Rimbaud's girl

"I miss you. No matter how kind your mother is to me, but when you're not here, I'm always afraid. I'm afraid that I won't do well and make her unhappy."

Gabriel was full of pity, "Then I won't go back to Oxford, I will stay with you." Then he smiled, "Is mother treating you badly?" He pinched her face.

"She is very kind to me." Thinking about it, it is indeed very good. "She took me to buy coats and order skirts. There is also a radiator in my room. She takes good care of me."

"Where's the servant? Who did she have as your maid? Layla?"

"Yes, Layla."

"Layla is very nice, she is careful enough, but maybe she talked a little too much." He hugged her tightly and murmured in her ear, "Let me hug you quickly."

He licked her earlobe lightly, bit it, and kissed her all the way down, the tender kiss fell on her neck.

"Gabriel." She whispered his name patiently.

"Huh? Shush—don't talk." He held her face in one hand and stroked her face with his fingers, "Weiwei, or... let's get married next summer, and you can go with me after we get married Oxford."

"No, it's too early, I'm only 18 next year."

"Just a year in advance."

"I..." Speaking of which, 18 is not too early to get married.However, after getting married, she will have her own small family, and there will be countless things. She wants to postpone the wedding as much as possible. If Gabriel said that they will spend two years abroad on their honeymoon, she even wants to get married at the age of 24. .

"I think you can't think well. I want to hug you and lie on the same bed with you. There is a picture album in my room, let's take a look together."

——Sure enough, no matter what age, men will read some colorful books.

In fact, as a painter, she painted all kinds of models in Degas's studio, both men and women.She was quite curious. She didn't know what the level of "colored books" was in this era. I heard that there were models who were willing to take nude photos, as long as they gave money, but she didn't know how far they could go.

"Is it a photo?" She couldn't help asking curiously.

He smiled evilly, "Guess."

"Is it a—painting? That's not a print."

"It's a bit close—it's a print. But I heard that there are photos, you..." I wanted to ask her "how did you know", but I felt a little shy, after all, it's a shameful thing, but when I thought of doing it with her Something embarrassing, and I feel too much looking forward to it.

Before, he always thought that Vitaly was a girl like a little white rabbit, mainly because they didn't spend much time together, and they didn't have much chance to discuss other things, but he shouldn't think her too naively: she didn't read much at all. No less than him, even more, she can be a simple girl, but at the same time she can be a girl who knows a lot.

However, "knowing a lot" and "knowing a lot" are two different things, and he is willing to take her to "know".

He took her to the desk, hugged her and sat on the armchair, wrapped one hand around her waist, and touched the lace of her skirt with the other hand, muttering in a low voice, "Women's skirts are so troublesome!"

"Don't, you untie the belt, and if you don't tie it well, Layla will know that someone has untied my skirt, and your mother will know-"

"What's that?"

"She will think that I'm not a good girl..." It's the same for all mothers, someone always seduces their own good baby, and there is nothing wrong with my baby son.

"—Oh, you're right." He stopped and said sullenly, "Don't wear such a complicated skirt next time."

"...I thought you would think about me, I can't be looked down upon by your mother."

He immediately spoke obediently, "I won't, I praise you as a good girl in front of my mother every day, and hope she likes you. Does she like you?"

"I don't know, but at least I don't hate it now."

Giving up on undoing the tie of her skirt, she still puts her hand on the folds of her neckline.

She pushed his hand away and glared at him.

He kissed her, and stretched the lace again.

She was so dazed by the kiss that she forgot everything for a moment.

When she lay in bed at night, Vitaly was still a little dizzy.

Falling in love is indeed a pleasant thing, you know you are loved, the feeling of being "needed" cannot be replaced by anything, the feeling of two people rubbing each other's ears is also very beautiful, cheek to cheek, In your ear, tell how much I love you, miss you, want to see you, want to be with you, sweetly talk about love, and promise you never to betray you.

what!Life is so wonderful!

She fell asleep happily.

In the morning, Gabriel knocked on the door and took her down for breakfast.

Mr. Oran asked Gabriel how many days he was staying at home, and when he would return to Oxford next week.

"I want to stay for two more weeks and go back before the exam."

Mr. Oran was slightly surprised, but said nothing.

Vitaly quietly took Gabriel's hand under the table.

Arthur didn't expect Gabriel to change his itinerary suddenly, so he was a little hesitant.He was really worried that Gabriel would pester Vitaly to her bed. Although the younger sister was smart, she was just a girl. She might not understand the psychology of men and would be easily moved or persuaded.Do-love this kind of thing is too easy to get, men may not cherish it, even Gabriel can't be said to be a perfect man.This process should come as late as possible.

With some difficulty he expressed his concerns to Vitaly.

"I'm not saying that Gabriel is bad, but what he shows in front of me may not be the real him, he may also be a bastard rich young master. The worst thing is that you are pregnant, but he refuses to marry you, Then I might really want to fight him, no matter who dies, it will be a tragedy." He said seriously: "You have to learn to refuse, even Gabriel can't just do whatever he wants."

He remembered that he was a confused boy a few years ago and didn't know how to refuse, but Vitaly helped him.She has always been calm beyond her age, but things like love can make people dizzy and make irrational decisions, so he can't rest assured.

"You're so annoying, why do you always think I can't refuse him?" Vitaly said angrily, "I know what I'm doing and what I'm going to do. If he doesn't obey, I'll beat him until he does!"

Arthur just laughed, "Sometimes a man needs a good beating. Alas! I don't trust you, dear-->>

Dear sister, I should protect you well and not let you get hurt. "

"You think too badly of him."

"Don't be too naive. A noble like his family can actually cancel the engagement at any time, you know that?"

Vitaly bit her lower lip and nodded.The French don’t really pay much attention to “chastity”. Arthur’s main concern is that if she becomes pregnant and Gabriel abandons her without marrying her, then she will become an illegitimate child with an “unknown father” Poor girl, that was a humiliation that proud Arthur could not bear—to humiliate his beloved sister was to humiliate him.

She thought for a while, and she would never endure that kind of humiliation, but it may be considered safer to have children in this era, but abortion is a very dangerous thing. Besides, Rambo's family is Catholic, so she dared to mention "abortion" Mrs. Rimbaud would have killed her if she hadn't.The most likely scenario at that time is that she quietly gave birth to the child at the Cruzwa Manor or somewhere else, and then sent him away, which is really sad when you think about it.

well!Arthur has been worried about this matter, and he can't be blamed for thinking too badly of Gabriel, but he knows the virtues of those noble children.Could she be sure that Gabriel wouldn't be one of those libertines?People change, and no one can predict what will happen in the future.If Gabriel is a man of integrity, that's fine, at his best, but what if he's changed too?

what will happen to herWhat can be done?Of course she can apply for legal separation like George Sand, and then she can also find as many lovers as George Sand did, no problem at all.

But if you can have a good husband and a perfect family, of course it will be the most worry-free and trouble-free.

She was worried.

As a result, she broke up Teresa, the heroine of "Floating Dreams", with Armand.

In "La Traviata", Alexandre Dumas let the kind-hearted Marguerite leave her lover because of her lover's father's pleading. Her lover therefore held a grudge, revenged her and insulted her, and Margaret was heartbroken.

Teresa and Armand's setbacks in love are due to Armand's jealousy. Armand can no longer stand that his lover is the mistress of a rich man, and Teresa knows very well that love without bread is a not enough.

She had written the end, so Teresa broke up with Armand in pain and despair. Armand was disappointed to find that his lover was very realistic, and was no longer the "innocent girl who went astray" in his mind; Men's love is fart, and money is the best; half a year later, Armand was surprised to find that Theresa had a new lover by her side.

Gabriel is still her first reader.

He asked in surprise: "Why did you write such an ending? You will definitely be scolded by readers!"

"What happened to the ending? Is there a problem?"

"It's—it's not beautiful. Or like "La Traviata", it would be better if Teresa died of illness."

"Why does the heroine have to die?" She muttered dissatisfied.

"Why did they break up?"

"Because—I'm the author, and I'm happy."

"what do you want to say?"

"Love is illusory, only wealth can bring more happiness."

Gabriel was stunned.But think about it, there is no problem at all.Moreover, he had long discovered that Vitaly was very sensitive to money, and it was normal to have such thoughts.

"Do you think so?" he murmured.

"Of course. You need money to have a better life, just like you. You are different from me. You know the magic of money since you were a child, so why don't you understand?"

"It's not that I don't understand, it's just—"

"Oh, that's what you think I shouldn't have. Should I write about Teresa giving up her courtesan career and living happily with Armand? Meaning I can only write fairy tales like, 'From now on , the prince and princess live happily in the castle'? But you know that's not the case."

Gabriel felt that the discussion was going in the wrong direction, but he didn't know exactly what was wrong.

He was thinking about why he felt "wrong", and Vitaly left the study on the pretext of having something to do.

It was a gloomy day when they went to Lord Boldwood's.

The weather in London in November is not very good, and it is not uncommon to not see the sun throughout the month.The Earl of Boldwood lives in Kent, and is overnight on the road from London.

The Oran and his wife were not very interested in meeting the Earl, it was purely a mission completion.In the carriage Mrs. Orland gave her further lessons about Boldwood Park.The old earl was sixty-nine years old and married very young, Elizabeth was fifty, Douglas was nearly forty-nine, Louisa was forty-six, Albert forty-four; Mrs. Orland was forty.

After the countess passed away 22 years ago, the count married another wife, who passed away within a few years and left no children. The count did not remarry after that, but he had several mistresses before and after. As for whether he had illegitimate children, there were probably some , It's just that the four legal children don't know where the illegitimate children are and how many there are.

Tsk tsk, this chaotic and corrupt life of feudal nobles!

Speaking of the sons of the Douglas family, if Douglas Jr. is still unwilling to leave his misfit mistress and humble illegitimate child, he may be disinherited; Pass the title to him; Thomas' father is suspicious and disqualified; so the youngest son Philip, who is serving in the Army, is most likely.

Gabriel is also expected to inherit the earldom, he is currently seventh in line to heir.The ordering method is the eldest son heir, then the eldest son's son, the eldest son's grandson, and then the second son and the second son's son.Douglas Jr. had a son, but because he was not a legitimate child, the illegitimate child had no right of inheritance.

It sounds complicated, but it is actually simple, and Vitaly can understand it after listening to it.

Mrs. Oran didn't care much about the title of earl, mainly because Gabriel would definitely inherit the title of baron in the future. Although there were differences in rank, it was nothing if not having one more earl title was just icing on the cake.

Vitaly also didn't care if Gabriel would have two titles in the future.She was thinking that these aristocratic families are really messed up. Fortunately, the second countess did not leave any children, otherwise it would be enough to see the inheritance in the future.In order for someone to inherit the title, the nobles always have as many children as possible. Of course, objective conditions do not allow it, so that there are many extinct male heirs.There are no sons to worry about, and there are too many sons to worry about. In life, there are always countless worries.

Thinking of Douglas again, Thomas might actually be the cub of the old Wang next door, how could he tolerate it?So, nobles probably don't care much about extramarital affairs?I just don't know if the "scandal" about Mrs. Mary is being spread outside. It would be fine if it wasn't made public. If it was made public, wouldn't someone laugh at Douglas?