The Happy Life of a Duchess

Adele is still in correspondence with Margaret.

This girl who just came back from the idyllic farmhouse in the countryside of Paris still has a naive and pure love for the long-lost Paris——

After changing her mindset, she still likes Paris. Although there are many bad factors and disturbing and sad memories here, she also admits frankly:

Here are my important friends, everything I am familiar with, content that has a different meaning to me, and everything that makes me feel more relaxed.

Of course, I still like the atmosphere of the country. I like to walk in the forest and wake up in the fragrance of flowers. Although I feel a little lonely because of a person occasionally, I also met a few innocent and lovely girls in the countryside. I think, if I didn't have such a rough fate and encounter, I would probably be one of them, and I would be very similar to them.

"Perhaps because of all this, I have always wanted to deny it in the past, and I began to look for some traces. After my parents passed away, I no longer had any extra thoughts to take care of those relatives and friends. Of course, I also know what my relatives have left. There are not many, but I thought, maybe I can try to contact them, maybe the elders are gone, but I should have some sisters of the same generation, they should be younger sisters, but it doesn’t matter if they are older sisters.”

Margaret wrote so in the letter.

Adele is also very happy to see such a change in her.

Of course she remembered that she had relatives in the original book, but the distant sister was not close to her. Although she got a little money left by Margaret, she didn't have much love for Margaret herself. Feelings are just happy for oneself to have a sudden income.

For a country girl, the hundreds of thousands of francs left by Marguerite can paint her already very poor life with very beautiful rainbow colors. Living happily, even though she already has other means of earning a living.

But Adele doesn't think it's anything wrong.

The relationship comes from getting along, and it's not that the distant sister didn't cry for Margaret at the beginning, but she was more of an accident, a surprise, and even a surprise.

Since Margaret had never had much contact with her during her lifetime, it should be natural for her to be pleasantly surprised by the benefits she could suddenly get.

You can't ask other people with too high a moral standard. Besides, Adele also knows science, and if you exclude religious elements, there will be nothing left when a person dies. No one knows whether he can return to the embrace of God. Since everything is Nothing will be left behind, and the money that cannot be taken away after death is of no value, it is just the color added by the living.

If Margaret was very kind to this distant sister during her lifetime, and the two of them were in frequent contact, they seemed to be very close friends, but when Margaret passed away and left her a sum of money, how would this sister feel? No, she didn't regret the loss of relatives and friends at all, that's why she didn't know people clearly, and she was worthless.

But when Margaret herself may not have any impression or contact with this relative, why should she ask a "stranger" who may not have much memory to shed too many tears for her passing.

You know, they may not even have anything to recall, no room for nostalgia, no touching sisterhood, no communication, just a sudden "windfall", and what kind of affection can they expect Give back?

Originally, Adele was worried that Margaret might have conflicts with her family.

Maybe it was because she was excluded by her family because she was a prostitute, maybe it was because of some gossip that made it difficult for them to continue to communicate, but now it seems that this is not the case, it is just that Margaret did not continue to contact them——

They also had little money to help Margaret.

At the beginning, Margaret repaid her father's debts by being a courtesan.

Right now, she hopes to find one or two relatives of her own, and it is also a good thing to come to the garden to fulfill her wish in this regard.

The relationship has been restored, and it may be able to make up for Margaret's expectations and joy for family affection to a certain extent.

After all, they are related by blood, and this is a constant connection.

"I'm going to arrange someone?" Jenny asked her.

"..." Adele pondered for a while, and decided to leave this matter to her Duke father.

She also has her own staff, but it is not as extensive as her father's relationship. The most important thing is that the father who has been rooted for a long time will be more familiar with Paris.

If I remember correctly, after the death of Margaret in the original book, the ownership of her estate was found after contacting the official government department, and it seemed that she lived not far from Paris.

If you want to find someone from the government department, it will be very inconvenient for Adele herself.

Although it can also be entrusted to Mr. Duval, Adele thought about it and decided not to make such a big circle, and she didn't want Armand to get involved with Marguerite.

It is very unlikely that Armand's future wife will be Marguerite—

At least until now, Adele has not seen the deep relationship between the two people as in the original book, and most importantly, she has not seen that Armand is so emotional that he wants to marry Margaret.

Moreover, there is a big gap between these two people, whether it is family status or other aspects.

Even though the gossip about socialite names has fallen, and the sex changes quickly, like Margaret, who has stopped doing it and has been silent for half a year, after a social season, basically it has gradually disappeared. No more being mentioned.

Even though she used to have many "beauties", she will no longer be missed in this ruthless circle, just as the bankrupt nobleman will only be mentioned occasionally as a warning regret, and at other times they will not be missed. There will be no more sound.

Armand doesn't seem to be able to afford it now, Adele can say it bluntly.

Although compared to the days when he was dawdling around, drinking and courting prostitutes, now he has started working anyway, and he looks like he is passing his life, but compared to the standard of a good man, he still seems a little far away, little boy The nature of it doesn't seem to have changed.

Logically, she certainly hoped that a girl like Margaret, who had gone astray so hard to get better, came out of the mud, and was her friend and somewhat similar to herself, could really find a girl who loved her, treated her well, and had a dedicated personality. A man with a particularly good character, not to mention being particularly rich or having a higher title, even if the material is poor, the character must be decent, and he must not covet his wife's property, and he can support his wife and children.

After thinking about it, Adele even felt that the sons of some country gentlemen would be fine.

He is educated, and his status is considered decent. The family may have some land and real estate, but the income will not be very rich. It may only earn five or six thousand francs a year, but they can support a family in the countryside, and the pace of life is very slow. , relatively peaceful.

This kind of people's standard for their wives is mostly virtuous, and the extra points are a little money and good looks.

In other words, based on Adele's experience, most of the time their selection criteria are good-looking, beautiful to make themselves pleasing to the eye, and having fertility to ensure an excellent heir, this is enough.

Judging by this standard, although Margaret's past experience is criticized, no one will suspect that she is a person with a chaotic private life. On the contrary, she looks peaceful and soft, and her outstanding face She didn't become inferior because of the country life, she didn't need to worry about making a living, on the contrary, she gave up those chasing fame and fortune, and she burst out the innocence and beauty of her temperament or soul.

Don't men change women one by one when they are young?

Who hasn't gotten along with a courtesan and had a relationship?There are many such people, both men and women.

Adele is not, it's just a personal choice, and it can also be understood that she has met her true love before she had time to start.

She is not opposed to such a chaotic life of single men and women. She never meddles in other people's affairs, and this is the current trend, which she cannot change alone. It is also an excessive expression of unlocking and liberating .

The so-called overcorrection must first be "corrected" before it can be corrected a little bit.

If you don't break through the feudal and rigid shackles of the church, especially at the beginning, there will definitely be some excessive situations, and you will be able to continuously find a balance between the two poles in the future.

Of course, there was another reason why she didn't do this.

She didn't want to get those STDs and they couldn't be cured.

It was hard for her to get her whole life, and she finally got rid of the troubles of the disease. She didn't want to take bitter medicine and let bloodletting in the nursing home. It didn't seem like a human being could live.

She just thinks that all of Margaret's life and future cannot be denied because of the misfortune she was forced to experience, not to mention that she has stepped out of it step by step, and few girls can be as beautiful as Margaret. Talented, state of mind, but also able to love nature, maintain a kind and innocent character.

"Miss, I think there is bad news!"

Adele was still thinking about Margaret when Mary rushed in.

"What?" Adele looked up.

"Do you still remember the result of the game we announced?"

Adele gestured for Mary to continue.

Mary then told all the gossip she had heard outside.

Mary is their little gossip here, and from a wide range of sources.

Every time she goes out, she can get some news that no one else knows. The source of information is very fast, and it is almost always known first-hand.

This time is no exception.