The Happy Life of a Duchess

Although Adele said such willful words as wanting to dance only with Mr. Duval, of course the actual situation does not allow this.

As far as the objective situation is concerned, the number of men and women in this ball is quite equal, and there are some strange faces. The sociality is relatively strong, even if it is just a relatively grand private ball.

But Mr. Duval did take care of her uniquely within the scope of his ability.

He thought he was restrained enough to care for her, but his longing attitude and full of care had already betrayed himself, completely beyond everyone's original imagination of him.

He took her to meet people, especially those relatives of their family, and his close friends. In the eyes of everyone, he was not calm and reserved at all, but very impatient, and introduced her to his fiancee who was only engaged but not yet married. With his network of relationships, this kind of love makes many women jealous.

Everyone, after this ball, realized that Mr. Duval loved and cared for his young fiancée so much that he wanted to take her by his side, on the little rope—

Interestingly, he was the one who was led, and he was the one who willingly handed the other end of the rope to this beautiful young lady.

Although everyone sighed with emotion that "a hero is sad than a beautiful woman", while saying things like men should not be so tied to their wives, but Mr. Duval's consistent attitude made the ladies feel envious and jealous.

This successful man has always had a gentle smile, no matter what kind of ridicule he makes, he just laughs it off, but when someone praises or agrees with his actions, or praises the relationship between the two or wishes for the future of the two At that time, the smile on his face was visible to the naked eye and became more real.

In this way, what else does everyone not understand.

Mr. Duval's attitude is like this. He used his behavior to express his firm attitude and firm confidence in the future marriage.

Afterwards, as rumors of Adele's high dowry were leaked intentionally or unintentionally, the troublemakers verified it with Mr. Duke, and some people said bitterly that he was acting so well for money, how could he be wrong? Stealing men and the like, and some expressed their dislike for the love between young girls and middle-aged gentlemen, saying that she would lose interest in him in the future, and then she would spend a lot of money and go out and squander it. Wait while cuckolding him.

Adele's attitude towards these words was similar to that of Mr. Duval, mostly ignoring them, unless the words were too much and too ugly, she would show a little face, otherwise she just pretended not to know.

Anyway, their relationship is good, and everything seems to be harmonious, which will always attract people's eyes and make people jealous.

Adele herself knows that she is not a gold louis, even if it is money, some people prefer louis, some like francs, and now it is popular to deposit money in some private bank, and it is said that it can make a lot of interest...

It is impossible to be liked by everyone, and she will only receive more criticism in the future. If she can't hold on now, then she is too fragile, and she should not do those things at all.

She can live better than most people in a comfortable environment.

It's just that she wants to realize some self-worth, and wants to do something that a "predecessor" should do for future generations.

After all, she is a time traveler, and she has earned a life for nothing. No matter how much life is in modern life, or how much life is in the current life, she has more preferential treatment than others, and more benefits from the future. For a broad vision, look at history and look at the world.

Since she has such an encounter, maybe it is God’s mercy, or maybe it’s her destiny, why doesn’t she work harder and do something?

Perhaps the current people are not able to realize the value of this matter, and she may even be quite criticized, but from the perspective of the future of history, this is a very reasonable thing.

Women are not always in an oppressed position. If it is not her, there will be others. There will always be someone who will take this step, and she has enjoyed the results of other people's steps and laid the foundation. It is time for her to give back to the world. up.

Perhaps, it is precisely because of this small step she promoted that women in the future can live a happier and better life and enjoy the same freedom and equality as men earlier.

"I know it's right, so I try to be bold enough to do the right thing, and history will prove the significance and value of my actions."

Adele once again affirmed her thoughts, and shared with her in a low voice the experience of the success of the previous salon.

She was glad that her fiancé approved of her naive-sounding idea.

He has seen more than her, understands them better, and has more experience, but he still listens patiently, never denies her exploratory behavior, does not make her feel lost and discouraged, and encourages her as much as possible .

Thinking of this, Adele felt warm in her heart, as if she had a candy in her mouth, she was extremely happy, and her desire to tell was a little stronger.

"I didn't expect you to have such lofty ambitions..." Mr. Duval laughed.

"But I think it's very normal for an outstanding woman to have her own ideals, her own independent personality, and even desire to make a career like a man. To be honest, in my life Among so many people I have met, you are not the only woman with such ideas, but when I really knew it, I was still surprised by your bold ideas."

"Allow me to participate, my Adele."

He saluted her earnestly, then held out his hand.

"I am afraid that your immature ideas that may not be recognized and favored by many people will wither like this, but what I am most afraid of is that you will suffer unbearable harm. I will protect you as much as possible, and I hope my Existence should never be a drag on you."

"No!" Adele firmly denied, and she held his hand tightly, "You will never be my burden, rather, your recognition, tolerance and love have become my dare to do so." Brave reason, you are one of my spiritual pillars."

When it was about the same time, the guests all left one by one, even the other relatives of their family who would stay in the manor for a while, made excuses and left the last bit of time for the young couple.

Adele had a cheeky face and talked to him for a long time.

As if he couldn't feel the time, he smiled and communicated with her.

It wasn't until Mr. Duke finally couldn't take it anymore and coughed countless times today that the two exchanged a look of reluctance.

"Farewell, my sir, and look forward to seeing you next time."

Adele waved to him, and he smiled as she watched her leave with her father.

The two guests from the Duke's house were the last guests to leave, and of course they could be regarded as half-hosts. The other guests had already left one by one.

Today's dance party really satisfies everyone's gossip desire to a great extent.

Everyone was full of all kinds of ideas, and left contentedly.

Social season is almost over, but life goes on.

Everyone is always looking forward to something new to pass their boring daily life.

The previous gossip is one, and the current engagement is also one, and then there are some fragmented news, such as other relatives of the Duval family from City C, and the upcoming relatives and friends of Duke Juradi's family, etc. etc.

A little further, it is said that Mrs. Castellana's daughter is going back to Spain.

This girl who married very early has not heard back for many years, and even her honeymoon seems to be not very comfortable, but now that she heard that her elderly husband is not in good health, she seems to want to come back early, maybe there is still time anything else-

In short, such fragmentary news, all kinds of anecdotes and gossips, basically spread after a dance.

Although Adele was busy dealing with batches of women who came to test and associate with her at the time, she also let people inquire about the information fermented at the ball.

Sure enough, on the second day, Morgana sorted out a lot of gossip, wrote four or five pieces of paper, and came over to share with Adele.

It is worth mentioning that Morgana, a simple girl, is not at all angry at her friend and father's engagement.

On the contrary, not only did she not think about it, but she also felt very happy. The only thing she realized was that she could come to Bailu Manor to play openly, and she could casually ask Adele to go wherever she wanted.

She has never had any playmates of the same age, and finally has a good friend. Although she has become a stepmother in name, for her, it is a more reasonable reason to have fun together.

She also secretly told Adele that the two of them could happily sleep on the same bed, watch the stars from the window and whisper together, which she had been looking forward to since she was very young.

Adele just laughed at the time, what she didn't say was——

I'm afraid her own father will not agree.

Following a little advice from Mr. Duvall, Adele held two more salons.

One time, the theme of the upcoming "summer" is not limited to poetry, music, nature and fashion, and everyone can freely discuss about summer.

Because the response was so good, everyone couldn't get enough of it. They just felt that one opportunity was not enough, so two days later, Adele held another "summer" salon at the suggestion of everyone, but this time, everyone's topic The content is more concentrated, and the main discussion is fashion.

The ladies headed by Mrs. Miller tend to choose more sexy makeup in summer. From hairstyles, dresses to hats, as well as packaging to feet, she gave her own views on summer sexiness and fashion.

In addition, like Mrs. Costa and others, they are more inclined to fresh and bright dresses, such as the popular pink and white in the new summer arrangement, as well as mint green or sky blue, and other lighter colors are more suitable. It's their favorite summer color.

"I think both are pretty good."

Adele knew that what they were talking about was the common dresses of women at this time, whether it was the idea that big puff sleeves should be matched with lace gloves and short wrists, or that the hat with a small brim and lace was out of fashion. I have my own aesthetic ideas in it.

"Maybe we can put out a brochure..."

Adele spoke thoughtfully, her voice was not loud enough to be heard by the people around her.

Everyone looked at her at once, and she was startled by that look, thinking she had said something wrong.

What she didn't expect was that this seemingly naive idea was actually quite recognized.

Even Mrs. Costa, who is always proud and cold, couldn't help casting a concerned look, so Adele immediately made a decision, saying that she would contact a suitable bookseller to make a set of their own publications.

As for the content, I haven’t thought about anything else, but this summer theme is perfect. It’s just a good time to share the discussions about summer-related poetry and music among the members of the salon. In the case of classic fashion magazines, they can completely publish something about fashion aesthetics——

This happens to be what the ladies and ladies are most familiar with.

Both Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Costa have their own reasons, and they can also be published to see which one everyone likes more.

Adele hurriedly asked the servants at home who could write to follow her—because of her request, Mary and Jenny were pretty good at it, which led the servants to think that to be her maids must be able to read, and there were people who learned a little behind her. Quite a few, which was also beyond her expectations.

It didn't take long to find someone to record. By the time they realized it, the ladies were already pulling people with great interest, adding a few words here, and the wording there was not appropriate. They were so enthusiastic that they didn't need Adele to control the field. , everyone has already divided the content they want to describe.

Adele asked Leopoldina Hugo to help her review the manuscript at the end, and then the two of them would invite a lady with some knowledge to reorganize the excerpted content during the salon.

After showing the members a look, she can publish it—similar to the free publication of dramas, if you want to publish one or several issues of magazines and newspapers, you don’t need the later book number in the strict sense.

As long as they have money and connections, anyone who wants to publish a book or a magazine can do it.

Those who are afraid of losing money can do it by themselves at most, and there will be no future, but if they make money, it can be regarded as a pleasant surprise.

Adele agreed with everyone at the beginning, the records are the remarks of the ladies and ladies present, those who do not want to be named can publish them anonymously or with their initials, but the person who wrote the manuscript... is currently Adele's family The main servants are responsible for recording the fragmented content, and Leo and Adele are mainly responsible for organizing it into a document that is sufficient for publication.

If something that they accidentally picked up in this issue is successfully published, then some labor costs will be deducted, such as contacting a bookseller for printing and typesetting, and if there is any leftover, it will be used as an activity fund for their salon activities—— Ladies I really don't have much interest in this income. Adele only found out later that everyone is not short of money, and may feel that taking this money is a bit "lower."

If it fails, just let Adele, the host and host of the event, take the money and have fun, and the loss will be hers.

A copy of the printed matter is given to each participating member as a souvenir.

It's a good idea, but it's not that easy to actually do it.

The duke's father also found out that she had caused something to happen to him, and he wanted to publish it. He disapproved of her doing such a publicity thing, but he couldn't bear her own happiness, and he had already boasted to those ladies and ladies. up.

Fortunately, whether it is a bookseller or others, there are some wives who can hand over business cards and letters of introduction. They may not have that face, but it is easy to get their husband's signature or seal.

In addition to her friend Leo, Morgana also offered to help. Adele originally wanted to use the contacts of the Duke's father, but seeing that Leo was so interested, she assigned the task to her——

Adele only found out later that when Morgana came home, she turned around and left her work to her own brother Armand, who she felt was very free.

Armand is indeed not very busy. He really doesn't pay much attention to his work. The office hours are really not as long as his father, Mr. Duval. Most of the time he spends eating, drinking and having fun in clubs and theaters.

Armand could only pinch his nose to admit it, talk to the bookseller as required, discuss the publication, and then negotiate the price.

He also wanted to accept the quotation over there directly, but Adele still knew a little about the problems, so he blocked the budget for him in advance, and he had to figure out what was missing, and he had no choice but to be forced to learn social business.

Fortunately, Adele also handed over to him the important letters of introduction from those wives and their husbands. With those useful connections, it really wasn't that difficult to talk about.

Because of this, Armand became acquainted with Mr. Fitch. Mr. Fitch Jr. is a good hand in business. For various reasons, it is not so difficult for the two of them to work together. He also learned a lot with Armand.

Although Mr. Duval did not intervene in this matter explicitly, he knew what Armand did during the day, who he met and what benefits he got, because he knew some people and was able to recommend him, and what purpose he finally achieved. It is also possible to give Armand some very reliable suggestions that are conducive to negotiations without meeting anyone.

This also brought Armand's admiration and praise for his father to a higher level. His father's insight into people's hearts is really amazing. He seems to have a natural sensitivity to complex interpersonal relationships and can intuitively judge to the core.

Perhaps, this is also one of the reasons why his political career is so smooth. In such a complicated situation in the political arena, he can still maintain clarity. It is naturally not a problem to do such a simple small business and small transaction.

Mr. Duval also felt more satisfied when he saw his son finally started to do something serious, as if he was too busy to pester Mademoiselle Marguerite Gautier, who went to the opera for nothing.

Adele's life just got busier.

Write letters to Mr. Duval every day, supervise the construction progress of the farm, promote the publication of magazines, learn about the clothing design and new fashion of Mrs. Daumier and others, think about my daily clothes, practice piano and read books every day... …

There are also preparations for future weddings, knowing about your own assets and some investments, dealing with socializing, attending dances, organizing banquets...

In such a fulfilling life, we soon welcomed relatives and friends from Frankfurt.

The author has something to say:

Duval: So, unlucky son is still free, it is the days given to you that are too leisurely, which makes you cranky all day long...

Armand: ...?

Morgana: Old men, is my idea not feasible?Adele must get close to me first when she comes? !

Duvall: ... :)