gentleman's manor

Anna reluctantly sent me to the carriage. She has grown up a lot and knows the sorrow of parting, the estrangement of people, and who loves her and who hates her.She wants to write to me, but I dare not tell her the address of my school, and there are many things that I can't help.

Besides, Butler Simon is leaving Quint Manor. Anna has lost another person who can protect her. I know that she has suffered a lot of grievances at home alone. Elizabeth and Joseph often bully her. Madam Jenny has always been very kind. But there are countless soft knives behind the scenes.

I said to Anna: "You have to know how to please our sister-in-law Helena, she may not care about you, but she hates Mrs. Jeanne, you are in agreement on this point. But don't do anything for her, pretend to be timid Just be afraid, otherwise you will pass out, do you understand? When you are 12 years old, your father will definitely send you out to school, and you will be fine by then."

Anna said yes, and she stood by the side of the road, waving my handkerchief goodbye.I watched her until her little figure was gone.

Butler Simon in the carriage looked at me and hesitated to speak.

"Simon, do you have something to say to me?" I asked him.

Simon sighed deeply, and frowned: "I didn't want to tell you originally, I was afraid that you would be sad if you found out, and I was afraid that you would quarrel with Master and Master William."

"I've grown up Simon, I swear to you I won't be impulsive, you can trust me," I said.

The old butler's gray eyes were fixed on me: "You and your grandfather are really similar. You are both gentle, gentle, noble, tough and stable gentlemen. I can't imagine that Master and Master William would do such a moral thing."

He said: "You know that your mother, Mrs. Margaret, left you three brothers and sisters a dowry of [-] pounds. According to the general situation, the money can be inherited when Master William is full. He inherits the first [-] pounds. You and Miss Anna have a thousand pounds each, but .

Originally, I still had a little warmth towards my family, and I laughed at myself and said, "Did my father and brother reach an agreement?"

"Master William originally refused to agree, but the master threatened him with his marriage. You know that Master William is not yet 21 years old. His marriage will not count if the master does not nod. He wants to marry a wife as soon as possible. So I agreed to the master's request and divided Mrs. Margaret's estate with him. And you and Miss Anna are too young to fight for your own interests. Go away." Simon sighed.

No wonder I didn't have any inheritance at all when I went to a law firm to inquire about it in my previous life, so that's what happened.

"It's nothing. Since they did this, I have nothing to say." I said to Simon: "Don't worry, I will take good care of myself and Anna. Besides, I graduated from Locke School. Even if I don't If you are rich and powerful, you will not suffer from hunger or cold."

"May the Lord bless you, my poor Young Master Adam and Miss Anna." Simon was already in tears.

……

When I returned to school, I found John sitting in the lounge with a distraught face. The sadness on his body was so heavy and his face was so pale, as if he had suffered life and death.

I took off my cloak and handed it to the doorman, and stepped over to his side.

"What's wrong with you John?" I asked him anxiously.

As soon as he saw me, John couldn't help crying. He cried very sadly and kept saying, "She's dead, she's dead..."

"Who's dead?" I looked at Edward beside me.

"Who else? John's sweetheart, the woman he's been thinking about for half a semester." Edward said.

"She... she was really pregnant... woo... They came to the door, and my father gave her father 50 pounds to give birth to the child and send it to the church orphanage." John said and cried.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Her parents were ashamed and kicked her out after taking money. She...she died on the street somehow. She was only 16 years old. It's all my fault, woo..."

I took him over and hugged him tightly: "Brother, be strong, everyone will suffer from birth, old age, sickness and death, but as a man, you must persevere. Although she was unlucky in life, she and her child will rest in heaven after death. You want to open it."

John cried for a long time, and then I took him back to his room and watched him fall asleep before leaving.

Edward has been waiting in front of my door, seeing me coming, he suddenly hugged me.

"Hey! What are you doing?" I was staggered.

"I miss you so much, how are you doing these days?" He hugged me hard, stroking my back with his hands for a long time before finally letting go of me.

I said to him with a little embarrassment: "I'm fine, and I miss you too."

He stared at me closely with deep eyes, just when I thought he was about to do something, he turned around and let me go out the door, and said softly: "You are very tired, go to bed early, good night."

"Good night." I walked into the room and closed the door. I knew he had been standing at the door and never left.

I leaned against the door panel, thinking about the way he looked at me just now, my heart was in turmoil.

I'm not stupid, and maybe a year ago, I could have tricked myself into saying that he was just a kid, and all he was doing was out of friendship.But now, I am more and more uncertain. Whenever I see his eyes fixed on me, I feel that I have nothing to hide.His eyes are tough, domineering, and aggressive, but sometimes they are as soft as spring water.

I have a strong urge to avoid him, I feel like I'm afraid of him.

In my previous life, I never fell in love with anyone. My wife was forced by my father. Although she was beautiful, she was very arrogant. She was very arrogant to me, and finally killed me. I only feel pain when I think of her. , without any tenderness, so I don't know what the love others say is what it feels like.

John said that he was so in love with her that she was the only one in his mind, and he couldn't even do anything.When she died, his heart seemed to die as well, and everything around him lost its color.

I don't know if I will also experience such magnificent emotions. I am a very introverted person. I don't like thrilling and ups and downs in life, but only like calm and stable days.And I know that a peaceful and stable life must not be shared by two men.

This year's summer is extremely hot, coupled with several days of rainy days, the air is humid and stuffy, which makes people feel depressed.

John was sad for many days, unable to cheer up all day long. Mike, who had taken us to brothels, found out about this and urged us to take Mike out to have fun and relax.

In the evening, we sat around a coffee table playing cards and chatting.

"The girl he liked is dead, and there is still his child in her stomach. We can understand that he is sad, but it has been more than a month, and he is too sentimental. It is time to help him out." Mike said: "You know' Sheep Lady Ranch'?"

Mike's family came from France, and later settled in England, but he still has a strong French style, and the biggest feature is his romantic nature. He is only 15 years old, and he often goes to brothels and socializes with those high-class courtesans.And he was tall, not like a teenager at all, but like a handsome playboy.However, he himself is very loyal and cheerful, and likes to make friends, and the students at the same level like him very much.

"Where is it? I haven't even heard of it." said the son of a well-educated lawyer.

"Tsk tsk tsk." Mike shook his head: "Your lives are too boring, and you don't even know what it is to have fun. 'Sheep Women's Ranch' means that women are enclosed in the ranch like sheep, and you can go in and do whatever you want."

"Whoa!" someone screamed. "Sounds good, guys, we should go shopping."

"Sounds like a place for low-class whores." I dropped a card on the table and said, "It's not decent to go to that kind of place, gentlemen."

"Oh my god, our Adam is here again, my dear, you are only 15 years old, why are you like those old-fashioned people who live in the Holy Land of Christ, they can't touch women for a lifetime, but once they touch the soft and white ketones of women They might even be able to pawn a silver cross to pay whoring money." Mike laughed.

"It's a kind of masquerade ball." Edward sat across from me, he threw out a card and said, "Admission by ticket is like a large-scale garden party. It’s just that aspect of things, it’s okay to go shopping.”

"So, has everyone decided?" Mike waved and said, "Okay, let's carry Mr. John out of his room!"

Several restless young men swarmed upstairs and really carried John out.

"You! What are you doing?" John asked nervously, his body hanging high in the air.

"Don't move around, my brothers will take you out to play." Mike patted John's buttocks and said.

So far, I have no choice but to put on my coat and get on the carriage to the 'Sheep Girl Ranch' with these young men.

'Sheep Girl Ranch' is on Felisk Avenue, but in the evening, I saw the bustling crowds, and it was really full of excitement.We sat in the carriage, and we could see beautiful girls wandering the streets.

Mike educated us very knowledgeably, and said in a chant-like tone: "These are low-class women, don't touch them, you will get sick if you are not careful, when you enter the ranch, look for women who have settled in high-end brothels , They are the key points, some of them are down-and-out gentlemen's daughters, they are all waiting for our mercy."

"What are you talking about, we all know." Someone interrupted him impatiently, and then looked at the woman standing on the street with contempt.

They are all sons of the upper class, and they have a natural contempt for these women. Even if they are beautiful, it is useless, and they even feel that their status is hurt when they are close to them.

Through the crowded streets, we finally arrived at the gate of the 'Sheep Girl Ranch'.

There were two tall porters outside the door, and they let us in after we paid three shillings each for tickets.

At the entrance of the ranch, there was a table full of masks, and a woman with a golden feather mask said to us: "Gentlemen, please choose a mask to wear."

The patterns of the masks are mostly simple and repetitive, and it is really hard to recognize who is who after wearing them.

John looked more relaxed. He put on a white mask and said to me: "This is really interesting, let's go for a walk."