Chapter 57 Chapter fifty-six

One morning, about a week after Bingley and Jane's engagement, Bingley was sitting with his ladies in the dining-room, when a sound of carriages was heard, and they all went to the windows to look, and saw a four-horse limousine driving by. Come into the garden.In such an early morning, there should be no guests coming, and looking at the equipment of the carriage, they knew that this visitor was definitely not their neighbor.The horses are the horses on the post station. As for the carriage itself, they are not familiar with the livery worn by the servants in front of the carriage.Bingley, assuming that a visitor was coming, immediately advised Miss Bennet to keep away from him, so as not to be entangled with the intruder, and Jane followed him into the undergrowth.After the two of them left, the other three were still guessing, but unfortunately they couldn't guess who the visitor was.At last the door opened and the visitor came in. It was Caitlin.De.Mrs Power.

Of course, everyone was very surprised, never expecting such a surprising thing.Mrs. Bennet and Kitty, strangers to her, were more favored than Elizabeth. The manner in which the visitor entered the room was very impolite.When Elizabeth greeted her, she only turned her head slightly, then sat down without saying a word.When she came in, Elizabeth gave her mother her name, though she did not ask for an introduction. Mrs. Bennet was greatly astonished, but so flattered by the visit of such a great visitor, that she received it with the utmost civility.Lady Catelyn sat for some time in silence, then said to Elizabeth icily:

I think you must be doing well, Miss Bennet.That lady is probably your mother? Elizabeth simply answered yes. That one is probably your sister? Mrs. Bennet hastily answered: Exactly, madam, She was really proud to be able to talk to such a noble lady. This is my fourth daughter.My youngest daughter was recently married, and my oldest daughter was walking around the neighborhood with her best friend, who was going to be one of us soon. Lady Catelyn ignored her, and said after a moment: You have a little garden here, too. Nothing like Rosings, ma'am, but I daresay, better than William.Sir Lucas's garden was much larger.

In summer it must have been a poor living room, with all the windows facing west. Mrs. Bennet told her that they never sat there every day after lunch, and went on: May I take the liberty of asking your lady how are the Collinses? They're all fine, I saw them the night before. Elizabeth was fully expecting now that she would produce a letter from Charlotte; she thought it absolutely impossible that Lady Catelyn should be here for any other reason.But she didn't see Madam bring out the letter, which really made her completely confused about what was going on.Mrs. Bennet respectfully asked the lady to have some refreshment as she wished, but Mrs. Catelyn would not have anything, refused very firmly, and was very rude, and then got up again and said to Elizabeth:

Miss Bennet, there seems to be a bit of wilderness on the other side of your meadow, which is very nice.I really want to go there for a stroll. Could you please accompany me? Her mother hurriedly said loudly to her: "Go, good boy, and accompany Madam to the various trails."I think she will like our little secluded place. Elizabeth obeyed her mother's advice, first went to her own room to get a parasol, and then went downstairs to wait on the distinguished guest.They walked down the hall, and Lady Catelyn opened the door into the dining-room and drawing-room, looked at it a little, said it was a passable place, and went on.

Her carriage stopped at the door, and Elizabeth saw her maid sitting in it.The two walked in silence along a cobbled path leading to a grove.Elizabeth only found the old woman more haughty and repulsive than usual, and made up her mind not to speak to her first. She took a closer look at the old woman's face, and couldn't help thinking: How does she look like her nephew? Once in the grove, Lady Catelyn talked to her in this way: Miss Bennet, you must know why I am here this time.You must know it in your heart, and your conscience will tell you why I came this time. Elizabeth was astonished.

Ma'am, you are really wrong. I don't understand how you think highly of us this time and come to this kind of place. When the wife heard this, she was very angry: "Miss Bennet, you must know that I would never let people come and play a joke on me."As dishonest as you may be, I am not.I am famously honest and frank, and in this case, of course I must be honest and frank.Two days ago, I heard the most astonishing news.I heard that not only your sister is about to climb a high school, but you, Elizabeth.Miss Bennet is about to climb up to my nephew, my own nephew, Mr. Darcy.Although I know that this is a nonsense rumor, although I will not look down on him like that, and I believe that such a thing will happen to him, I still made a decisive decision and decided to come here once and tell you what I mean.

Elizabeth was both surprised and disgusted, her face flushed red. I wonder why you bothered yourself to come so far when you thought there would be no such thing?May I ask what your elders have learned? I must ask you to refute the rumors to everyone immediately. Elizabeth said coldly: If there are such rumors in the outside world, then if you come to Longbourne to see me and my family, it will be true. If there is such a legend!Do you intend to pretend to be stupid?Isn't it all your own efforts to spread the word?Don't you know that this news has caused a lot of trouble in the city?

I've never heard of it. Can you say that this is groundless? I'm not pretending that I'm as frank as you old man.Just ask, I don't want to answer. How unreasonable!Miss Bennet, I want you to make it clear.Has my nephew proposed to you? Your old man himself said just now that there will never be such a thing. There shouldn't be such a thing; as long as he has brains, there must be no such thing.But if you do everything possible to seduce him, he may be obsessed with it for a while and forget that he should be worthy of himself and his family.You may have him hooked. Even if I did charm him, I would never tell you.

Miss Bennet, do you know who I am?What you say is really inappropriate.I am almost his closest elder, and I have the right to ask about all his personal affairs. You have no right to intervene in my affairs, and your attitude will never force me to confess. Listen carefully to what I have to say.You are so bold, if you try to climb this family, you will never succeed and you will never succeed in your life.Mr. Darcy was already engaged to my daughter.Well, what else do you have to say? There's only one thing to say if he really does, you have no reason to think he's going to propose to me.

Lady Caitlin hesitated for a moment, then replied: Their engagement was as usual.They have been paired since they were young, and the mothers of both parties are consensual.When they were in the cradle, we planned to make them a pair; seeing that the young couple was about to get married, and the wishes of the old sisters were about to be fulfilled, suddenly a little girl of humble birth and low family came from among them. What's more, this little girl is not related to his family!Don't you have the slightest regard for the wishes of his relatives?He and De.Miss Power's default marriage?Have you no sense of propriety, no sense of shame?Didn't you hear me say that he was destined to marry his cousin when he was born? I have indeed heard it before.But what do I care about it?If you have no other reason for objecting to my marriage to your nephew, I shall not be deterred by it.You sisters have put in a lot of thought into planning this marriage, and its success depends on others.If Mr. Darcy was neither obliged nor willing to marry his cousin, why should he not choose another?If he picked me, why would I agree to him? No matter in terms of face, in terms of etiquette and rules, or in terms of interests, this is not allowed.Yes, Miss Bennet, it is your interest.If you deliberately make things difficult for everyone, you will never think that his family or his relatives and friends will think highly of you.Anyone related to him will reprimand you, despise you, and hate you.Your union is a disgrace; we will not even speak of your name. It was a great misfortune, said Elizabeth.But the happiness of being Mrs. Darcy's wife was bound to be so great that, after all, there was no need for dejection. What an ignorant little girl!I will be ashamed of you!I have treated you so well this spring, is this how you will repay me?Don't you have any sense of gratitude?Let's sit down and talk about it.You should understand, Miss Bennet, that since I have come here I must achieve my purpose; and nothing can stop me.I won't give in to anyone's tricks.I never want to let myself down. That would only embarrass yourself more, but it had no effect on me. I don't allow others to interrupt when I speak!Listen to me carefully.My daughter and my nephew are a match made in heaven.Their matriarchal lineages are all of noble origin, and although their paternal lineages do not have titles, they are all very prestigious and famous families.Both are wealthy.Both relatives agree that they are destined to be married in previous lives; who can break them up?A little girl like you can't talk about family background, relatives, or property. Could it be that you can break them up just by your wishful thinking?What kind of words are these!This is so unreasonable!If you have a clear head, and think for your own benefit, you will not forget your own origin. I will never forget my own origin just to marry your aunt and nephew.Your nephew is a gentleman, I am a gentleman's daughter, and we are just as equal. You are right.You are indeed a gentleman's daughter.But what kind of person is your mother?What kind of people are your aunts and aunts?Don't think I don't know their details. It doesn't matter what kind of people my relatives are, Elizabeth said.As long as your aunt and nephew don't care about it, it has nothing to do with you. Tell me straight up, are you engaged to him? Elizabeth didn't intend to answer this question in the favor of Mrs. Caitlin, but after careful consideration for a while, she had to say: No. Lady Caitlin looked delighted. Will you promise me that you will never be engaged to him? I cannot promise such a thing. Miss Bennet, I am horrified and amazed.I didn't expect you to be such an unreasonable little girl.But you must keep your head clear and don't think I will back down.I won't leave until you agree to my request. Of course I will never promise you.You can't scare me into agreeing to such an extremely absurd thing.You only want Mr. Darcy to marry your daughter; but if I agree with you, do you think their marriage is secure?If he takes a fancy to me, even if I reject him, will he propose to his cousin because of this?Don't be offended, Lady Catelyn, your fanciful demands are unreasonable, and much of what you say is superficial.If you think these words of yours can make me yield, then you are quite mistaken.How far your nephew will allow you to interfere in his affairs, I don't know, but you have no right to interfere in mine anyway.I therefore beg you not to push me any further in this matter. Please don't be so hasty.I didn't finish my sentence at all.To the many defects of yours which I have already said, I will add one more.Don't think I don't know about your little sister's shameless elopement.I know it all.That young man married her, and your father and uncle paid for it entirely.Is such a stinky girl worthy of being my nephew's aunt?Her husband is the son of his father's accountant, so is he worthy of being his brother-in-law?There is heaven and earth!What is your idea?Can Pemberley's family status be ruined like this? Elizabeth replied bitterly: Now you should finish speaking, and you have insulted me enough.I'm going home. As she spoke, she stood up.Lady Catelyn got up too, and they went back into the house together.The old lady was really pissed off. Then, you completely disregard the identity and face of my uncle and nephew!What a heartless, selfish little girl!Don't you know that when he married you, everyone would look down on him? Lady Caitlin, I don't want to talk any more.You already know what I mean. So, do you have to get him? I didn't say that.I have my own ideas, I decide what to do to make me happy, and you can't control it, nor can any outsider like you. OK.You are determined not to follow me.You are utterly devoid of conscience, shameless, and ungrateful.You are determined to make his friends look down on him and make everyone in the world laugh at him. Elizabeth said: There is no conscience, shame, or kindness in this matter.I do not offend these principles by marrying Mr. Darcy.If he marries me, his family hates him, so I don't care. As for the fact that everyone in the world will be angry with him, I think there are many righteous and reasonable people in the world, and not everyone will laugh at him. This is your truth!This is your unwavering claim!OK.Now I know how to deal with it.Don't think, Miss Bennet, that your wishful thinking will succeed.I just came to test and test you, but I didn't expect you to be unreasonable.Just wait and see, I said I could do it. Lady Catelyn went on talking in this way, and when she came up to the carriage, she turned hastily and said: I do not bid you farewell, Miss Bennet.Nor do I greet your mother.You don't know how to flatter.I'm really unhappy. Elizabeth ignored her, and did not invite her to come back to the house, but walked in quietly by herself.As she went upstairs, she heard the sound of a carriage driving away.Seeing her, her mother, who had been waiting impatiently for her at the door of the dressing-room, asked her why Lady Catelyn didn't go back to the house to rest for a while. The daughter said: She doesn't want to come in, she wants to leave. What a beautiful woman she is!How polite she is to come to a place like ours!I think she's only here to tell us that the Collinses are doing well.She may be going somewhere else, passing Meryton, and dropping in to see you.I don't think she said anything in particular to you, did she? Elizabeth had to tell a little lie because she couldn't get the conversation out of her head.