Rimbaud's girl

It's so pitiful.

Regardless of age or personality, the death of a loved one is a major event, especially if the relationship between mother and child is so deep.At this time, don't treat him as a big boss, but an ordinary old man who lost his mother. All she has to do is ordinary accompanying work, which is not difficult, she can handle it.

"Okay, I can stay for a few more weeks, if M. Flaubert doesn't mind."

"Oh, he won't object, and most of the time he won't even notice you. Do you notice his working hours? He spends most of the day working in his study, and he's probably out of line because he can't write a sentence perfectly. Rather irritable, but you don't usually see him like that; he has a servant, Paco, who knows what to do if his uncle has a seizure; I'll give you the address, if there's anything wrong with him, you can send your servant to find the doctor."

Vitaly responded one by one.

The guests who attended the funeral did not stay long, and most of them left the Crosswa Manor on the day of the funeral; a few guests stayed in the manor for 1 or 2 days.After the guests had left, Arthur Rimbaud also packed his luggage and prepared to return to Paris.

"Arthur." Vitaly sent him out, the carriage waited at the bottom of the steps, and the servant put his luggage on the roof.

"I'll pick you up at the end of the month, don't worry." He smiled and pinched her cheek.

"Well." She nodded, a little worried that he was alone in Paris, because she was here, Arthur would not stay outside for too long at night, even if there was a party, he would be careful not to drink too much, and he had to go home before midnight.If she wasn't here, she was a little worried that he would be too careless outside.

Arthur hadn't thought of that, but the thought of her living alone at Crosswald, surrounded by almost strangers, really worried her.He was thinking about how to solve this problem, should he ask Foran?After all, Fu Lan was two years older than him, so he might know a little more?

Nothing needs to be sent from Paris. I brought a few sets of clothes myself and bought a few sets in Rouen, which is enough; some daily necessities are also available; The daily life has been arranged so that she does not have to worry about it. All she has to do is walk with Flaubert in the morning, accompany him for three meals, and read to him for half an hour in the evening. The rest of the time is her own, and she does not need to do any housework. Just tell the servants what to do.

She found Paco and asked about Flaubert's condition in detail.Flaubert had several epileptic seizures during his studies at the University of Paris. When he was the most serious, he was unconscious. In the end, he had to drop out of school and go home to recuperate. There was a thick stack of medical records, each seizure was recorded; there was also depression Symptoms of depression, but at this time there was no name for mental illness such as "depression".Others are the common diseases of some elderly men.

I also checked the medicines that Flaubert often took. Most of them were syrups. After comparing the names and effects of the medicines, I found that they were neither for epilepsy nor for other diseases. I was puzzled for a long time.

Immediately after the funeral, Flaubert went to work.He was a hard-working writer, but because of his perfectionist faults, he worked long hours and didn't get much satisfaction.Vitaly thinks it's good for him to turn his attention to work, and it would be even better if he can go on vacation outside, but he is also very home, and he has never thought about going on vacation.

Flaubert was not a very good teacher. He would not explain a literary work to you in detail, but just let Vitaly read a lot of books, not only literary works, but also philosophy books. She read it; after learning that she was good at learning English, she asked her to read the treatises in English directly.

The days of busy study passed very quickly, and Vitaly always felt that the day passed without doing anything.At night, before going to bed, I wrote a few letters, Arthur and Foran in Paris, Charleville's mother and siblings, Gabriel in London.Arthur got her another three weeks off with Mr. Peister.

At the end of April, Arthur came to pick her up, and Flaubert asked the Rimbaud brothers and sisters if they would like to let Vitaly stay at the Crosval Manor.

"Do you want to take Vitaly as a student?" Arthur asked shrewdly.

Flaubert said seriously: "I am not a good teacher, I cannot officially recognize Vitaly as my 'student', but she will be my 'apprentice', and I will try my best to teach her and guide her .”

Arthur considered for a moment, then glanced at Vitaly, who nodded to him.

"Vitale can stay. Thank you, sir."

Arthur Rimbaud did not bring back his sister, and Flaubert had an extra student.

Now that she decided to live in the Crosval Manor, Vitaly went back to Paris and packed her things away.

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Fu Lan was very reluctant, "I still have several delicious restaurants that I haven't taken you to!"

"It's not like I'm not going back to Paris." Vitaly glanced at him, "Have you found a house yet?"

"Not yet." Fran scratched his head in annoyance. "It costs too much to live alone, and Arthur refuses to live with me." He was admitted to the Ecole Des BeauxArts at the beginning of the year and was going to move to the school live nearby.

Arthur also wanted to move, but after thinking about it, he decided to sublet Forlan's room. The rent was 230 francs and breakfast was included, so he didn't worry about renting out.

"You can rent a suite like this and sub-let another bedroom, and there will be other students from the Academy of Fine Arts who will definitely want to rent. You can also increase the rent a little bit, for example, if it is 500 francs a year, a bedroom with For a shared public space, you can charge 300 francs."

Foran thought for a moment: This is indeed a good way. You can't get a decent studio apartment for 300 francs, but a suite for 500 francs is pretty good, if only a little more.Students in the Academy of Fine Arts can have more ways to make money, such as the job of painting decorative paintings for rich people.After the Third Republic came to power, many old aristocrats were driven away, but the same number or even more new aristocrats flooded into Paris. They quickly learned the lifestyle of the old aristocracy, and wanted to fill their homes with Chinese porcelain and oil paintings on the walls. .

Fran quickly made a decision and did what Vitaly said.So in the evening, he happily took the Rimbaud brothers and sisters out for dinner again.

Returning home after dinner, Arthur rejected Folan and didn't go out with him. The brother and sister went home.

In addition to providing breakfast, the landlady also provided hot water. Vitaly bought 5 thermos bottles. Each room has 1 thermos bottle and the bathroom has [-] thermos bottles. Before going out, put the thermos bottles in the downstairs water room, and take them up when you come back.

Arthur carried four thermos bottles and did not let his sister do it.

"Go to bed early, I have to take the train tomorrow. If there is anything that is not there, write to me and I will buy it for you next time."

"Yeah." She nodded obediently.My brother is becoming more and more like a brother, and he will consider many things.He didn't think of this in Charleville before. On the one hand, he was not thoughtful when he was young. Besides, his mother had taken care of all the details of life, and he was used to enjoying it; Stand up for the responsibility of the older brother.

Being responsible means he is growing.

"Follan says you should have a maid of your own."

"Yes," she said quickly, "Mrs. Picks gave me a maid." Mrs. Picks was the housekeeper.

He nodded, "Take care of yourself. If you feel that one maid is not enough, you can hire another maid. Don't find it from the manor. You have to hire it yourself. It should be older, preferably over 30 years old, married, courageous bigger."

"why?"

"You little fool! Your surname is not Flaubert, and you are an outsider at Crosswald Manor. Even if you are a Flaubert, be careful, Mr. Flaubert may not be aware of everything, I am worried about you... …You know, a lot of men don't care if you're a student of Mr. Flaubert, they'll—you know how it goes, we're not nobles, we're not rich, and if you get bullied, we'll There may be no way at all, and in the end I may have to find a way to kill that person, and then I have to flee the country."

Vitaly didn't understand what he was talking about at first, and it took a moment to realize: he was saying that she might be raped by someone.She has heard of this kind of thing since she was a child. Servants—regardless of gender—have no status in the master's house. Nobles and rich people have no concept of "human rights" at all, and they don't recognize that servants have free will. They can do whatever they want; male servants are better because of biological differences, and it is not uncommon for maids to be raped and pregnant and forced to give birth to illegitimate children.

She is about to live in Crosswale Manor, and may live there for several years. The servants don't have to worry. Most of the servants have accepted their social attributes and are content with the status quo; it is hard to say for the guests.Vitaly doesn't mind magnifying the evil of human nature. Arthur is a man, he knows the bad nature of men, and the correct attitude is to be vigilant, otherwise he would be really stupid.

She has a heavy heart.She hadn't thought about it before because she was overwhelmed by the good news that Flaubert would be directing it himself.Flaubert's character is still very good, but no one can know in advance what others will think and do, and no one can guarantee for others.

She is a pretty girl. She has eaten well and slept soundly in the past year. In addition to increasing her height, she has also begun to develop. Her small breasts are swollen, and she has begun to have feminine curves.The beautiful girl is eye-catching everywhere, the most obvious is that several male classmates of Mr. Peister's family like to talk to her.