gentleman's servant

Like a grand occasion, there's a dance at the home of the richest and most powerful bachelor in the neighborhood.No decent family would miss such an opportunity, people are anxious to prepare, especially families with young girls, new clothes and jewelry are essential, to show their most glamorous side.Everyone is eager to try, everyone is talking, is this golden bachelor ready to marry a wife?

He has two manors, he is a viscount, he has a fortune, and he is still very young, my God!Even if he is a hunchback, whoever can get his heart is equivalent to getting everything.

So in the chilly wind, all the decent people in this county who were invited, large and small, all drove their carriages to Momeng Manor.

This is the first time Mr. Oscar holds a ball as a Viscount. No one dares to be slighted. There are more than 100 servants in the manor, and they have been tidying up the manor since yesterday morning.Clean the halls and guest rooms, replace the old carpets and curtains, polish the silverware and copperware, and finally tidy up yourself decently and brightly, so that all guests can see the most rigorous appearance of the manor.

That night, the ballroom was brightly lit and crowded with people. Luxuriously dressed men and women filled the living room. They either sat on the benches and chatted, or walked arm in arm with the crowd in the hall, or hid in the hall. What private things are being done in a private place.

Mrs. Alice was wearing a light blue silk dress, a color that was a little youthful for a woman of her age, but no one would laugh at her frivolity, after all, she was now the most noble woman in the neighborhood.What she wears will become popular, the topics she talks about will appear in the topics that others pay attention to, and her evaluation of a person's strengths and weaknesses will also become a sign of this person's life, just like a weather vane.

I guess this lady has never been so beautiful in her life, and the most beautiful thing is that almost all the ladies are around her. These decent and elegant ladies are flattering her, flattering her, and doing everything possible to make her happy .It would be nice to be her intimate friend and to be invited to the manor frequently.

A mother may not be able to decide which girl her son will marry, but her influence cannot be ignored.

Just when these ladies had good wishes and asked their daughters to come forward and kiss Mrs. Alice one by one, Mrs. Alice suddenly walked towards a certain guest with a smile on her face.

"Oh, honey, you're finally here. It's so cold, so you're not frozen!" Mrs. Alice asked warmly, looking at the beautiful girl in front of her with affection.

The earl's daughter, Miss Emily, stood there with a smile on her face. She was wearing a light yellow velvet dress with white lace on the neckline and long sleeves. The high waist design made the girl's slender figure clear. showed up.Her hair was combed into a simple bun, embellished with tiny white velvet flowers, and a simple cross necklace hung on her slender, white neck.

This girl dresses elegantly and plainly, but she can bring out her most beautiful face and noble disposition, as if she is telling the world that she does not need any jewelry embellishment, she is the most eye-catching jewelry in the world .

"Hello madam, thank you for your concern, I am very well." She smiled and greeted Mrs. Alice.

"Come with me, dear, I'll introduce you to my son." Mrs. Alice took Miss Emily's hand and walked through the crowds to the place where Oscar was chatting with a group of gentlemen.

"Oscar, dear, take care of Emily for me. She is a shy girl. It's not convenient for me to dance tonight, so you can lead her to dance."

"Oh, that won't work." Miss Emily is obviously more decent than this lady and understands etiquette, she flushed and shook her head: "This is not appropriate, even if it is not convenient for you, Madam, I shouldn't be the one to start the dance ,please forgive."

"What's the matter? My Oscar is also a very shy person. He hardly has any female friends. If I don't dance with him, he will have no partner. It's nothing if he doesn't have a partner. Is everyone doing it here? Standing?" Mrs. Alice thought she was humorously teasing her son.

As a gentleman, when someone introduces you to a dance partner, for the sake of the lady's dignity, never say no under any circumstances. Even if the lady is a little shy, the gentleman must take the initiative to invite her to dance.

"I'm honored to lead you to the dance." Oscar bowed to Miss Emily and said, "Would you like to be my partner in the first dance?"

Miss Emily was also very calm, she nodded generously, her wrist with a long-sleeved white silk glove gently wrapped around Oscar's arm.

The moment the owner of the manor led his partner into the dance floor, the dance officially began. The musicians began to play brisk dance music, and the surrounding guests also stepped onto the dance floor.

Miss Emily's father, Earl Harlock, was also present. When he saw his daughter dancing with Viscount Oscar, he felt so excited. You must know that the Earl still owes Oscar a Big money.

The dance partner of the master's dance is very special, usually the master and the mistress, the master and his relatives, and other noble women.Things become ambiguous when the hero's mother hands him a pretty girl and the two of them must lead the first dance.

I heard someone whispering.

"What? Are these two families getting married? I heard that there are many suitors for Miss Emily, why did you choose him?" The word 'he' has a certain meaning.

"I heard that Earl Harlock has gone bankrupt and has become a frequent visitor in the auction house. Although his daughter is noble and beautiful, it is a pity that she does not have any dowry. As the daughter of the earl, it is right for her to marry the viscount, not to mention that the viscount is disabled. I should be very happy to be able to marry such a beautiful and noble woman. If the Earl is not bankrupt, with his appearance, I am afraid it will be difficult to get the favor of a beautiful woman with a suitable status."

The dance was very successful, and the guests did not leave until three o'clock after the dance. Some guests left in a carriage that night, while others stayed overnight and said goodbye the next day.Some guests were invited by Mrs. Alice to stay in the manor for a long time.

Among them is Miss Emily, the daughter of Earl Harlock. Among Mrs. Alice's other female friends, this lady is not conspicuous, but everyone looks at her with a meaningful feeling.

The life of the nobles is very colorful, but it does not include the cold and depressed winter. In this season, most people hide in the small living room with a warm fireplace to pass the time.

People have invented various indoor games, among which playing cards is the most boring one. Currently, the most popular indoor activity is billiards, which is enjoyed by both men and women.But the most convenient thing to bring the relationship between young men and women closer is playing the piano and singing.

When a beautiful girl sits at the piano and plays, a gentleman should sit beside her and read the music for her courteously.When you are interested, you can also cooperate for a while, one person plays the piano and the other sings.

There is no need for extra language. In this romantic song, men and women meet each other's eyes, and with the soft beat, love sprouts in it.

If a beautiful lady has many suitors, it is natural that gentlemen line up, waiting for the opportunity to sit by her and look through the music for her.It's a pity that in Viscount Oscar's warm living room, the number of men is really... except for the viscount, who is a servant.

Therefore, the Viscount's appearance was very popular. Whenever Oscar appeared in the living room, the ladies would be very happy and invited him to come down to accompany them to have a good time.

As a gentleman, no man who knows etiquette can refuse such an invitation, so Oscar began to stay in the living room for a long time, accompanying the ladies in various leisure activities.

I found that he was no stranger to these parlor games, and was quite proficient in some of them.

"Miss Emily, why don't you sing us a song, we all look forward to your beautiful singing voice." Mrs. Alice suggested with a smile.

Then she looked at Oscar again: "Let my son accompany you, he will be honored to play for a beautiful lady like you."

It was a program of activities that Mrs. Alice would suggest every day, as she always tried to make Oscar and Emily a pair, and it was not difficult to see her strong desire to have Emily as her daughter-in-law.

They walked to the piano amid the encouragement of the crowd. Emily played an Austrian tune, and Oscar also joined her performance. With Emily's beautiful singing voice, this winter day was full of laughter.

And in the servant room, the most lively topic was this.

"Will our lords marry Miss Emily?"

"They look very well matched. Miss Emily is gentle and beautiful, elegant and noble. If they get married, they must be a very suitable couple."

"But I heard that she doesn't have any dowry, and we adults don't seem to be that interested in her."

"But Miss Emily has obviously fallen in love with our lord. Look at the way she looks at him. She must love him very much."

The topics of the servants are always inseparable from the nobles upstairs who are dressed in fine clothes, even a small matter can be discussed by them for a long time.

Lord Oscar will not marry Miss Emily.

I really wanted to put in this, he told me himself that the lady didn't love him, she just winked at every potential marriage partner, and she only showed affection because the Viscount was rich.

But at the same time, I couldn't help but think of what he said that day.

"I long for marriage, even if there is no love, even if it is not pleasant... I hope that a marriage without love can eventually evolve into love and family affection. I long for all of this..."

He hasn't sneaked into my room in the middle of the night since the ball at the estate, maybe because of the last bad breakup.

He didn't even have time to be alone with me, he was always around the women upstairs.

I don't know why he has to be patient and perfunctory them, I know he doesn't like socializing, he doesn't even like women at all, does he really want to get married?

I can't help being bored when rich men's servants make it clear to me that all gentlemen marry, and that they marry a good wife, even if they hate the woman, sometimes even just to keep the land.

And after marriage, they fool around with their beloved woman again, so there is a lot of love and money.

I never thought about what would happen to me if Oscar got married.

If before, I could leave him calmly and deceive myself that I didn't fall in love with him at all, but now... can I really leave him?

If one day he wants to drive me away, what will happen to me?