gentleman's manor

Edward told me that he was going to have a showdown with Lord Femont.

"He can report us, but I want to let him know that I would rather die than be separated from you." Edward looked at me and said, "He had forced me to death once that year, even so I would Can't hate him because he raised me. Meeting you brought me back to life, and if he pushes me again, then I'll have to fight him to the death."

"Don't be impulsive." I said worriedly.

Edward smiled and said, "Don't worry, the Earl is also a man who knows the times. As long as I give him enough benefits, he won't confront me head-on."

"But will he? Your brother can't pass on heirs..."

"Nobles have their own ways." He patted me on the shoulder and said, "When they have no other choice, they always have their own way, so don't worry about them."

So Edward and I made an appointment to leave England together in a few days.

When Edward was about to leave, I went to say goodbye to Anna and others.Anna was in the early stages of pregnancy and was vomiting badly every day. When she heard that I was leaving the UK to go overseas, she was very surprised and cried and refused to allow me to leave.I said with all my heart that I was going to preach overseas, and I had to go no matter what.

Mike persuaded Anna to go upstairs, then looked at me silently: "I will take good care of her, don't worry."

Mike had been told early on that we were leaving the UK. Although he felt sorry, he couldn't say anything.After all, if Edward and I want to be together, it is impossible to live in England.

"Write to me often and let me know about you," he said.

"I will." I hugged Mike and said goodbye.

Another person whom I cannot part with is John. We have been friends since we were boys, and I have received many favors from his father, Mr. Martin.When I went to say good-bye to them, Mr. Martin was making arrangements for the engagement of John, and to my surprise, John was married to Miss Bonnie.

No wonder everyone likes Sir Baron Hall, he is indeed a good gentleman who is approachable and good at making friends with people.His eldest son married a merchant's daughter for a dowry of ten thousand pounds.His daughter married the businessman's son, and received strong support from Mr. Martin in his business ventures.Will people laugh at him?Maybe, but no matter who he is, he will envy his flourishing and prosperous life.In this world, people who are good at drilling can always have an easier life.

John has found a new job and plans to enter politics.He greeted me with a smile on his face, told me about his farewell, and said he would write to me often, but he didn't say a word about Daisy.He looks more and more like his father, Mr. Martin. I think of what Mr. Martin said when he visited my house that year. He told me firmly: "Because he is my son..."

It seems that the person who knows John best is his father.It was old Mr. Martin who told me about Daisy, and he had a long talk with me alone in his study.

"I heard you took her in?" asked Mr. Martin.

"Yes, she has been pregnant for several months, I can't see her wandering outside alone." I said defensively.

But Mr. Martin smiled and said: "I know that she is pregnant with John's flesh and blood. I will not do anything to that woman. You don't have to be nervous. On the contrary, I would like to thank you, because you took her in so that she would not bring her If something happens to John's child, John will be sad again."

Then he handed me a check for a thousand pounds and said, "That's enough money for that kid to grow up and be rich, but he has nothing to do with us, do you understand?"

I took the check and thanked Mr. Martin on Daisy's behalf, which I thought was the best thing for Daisy.So when I handed the check to Daisy, she hugged her stomach in a daze, and silently accepted the check without saying anything.

Today I went back to church to preside at the last mass.Wearing white sacrificial attire, several priests surrounded me and walked towards the church. Suddenly, a man covered his face rushed towards me, threw something at me and then ran away quickly. He chased after him madly, but he still escaped.

"It's really terrible. Someone in the world has offended His Excellency the Bishop!" An official said dissatisfiedly. He swept the dust on his shoulders and said, "What did he throw at us?"

However, two days later, several councilors who followed me suddenly fell ill, and one of them was the first to show symptoms, with small red bumps all over his face.

The sudden appearance of the epidemic alarmed the whole church. The cathedral was closed and no one was allowed to enter or leave. All the people living in the church were locked in their rooms and could not contact outsiders.

The smallpox epidemic reminded me of the masked person that day, and a sense of familiarity suddenly came to my mind. I remembered that I had encountered this kind of thing in my previous life.Once when I was riding a horse, a masked passerby threw a handful of dirt at me...

While I was very worried, Edward returned from Lord Femont, and he stood outside the house, talking to me through the window.Seeing that I was not sick, he let out a heavy breath, crossed himself on his chest and said, "Thank the Lord, you are fine. I was frightened to death when I heard that there were smallpox patients in the church here." Then he said anxiously : "How are you feeling? Is there any discomfort..."

"Edward, the smallpox this time is not that simple. Someone deliberately tried to harm me." I interrupted him.

Edward's face changed instantly, he shook his head in surprise and said, "Is it my father? I clearly warned him, how dare he!"

"No, it's not Earl Fairmont." I said hastily, "I'm not very sure, but...you can check on my stepmother and younger brother to see who they have been in contact with and what they have done recently."

"I'll send someone there." Edward said, lying on the glass, "but I want to stay with you here, you open the window and let me in."

"You can't come in, are you crazy? There is an epidemic here."

"But……"

"It's nothing to worry about. I'm fine. Maybe I won't be infected at all. The officials who stood with me that day were all infected, but I'm fine so far. If you come in, if you get infected what to do?"

Edward hesitated for a moment and said, "I will come to see you every day. Be careful when you are alone here, and don't come into contact with anyone."

"Don't come, I'll be fine, you have to trust me. The most important thing now is to help me find out who is trying to kill me, otherwise I will hide this time, and I won't be able to hide next time."

"No matter who it is, I won't let him go!" Edward said, knocking heavily on the window sill.

A few days later, Edward brought me a message that confirmed my suspicions.

"Your brother hired someone to throw dust mixed with the bodily fluids of smallpox patients at you. That person didn't know what he was throwing, and he got smallpox as a result. The people I sent didn't dare to go near him. Hearing that he was sick and dazed and still cursing your brother loudly."

"Damn it!" It turned out that Joseph and the others were really trying to kill me. Even if they killed me, they would not be able to inherit my inheritance at all, and they still wanted to use this method to kill me to vent their anger.

"Don't worry, they can't do anything bad anymore." Edward said to me through the glass window.

"what have you done?"

"Huh!" Edward snorted and laughed, without any explanation, just said to me, "I'll wait for you to come out."

A few more days later, after confirming that I was really not infected, I finally walked out of the church.Several low-ranking members of the church have died of illness, and smallpox is still spreading, but the impact is not great.

Edward and I packed our bags and boarded the ship leaving England together.No one knew that we left secretly, and I took little William with me. This child who was born with a disease cannot be left to Anna to take care of alone.

The coast is gradually moving away, and there is a vast sea in front of us. We don't know what the future holds, but we have to embark on a journey.

Edward and I are people who deviate from the rules of society. Only by getting rid of all the burdens of social responsibilities can we get this precious freedom. Is it all worth it?I dare not say now, maybe I can only answer this question in the future.

Over the years, we have traveled all over the world, from one place to another.Edward told me that he is very happy, because he is a person who likes adventure and the sea. This kind of life is what he really wants. It makes him happier than living in a stable land all year round. The most important thing is to have I have been with him all the time.

Little William grew up with us. He is indeed a different child. Although he is extremely pale, it does not damage his beauty. He has an extremely beautiful face since he was a child. It is not so much like his father William Said more like his grandpa Dean.But his character is a bit like Anna, a gentle and timid child.When he was 12 years old, we sent him back to England to study, and we also met people we hadn’t seen for a long time.

Anna has given birth to three children, two daughters, a son, and another in her womb.She has gained some weight, but the smile on her face is still warm and gentle. She has been living a very happy life these years.Mike kept his promise when he proposed and protected her like a treasure.

Edward's father had an heir, and although his brother was barren, his wife bore him a son.Sure enough, as Edward said, the nobles will always find their own solutions.

John entered Parliament, and he became more and more like Mr. Martin, slick but not annoying.We are still friends, we have written to each other all the time, and he and Mrs. Bonnie have had a son, and only one, over the years.

Mrs. Daisy lives alone with her daughter in the house I bought in the small town of Vernon.She didn't remarry, but she still didn't let go of her drive to squeeze into high society. It is said that she spent a lot of effort on her daughter.

The former Mr. Carlos has now become Baron Hall. He and his wife have raised two sons.Their relationship was still as icy as ever, with the baron looking for women and the baroness looking for men.But they were still an excellent couple, the Baron's family still had a good reputation, they were rich, decent, and aristocratic.I think a few years later, two new Mr. Carlos will appear in Baron Hall's house, and they will fascinate many outstanding ladies.

Then, while out one night, I saw two women fighting on the street on the East Side.

They were dressed in shabby clothes, but they wore heavy make-up, they were covered in dust and dust, and there were many dense and disgusting bumps on their faces and necks.Not far away is a low-class brothel, presumably the prostitutes there.

However, the light of the oil lamp flashed by, and I saw the faces of the two women, Elizabeth and Catherine.They tore each other's hair, rolled and pinched each other, and some dirty, drunk men surrounded them and cheered.

After watching for a while, I got into the carriage and urged the driver to leave.Then I saw an old woman head-on, she was wearing a ragged coarse cloth skirt, and she was pulling a pair of wooden slippers on her feet.Her face was thin, her eyes were dull, her hair was all gray, and she was as dirty as if she had rolled in soot.She watched her daughter fighting with someone from a distance, but she just watched blankly, and stepped forward with staggering steps.

I thought of the noble and beautiful Mrs. Jenny many years ago. She had a charming smile, waving her fan gently, standing beside my father with a smile, and a few words caused my father and William to quarrel.

Suddenly, her eyes turned to my direction, and there was some light in her dull eyes. She shouted at me: "Dean! Dean!" But after walking two steps, she stopped again. I think she probably looked at me. cleared my face.

The carriage has gradually drifted away, but the woman has been standing there, looking in the direction of my departure.Behind her, the two once young and beautiful girls were still fighting each other, and a group of men around them were applauding.

During these years overseas, everything in the UK seemed to be far away from us.Instead of staying in England, we set off again, we went to India, and settled down in a wealthy city, building two adjoining houses.The house was built close together, and there was a secret door connecting our bedrooms to each other.

Time is like running water, going round and round, I have been entangled with Edward for decades, and we are still together, just like when we first met.He drew a lot of pictures for me, together with the pictures he drew when he was a child, he witnessed the process of me growing old a little bit from teenager to youth to middle age.But the friendship in the painting is always the same, his brushstrokes are always so full of affection, and something called love flows in it.

There is unnameable love in this world, which is always betrayed and despised by people, but the existence of this kind of love cannot be denied, let alone its purity and perfection.But this world can't understand, can't understand this love that should exist, people laugh at it, spurn it, and make this love a sin that can never stand in the sun.

Our love is like this, it has never stood in the sun for a lifetime, but we still hold hands and walk down the road hand in hand.

The man who has been with me is standing at the gate at this moment, in the bright sunshine, he looks at me with a smile: "Hurry up, Adam, we will ride a camel to see the historic site today, we will not be able to go home in time if it is too late. "

I walked up to the man, straightened his tie and said, "Okay, let's go now."

I looked at Edward and suddenly remembered my boyhood.That day, he hurried in from the outside without even taking off his cloak, which was covered with fine snowflakes. He held his chin high, but said to me very embarrassedly: "I will keep my word and come to accompany my friend as soon as possible." I hope you are not too lonely when you are alone..."

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