Flowers, Swords and France
Chapter 128 Pride
In the area where Hunting Street and Burgundy Street intersected, a light and small carriage drove into it and stopped in front of a small house. The owner of the carriage quickly walked out of the carriage, nodded to the concierge and walked directly in.
After this small house was purchased by a new owner, the hostess recently planted a small garden in the backyard. Shortly after the visitors arrived, the two women strolled through, quietly admiring the recently bloomed cosmos and hibiscus flowers.
One was wearing a gray woolen skirt, with a slightly bulging belly, and was obviously a pregnant woman; while the other was wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a lace-embellished silk skirt, with a very plain expression, even a little indifferent.
However, under this indifferent expression, she could not hide her concern for the young woman next to her.
Looking at the simple furnishings inside and her sister's obviously much simpler clothes, Matilda, the second daughter of the Dillion family, sighed softly and couldn't help but persuade her sister again.
"Sister, don't be angry with your father. The dowry he prepared for you is still there. You can take it all... What's the point of being angry like this? You are letting yourself live a miserable life in vain, and you are also involved in the consequences. Your child..."
Her sister Julie smiled slightly, and then replied in a low voice, "Don't be so anxious, I'm living a pretty good life now."
"It's really hard to understand that you are so stubborn in a place like this." Matilda sighed softly, "He doesn't have much savings, and his salary is not high, and your savings are also given to you from home. How long can I survive by selling jewelry?”
"You don't understand." Julie shook her head slightly, "Lucien's ideas are too simple and too easy to be influenced by others. He is always difficult to refuse other people's requests. In this case, once we get a big sum I really can’t imagine what will happen to the money... Matilda, I’ll take it when I can fully influence him. Don’t worry, I will certainly let our children live a good life.”
"Then there's no need to hurt yourself?" Matilda was still a little aggrieved.
"Is it bitter?" Julie's smile was slightly sarcastic, "Is it really bitter? It's not like you don't know that I'm already living a better life than most people."
Her sister's answer made Matilda not know what to say. In the end, she could only sigh and stop talking.
The two looked at the flower garden again, and finally it was the sister who broke the silence.
"You seem to be very busy lately?"
Her sister's rambling questions seemed confusing, but Matilda wasn't surprised.
"I am indeed very busy. I have to handle many things myself. How dare I entrust it to others? Grandpa is old and frail... and I don't have you to help me..." She answered calmly.
"Isn't there still a father?"
"Dad? Don't you know yet? He is still the same, indecisive, and likes to look forward and backward. How can you rely on him?" Matilda replied disapprovingly, "Grandpa said that you can report many things directly to him, don't tell dad explain."
Julie couldn't help but laugh at Matilda's comments about her father. It must be that she would speak so ruthlessly between sisters.
"Hey, it's really hard on you." She sighed slightly, "Sorry, Matilda, I ran away."
"It's okay." Although there was still a gloomy look on her face, Matilda answered very simply, "I told you, just live well."
"Thank you, Matilda." Julie's voice dropped even lower.
Matilda was silent for a while, just looking at the blooming flowers, and she didn't ask a word until the end.
"How's Mr. Leflare doing lately?" For some unknown reason, she still used this title for the husband her sister had chosen privately for her.
This question made Julie's smile gradually fade as she was also looking at the flower bed.
Her sister's tender time has ended, and now standing in front of her is the second young lady of the Dillion family. She understands this very well, too well.
"He recently joined a small group of young officers."
"What group?" Matilda asked immediately.
"They don't have any clear political goals. They are just very dissatisfied with the current dynastic government... so they connected and made a private agreement that if anything unexpected happens in the future, they will never shoot the rebels." At this point, Julie suddenly sighed again, "Matilda, I didn't realize until I left home that the people's complaints against the current dynasty have already reached such an extent that even the soldiers below don't want to contribute to it. Already..."
"That's no surprise," Matilda replied flatly, "that's why we're so busy, isn't it?"
Then she pondered again.
"Has Mr. Leflair joined such a small group? This is good news. He has integrated into the regiment so quickly. It is very good... The more people he knows in the army, the more people he makes, the better he will be. The better for us.”
"Later, I also invited Mr. Treville and Mr. Foa-Gray to come over and let him know about it." Suddenly, Julie suddenly said this.
The unsuspecting Matilda was startled, and then looked at her sister in horror.
"What are you..."
"Matilda, there is one thing I must make clear." Julie turned to look at the blooming cosmos again, and then whispered, her tone was almost as indifferent as her sister, "I will let Lucien help you , but I will never let him risk his life for the glory and wealth of the Dilion family. I am Lucien's wife first, the mother of his child, and secondly the daughter of the Dilion family. Do you understand this? ?”
The horror on Matilda's face slowly disappeared, then calmed down again, and finally she gave a wry smile.
"So you sent him to Mr. Treville?"
"Yes," Julie nodded, "He and Albert are both very good, and they seem to be quite smart and can give Lucien some help..."
Matilda didn't answer, just thinking quietly.
She knew very well that her sister wanted to help her husband find other sources of support to avoid suffering a big loss. As for whether Ciel is disloyal to the dynasty, my sister doesn't care.
Although Matilda was a little surprised that her sister was so self-assertive, she quickly adjusted her mentality and felt that this was not bad - after all, even she had been in contact with this Bonapartist recently. Isn't it?
"What did Mr. Treville say?" she asked immediately.
"When he first learned about it that day, he didn't say anything. He was probably thinking about it." Julie paused, then turned to look at her sister, "Then, yesterday, he came again."
"Again? What did you say?" Matilda frowned.
"He directly told Lucien that he was a die-hard Bonapartist and he wanted this dynasty. You should have seen Lucien's expression at that time..." Julie couldn't help but chuckled again, "He asked directly at that time , Lucien wants to help, can he contribute to this [] incompetent dynasty. "
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"So direct?" Matilda couldn't help being surprised again.
"He knew Lucien was not the kind of person who would report him, so of course he dared to say so." Julie replied with a smile.
While Matilda was relieved, she couldn't help but feel a little angry secretly - this guy has never been so honest in front of me!
"Then...what do you think?"
"What do we think?" Julie repeated softly, and then continued, "We think about the same thing as you. It is always beneficial to have an extra way. Lucien is more tempted than me. In his eyes, Napoleon's name It sounds much better than Louis-Philippe…”
"It's the same for us." Matilda replied, "As long as the Dillion family continues to be rich."
Julie was silent again, and asked again after a long time.
"Matilda, do you really think it will be difficult for the current dynasty to survive?"
"What do you think?" Matilda asked directly.
Neither of the two sisters spoke.
The answer is obvious.
"In other words, it is very possible that Mr. Treville is not another poor Duke of Montmorency, but another new cardinal?" After a moment, Julie asked again.
[Referring to Henry de Montmorency, Duke of Montmorency, who was executed for treason by Cardinal Richelieu, the then powerful prime minister, on October 30, 1632, for participating in the rebellion. Montmorency, a famous family member of the generation, was The main branch of the Lancy family also became extinct. From then on, no one dared to offend or question the absolute monarchy of the King of Bourbon. 】
"I don't know about this, maybe." Matilda also lowered her voice, "But for us, it is obviously better for the Bonaparte family to come to power than the restoration of the Bourbon family..."
"That's enough." Julie nodded slightly, seeming to have decided something. "Matilda, let grandpa have a good talk with him. It's about time. Since Mr. Treville dares to reveal his identity to me, he naturally wants me to convey his intention."
"Okay, I understand." Matilda nodded, "It seems like it's time to have a good talk with him."
Julie looked at her sister steadily, then seemed to think of something and suddenly laughed.
"Matilda, why did you want to turn Mr. Treville into your brother-in-law?"
Before Matilda could recover, she suddenly smiled and added, "Wouldn't you like to keep it to yourself?"
Matilda's indifferent expression collapsed instantly, and she looked at her sister with a distorted face. "What do you mean by making such a joke?"
"I'm not joking." Julie replied innocently, "Isn't he a good marriage partner? At least he is much easier for his father and grandfather to accept than Lucien..."
Under her sister's gaze, Matilda gradually regained her composure and finally answered calmly.
"Let's talk about that kind of thing later. Although he is indeed good, I don't love him. I can't marry anyone just because of love. Sister, we are different. You can escape this fate, but I can't. Do."
There was some loneliness in her tone, but also some arrogance unique to self-sacrificers. (To be continued.)
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