Granville's estate

"Villiers Turner? Isn't it Villiers du Turner?"

"Hey?" Alred was taken aback when he heard what Louis said. "How do you know his name? Have you met him?"

Thinking of the embarrassing scene where he was just looking for a glass of milk this morning, but just happened to bump into that Villiers du Turner who was doing things to Mary in the mansion in Allaide, Louis didn't know how to describe himself mood at the time.

As far as his personal character is concerned, he hates this kind of frivolous people very much, but if this kind of thing is heard by others, it may cause a devastating blow to Mary's reputation-after all, Mary has not yet get married!

In the end, he chose to be vague: "I met him at your mansion this morning...well, with Mary. You weren't up then."

When the word "Mary" was mentioned, Louis pronounced it very vaguely, and it was almost impossible to hear who he was talking about in this noisy restaurant.

However, Alrede does not seem to be ignorant of the frivolous behavior of Mr. Villiers Turner. The evidence is that although Louis said very vaguely, Alrede guessed what he said almost immediately. What is it, and then showed a very tangled subtle expression.

Louis observed Alrede's expression, and added a little hesitantly: "Well...he said that you agreed with him to visit your place, because he is a student of the University of Paris just like you, Is that why you are so lenient to him?"

"What! There are so many students at the University of Paris, can every one of them come to me?"

Alred gritted his teeth angrily and lowered his voice.

"I happened to run into something between them at the beginning, and I just said that casually, not wanting to embarrass Mary-and guess what? The behavior of this Mr. Turner is really hard to describe!"

"How do you say that?"

When eating breakfast in the morning, Louis also reflected on whether his reaction at that time was too violent and whether his words were too heavy because of Mary's avoidance of him. Actually, isn't it the first time you've done something like this?

Louis knew the romantic atmosphere in Paris, but he was so eager to have an affair with the maid again and again at the master's house and was caught by the master, what kind of thing was that?To put it bluntly, Allaide was very tolerant of Mary. If she was in an extremely conservative province or a decent family in Paris that strictly abides by Catholicism, she would have kicked out the maid when she first found out; It would be fine if this kind of thing was not spread, but if it spread, the rumors alone would kill people, and no one in other decent families would dare to use such a maid, lest they hurt their own lady's reputation.In this way, the maid who was expelled could not make a living, and could only fall into prostitution, or die.

An innocent reputation is more important than life to an unmarried woman!Even the aristocrats who claim to be romantic can never tolerate their wives and daughters ruining their innocence before they get married-unless they can bring benefits to their husbands enough to make up for the loss of reputation, then miracles are not impossible What happened, such as the rumored Baron de Portandière, who was rumored to have married Miss Claudia, who had a bad background but brought a large dowry, on the verge of family bankruptcy.

Alred looked around, then hooked his fingers to let Louis get closer.

"To tell you the truth, I think that gentleman probably hasn't studied rhetoric, so he never understands people's polite refusals--take my polite words seriously and forget them, and I will put up with it for Mary's sake, anyway. Mary knows how to measure herself; but this Mr. Turner, his thinking is really unexpected! He actually wanted me to introduce him to the Vicomtesse de Bourgogne, and then asked the lady to praise him in front of the tax collector. Say a few words to get a good job with a good salary! To put it bluntly, I dare not even think about such a thing. What kind of status is he, the son of a small landowner in other provinces who only bought a few pieces of land in recent years That's all, even the word "Du" in his name was added by himself, no one admits it at all! I have rejected it several times, but he still has a chance to mention it, which makes me doubt it Is there something wrong with my ability to express, I didn't express my meaning clearly!"

Allred also seemed to be full of complaints about Mr. Turner, expressing a lot of opinions.

"Ahem, Al," Louis said, "your friend Louis du Fraentin is just a small provincial landowner who has only bought a few lands in recent years."

"That's different, your family tree can be traced back 500 years to the Earl of Don Tan, although it can't be far away now... Ah, look, he saw us, I dare say he will go Come up and say hello to us, show he knows someone who's worth showing off to his friends."

While Louis and Alrede were talking, Villiers Turner on the first floor--we'll call him that because Alred said he added the "Dou" himself--was in his When the friends of my friend communicated with the counter about where they could sit, this Mr. Turner kept watching the diners in the Brown East shop, judging their clothes and status; The first floor can see the location of the atrium. Correspondingly, it can also be seen by the people standing at the counter on the first floor, so they are unfortunately noticed by Mr. Turner who keeps turning his head.

Almost immediately, at the moment of recognizing Allred - I have to admire this gentleman's extraordinary eyesight! ——Villiers Turner showed a bright smile to the two upstairs, and after saying a few words to his friends, this Mr. Turner left his friends , went straight up to the second floor.

Alred pouted at Louis and winked at the stairs. The latter nodded knowingly, took out his handkerchief from his pocket and began to wipe his hands, indicating that he had finished his dinner.

As expected, as soon as Villiers Turner stepped onto the second floor, he walked directly towards the two of them. Joseph, who was standing behind Alred, frowned immediately when he saw his sister's lover, but this also Nothing could stop Mr. Villiers Turner's enthusiasm for getting close to Alred.

"Mr. de Granville, good evening! It is a great honor to meet you and your friends here. Did you come back to the Brown East shop on purpose to recall the previous days at the University of Paris?"

In all fairness, Villiers Turner is actually a handsome handsome man, but the overly slick smile on his face and the French pronunciation that seems to be full of saliva are really disgusting, let alone the kind People who don't know that he is frivolous will be suspicious of his overly attentive attitude.

"Good evening, Mr. Turner." Alred just showed the arrogance that an earl's son should have. He didn't answer Villiers' question, but just nodded slightly to Mr. Turner: "Nice to meet you here."

Anyone with a little understanding of the world can hear the perfunctory greetings in Alrede's words to people he meets by chance and is not very familiar with, but this Mr. Turner seems to be unable to hear it.

"It's a fate arranged by the Virgin Mary to meet you here!" Villiers Turner said, his eyes kept sweeping over the cups, plates and saucers on their table: "It's such a coincidence that you also drink Wine, I wonder if my friend and I have the honor to drink with you?"

"It's a pity, Mr. Turner, you came a bit late. We have finished eating and are about to leave, so we won't disturb your party."

"We don't mind, Monsieur de Granville." Villiers said, keeping his eyes fixed on the plate on the table where two pieces of veal and beef broth still remained: "You can have as much fun with us as you want." Drink until dawn, ah, I wonder if you would tell my friends something interesting about your Parisian society? If you can tell us some of the preferences of some high-ranking nobles, such as the Marquis de Simon and the Marchioness Things are getting better!"

Louis was stunned to listen to this Mr. Turner talking to himself. He cast a questioning look at Alred, and the latter responded with a helpless raised eyebrow—in just a short while, Louis had already I understand very personally what Alred just said about the gentleman who "can't understand the rejection of others" and "behavior is hard to explain".

——What is "we don't mind", what is "can you tell us something about the preferences of the upper class nobles"?To put it bluntly, whether it is in terms of birth, current status, or income, Alrede's status is higher than that of Villiers Turner. How can he say that the status of the two parties is reversed? words?If it doesn't look at the status of the two, others would think that Mr. Turner is the prince of some country, and Alrede is his helper who can be called around!