Rimbaud's girl

Isabel wrote to her that Arthur had sneaked away again.Arthur knew that she was not at home, and probably would not write back, and wondered how he could get to Paris without money.Walk on legs?It might not be possible to walk for a few days, but it seems to be very chaotic outside, and I don't know who or what he will meet.

With two children missing in the family, the housework can be done less, but people are still needed to do things. Isabel complained that there were too many housework and asked when she would be home.Isabel was a little jealous that her sister was loved by her uncle, and felt that her uncle was too partial. Vitaly was just the eldest daughter, so she could get her uncle's love and pocket money, which was unfair!

Oh, Isabel is too naive. Relatives also need to maintain their relationship. You are unwilling to spend time with uncle. Of course, uncle likes the child he sees most often.

Uncle's cellar key was not difficult to find, either he carried it with him, or kept it in his own room, and finally found it in a chest drawer in his room.Vitaly took the key, went to the cellar, made two bottles of wine, and gave them to Charles.Charles still wanted her to make a few more bottles, so she urged him to do her job.

So the next time Vitaly told Uncle Felix again in front of Charles that she was going to Dijon to find Captain Rimbaud, she sang with Charles, and said that her siblings were extremely pitiful: no father, no father. No money, she wants to go to school without money.

Felix asked: "Didn't I give your mother 500 francs a year? Why, it's not enough for you to go to school?"

"I want to go to university in Paris in the future."

Felix yelled in surprise, "What? You want to go to college like those fashionable girls?"

"Going to university is very good, I can learn a lot of knowledge, and I can also go to Paris to see the world."

"But you are a girl..." Uncle didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was obvious: girls don't need to read too many books.

How to tell him this?The French of this era did not say that girls should not learn anything, but ordinary girls only need to learn to read newspapers, write letters, and calculate accounts. Girls from rich families can learn more, but it is also for the future The main purpose of being able to marry a boy of the right family is to play a corresponding role in family life, regardless of the girls' self-will, regardless of the girls' "I like" and "I think".

According to the depth of thought of Mrs. Rimbaud and Uncle Felix, they would think that it would be enough for her to study in a convent girl's school for a few years. In the future, with some rental income from the fields, marrying a boy from a small town with similar family background would be her life's wish. the way.It cannot be said that what they think is wrong. Under the current environment, what they think is the most "normal".

"Paris must be very interesting." She couldn't think of how to persuade her uncle, so she said dryly: "People always want to go around and see the outside world. Besides, no matter what I want to do in the future, Captain Rimbaud should The alimony given to us must also be returned.”

Felix hesitated, "How much are you going to ask him for?"

"I've calculated, no less than 1 francs, the more the better."

"Fifteen thousand francs..." He thought for a moment, "I can give you that much money, and you don't have to go to Dijon to find him."

Charles shouted, "Uncle, are you afraid of Captain Rimbaud?"

"Nonsense! How could I be afraid of him?" Felix stared.

"If you want me to say, let's go find him! Go to Dijon! If he doesn't want to pay, we'll beat him together! Beat him hard!" Charles didn't know why he was so excited.

To put it bluntly, although Shire's father didn't love his mother, he was not short of money since he was a child, and he didn't have to worry about food and clothing. Felix didn't harsh him materially, which is much better than the Rambo family. .Mrs. Rimbaud was very stubborn, and she would never ask her brother no matter how difficult it was. Just like the children did not have enough to eat a few months ago, she did not tell Felix, and she had to rely on Vitaly to write to her uncle to ask for food.

well!Mom is really not easy.

Vitaly thought in a mess.

Charles looked like a punk about to fight someone, Felix scolded him a few words, Charles talked back to him, and the two quarreled until Felix suddenly saw Vitaly crying.

He was startled, and asked her quickly, "My dear girl, why are you crying?"

Vitaly sobbed: "I, I don't remember what he looks like, I, I just want to ask him, why don't we, are we not good? Other girls called me a wild child without a father, It's a bastard. Uncle, I have a father, why doesn't he want me?" She cried sadly.

Charles froze.

Felix hugged her distressedly, "Don't cry, my good girl. It's your father... Alas! The matter of adults is very troublesome, and I haven't figured it out yet. Okay, okay, don't cry , let me talk to your mother in a few days, and we will go to Dijon." Then he cursed Captain Rimbaud for ten minutes with rather nasty words, and gave her a whole bag of gold coins to cheer her up.

Charles was morose for several days.

Vitaly felt sorry for him.He was different from her, she didn't really care about Captain Rimbaud's abandonment of his wife and daughter, he didn't fulfill his father's responsibility, so she didn't regard him as "father".Shire is even worse, his father abandoned his wife and son, and his mother also left, he has double ego -->>

Identifying the problem is that no matter how heartless you are at ordinary times, when you hear her say the phrase "why don't you want me", you will ask in your heart, why don't your parents want him anymore?

Charles has the heartless and bad heart of a teenage boy. In the school of future generations, he will definitely be a school bully, bullying weaker and poorer children.He was not happy in his heart, and he didn't say it out, so he held back and went out to do bad things, and went to find that stupid rich young master with his friends, and somehow tricked the young master into jumping into the river.

The Maas River flows through the town of Charleville, and there are some small tributaries nearby. There are also several small rivers near the village of Roche. Charles and the others have played in the river since they were young.But it's only the end of April and the river is still pretty cold.

Shire bought another carriage from an unknown family that day, and let Vitaly sit on the carriage board, which was covered with an old tapestry. She was still wearing Shire's old clothes from a few years ago. , without a hat, with two ponytails hanging down her shoulders, and a thin cashmere scarf.

The boys were playing by the river, and she was sitting in the carriage reading a book, and when she realized what the boys were doing, the young master had fallen into the river.

The boys surrounded the shore, pushing him non-stop, not letting him go ashore.The young master was very stubborn, and he didn't make noise or shout, but tried his best to get around.

The boys laughed at him for being a wet duck, a stupid duck, and the young master turned blue with anger—or maybe it was because the river was too cold—but he remained silent.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Vitaly couldn't stand it any longer, and walked to the river with a wooden stick that the boys used as a wooden spear. "It's cold and he'll be sick. Go away and let him come up."

One of the boys smiled and said, "Do you feel bad? Have you fallen in love with him?"

"What nonsense?" she scolded him in the Charleville dialect. "You've just fallen in love with him. Your whole family has fallen in love with him!"

The boys laughed.

Charles looked at her, "Leave him alone."

"You have to be careful, he doesn't know which young master he is from, maybe someone will come and beat you in a while."

The boys stared, "Could he be the young master? Impossible!"

Vitaly felt strange, "Do you always think that he is a poor boy from some family? He can take out a Napoleon at will, do you think he is poor?"

The boys suddenly realized.

Charles frowned, "Come on, let's go over there to play." He took the boys away.It's one thing to tease a poor kid, but it can still be a little dangerous if it's a rich kid.

The young master of the rich family, naked all over, finally landed.Reluctantly said to Vitaly: "Thank you."

She looked at him: he looked like she was about the same age, but some boys were slower in development, maybe several years older than her; they were not too tall, just a forehead height taller than her.

"Where do you live? You stop playing with them, they are very good at bullying."

The young master bit his lower lip, but said nothing.

"Hey, where do you live? I'll take you home."

"I'm walking home by myself."

"How old are you? What's your name?"

"14, Gabriel, Oran."

"You are 14 years old, you should be able to tell if you can play with you."

Gabriel didn't speak again.

"Let's go, I have a carriage, I'll take you back."

Vitaly wanted to just drop him off at the door and run away, but she didn't expect that Oran's family lived in a rather chic little villa with a courtyard and a fountain, which was considered a very good residence nearby.

Paris is known as the "capital of art" yes, but the outlying provinces are less so, so it was a surprise to suddenly see a rather exquisite cottage in the middle of a country farmhouse.

Seeing her staring at the small fountain, Gabriel was a little impatient, "What's so interesting about it? My family is in a villa outside Paris, and the fountain there is so beautiful!"

Vitaly replied honestly: "I have never been to Paris."

"Do you want to come in?"

She hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Okay. You have to ask the servant to change your clothes quickly."

Gabriel quickly entered the villa, and several servants were busy. An elderly maid took him upstairs, and another young maid asked Vitaly to sit in the living room and asked her what drink she wanted.

"Is there hot cocoa?"

Yes, and quickly served her a mug of hot cocoa.

Although the seeds of the cocoa tree have long been from the American continent to the European continent, they are still expensive consumer goods for ordinary civilians.

Hot cocoa with swan-shaped whipped cream puffs is a delicious afternoon tea.