The Sensory Animals of Ston Hill

Grace was grateful that the earl did not humiliate and scold him, but was asked a question that was harder to resist than humiliation: "Did he reject you because of the secret of your body?"

Grace replied, "I don't think...he sees..."

But he immediately doubted himself again: "I'm not sure, I don't know... I didn't understand anything at that time, I was too flustered..."

He was too flustered at the time. When he recalled afterwards, he was a little confused about which event came first and which came later. When he narrated to the earl, he was confused: "It was because I had a quarrel with Alan Ston …Oh, by the way, that day the Odor family came to the villa as guests, they had dinner together and chatted for a long time, Madam saw that it was getting dark, so she left them to spend the night in the villa, and Mrs Brown asked the servants to go to the guest room to make beds."

"I remembered, it wasn't that I quarreled with Alan Stone, it was because he was in a bad mood and deliberately made trouble for me. I think he just found out at that time..."

"Know about William's engagement to Miss Odor's family?"

"……Yes."

"Alan loves Miss Odor's family?"

"Yes."

The count raised his eyebrows in surprise, thought for a while, and asked again: "He knows that you and him are actually the same father..."

"Yes, he knows!" Grace hastily interrupted the earl, he was afraid that his blood relationship with William Ston would be revealed in this way.

The count stopped asking questions and let Grace continue.

Grace still speaks very confusedly. What happened that night was like a painting that was cut into many pieces, then thrown into the sky, and then fell to the ground, just as it remained in Grace's memory.

But he clearly remembered that it was Alan Stone's words that stimulated him: "When my brother gets married, he won't be able to remember your clingy little tail! They will travel first, and then move to the capital. Come back once a year. If mother visits them in the capital, they won't have to come back for years at all! He'll have a child of his own, and spend all his spare time teaching the child to spell and count, and he'll teach him Latin, you I can never pester him like this again!"

It was these words that drove Grace mad.

He originally wanted to bring a cup of tea to William Ston. They drank a lot of wine during dinner. William Ston couldn't drink well, and Grace was afraid that he would get a headache if he went straight to sleep.

The teacup in his hand broke, and he ran through the house until he found his brother in the diner.

William Ston was drinking wine alone. He turned his head after hearing the noise, and Grace saw his lonely eyes.

"Brother! Don't get married!" He threw himself on William Ston's knee, tears already streaming down his face.

"Grace..." William Ston called him softly, his hand was as gentle as his voice, stroking the top of Grace's head gently.

Grace suddenly remembered that it had been a long time since her brother touched his hair like this, and he used to do it a lot.

He was even more frightened. He seemed to have seen William Ston holding a baby and moving out of the house with his new wife.

He hugged William Ston's waist tightly, and looked up at him: "Brother, don't get married!"

He saw love and sadness on William Ston's face that made his heart tremble.

Grace threw herself into William's arms and kissed him hard on the lips.

She is an "illegitimate daughter", and she has already discovered some mysteries about the relationship between men and women from people's insults.He was born and raised here, and he has seen all kinds of servants and guests. He once accidentally fell asleep in the shadow of a flower bed and was awakened by strange noises, and he also hid in the bushes to be lazy. He was also good at stealing. Listen, he's seen all kinds of intimacy and infidelity.

He'd known since he was seven that this was the way to stop a man from marrying another woman.

"Grace?" William Stone leaned back in astonishment, leaving some distance from Grace.He drank the wine for a long time without getting wet on his lips, but at this time Grace licked it wet.

Grace held her chest with one hand, feeling her heart was about to jump out of her throat.He was so nervous that his whole body went weak, and he leaned forward again without being discouraged.

He found himself flying up suddenly, and it was William Ston who put his strong hands on his waist and hugged him up.

Since the day William Stone carried Grace to his bed and anointed his hands with ointment, Grace had often been picked up by him like this.

During William Ston's precious homecoming, he carried Grace to the horse and took him to "their" woods; carried him to the big rock by the river, and let little Grace rise from his height Come to see the sunset; hold him on the branch, let him pick the bunch of cherries he fancy.

But just like the gentle touch on the top of the head, Grace only remembered it now, it seemed that from a certain day, very suddenly, her brother never hugged him again.

But even when he was the most loved before, he was never hugged so tightly by William Ston.

His lips were sucked hard, and his tongue touched William Ston's.William Ston was always hot, his palms, his arms, his eyes and words always made Grace feel warm.And his tongue and lips were the hottest, as soon as he touched them, Grace was completely melted.

His soul left his body, and from above he watched himself entangled in William Ston's arms like soft vines, his body burning in William Ston's kiss.

The flames on his lips burned from his lips to his neck. He floated in the air and saw himself in William Ston's arms with his head raised, his upper body leaning back so that he almost fell, as if lying on William Ston's arms. in Stone's arms.

His brother's lips pressed against his throat, and under the kissed skin, his vocal cords trembled, moaning out William Ston's name.

William Ston is also calling his name, his voice has never been so strong: "Grace... my favorite Grace..."

Grace panted heavily with her mouth open, and it was only now that he had the energy to recollect what he had just tasted from William Ston's mouth.

It turned out that this was wine, not as bad as Sophie said.He thought again, no wonder those men are addicted to alcohol, this taste is really wonderful...

From the perspective of later memories, he saw that his body was so small in William Ston's arms.His back was lying on William Ston's arm, but the back of his neck was supported by William Ston's palm.He felt that he had turned into a puddle of water and was picked up by William Ston with both hands.He saw himself puffing out his chest as William Ston kissed his flat chest hard through his clothes.He saw himself trembling all over, his hands tightly hugging William Ston's neck.He saw his skirt being lifted up, and William Ston's hand slipped under the petticoat.He saw the hand touch the fullest part of his thigh, the fingers sinking into the flesh.He saw his other leg bent and wrapped tightly around William Ston's waist.

Then he thought that it was not he who saw it, but Alan Stone who saw it.

"Brother! You!—"

The hand left the petticoat, and the arm on his back also left. Grace flowed from William Ston's arms to the ground, and soon became cold...

"Alan Ston said, Miss Odor... saw it. My brother chased it out..."

"How many people know about this?"

"...If you count you, there are five people in total." Grace looked at the corner of the table blankly, feeling tired and relieved at the same time. He had never told anyone about this.

"You think Miss O'Dole didn't tell her parents?"

"...I don't think so. The next...morning, when they were having breakfast together, Miss O'Dole said she didn't want to marry...William. talking nonsense."

"What did William say?"

"William... said he was not good enough for Miss Odor, and the wife was also very angry, saying that the Odor family was treacherous, and my brother begged her not to say anything that would damage Miss Odor's reputation... He is always like this, always doing things for others Think about it."

"and after?"

Later, the marriage contract was cancelled. It was a verbal marriage contract, and it was a shameful thing. It didn't make a fuss outside, but the two families had a secret grievance.Alan Stone hated him even more, but also felt helpless towards him.

"I mean William, did he say anything to you?"

William. Stone did not say anything to him.He stayed alone in the study all night, and left home the next day after settling the marriage contract. He still had several days of vacation.Later, the border province was not peaceful, so he took the initiative to ask to be transferred to the south, and never came back.At first he still sent letters home every month, but after the war, communication was hindered, and even the letters came less frequently.

After William left home, Alan Ston handed Grace a letter on his behalf, with only one sentence on it: "I dare not ask for your forgiveness, I will spend the rest of my life to atone for this sin."

"He's just drunk." The earl actually spoke for William Ston.

"Yes, he was just drunk."