Flowers, Swords and France

In a small villa on the coast of Calais, three young people were sitting at the dining table, slightly bored, waiting for the cook to serve the food. The sound of distant waves crashing on the beach could be heard in their ears.

"I didn't expect that I only shot grouse today. I originally wanted to shoot a few rabbits." Albert said with some regret on his face. "I obviously found one, but I didn't catch it and it ran away!"

"The grouse is not bad, it's better than not hunting anything at all." Lucien's expression was much calmer.

"Actually, this kind of life is really interesting," Julie said with a smile on her face. "Sometimes I really don't want to leave here."

"That's because you haven't gotten tired of it yet," Albert replied. "I don't like to stay in one place for a long time."

"Then at least you're not tired yet." Julie replied.

The cook finally brought the food, and the three young men and women raised their glasses.

"Here's to Matilda!"

After finishing the drink, Julie suddenly frowned, looking very uncomfortable.

"What's the matter, is there a problem with the wine?" Lucien asked with concern.

Julie's face turned a little red. "It's nothing. I feel a little uncomfortable and have no appetite. You can eat first."

Just when Lucien wanted to ask something more, there were a few messy footsteps outside the door, and not long after, the door was knocked.

The three people looked at each other.

The knocking on the door continues.

"I'll go down and have a look," said Albert suddenly, and left the table.

Julie looked at Lucien nervously, while her lover held her hand tightly, trying to give her confidence.

Albert soon returned, his expression frighteningly serious.

"What's wrong...?" Julie asked nervously.

"Hahahaha," Albert burst out laughing, "Look who is here."

A figure appeared in the doorway.

"Matilda!" Julie was pleasantly surprised, then immediately stood up and walked towards the door. "It's actually you!"

Matilda was much calmer and just smiled. "I'm here, sister, I'm glad you listened to me..."

The two sisters hugged each other.

Lucien seemed to want to say something, but Albert tugged at the corner of his clothes, then gave him a look and motioned for them to go to the balcony to look at the sea. Lucien thought for a moment and decided to adopt Albert's suggestion.

Julie took Matilda to her bedroom, then asked her sister to sit on her bed, looking at her sister carefully, with tears in her eyes.

"How have you been lately? Did father punish you after I left?"

"Of course." Matilda smiled bitterly, "But luckily, it's still within the expected range."

"I'm sorry..." Julie's tears rolled down gently. "Because of you, you and your father..."

"It doesn't matter, as long as you can be happy, it's nothing for me to suffer so much." Matilda shook her head.

"Hey..." Julie sighed.

Matilda's face suddenly became serious.

"I came here this time to tell you something. Father...Father has admitted that you can be with Mr. Leflair."

"What? Really?" Julie was surprised at first, and then laughed ecstatically. "Matilda! You are amazing, you really did it! Thank you!"

"I said I can do it." Matilda replied softly, but there was no joy on her face.

"This makes me feel at ease..." Julie breathed a long sigh of relief, and then squeezed her sister's hand. "Matilda, thank you very much. I will definitely miss you when I go to America. I will send you a letter..."

"No, you can't go to America. You have to go back to Paris with Leflair. We need you."

Julie's eyes suddenly opened wide, as if she didn't understand what her sister was saying.

Matilda ignored her sister's reaction and continued. "You take Leflare back to Paris. Your father and grandpa have prepared a dowry for you, which is worthy of the status of Miss Dillion. Moreover, grandpa has a good relationship with the Minister of War. He has already fought with the minister. I also spent money on the greeting, but I think it will be restored soon. Leflair's military status, and then find a job for him in the Paris garrison... Although for some reasons we cannot make this marriage public for the time being, but don't worry, sister, your husband will have a bright future... At least he can Like the son-in-law of the Dillion family."

As she spoke, Julie kept shaking her head slowly, looking at her sister in disbelief. There was no longer joy in her eyes, but sadness and pain. After a while, she spoke, her tone calm and indifferent.

"Are you even going to be like that, Matilda?"

"What will it become?" my sister replied calmly.

"My father and grandpa were like that." Julie closed her eyes, "I don't want to be like that."

"Just because you don't want to, I have to become like that." My sister said coldly.

"No!" Julie shook her sister's shoulders, "You can have your own life too! Why do you have to worry so much?"

Matilda still looked at her sister, letting her body be shaken. "This is my life. Well, don't worry about it so much. Just listen to what I say and take your husband back to Paris. Grandpa will pave the way for him and you. You just need to walk along it!"

"No! Don't!" Julie shouted. "I know why I chose you this way, but I'm fed up with taking this path, do you understand? I don't want my family to be stuck in that kind of place anymore. In a few days, Lucien and I will set off for America... …”

"Then what do you think we should do?" Matilda looked at her sister.

"Isn't it good to retire? Shouldn't we be like grandfather and father who are busy with intrigues all day long and don't even have time to eat with their children? Is that happiness?" Julie lowered her head, but raised her voice, obviously speaking. He spoke out his long-repressed inner thoughts, "How did we grow up? We rarely see our parents all day long, and even our tutors are familiar to us than our parents! I am tired of this kind of life, and I am afraid that I will also copy it." A life. So...so I found Lucien. Isn’t this the case?”

"Retire? How to retire? Retreat to the countryside and wait to become a rich man. From generation to generation, you will live cautiously guarding the real estate and money, and be frightened by every revolutionary storm, for fear of being affected?" Matilda's smile It was full of ridicule, "Sister, it's impossible. In today's era, there is no such thing as retirement. As a noble, if you don't stand at the top, you will have to sink. In the mud. The name Diliion is either prominent or declining. There is no other way. I want to choose prominence, because my life and glory are all brought by the name of Diliion. No matter how hard it is, keep going. "What about you?" She looked directly at her sister and asked again, "What do you want it to do?"

Julie's face was shaken.

"This family has raised you up and allowed you to live a life that most people in the world can only look up to. It has allowed you to live a life in which you can have whatever you want. What's the result? As a result, you grow up When you get older, you feel like it’s restraining you! You won’t even give it anything in return!”

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Matilda's voice rose higher and higher, almost like a shout.

"Have you ever thought about how many people can't even dream of living a life that you feel is a bondage and want to break free from? You can't feel the love your father gives you, the love we give you, and you throw it away. Open. You abandoned us like nothing for the sake of momentary pleasure. You forgot, here! In an era when most people can only rely on hard work to survive, it is us, the life that the Dilion family has given you, that allows you to have the leisure to pursue your love, you have never thought about us at all, You don’t care about this family! How selfish you are!”

"That's not true!" Julie yelled back.

"That's it! You only think about your own happiness and don't care about our life or death at all! Nor do you care about the fate of the Dilion family! If you don't want to, then shouldn't you stand up and help it when it faces a crisis? "

The younger sister stood in front of her older sister, her face stern and sad. "But even so, I still love you. If you really want to leave, just take him and leave without caring. My father asked me to bring someone over. If you don't agree, I will take you back, but I refused. It's up to you, we can find another way anyway. Just go to America to find your dream, but don't expect us to bless you. If you abandon us, we won't kneel down and ask you to come back."

Tears oozed from the corners of Julie's eyes again, and then poured down in torrents. "I just want to live my own life...why...why..."

"Your wish is too extravagant." My sister lowered her head, "Either you must make great determination to cut off all emotional ties, even if it doesn't matter if you watch us die; or you can only go down this road. It’s the same for you, it’s the same for me, it’s the same for everyone.”

"Has the crisis reached this level..." Julie asked with a tearful tone.

"Yes, it has reached this point." Matilda replied in a low voice, "We have no way to go back. We must be extremely careful in every choice, just like seventeen years ago. Otherwise, do you think Grandpa and Will father accept Mr. Leflare so easily? They need to rely on him to save their lives in an emergency!"

Julie asked no more questions and just continued to cry.

Matilda stopped talking and allowed her sister to think, but her heart was extremely calm. She knew her sister so well that she couldn't give up everything and just watch the family fall. This is an inescapable bond.

Sure enough, she soon got the answer.

"Okay... I'll go and persuade Lucien and try to get him to agree." Julie seemed to have given up her struggle.

"You will definitely be able to make her agree, I believe you." My sister replied softly, "A woman from the Dilion family is not someone who can't even manipulate her husband."

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After coming out of the bedroom, Julie went to the balcony, while Albert walked away wisely.

Lucien looked at his lover worriedly. Her eyes were now a little red and swollen.

"Are you okay? I heard you guys were making a lot of noise just now." He asked in a low voice.

Julie smiled and shook her head. "It's nothing, just some private words."

"Oh, that's good." Lucien breathed a sigh of relief.

Julie stared blankly at her lover.

"What's wrong?" Lucien was surprised.

"I'm thinking about something."

"What's up."

"I was thinking..." Julie's eyes flickered. "If our first child is a girl, let's call her Matilda..."

Lucien didn't know why at first, but soon he understood, and then he was ecstatic.

"Ah! Ah...Julie..." He hugged his lover, "I love you!"

"Me too." The eldest daughter of the Diliyweng family smiled and hugged the future son-in-law of the Diliyweng family's grandson.

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