I may meet another Collins then. The matter of Longbourne's family will not be kept secret for long.Mrs. Bennet first obtained a dispensation to secretly tell it to Mrs. Phillips, who, without anyone's permission, boldly circulated it throughout the neighborhood of Meryton.I remember that just a few weeks before Lydia's elopement, when everyone thought the Bennets were in trouble, the Bennets had suddenly become the luckiest family in the world. .