Granville's estate

It was not until Villiers passed out that Moina let go of the handkerchief that was pressed on his nose and mouth. At this time, Villiers' face was almost dead, and Louis was terrified.

"Sologne, help me drag him to my girl."

Although she made such a shocking move, Moina was very calm, and she even stroked her hair leisurely: "Joseph, you can bring another basin of cold water, the ice the better, we have to Well 'treat' this Mr. Turner."

Logically speaking, Sologne would not pay attention to this kind of request, but he actually pushed Alred's hand away, and then walked over and grabbed Villiers by the collar - because Sologne is very tall Because of the reason, he dragged the fainted college student more easily than picking up a puppy.

"Moina, this may not be appropriate."

Seeing that Sologne was really going to the storage room where Mary was under the guidance of Moina, Louis couldn't help but stop him loudly. At this time, it was obvious that all grievances had to be put aside first, and he was more worried about the storage room People in: "This might irritate Mary again, and maybe, maybe we don't let her see this person again."

"No, Mr. Farentin, she should know about it." Moina replied, and she looked back at Alred who was standing there in a daze: "Didn't you say that even the most just law can't punish the person who betrayed her Is it? I want to let this shameless villain get the justice he deserves. The law can't do it, so I will do it for Mary."

She asked Sologne to drag Villiers into the storage room, so that Louis and Arred had no choice but to follow into the storage room.

To their surprise, Mary, who had been lying motionless for several days, sat up by herself, which shocked both friends: she sat stiffly like a puppet on the straw On the bed, her face was as white as a piece of paper, and her eyes were fixed on the person dragged in by Sologne—she didn't even show any resistance to the appearance of this strange man, Sologne.

"Mary."

Moina didn't seem surprised at all. She walked to Mary's bed and called her.

"I, heard, his, voice."

Marie stared straight at Villiers, her voice was hoarse and soft, almost pausing after every word.

This was the first time Louis and Alred heard Mary speak since the accident. Her voice had completely changed, and it was almost impossible to recall what her voice used to be like.

"That's right, that's him," Moina said, sitting sideways beside Mary: "Do you want to take a closer look at him?"

Mary neither shook her head, nor nodded, nor spoke, but Moina seemed to hear something, she turned to Joseph and said, "Wake him up."

Joseph came over with a basin full of cold water—in this weather, it is inevitable to catch a cold when pouring such a basin of cold water. , Joseph still did not hesitate to pour the basin of water on Villiers' face and body, and he kicked the man hard without hesitation.

The college student who was lying on the ground and poured cold water on his head started to cough. When he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was Sologne, who was as tall as a giant, who snatched him from the apartment, and then he was framed by him The two masters of the dead maid and Joseph, and the woman who had just nearly killed him sat next to the girl he had so vilely betrayed.

"Sir, spare me, spare me!"

The college student burst into tears immediately. He struggled to throw himself at Alred's feet and begged for his forgiveness: "Sir, please forgive me. I won't dare to do it again, never again!"

"You still want to have a next time?"

Alred almost kicked Villiers away who wanted to jump to his side. The anger accumulated in the past few days and the depression of meeting Sologne had nowhere to go, and he didn't care about what nobles should have. Graceful: "You dirty pig, scum that deserves to go to hell, dirty bastard! Why did you do such a thing to Mary?"

"I, I did not harm her, sir, I did not harm her, I have always loved her deeply."

Villiers trembled all over. When this despicable villain betrayed the girl who loved him so much and got a lot of money to squander, he certainly never thought that he would be caught by Alred, and even now he I can only rack my brains to justify myself: "Sir, please believe me, I, I love her, I have always treated her as my wife-Mary! Mary! You know I love you, don't you? I love you like you love me!"

"You bastard!"

Before Mary could respond, Joseph screamed first, and he picked up the wooden basin in his hand and threw it on Villiers' head: "You bastard, how dare you say such things, after killing my sister! "

This time there was no gypsy to stop him, Villiers' head was really hit hard, which made his head buzzing; and the people in the storage room just watched with cold eyes until Joseph When he wanted to do it again, Alred stopped him.

"How dare you say that you love Mary, and that you regard her as your wife?"

Allred said coldly that he was shocked by the baseness and shamelessness of this Villiers du Turner, which made him even more irritable: "Why, what you call love is to put Is she sold to those filthy places like a commodity? Villiers du Turner, you have the audacity to say that you are a student at the University of Paris. I think the cheapest beggars on the street are better than you Be more virtuous, at least they won't betray their companions!"

"No, no, no, sir, I love Mary, I love her dearly, and I am deluded by the devil."

After suffering such a heavy blow, maybe he realized that besides Moina, there was another Joseph who wanted to kill him. The college student couldn't help crying, his blue, white, red and purple face was full of tears: "I Confession, I confess, sir, I was blinded by the devil, it was the devil who spoke in my ear every day, tricked me into making a mistake, sir! That was not my decision in my sane state, it was the devil who covered me It's my eyes and my ears that made me err, sir!"

Sologne, who had been standing by the door with her arms folded and listening, suddenly sneered. He looked at Villiers as if he saw a pile of disgusting mud.

"A coward who dares to do what he doesn't dare to be." He briefly commented, and then turned his head, disdainful to see this so-called college student who dared not even admit his despicableness.

Villiers wanted to continue to quibble, but Alrede no longer had the patience to continue listening to those words that didn't make sense.

"I want you to tell the truth." He threatened Villiers darkly, "If you tell a lie, I will tie you up, first crush your fingers, and then cut off your hands , and cut off your tongue, anyway, even if you die here, no one will know, understand?"

While saying these words, Alred stepped on Villiers' right hand and crushed it twice with the sole of his shoe. This cruel action immediately made the college student unable to speak: "I, I promise, I promise, sir!"

"Very good." Alred said, he glanced at Moina who was sitting next to Mary: "I ask you, why did you betray Mary?"

"I-I need money, sir."

Villiers replied tremblingly, he still couldn't help but want to excuse himself: "I want to enter the Longchamp Daily News Agency, but I still need a little money. The people at the Lessing flower shop said that they can give me five hundred dollars. Francs, I, I need this money to buy some decent clothes."

He burst into tears: "Sir, sir, forgive me, I just don't want to be kicked out like that time in the Viscount de Bougogne's mansion, and I don't want to be looked down upon. Sir, forgive me, I was beaten by the devil and Vanity blinds the eyes—"

Five hundred francs, there is a slight deviation from the information brought back by Mr. Dumont's informant-but it doesn't matter whether he received five hundred francs or fifteen hundred francs (after all, it is normal for servants to embezzle and cheat) matter), the fact that Villiers du Turner betrayed Marie is beyond doubt.

"You dirty, shameless, vile pig! How dare you take such money!"

"I, as long as I get into the newspaper and become a reporter, the reporter's salary is very good, and I can bring Mary back from there in no time-ah!"

Before Villiers finished his defense, Alred kicked him on the thigh, which made the college student cry out in pain.

"Mary has given you several hundred francs before, and she didn't even ask you to write an IOU!"

Alred roared, he wished he could tear the shameless villain in front of him into pieces: "She advanced her wages, emptied her savings and gave you so much, but you sent her to that kind of place in revenge , you damn thing!"

The reason for this kind of betrayal is so ungrateful and chilling, even the most gentle-tempered Louis in the room couldn't help clenching his fists, wishing to punch Villiers in the face—and Joseph really Doing so, he punched Villiers in the face, nearly distorting half of his face.

"Sir, sir, help me!"

The college student was beaten until the corner of his mouth was bleeding, and he called for help indistinctly, but Alred wanted to go up and kick him twice, so why would he stop Joseph?In the end, Sologne stopped him, and the reason he stopped sounded very scary: "Don't just kill me casually, it's very troublesome to dispose of the corpse."

This sentence definitely scared the college student enough. In despair, he suddenly remembered that there was a girl here who loved him deeply, so he desperately wanted to seek her asylum: "Mary, Mary, help me! They want to Kill me, Mary, forgive me, Mary, I love you, I love you!"

Mary was sitting on the bed, under the dim candlelight, Villiers couldn't see her expression clearly, but for some reason, he actually developed a kind of absurd courage, thinking that he could use this girl's soft heart to leave here safely: " Mary, Mary, you must have forgiven me, haven't you? I know you love me dear, and I love you dearly, and I've made you my wife. Mary, my love for you As deep as the love for my parents, I am sorry that I did something wrong before, but I will definitely treat you well in the future, I love you, my love, I love you deeply."

Mary didn't say anything, didn't move, but Moina beside her suddenly laughed softly. .

"You said, you take her as your wife?" Moina said, she looked up and looked around the people in the storage room, and then briskly made a suggestion: "In this case, you should marry her as your wife." Your legal wife, just right, here are four men who can be witnesses."

As soon as these words came out, Villiers du Turner's chattering, disgusting confessions and confessions came to an abrupt end, like a quacking duck suddenly being choked.

"No, I can't." After a while, he stammered, "I, I can't take a maid as my wife."

This time, even Louis couldn't stand it anymore, he picked up a wooden stick placed by the door, and smashed it down on the shameless guy.

"Bastard! Bastard!"