The Happy Life of a Duchess

Adele froze for a moment, the other party's very familiar and intimate attitude gave her a very strange feeling, but she couldn't tell what was wrong with it, it was said to be close, but she was more concerned about it. Suffering a disadvantage is easily regarded as "not knowing good people".

"That's not an option."

Adele thought to herself, with a polite smile on her face.

"Of course, you are indeed suitable for this."

Miss Sophie Barley nodded quite naturally.

"The Easter ball is just around the corner. I think you're already ready to wear it. Seriously..." She smiled, covering her mouth with a handkerchief, but her smile was extremely charming. She was very good at using her Body advantage, but will not make yourself look very vulgar.

"At the ball, you should show yourself in the best state. You don't need to be stingy with pearls, gemstones or other precious objects. You can match them reasonably to show your charm."

She said playfully, Adele and Morgana looked at each other, and they both nodded in a teachable manner.

Ms. Barry seems to like to show her extraordinaryness, and also likes to dominate the whole conversation or to show her charm and presence all the time. Around her, if there are a few people of the same sex, they always seem to be overwhelmed. It's hard to feel ahead.

I don't know if it's because of her personality or intentional that this feeling of always being top notch, but if Adele were to talk about it now, she would boldly speculate that this Miss Barry probably doesn't have many same-sex friends.

No girl would want to be friends with such a person who always suppresses her limelight, especially if the other party is an extraordinarily bright beauty, without enough self-confidence and dominance, she really can't adapt to such a situation.

If Morgana was the only one by her side today, I'm afraid she would be pushed down to become a little transparent with no sense of existence or a little follower who was specially made to match Miss Barry.

It is not that there is no kind of "naturally shining" person who is always at the center of the crowd. They seem to always be the most popular existence in the center, and even some of these people are in the same-sex or heterosexual groups. , are so popular.

But Sophie Barry is obviously not the kind of person who can be liked by both the same sex and the opposite sex. Otherwise, in this situation where everyone needs to find an excellent husband-in-law, how can anyone be willing to always be her green leaf?

Occasionally, it doesn't matter, but when she realized that she seemed to want to be top-notch in everything and was not so kind as she seemed, Adele felt that this lady's character had too obvious weaknesses.

"Speaking of which, you will come, right? The banquet at Baron Bernard's house?" She seemed to remember suddenly, and when Adele looked down at Pearl, she turned her head and asked.

"Is it Baron Bernard's birthday party?" Adele knows a lot about her itinerary. Of course, it will not be a very secret information to participate in this kind of event. Basically, it is asked, and everyone is happy. answered.

Unless it is a very busy schedule, according to the habits of people of the right age in the social season, they will not miss any suitable dance.

Adele was no exception, and basically sent her post to the Duke's mansion. After Mrs. Lude gave it to the staff, she agreed to most of them with the Duke's instruction.

It's just because she hasn't made an official appearance at the Easter ball yet, so not every family has sent her a post, and some are still in the wait-and-see stage——

As she became more active and appeared more frequently at private dances, the posts she got gradually increased.

There is also a part like the dinner party that Adele decided to hold. It was after the Easter public dance that was a signal mark, and the young people of all families in this social season were considered before the party was issued. Invitation card.

Many people may see that the performance in the early stage is not satisfactory, and consider reducing the number of posts for their family in the social season after the social season. Families that are not very good or have been down and out send out one or two cards to artificially control these.

From the number of invitations received by a certain lady, gentleman or a certain family, we can also see how popular they are.

If you are not strong enough, you can only bite the bullet and participate one by one. If you cannot participate, you must apologize in person and reject them one by one, instead of just relying on a reply letter to give up.

As far as she knows from Morgana, Mr. Duval is currently suppressing such a wave of posts, and the ones that can be directly rejected are relatively unimportant or those whose names have never been heard, and are sent purely for testing purposes. He has already declined, and the remaining part is for him to look at the situation and consider whether to make friends.

"Yes, that's the one." Miss Barry nodded. She looked at Morgana who was bewildered, and then at Adele who was still smiling politely, and added something.

"It's better not to refuse this, after all, it's Mr. Baron's birthday party."

Of course Adele also knew about this matter. Although everyone may have some "opinions" about Baron Bernard's family in their hearts, Baron Bernard's family has not been so downcast that everyone refused to establish diplomatic relations.

They also prepare two or three balls in a social season, the most important being the birthday party of Baron Bernard, who has sent out invitations.

Adele and the others could refuse their family's other dances because they were not very familiar with it, but they couldn't even refuse this birthday party.

"I understand." Adele gave her a brighter smile, expressing that she understood.

Miss Barry just nodded, her expression seemed a bit weird, but she quickly turned her head to talk to Morgana, and Adele didn't go up, just asked the clerk about this pearl necklace details.

The question was almost finished, and after trying it on again, Adele knew what was in her mind. She only asked the clerk to send the things to Bailu Manor, and then the butler would pay for it. The Duke has always been very generous in Adele's expenses. Hearing She would have no problem buying another piece of jewellery, a few hundred francs would be affordable.

Miss Barry was still talking to Morgana, Morgana smiled from time to time, the two of them didn't look at the jewelry much, they just chatted and laughed, Adele was not in a hurry, sipping the tea in the shop alone, Faced with a set of jewelry delivered to the private room, it is only when you see something that you are interested in that you come over to take a closer look.

Halfway through a cup of tea, Miss Barry turned around as if remembering, and said to her with a smile:

"We were just talking about... the lady at home is very good at embroidery, and her handkerchiefs have always been beautifully sewn."

She said the name of a family that Adele was relatively unfamiliar with. Adele was not very familiar with it, and it was not easy to comment. She just nodded and spoke politely.

"Morgana's embroidery is also very good. I admire it very much. I seldom have such patience to do things. It would be nice to have her meditation. What about Adele?"

"Me?" Adele thought about herself, and she was sure that she hadn't lit up the skills in this area, and Mrs. Lude didn't ask her to be proficient in this skill. It might be better to let her knitting, and let her She is not very good at embroidery.

"I'm afraid it's not very good." Adele said frankly, "I'm really not good at this aspect, and I was sick before, and embroidery work is more energy-consuming, so it's not easy to do it while recuperating."

"That's right. When you're sick, you should take a good rest. There's no need to do this." Miss Sophie Barry nodded, both sides agreed, but she couldn't see her emotional inclination.

It wasn't until she was about to leave that Miss Barry held Adele's hand and said affectionately as if remembering.

"Do you remember that Desi lady from the previous dance?"

"Miss Desi?" Adele actually remembered, but she still acted strangely.

"It's the Ada Desi who deserves to be beaten." Miss Barry waved the handkerchief exaggeratedly, "She can't speak, just keep her mouth shut. It's just annoying."

"..." Adele didn't know what she meant by mentioning this matter. From her impression, it seemed that Miss Barley and Ada Desi, the eldest sister of Miss Desi, still had some affection. .

"I've already taught her a lesson." She said very naturally.

"Those nonsense behind the scenes are all fabricated out of thin air. You must not take it to your heart, and don't be affected. I have written several letters to her and scolded her, but she can't figure it out."

"In this regard... hey," she sighed deeply, "everyone knows that she has such an unforgiving and stupid mouth, please bear with me."

"..." Adele was silent for a while, thinking about her bad reputation and the embarrassing period when she couldn't go out for a while, she still didn't want to forgive, not to mention that she didn't know how true or false the apology was Sincerely, since I want to apologize, I will not let other people replace what is called.

Adele didn't speak immediately. How could this smart lady, Sophie Barry, not understand? The smile on her face froze for a moment.

Morgana also had a strange look on her face, but she couldn't say anything, and she didn't know why the two suddenly fell into a strange stalemate and silence.

After a while, after confirming that Adele didn't seem to have changed her mind or changed her mind, Miss Sophie Barry took a deep breath again.

"Okay, okay, this is all your business." She pretended to be coquettish and waved her hand, making a somewhat annoyed look to hide the real anger that might exist in her heart, "I will not be this middleman anymore, left and right It's not flattering, but it will annoy you all at that time, I'm really wronged..."

"Nonsense." Adele quickly followed the smile on her face, she still looked bright and gentle, and she didn't let the clerk serving beside her see anything wrong.

"Of course I know you mean well."

"You kindly hope that I can reconcile with her, but it's a pity that I really..."

Adele took out her handkerchief and made a very sad and painful look, and wiped away the non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes, her voice lowered a bit.

"It's just Miss Desi's mouth...it really broke my heart."

"I will apologize to you for letting her post later."

Miss Barry followed up with a request that was almost a promise, and she didn't give Adele any room to refuse.

Adele's heart skipped a beat. She had every reason to believe that Miss Ida Desi wanted to scratch her face and make her non-existent.

She didn't believe that with Ada Desi's temperament, she would give her a sincere apology. If she didn't plot against her again, it would be the best result for her to suffer a dark loss and dare not act. Although Dina Desi is slightly better than her sister The previous point, but to be honest, the two sisters are just like each other, and Adele doesn't want to get in touch with any of them.

She's here to enjoy life, and she's not here to play this kind of power game with them outside the court.

Adele doesn't want to waste time and energy on them.

"If she apologized sincerely...I..." Adele paused for a moment, but unexpectedly changed the topic.

"It's just a scar on my heart. It won't heal for a while, a year and a half. Besides, even if it heals, there will always be some scars. I... I'm really afraid that when I see her, I will think of her. The pain I have suffered before..."

"It's okay, it's okay." Morgana didn't understand why Adele was suddenly so sad and excited, and Miss Sophie Barry's expression was strangely awkward. She felt that she and Adele were both newcomers and friends. Love, I must say something.

"Miss Desi must be a generous and tolerant person. It would be nice to ask her to forgive me, and there is no need to meet her."

As soon as these words came out, Adele trembled when she covered her face with a veil. She almost laughed out loud. Fortunately, her self-control was amazing, so she suppressed it abruptly, so she could only quickly remove the veil covering her mouth. The handkerchief was tightly covered.

From the corner of the eye, I could only see the corners of Miss Sophie Barry's mouth twitching slightly, and she looked quite speechless.

But Miss Sophie Barry's attitude towards Morgana can be regarded as very warm and flattering.

This is what Adele figured out by herself. Although it seems that she treats the two people with similar attitudes, sometimes Adele always feels that Morgana is being courted by her intentionally. The lady's small movements and thoughts.

However, whether the two ladies can make friends does not depend entirely on the relationship between the two ladies, a large part of it is related to the family behind them and their relationship.

If the Duval family and the Barry family were not so close, the young ladies of the two families must be able to only have a normal relationship and not be too close.

Adele didn't think that Mr. Duval was a person who would force his daughter, and he didn't seem to interfere too much with her friends.

But she thought about it for a while, the Barry family belonged to the king's faction, and the Duval family belonged to the neutral faction as far as she knew, so the two might not be able to get close.

Because of the relationship between Mrs. Barry and the king, the relationship between the Barry family and the king can be considered close.

In comparison, even Baron Bernard's family, Mrs. Barry's natal family, can't compare.

Of course, there is also the reason that the Baron family's status is not very high, and there is no relevant influence in the political circles. Even if the family is not involved in intersecting industries and careers, even if they make friends, it will not affect the overall situation.

The stiff situation didn't exist for too long. Adele and Morgana tacitly maintained the harmony at the same time, and soon laughed again.

The three of them went to the box of the Paris Opera House to watch the latest opera. An interesting episode was that at least three of them sent flowers to their box.

I don't know which lady these men who gave the flowers are, Adele doesn't go to the theater too many times, and Morgana needless to say, this is the first time the two of them have encountered such a situation, but Miss Sophie has already Get used to it.

She skillfully dismissed the waiter who delivered the flowers, and found a good excuse to refuse the request of the gentleman who delivered the bouquets to come and visit.

"You can't just agree to it like this, otherwise you will be no different from those women."

Adele knew what she was saying, and there were a lot of courtesans who liked to stay in the box like this, waiting for a bouquet or something they liked from the man who wanted to court them as the guest of honor.

However, even some noble ladies are very willing to use this method to show their popularity.

Previously, Adele mostly traveled with Mariana. Mariana was a noble lady, and she was also a newcomer in the circle at that time, so few people knew about her.

Truth be told, Adele knows but isn't too keen on the approach.

This is indeed a very good way to improve one's reputation and value in public, the difference is only in the final result, the noble lady will not respond to those "unreasonable" requests, but the result of improving her reputation is nothing more than marrying a Good husbands, and courtesans will gladly accept it, their original purpose is this, and they rarely think about the future.

Despite refusing a request to visit a private room, several gentlemen spoke to Miss Sophie Barley on leaving the theatre.

Adele and Morgana just followed behind quietly. When it was time to salute, they were all from the aristocratic circle. They didn't look up and looked down, and those who were not of sufficient status would not come together.

"Miss Adele? Miss Morgana?"

The two turned their heads to look at the sound.

"Mr. Gaston."

Adele was the first to react and salute, Morgana immediately followed suit, and when the other party came up to say hello politely, she also followed up with a few words, anyway, there was no mistake in following.

"I thought I was wrong..." The spirited boy seemed to be in a good mood, his cheeks were flushed, and he jumped over happily. Although his movements were not so undignified, he even tried hard to press down the corners of his mouth smile, but Adele always felt that his mood was very happy.

"It's a pleasure to see you." He greeted and greeted his friend's sister Morgana with a smile, but his eyes kept drifting to Adele. As if Adele didn't notice, she smiled quietly at Morgana. When you can't say anything, you can add a few sentences with a smile and hand over a simple topic.

"This is M. Gaston?"

Miss Sophie Barley heard the voice, quickly changed her subject, and cut in on their conversation.

As a gentleman, you can't leave a lady alone, so facing Miss Sophie Barry's questions, even if Mr. Gaston wanted to have a conversation with Adele, he had to answer them one by one.

And Adele didn't want to do anything to intervene in the conversation, so she held the veil, maintained a dignified and upright posture, and looked at it with a smile.

Morgana peeked at her from the corner of the eye, and then agreed with her. Adele took her to occasionally greet the gentleman who was talking to Miss Barry just now.

However, there is Miss Barry, who has a strong desire to express herself, especially in front of the opposite sex. Whether she is used as a small prop to show sisterhood or a quiet background board, Adele is very low-key, and Morgana is even more so. Will not be proactive.

This situation was maintained until they went out, and Mr. Duval was already waiting for them beside another Duval family's carriage. To her surprise, Mr. Armand was also there.

The gentleman who was very interested in Miss Barry immediately offered to send her back, but Miss Barry's gaze——

Has it been falling on Mr. Duval?

Adele thought for a moment that she had made a mistake. She might have been looking at Armand, but she didn't expect that when Mr. Duval approached, she immediately judged that her idea was correct.

"Mr. Duvall, nice to meet you. Are you coming to fetch Morgana?"

Miss Barry's face was more eager than ever before, and her eyes were quite obvious. Adele's brows moved slightly, but she didn't show any abnormality.

After Mr. Duval saluted, he quickly glanced around again, looked at everyone, and answered Miss Barry's words after confirming that he was all right.

"Yes, good evening, Miss Barry. Sorry to trouble you." He turned to the gentleman directly, "Armand and I need to send the princess and Morgana home, can you please..."

"Of course, I'd love to." He responded cheerfully.

On one side, Monsieur Gaston and Monsieur Armand were talking quietly together.

The arrival of her family made Morgana obviously relaxed a lot, and the smile on her face also increased a lot.

Mr. Duval didn't seem to want to talk too much with Miss Barry, but because he had always been polite and distant in front of everyone before, Miss Barry didn't think too much.

It was after such a close observation that Adele discovered that he had such an attitude towards other ladies——

It seems that there is something different when getting along with her, but she can't tell.

After all, there is still a difference in terms of being in front of everyone and being alone in private.

Adele has her own carriage of the Duke's Mansion when she travels. She originally thought that Mr. Armand was alone, and she was still wondering how she planned to send her and Morgana, but now it seems that it is on one side.

Sure enough, Armand invited his friends to play together, and the two sent Morgana home, and then agreed to go out to the club together in a carriage.

Mr. Duval is responsible for sending Adele back to the Duke's mansion.

The kind of ride she imagined, or him driving the carriage for her, did not exist.

She sat alone in a carriage in the Ducal Palace, and Mr. Duval had another carriage, and the coachman did not need him.

But she still found it very novel and interesting, especially when she thought of Miss Sophie Barry's eyes just now.

When helping her into the carriage, Adele couldn't help whispering to him.

"I didn't expect you to be so popular."

A certain wise gentleman raised his eyebrows, as if he knew nothing.