Granville's estate

It wasn't until Callister walked up to Louis and stretched out his hand to him that Louis realized that the other party had really appeared in front of him as if he had just woken up from a dream.

"You, why are you here?"

Louis asked, he held the hand extended by the viscount, and found that Callister's hand was very cold because of the cold wind. After hesitating for a while, he still covered his other hand, Wanting to warm up the other party: "Did you drive back to Paris on horseback? From the city of Duffray?"

"I originally prepared a carriage for my husband, but my husband thought the carriage was too slow, so he rode back with me."

Carbo, who was following Callister, said that he put his hands together and took a deep breath. This action made Louis react, and he hurriedly took Callister by the hand and led him to the fireplace in the living room. I personally added a few logs of firewood to the fireplace, and then called the doorman to hurry and get some wine for the master and servant to warm their bodies.

After some busy work, Callister sat by the warm fire with a glass of wine in his hand. Because his traveling cloak was already stained with dew, Louis found the velvet cloak that the Viscount gave him before. Come out, lest Callister get sick from the cold—of course, since there was only one such cloak at 79 Rue St. Georges, the valet had only one of Louis's old coats as a replacement.

"I heard from Dumont that some unfortunate incidents have happened to your maid here, which troubled you very much." Callister, who was sitting on a chair, said to Louis, and he looked around at 79 St. George Street: "You What about your friend?"

"Al went to Longchamp Daily, he wanted to find the person who betrayed Mary."

Louis replied, he sat down opposite the viscount, at that moment, he suddenly felt very tired, all the sadness, anger, bewilderment and fatigue since Mary's accident seemed to come up all at once, he couldn't help but put the whole The whole thing told Callister: "Sir, you probably don't know, I have never encountered such an outrageous thing, and I never thought that there would be such a despicable and shameless person in the world..."

Callister quietly listened to Louis' narration, he pondered for a while, and made the same judgment as Dumont: "If you want that man to be tried by law, it is basically impossible, unless Le The people at Mrs. Xin's flower shop were identified along with the customers who showed up in their shop that day, otherwise our laws really turn a blind eye to such things."

Trying to get a brothel (though they're called florists!) to identify their pimps along with the brothel clients is like counting on the river to turn back!Even though he was mentally prepared, Louis was still frustrated when he heard the viscount say the same.

"Sir, even you can't help it?"

Callister shook his head.

"Like many lover's houses in Paris, Madame Lessing's flower shop has the protection of a Marquis." Callister said, "I can't tell you who that gentleman is, but even I can It is impossible to force their people to testify in court, not to mention that the reputation of some nobles may be involved in this, it is absolutely impossible for them to let themselves stand in court."

"But are we to just sit and watch that Villiers du Turner get away with it? After he did something so despicable?"

"Things that cannot be dealt with by the law can only be resolved by means other than the law. I will let Dumont track down the whereabouts of that man." Callister said, he gathered the collar of his cloak, and his blue-green pair He looked at Louis intently with his eyes: "But I don't want you to get yourself into excessive worry because of this matter. Depression is the biggest enemy of health. I don't want you to damage your body for a maid. "

"I……"

Louis felt his eye sockets heat up, and he had to raise his head to avoid losing his composure in front of the other party: "I, I just feel worthless for Mary, she is such a kind girl, she has done nothing wrong. If you have to If it's wrong, it's probably because she shouldn't fall in love with that bastard."

"We can't predict the will of the Lord, but I believe that the Almighty God will give us the best arrangement." Callister comforted, "Even the most cunning fox can't hide in the cave forever without coming out to look for it." As long as that man is still in Paris, my people will find him sooner or later," he gestured, "you can do whatever you want with him then."

While talking, Dr. Muller came. This doctor may have drunk too much wine, his nose was red, his hair was messy, and his attitude was very bad. He kept complaining, and Peter, who was following behind him, Dad kept a smile on his face, lest he turn around and leave when he got angry.

"Ah, gentlemen!"

As soon as he saw Louis and Callister, Dr. Muller complained loudly. He didn't seem to recognize the Viscount, but took him for Alred: "It's so early in the morning, you guys are going to make a noise." Wake me up from sleep just so that I can treat a notorious woman! What, is she passed out, or is she going crazy again? I've said it all, you're going to tie her up like a lunatic in a lunatic asylum On the bed, you just don't listen!"

"Mary hasn't eaten anything until now, and only drank a little water, Mr. Muller, I am very worried about her."

Louis stood up, even though the doctor's attitude was very rude, he could only bear it silently as if he didn't hear it--Dr. He lost his identity, so he not only asked them for double the consultation fee, but also complained non-stop every time he came.

He personally took the case from the apprentice behind the doctor, accompanied the doctor into the storage room where Mary and Moina were, and politely asked the apprentice to stay outside: because the overstimulated Because of this, Mary had a hysterical reaction to all the men approaching, and they also spent a lot of effort before to make her accept the doctor to see her.

The storage room used as the maid's room is not spacious. Before Mary's accident, it was neatly tidied up here, but now it is a mess, with the straw that was originally used as a mattress and the rags used for work scattered. It's all over the place, but no one here is in the mood to clean it up anymore.

When they came in, Mary was lying rigid on the narrow bed of hard planks, straw and sheets, her eyes were sunken, her face was gray, her lips were dry, and her eyes took a long time to blink. If it weren't for the ups and downs in her chest, people would even suspect that she has returned to the embrace of God—the former flower-like, beautiful and lively girl has been destroyed, and instead, there is only a heartbreaking withering body.

"Mary."

Moina was holding wet cotton to moisten Mary's lips, while Joseph hid in the farthest corner from them—since Mary's accident, he was unwilling to leave his sister for a single step, but because of Mary's They couldn't get close to her due to their resistance, so they could only guard them in this way; after seeing the doctor, Moina approached Mary's ear and gently comforted her: "Mary, the doctor is here to see you." , don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid—”

Mary didn't respond. She lay there like a corpse, neither crying nor speaking, as if her soul had been sucked out, and only her body was left to deal with everything in this world indifferently.

"She needs a little bleeding."

Dr. Muller was reluctant to waste too much time with a maid, and after a few minutes of questioning Moina briefly, he concluded rashly: "It will make her feel better, and then you Then go to the pharmacist and buy some 'Jay Grove Potion' as I have done, it will do wonders, and it will make her better."

"However, she hasn't eaten anything or drank much water for two days in a row." Louis said, and he suggested with some anxiety, "Should we find a way to get her to eat some bread and milk first?"

"Ah, sir!" Dr. Muller was very impatient, "it's because she didn't drink anything, so her blood has become very viscous, do you understand what I mean? If you don't give her some blood at this time Well, blood that was too viscous would have killed her; as for her not eating for so long, it was not a problem, and all those who had taken Jay Grove's potion reported that they became energetic after taking it, Very powerful."

"Although you say so, the effect of the so-called 'Jay Grove Potion' may not be as miraculous as you think, Dr. Muller."

Callister, who stood at the door of the storage room, said that he keenly pointed out some of Dr. Müller's fallacies: "A month ago, a doctor published a public notice in the "Rheinische Zeitung", telling people that the so-called The "magic drug" Jay Grove's potion is just a scam constructed by a few low-level pharmacists. They added sugar, coffee and laudanum to the potion to increase the energy of the people who took it. illusion."

"I say, sir."

When his medical skills were questioned face-to-face, Dr. Muller's face suddenly darkened: "You probably don't know that I have practiced medicine for more than 20 years..."

Just when Dr. Muller turned to argue with Callister, perhaps hearing the voice of a strange man, Mary, who had not responded to their arrival, suddenly turned her head and looked towards the door.

"Ahhhh!"

After staring fixedly at the men at the door for a while, she suddenly screamed loudly, which shocked everyone, and then, Mary waved her hands wildly, and she grabbed her Everything she could grab: the wooden pillows, the straw for the mattress, the cotton that Moina had been holding to wipe her lips, even the wooden bowl of water—everything All of these were thrown indiscriminately by the crazy woman towards Louis and Callister.

"elder sister!"

"Mary! Mary, calm down!"

"My God! She's gone mad again!"

Dr. Mueller had obviously seen this kind of situation before. He dodged the wooden bowl that was thrown at him with his head in his arms, and then fled out of the storage room in a short body. He did not forget to blame Louis who was left behind by him To Callister: "I've said it all, you'd better tie her up like a madhouse for those insane patients - but you just won't listen to me!"

"I can't do that to her, please do something, doctor!"

Of course, this is not the first time Louis saw Mary like this, he was sad and worried, but the only thing he could do at this time was to let Moina, who was the only one who could get close to Mary, clean up the mess: "What medicine do you prescribe? I have people buy it for her, as long as it makes her feel better."

And when Moina managed to calm Mary down, Callisto had to leave, and he had to return to Darfray before Count Artois asked him.

"Don't worry too much, let alone make yourself sick."

Before leaving, Callister told Louis: "If there is anything you can't solve, go to Dumont, and I will tell him to take care of your needs here."

Not long after the viscount left, Alred came back, he looked quite depressed, maybe Mary's incident hit him too much, even if he learned from the gatekeeper that Callister had been here The news, he did not become as angry as before.

"Why is he here? Do you want to see my jokes?"

Alred complained angrily, but he didn't say any more bad things about the Viscount, but just told Louis: "I saw the editor-in-chief of the Longchamp Daily today, but he doesn't know about Villiers Turner. whereabouts, but only said that he had returned to his hometown."

"Did you tell the editor about Villiers and Marie?" Louis asked.

"Oh, of course I told the gentleman about the meanness of that scumbag!"

Alred replied angrily, but when recalling the contemptuous smile of the editor-in-chief of Longchamp Daily, he couldn't help gritting his teeth: "But, you probably don't know, the editor-in-chief actually said, 'A woman who doesn't know self-respect is It is not worthy of respect, if a girl says she has a lover, she must have a hundred other lovers; in this respect, M. Villiers du Turner has set an excellent example, He admonished our women to keep their place.'—Listen, what is that! And he said, 'I would welcome that gentleman any time to be a reporter for my paper, and would testified for him when he was a man of integrity and honesty, and would never let him be troubled by false accusations from an unworthy woman', Holy Mary, I was so angry I wanted to punch Knock out that guy's front teeth!"

"This, this is all nonsense!"

Naturally, Louis would not have imagined that after Villiers did such an extremely morally corrupt thing, there would still be people who would appreciate the deeds of that shameless person: "Holy Virgin Mary, how could the editor-in-chief say such a thing?" if!"

They talked in a low voice so as not to be heard by the already irritated Mary, and after hearing Alred's voice, Moina came out of Mary's room and stared at the two. The friend looked at it for a while, then went straight to Louis.

"I gave her a little milk mixed with laudanum according to the doctor's instructions, and she just fell asleep." Moina said to Louis, and she glanced outside the door: "Who was that person who came here before?" ?”

"Who?"

Louis froze for a moment, only to remember that Moina didn't seem to have seen Callister: "That's Mr. Viscount Callister de Durand, he has left, what's wrong?"

"De Durand? He was a nobleman."

Moina turned her head, and she stared at Louis for a long time, as if studying whether his words could be believed.

"His blue-green eyes seem to be rare."

"Ah, that's true," said Louis, a little puzzled: "But, Moina, why are you bringing this up so suddenly? He didn't mean to scare Mary, he didn't know that Mary couldn't see strangers now. "

Moina ignored his words, and this time she turned to Alred who was next to him.

"Has that gentleman been here before?"

"You mean Durand? He did come once." Alred said, he thought Moina was referring to the time when the viscount took Louis to the Rose Club, and that incident made him very angry when he talked about it : "God, his coming once is enough for me, I don't need more!"

"Really? So, it really is him."

"What is he?"

These increasingly weird questions from Moina seemed strange no matter how they looked, Louis couldn't help hesitating, for some reason, a strange uneasiness suddenly appeared in his heart.

"Mary, when she was shut up in that lover's room that night," said Moina, speaking very slowly, keeping her eyes on Louis: "Whoever entered the room where she was, It's the man from just now."