[Pride and Prejudice] Liz's Little Vest

If Charles Beale had been born an hour earlier, his life would have been turned upside down.He could have become a duke, inheriting a magnificent castle in Kent, England, a 3.2-acre estate, and an ancestral sword[1].

However, he got stuck in the womb with the umbilical cord - and it took a lot of effort for the nurses who delivered him to get him out alive.This not only gave him an extra brother, but also made him lose a title, a sharp sword, a castle, a piece of land, and a pair of blind eyes due to the entanglement of the umbilical cord.

Under the halo of the protagonist who grew up with his brother, his father, Duke Wade Bill, never paid attention to him.

So, as an adult, Charles Beale left the family lands and came to London alone.Because of his precocious youth, he quickly achieved his own career and became Viscount Bill.

But he doesn't seem interested in marriage.

Because of the shadow of his childhood, he didn't look forward to marriage and love, and he didn't even have any illusions about children.

He is blind and cannot be attracted by the looks of girls like other gentlemen.He has no idea about it.

And precisely because he was blind, Bill was very sensitive to other things.For example, character, such as morality.

Therefore, many beautiful girls approached him because of his title, but he avoided them.

Of course, it's not like Bill hasn't had times when he was close to being tempted.

When he first met Miss Laura, he was deeply shocked by her courage and took her voice into his heart.

However, when he came into contact with her for the second time, he learned that she already had a man she admired.Therefore, before he was really tempted, the flame of admiration was extinguished.

However, on the same day, he met his destined lover.

"Hi, I'm Charlotte. Charlotte Lucas."

This is the first sentence between them.

Bill's first impression of this lady was that she had a very nice voice.

Her voice was very gentle, not as playful and clear as Miss Laura, but soft like a gurgling brook.

After exchanging a few words, he found that she was a very stable woman.No ambition, very pessimistic about the future.But it happened that she concealed it so well that outsiders usually thought she was a gentle and optimistic lady.

However, Bill is no outsider.Because he has also experienced this feeling.

A few years ago, when I left my family and just came to London, I was like this.

The same.

After all, what could a blind man with no acquaintances but some money do?

Others don't believe in him, and he doesn't believe in himself either.

Therefore, after feeling that Miss Charlotte had a similar experience to his own, he paid special attention to her.It's like taking care of yourself when you were young.

Then, he discovered that Miss Charlotte had a quality that he didn't have when he was young, and that was kindness.

In such an era, this is a rare and extremely rare quality.

He was quickly hooked.

And Miss Charlotte?

She is the eldest daughter of the down-and-out Sir Lucas family, and she is 27 years old this year.It is too early to pass the age suitable for marriage.

She is not good-looking, has no temperament, and is not tall.The most prominent feature of the face is that it has no features.

Her family also had no money, and she did not have much dowry.

Charlotte felt that no one would like her unless the other party was blind.

And as it happens, Viscount Bill is.

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This is the redemption of two people.

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[1] The opening was inspired by Geoffrey Archer's "Head of My Peers".