gentleman's servant

The baron's tone was cold and distant, and as soon as he finished speaking, Mrs. Alice burst into tears.

"How can you treat me like this...you can't treat me like this..."

"Why are you so sad? Could it be that I did something wrong?"

"I am your mother, but you call me a guest, and you ask me why I am sad!"

The baron didn't care about Madam Alice's hysterical voice, he replied slowly and calmly: "This manor, everything here belongs to me, you are not a guest, are you still the owner here?"

Mrs. Alice clutched her chest, as if she couldn't bear the blow. She fell to the ground and looked up at her son. Big tears poured out of her eyes and fell on her thin cheeks. She said sadly: " I know, I know you hate me, I hate myself too, I didn't take good care of you, but I have repented, can't you forgive me? I beg you, please forgive me. "

Seeing that Mrs. Alice was so sad, the baron didn't even twitch his eyebrows. He said, "Mother, you think too much. You make such unreasonable troubles. I almost suspect that your spirit is disturbed again..."

Mrs. Alice suddenly shivered. She stared at the Baron and said, "No, you can't send me to a mental hospital..."

"If you are not sick, of course I won't." The baron sighed and said, "Do you need money this time?"

Mrs. Alice wiped her tears and stood up from the floor. She hesitated for a while, gritted her teeth and nodded, saying: "I need some money, you only give me a little money every time, just like dealing with beggars, so that I I come to beg you..."

"How much do you want?" The baron interrupted her directly.

"I want . . . two thousand pounds!" said Mrs. Alice.

"2000 pounds? Even 2000 pounds can buy a small village," the baron said.

"You are so rich! You..."

The baron bowed his head and wrote the check. He handed the check to her and said, "Take it, this is the only thing you can get from me. Please leave Delman Manor this afternoon. I don't want to leave it for a year." See you again."

Mrs. Alice left, and the baron continued to work in the study, seemingly not paying attention to what happened just now. However, in the evening, the baron played the violin in the room again, the same song, still so sad...

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At the turn of spring and summer, it was the time for the nobles of the capital to gather. They rode horses for a walk in the morning, drank tea and chatted in the afternoon, and danced in the evening.

Every nobleman, every gentleman, every person of status will not miss such a good time.Of course, there are also active drillers, who will take advantage of this opportunity to make friends with powerful people and climb up desperately.

As a member of the nobility, the baron couldn't miss such an event, and the entire Delman Manor was busy because the master was going to the residence of the king's capital.

Different from the leisurely life in the countryside, Wangdu is a real metropolis. In this era, this city is one of the best in the whole world.

Because this city has the world's most advanced factories, the largest wharf, merchants from all over the world, and the largest cargo distribution center, all goods are transferred here, which makes the whole city prosperous and rich.

Unlike rural areas, where a manor comes with gardens and lawns that are dozens or even hundreds of times the building area, the land in cities is particularly concentrated and expensive.Row upon row of buildings, the closer to the living area of ​​the rich, the more valuable the land, and the narrower the area that can be used for construction.

The baron's villa in the capital is a three-story house, and the neighbors are all distinguished nobles or gentlemen. It is said that there is no neighbor who is a businessman on the entire street.

The villa was idle most of the time, and the baron came only occasionally, and he always lived at the Delman Manor.So for the servants here, the baron's visit was a big day, and it was evident from the decoration that it looked brand new. They must have wiped the whole villa and even waxed it.

This villa is not as grand as the Delman Manor, and there are always not enough rooms for the servants. Just when I was about to share a room with others, Baron Oscar told me that I could live in the guest room next to his bedroom, so that he could find me at any time. I.

Maybe it's because I took the risk to save him twice. Although we were a little awkward with each other, he still trusts me immensely. Both his study and bedroom are unimpeded to me.This also means that as long as I want, I can get anything around the Baron...

That evening, I accompanied the baron to Earl Harlock's banquet.

As I said before, there are high and low among servants. The earl's servant is naturally nobler than the baron's servant, the gentleman's servant is nobler than the merchant's servant, and the rich man's servant is nobler than the poor man's servant.

These things can be fully displayed at a banquet.

I was only the baron's valet, but I looked more respectable than many gentlemen of the night, and many even groveled to me until they found out that I was a servant.

The Earl of Harlock is in his early forties, a typical aristocrat.

He always wears rich robes and long wigs, and his skin is pale and sometimes painted.The relationship between him and his wife is very rigid, but he has given birth to countless illegitimate children with his maids and mistresses, and he enjoys it every day.

He has a high status, but his money is tight, so he has a very close relationship with the baron, and he is probably one of the most frequent guests of Delman Manor.

As the Earl's 'close' friend, Baron Oscar received a grand welcome. Almost all the Earl's family came to welcome him. They also prepared the most comfortable and luxurious guest room for the Baron. If it was an ordinary person, he would have been flattered.

The baron handles these things with ease, and seems to be used to it.

The decoration of the banquet is very interesting, it is like walking into a flower house, with tall palm trees in pots everywhere, with huge leaves stretched out to the roof, like a fountain.There is also a rubber tree like a column, with dark green long leaves layered on top of each other, almost covering up the guests in the corner.

I think it is convenient for men and women to communicate in private.

I don't know about others, but there is a beautiful girl hiding under these eye-catching flowers and trees, talking to the baron quietly.

She is the Earl's daughter, Miss Emily.

"...they explained the system of the universe, and thus deduced the motion of the stars and the ocean..." Miss Emily said: "All natural philosophy can be calculated mathematically, which is really a great discovery, isn't it? "

Unlike those aristocratic ladies with empty heads, Miss Emily is not only beautiful, but also very intelligent. I couldn't understand a single sentence she talked with Baron Oscar.

The baron seemed to be very interested in these things, so he chatted with her very vigorously. They talked about planets, comets, the moon, what cosmic systems, and the affairs of some mathematicians, and they seemed to talk about these topics endlessly.

Miss Emily's emerald green eyes stared at the baron from beginning to end, her eyes full of friendship.Her voice is also very charming, and her thin red lips are opening and closing, which is indescribably alluring.

For some reason, I suddenly had a strong dislike for this young lady, even though this was the first time I saw her, I even secretly ridiculed her in my heart, don't waste my efforts, the baron doesn't like women at all.She even thought bitterly, it was really a shame for her to seduce a man so blatantly.

But then it occurred to me that the Baron had told me that he wanted to get married, even if marriage without love made him happy.

Yes, so what if Baron Oscar likes men?Is he not married yet?Sooner or later he would marry, and take a woman as his wife.

This woman must be beautiful, noble, well-bred, intelligent, and intelligent, just like this Miss Emily in front of me.

How well matched they were in the way they talked, their status and interests in common, and perhaps someday the Baron would propose to her.

What am I compared with her?

I am the son of a farmer and have never read a book. Can we talk about such a profound topic?Do we have common interests?The Baron and I have never been equals, and if I am worlds apart from Miss Catherine, I am still far from the Baron.

While I was lost in my confused thoughts, the Baron took leave of Miss Emily.

"I am very happy tonight, but I am a little tired, please forgive me." The baron bowed and said.

"Oh, please let me show you the way," said Miss Emily softly.

The baron frowned, and said in a flat tone: "Don't bother you, the servant can help me."

After speaking, the baron walked through the crowd and left first.

I hurriedly followed the baron and turned around inadvertently. I saw Miss Emily still staring affectionately at the back of the baron.

does she love himIf she loves him, that's fine... I thought.

From that day on, I tried to read some esoteric books.

I found several books that the baron had read in the baron's study, including "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" by Sir Isaac Newton, and "Algebraic Solutions of Equations" by Joseph Lagrange...

I don't know what I'm doing, I can't understand these books at all, whether it's music, literature, mathematics, they are all too esoteric and obscure, maybe the nobles are different, they can understand these books, but Not like me, dumb as a cow.

Even so, I still bite the bullet and read these books. Even if I can't understand them, it's good to memorize them.I thought maybe one day, when the Baron talked about these subjects, I could have a conversation with him instead of not knowing anything.

Until one day, I fell asleep on the sofa with a book in my arms, not because I was too tired, but because the content of the book made me sleepy.

When I opened my eyes, Baron Oscar was standing in front of me, looking at the book in my arms and raising his eyebrows.