Rimbaud's girl

When it comes to making money, Gabriel is very serious. Making money is a major event in life. Only when you have money can you have a more comfortable life. Without money, it is impossible for him to marry Vitaly, and it is impossible for him to take her on a super-long honeymoon abroad.Vitaly's love for him has additional conditions, both of which are indispensable, and he has already known it.

But there is nothing wrong with that. She loves money very much, but besides money, she also looks at other things. He believes that there are many people who are richer than him, but there are definitely not many people who can understand her better than him.

A man's self-confidence is that he can make money and keep his own "property", which of course includes his wife and future children.

At the end of June, Arthur Rimbaud left Oxford and first went to London to meet Albert Boldwood-Olan.Gabriel had graduated last year, but Baron Oran still paid Arthur's rent and servant expenses for the year.

Everything Baron Oran did for him, including the previous letter he wrote to reserve a place for him, was out of love for his son Gabriel; Gabriel's willingness to beg his father for him was out of love for Vitaly.He was grateful to the Orans because they didn't have to take care of him.

He is now proficient in listening, speaking, reading and writing English, and he is also very good at ancient Greek, which is on par with Latin.He is a graduate of Oxford University with a diploma and a degree certificate. According to Vitaly, he is one of the few senior intellectuals in the world.

Knowledge is valuable, and the cost of learning knowledge is wisdom, perseverance, and money; selling knowledge, of course, is also money.

Baron Oran asked him if he had thought about what kind of work he would do.

"I've had several papers write to me asking if I'd be interested in taking a job, and I'm still considering it."

"What papers? The Times?"

"Yes, there is The Times." Arthur was very pleased with himself. "The Times" is the leading large newspaper in London, with a circulation of tens of thousands. Although there are competitors now, "The Times" is still the first choice for readers in terms of current affairs news, culture and art.

"You—don't want to go back to Paris?"

"I'm not sure yet. I'm going back to Charleville to visit my mother first."

"It's time to go back and visit her. This way, you don't have to worry about whether you want to stay in London or go back to Paris. Young people should think carefully about their future and see where you can better realize your ideals or life goals. .If you want to go abroad, you might as well go to Greece."

He laughed, "Vitale wrote to ask me to do something for her, and asked me to help her buy things and send them back to London."

Baron Oran did not understand what daughter-in-law meant.

Arthur explained, "I guess Gabriel doesn't want to see me."

Baron Oran was stunned and laughed, "They played outside for a year, and after all, I can't say much in writing. I'm not worried about their feelings, I'm worried that they had too much fun and don't want to come back in a few years." After all, they only have one child, and they haven't seen each other for a year, and they miss him very much.

Mrs. Oran complained that her sisters and cousins ​​were already asking Vitaly if she was pregnant, and she was getting sick of it, saying that if they didn't come back, she would go to Greece to find them.

Baron Oran persuaded his wife, the young couple would definitely not like to stay with their parents, no matter how anxious they were, they couldn't just find trouble.But if the two of them also travel abroad, it would be nice to meet the young couple halfway and stay for a week or two.

"I'll give you 1000 pounds. You go back to Charleville and say hello to your mother for us. Then you go to Marseilles, and from Marseilles to Athens, to see them. Mrs. Rimbaud must also want to know that they were in Athens. how is it?"

Arthur laughed again, "Mother misses them too."

He soon went to France, lived in Charleville for a week, and made contact with his mother, brother and sister.He is now a college graduate and has been away from his mother for many years, so he is more tolerant of her nagging now.

Frederick has retired, returned to Charleville, and now manages the business in Rimbaud's small shop.He has average abilities, but things like running a small shop are not difficult for him.Arthur returned to Charleville, and he discussed with Arthur that he wanted to open another small store in another block.

Let’s open it. The family is not worried about food and clothing. Mrs. Rimbaud can save money. In the past two years, she has saved 5000 francs, which can be used to open a branch.Mrs. Rimbaud was in good health and could work for a good many years, and Frederick could consider finding a suitable girl to marry when he had his own shop.

The two brothers also discussed about their future mother and little sister.

Frederick is the eldest son, so it is natural for the eldest son to bear the responsibility of supporting his mother. After Arthur finds a job, he promises to give his mother 1000 francs a year for maintenance, and the money goes directly to his mother; It was agreed before Li got married that both of his and Vitaly's shares would be given to Frederick, and Isabel's share would depend on whether she got married in Charleville or Paris, and Isabel would decide whether to get the land. or in cash;

In the future, the funeral expenses of the mother will be shared by the two sons, and the two sisters do not need to pay;

The biological father is still alive, but they have already regarded him as dead. The funeral of Captain Rimbaud has been settled by Vitaly a few years ago. If Dijon's distant relatives write to inform, Frederick, as the eldest son, must If he has no inheritance, the eldest son can just buy him a cemetery;

As for the illegitimate brother who didn't even want to mention it, Vitaly had already made arrangements.The intention of the brothers and sisters was to keep Mrs. Rimbaud from knowing about the child.

Isabel is now 18 years old, and it is time to consider getting married. Her choices are not limited to the small town of Charleville. After Arthur decides whether to settle in London or Paris, he will take his little sister there and let her Can have the opportunity to meet more young men.

Frederick thought the little sister was very beautiful, and he couldn't find any decent young men in his hometown.

"However, if you really can't find any suitable candidates, Ernest can consider it. They have known each other since childhood, and Ernest likes Isabel very much."

Arthur shook his head, "Ernest likes Vitaly."

Frederick was not very surprised, "It's normal for him to like Vitaly, but our sister definitely doesn't like him."

"Isabel might not like Ernest either." Arthur really wanted to cry for his old friend.Isabel was not as difficult to deal with as Vitaly, and she was more naive, but beautiful girls always had high eyesight, Ernest Drae probably couldn't marry a girl from the Rimbauds.

It was also mentioned that Mrs. Rimbaud was very worried about the marriage of her sons because of Vitaly's early marriage, but neither of the two sons had a girlfriend yet, let alone engaged to get married.

Frederick said with embarrassment that he met a merchant's daughter. Her family was one of the suppliers of the Rimbaud family's small shop, and the Rimbaud family could be regarded as the right family.He was born at the end of 1853. He is 25 years old this year, and he should have reached the age of marriage in Charleville. Mrs. Rimbaud was very satisfied with the girl, so she wanted him to propose to the girl quickly and settle the marriage.

He was going to propose to the girl after he opened the branch store, and he had to have some family property before he could open his mouth, otherwise the other party's father might not agree.

Arthur was all for his brother marrying early so that his mother wouldn't be nagging him all the time.After my brother gets married and has a child, the mother will have less energy to take care of him, which is great!

Mrs. Rimbaud learned that the Oran family wanted Arthur to go to Athens to visit the young couple, but she didn't let him stay at home for long, and urged him to leave.He also asked him to meet with Vitaly and ask quietly why he was not pregnant until now.

Arthur really wanted to say, how could a brother ask his sister such a question?But thinking about Vitaly's usual style of writing letters to her mother, Mrs. Rimbaud would ask in every letter, and if she wanted to answer, she would definitely not be able to write a single word.

He has now understood that this is a mother's desire to control her children, and it is precisely that he and Vitaly dislike her mother's desire for control. The reason why she did not break with her mother is that Mrs. It is true that they love them wholeheartedly, so as long as they don't live together, they can still tolerate their mother.

Mrs. Rimbaud only understands these things, and that's all she cares about. When should she get married and when should she have children?Vitaly told him about his mother, saying that it was not that his mother was too ordinary, but that he was too extraordinary. He had a brain that was working fast, and he would be very impatient with the way of thinking of ordinary people.

What else did Vitaly say?By the way, she said that it is unlikely that he wants to find a girl who can be compatible in the way of thinking. Most of the girls will be stupid in his eyes because of their limited vision, experience and education level, or he will To find a beautiful girl from a decent family background, beauty is enough.

Thinking about it carefully, she was right, the probability of him finding a girl who could understand him was too low.The girl he knew who understood him best was Vitaly, but she was his sister and could not be his wife.But she was right, if looks were the only consideration, all he had to do was find a pretty girl.

Whether there is love is not even within the scope of his consideration, he just obeys the social rules, marries a wife and has children, although he really feels that it is not necessary.

In short, this matter can go on for several years, until he is over 30 years old.He would save a fortune so that he could support his small family.

He quickly went to Marseilles and took a servant from Oran's family. He asked the servant to send the items sent by the couple to Marseilles to the Oran's mansion in Paris; he went to Cairo to buy things according to the list given by Vitaly. Sent back to Marseilles, still in the hands of servants, sent to London; then set out from Marseilles by boat, crossed the Mediterranean, bypassed Italy, and arrived in Athens two weeks later. )