gentleman's manor

The dance lasted until two o'clock in the middle of the night, and when we got home in the carriage, we threw ourselves into the house and fell asleep, and slept until noon the next day.

After Anna and I had lunched, John and Daisy's carriage arrived, and he, on my advice, moved in with us temporarily until he found a new job.

The afternoon sun was shining brightly, but it was a pity that the wind was howling outside. Although the fireplace in the living room was burning vigorously, the room was still not so warm.Daisy and Anna were excitedly discussing about the prom. Women are always irresistible to these trivial matters. They talked about how a certain lady dressed, what a certain lady did, and how handsome a certain gentleman was.As long as they want to, they can chat happily all day long.

"I think you should wear that light blue dress." Mrs. Daisy suggested to Anna, "I'll practice dance steps with you later, so you won't be so nervous."

"Oh, thank you, I'm so glad you can come, I'm at ease with your company." Anna said happily.

"You might as well go and change your clothes now, so we can discuss what hairstyle to wear, and start preparing now, so that you won't be in a hurry when it's evening," Daisy said.

"You're right, we were late for the dance last time." Anna nodded and left the living room.

At this time, only Mrs. Daisy and I were left in the living room. We sat on both sides of the coffee table, and our eyes collided involuntarily.Daisy's green eyes were fixed on me, she opened the fan, and slowly pressed it against her chest.

"Mr. Constantine, I want to apologize to you." Her vermilion lips parted slightly, her tone sincere.

"I thought it should be a thank you, how could it be an apology?" I said with a smile.

"There are both apologies and thanks, but apology is the main thing, and I should have apologized to you a long time ago." Daisy's eyes lowered slightly: "I know you don't like me."

"Why do you think so? Are you blaming me? Or have I slighted you?"

Daisy raised her eyes and looked at me: "There are two reasons why you don't like me. One is that I have not fulfilled my due responsibilities to your sister, and the other is that you think I have deliberately seduced your friend."

The woman in front of me has a frank look in her eyes, but I must say that she is too blunt to know what euphemism is.

Before I could speak, Daisy continued, "So I want to sincerely apologize to you, especially about Anna. I left her irresponsibly. Here I beg your forgiveness."

"You don't have to be so madam, as long as Anna doesn't blame you, then neither will I," I said.

"Thank you for your generosity, but next, I may offend you by saying that I never regret being in love with John. Despite our mismatched status, our marriage is cursed, and John's father does not approve of us. , but I have always stood my ground. I love him and I want to be with him." She said with her chin held high.

"Ma'am, I think you have misunderstood me. I have never objected to your marriage, because this marriage is based on your love for each other. God has witnessed your marriage. Not only me, but anyone I should have some complaints about this, and I took the initiative to suggest that Mr. Martin accept you. I am dissatisfied with you for another reason, do you know?" I stared at her and said.

Mrs. Daisy froze for a moment, then lowered her head to think, as if she didn't realize where she was wrong: "It's...it's me..."

"You are John's wife, and I believe you love him, but it takes more than just love to maintain a family. Forgive me for crossing the line, you are also responsible for John's current situation."

"I also persuaded John to apologize to his father, but he was very stubborn and I couldn't help it," she explained.

"Ha! Persuade John to go home? Can you, the mastermind who provoked their father and son into enmity? If you say you want to rely on yourself and don't rely on Mr. Martin, I still admire you. But now that life is difficult, I will reach out to Mr. Martin Do you want money? This makes me wonder if your motive for marrying John is as pure as you said." I sarcastically said.

Daisy's face was pale, but her chin was still raised, and she said tremblingly: "I love John, there is no doubt about it. Of course we can rely on ourselves and don't ask anyone for money, and we will pay you back the money we borrowed from you sooner or later." .”

I shook my head and said: "Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to condemn you. There is nothing wrong with a lady who wants to marry a gentleman with a financial foundation. Maybe you are of different classes and will be treated by the upper class." Social exclusion and condemnation, but I think this is no different from those noble ladies without dowry who want to marry rich gentlemen, they can pursue rich husbands, and so can you."

Daisy took a deep breath and gave me a forced smile.

"What I don't think is appropriate is, as John's wife, why do you want to spend so much? It resulted in fifty pounds spent in a short period of time. Do you think you are dukes? You have to maintain this in the case of debt A life of luxury, it's your fault, no doubt about it."

"John is a gentleman, so we naturally have to maintain this kind of life. Once we lose the decency of a gentleman, we are still considered high-class people." Daisy said with great momentum: "Only by staying in the circle of high society can we have Opportunity goes up, once it falls into the clouds, we lose all opportunities and make people laugh. John is a gentleman, I will not let him belittle his worth by marrying me, I will help him maintain his dignity no matter what , even in debt.”

At this time, I suddenly felt that the woman in front of me had made the same mistake as me.Just like I tried to borrow money to help Anna enrich her dowry, because I love her and want her to get what she wants and marry the man I like.Daisy wants to help John retain his status and dignity as a gentleman, regardless of whether she is for John or her own vanity.We actually ignored each other's thoughts. What was John thinking?Had she asked his opinion?Does she care what he thinks?

"What do you think?" Anna ran down from upstairs, saw the strange atmosphere in the living room, and looked at us curiously.

"It's very beautiful, Anna. Just wear this dress tonight, and let Mrs. Daisy accompany you to practice the dance steps again, or the husband who dances with you tonight will suffer again." I said with a smile.

Anna glared at me embarrassedly: "I'm not always so clumsy. Mr. Burns praised me for jumping more and more proficiently."

Daisy also smiled and said, "Mr. Burns? Tell me quickly."

"No..." Anna blushed and said, "Mr. Burns is my brother's friend. Thanks to him dancing with me that day, I didn't have the embarrassment of not being able to find a partner. Otherwise, I would have sat all night, you don't know How many girls have been uninvited that day."

That evening, the four of us rode to the ball in a carriage.

Tonight is still a public ball, but it is held by a duchess, so the scale of the ball is larger than before, and the specifications are a little higher.

As soon as we walked into the ballroom, we saw Edward and Mike. The two were talking about something. When they saw us, they came over.

"Hi! Edward, Mike, long time no see, how are you?" John smiled and hugged the two. After greeting each other, John introduced his wife to the two.

"I didn't expect you to get married so early." Mike said with a smile.

"Dear friend, I'm different from you. I should be thankful to have a beautiful lady look after me." John stared at Daisy with affection in his eyes.

Mike glanced at Anna with twinkling eyes.

Anna was looking at the center of the dance floor, her face was glowing, and she said excitedly, "Lord Baron Hall is also here for the dance."

"Let's dance quickly, I can't wait." John, who has an offbeat personality, dragged his wife into the dance floor.

Mike walked up to Anna, and gracefully raised his half-bent arm to her. Anna smiled and held his arm, and followed him into the dance floor.

Edward and I were standing next to each other, and we seemed to be staring at the crowd, when I heard a muffled whisper.

"I want to lick you," he said.

My spine stiffened suddenly, remembering what happened when he took me to the cabin before I came to London.

I said we should reduce skin-to-skin contact, and he agreed, and we stayed in our nightgowns that day.But he got under my nightgown, hugged my lower body, licked and gnawed, and sucked those filthy places, more than usual.I had several orgasms in a row being licked by him, something I had never experienced before, and my mind went blank when it was over.Later I found out that he left a large ambiguous mark from the crotch to the heel of my leg, which took a whole day to disappear.

At this moment, Baron Hall came to greet us.I hurriedly shook off the inappropriate thoughts in my mind and smiled at him.

Baron Hall was accompanied by his daughter, Miss Bonnie, and he said to us with a smile: "Young gentlemen, you shouldn't just stand there blankly. This is my daughter, Bonnie, you've seen her before."

Miss Bonnie curtsied to us with a smile. Her etiquette was elegant and decent. Even the smile at the corner of her mouth seemed to have been measured, neither high nor low.She raised her head and looked directly at Edward, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Edward lowered his head slightly, his etiquette was not inferior to that of Miss Bonnie, and he said directly: "I wonder if it is an honor to invite you to dance with me?"

Miss Bonnie held out her hand to him, Edward held it back, and the two walked to the dance floor together.Before Edward left, he gave me a meaningful look, and then turned his eyes to his partner.

Baron Hall looked at them with a smile, then patted my arm and said: "Young man, don't just stand here and invite a young girl to dance, or you will be too unmannered."

Not wanting to raise eyebrows, noticing that there was no single gentleman around, I hurried up to the girls without partners, and invited a lady I knew.But my eyes couldn't be controlled to look in Edward's direction. He kept looking at Miss Bonnie and didn't look at me at all.

I suddenly felt very angry, empty and sour, and after this dance I couldn't go on anymore.I rudely left the dance floor, and then stood in the corner, following Edward all the time.Not only did he not stop dancing, he didn't even change his partner. He continued to dance the next dance with Miss Bonnie, and he even talked to her with a smile on his face.

The sound of the music suddenly became harsh, and everything at the ball seemed to disappear. I only saw Edward and his dance partner.

"Who is that man?" Suddenly someone touched me with an elbow, and I came back to my senses.

Mike didn't know when he stood beside me.

I looked in the direction he indicated and saw that Ana was dancing with Mr. Carlos.She looked at each other with a smile on her face, with a happy and silly look on her face.

"He is the heir of Baron Hall in our town, Mr. Carlos Hall, he should be very famous, haven't you heard of it?" I said.

"It turned out to be him..." Mike narrowed his eyes and said.

(There are many strange customs and rules in this era, which are difficult for us modern people to understand, but I am not good at explaining them long-windedly in the text, because it affects the readability of the article. So the author has something to say, it is best to read it)

The author has something to say: Daisy's setting is a vain and scheming girl, but she neither acts as a third party nor intentionally acts against others, it's just that Gao Zhi made a mistake.Mr. Martin's level is too high, and her combat power is beyond the charts. As soon as the two sides meet, she is blasted into a scum O(n_n)O~.On the contrary, Jenny Baihua's vision is much higher. Look at the man they chose. He is tall, rich and handsome, has no parents, is impulsive, and is so foolish~

Everyone's evaluations are correct, Daisy is not very good, but she is not that bad, at least she is many times better than Xiao Baihua and others.The vain and active low-level women also have personality, but the little vanity is cute, and the vanity is too much to attract attention, especially those who climb up by stepping on others and hurting others.

If you abuse Bai Hua, you will definitely be abused, please be anxious, let's settle the younger sister's marriage first.

Talking about the dowry issue, my information is very messy, I searched a lot on the Internet, and I copied this sentence: If a girl’s dowry is 3-5 times the annual salary of the other party, it is very suitable.I can't find the source either, so I don't know if it's accurate or not, but let's take this as the criterion for the time being.But there are not many women with heavy dowries. You can understand that "gentleman education" does not divide the family property.Therefore, if a girl has a dowry of 500 pounds, she is already very decent. She is undoubtedly a good wife for many people who work as doctors and lawyers, because their annual salary is only a few tens to two hundred pounds. Of course, this is only for middle-level people.For Mr. Carlos, if you don't have a few thousand pounds, don't even think about it.I will talk more about this in detail later, and you will know it after you have a look.

British pounds were very valuable in the past, converted into our RMB, 1 British pound = thousands of RMB, how much is 50 pounds?However, the prices of the two eras are different, and shopping cannot be done through time travel, so we cannot do this conversion.The article only tells you the British pound, don’t secretly convert it into RMB to measure O(n_n)O~

Many people are entangled with the question of money in the article.It may be measured in pounds, so everyone has no clear concept of money, so they feel that the hero spends too much, but he is too holy, and wants to help his sister climb high.

In fact, the male lead doesn’t cost much, and hiring servants is also necessary, because he is a gentleman, if he doesn’t have servants and his own house, he will be laughed at behind his back, and decent people won’t even make friends with him.why?Because you have to do it yourself, only the inferior people do it by themselves. This kind of plot is mentioned in many foreign novels, such as "Madame Bovary". "The South and the North" also implies that even if they are down and out, those who flaunt their identities also hire servants. The era of "The South and the North" has developed after the industrial revolution, and it is still the same. You can say that they are hypocritical and contradictory ?

In fact, the expenses of the upper class are huge, mainly in basic necessities of life, food, housing and transportation, but also to buy face-saving luxury goods, such as porcelain and so on.For example, Quinte Manor costs 800 pounds a year, plus the interest on the national debt of the host’s mother’s 5000 pounds dowry, which can actually earn 1000 pounds a year.But in order to maintain a luxurious life, there is not much left after a year.But they must be so extravagant, holding various banquets and dances every year, buying piles of clothes and jewelry, and hiring redundant servants.Because the more extravagant, the higher the status of the representative, this is a matter of face, that is, 'If you can't maintain the dignity you deserve, then let other capable people enter our circle'.The so-called 'circle' of high society is very important, equal to everything.There are such plots in many novels and movies. From the occasional conversations between ladies and gentlemen, it is learned that so-and-so has fallen down and no longer appears in the circle.

Then he tried to borrow money to marry his younger sister, and the hero gave his younger sister £500, which was actually in line with his status as a priest.He earns £150 a year and it makes sense to give £500 to his sister.Although I used a lot of high-sounding reasons to write this story of borrowing money, there is only one purpose in fact, which is to borrow money from Edward, because there is a corresponding story later, but it seems to be a bit wrong.But it doesn't matter, I deleted the latter part of the plot.Don't change what was written before, just be the protagonist White Lotus, wow.

We feel confused when we read a lot of Western classics. If I didn’t read the information, I would be confused. I’m afraid that I will make everyone read it. However, if these explanations appear in the text, they will be too long-winded. I don’t like this kind of style, so let's put it here.

I also said a lot of boring things like papers, I don’t know why~(≧▽≦)/~