The Sensory Animals of Ston Hill

Grace wasn't talking nonsense when she said she was going to Hatter Row, where the children now lived on the second floor of a house on Hatter Row.The landlord is a couple, surnamed Sharp, who are also the current guardians of the children. The first floor of the house is a millinery shop opened by the Sharp and his wife.

Grace has already figured it out, choose the most expensive looking one in the Sharps' shop, and pretend that she bought it in Crown Plaza; if His Majesty wants to ask, he will say that it cost three thousand pounds.

Their carriage stopped in front of the store, and Grace jumped out of the car and shouted: "Mr. Sharp, I want to buy a hat from you today! I want the most beautiful!"

Mr. Sharp dresses like an aristocrat, but is really only a craftsman, and has a simple disposition.He came out of the store, greeted Grace and the others politely like the servants in those big mansions, and then said to Alan Stone: "Captain, the colonel is here too, and he is teaching Luca. "

The "Colonel" he was talking about was William Ston.

Grace stood still, and Alan Stone pushed his back from behind, urging him, "Get in quickly." Grace then raised her foot again.

Luca moved here from convent school to live with his siblings after his back injury healed.Grace knew that William really got Luka a place in the military academy, and also knew that he often came to teach Luka to help him pass the entrance examination for the military academy.

But Grace never saw William every time she came to visit the children.

After reaching the second floor, he walked more and more slowly, and Alan Ston urged him from behind, "You too? Is William that scary?"

He said this in a loud voice, the Sharps' house had very narrow doors, and William must have heard it.Grace looked back at him with some complaints, and was a little at a loss.

Alan Ston glanced at him mockingly, walked over him to the door of the room that was used as a study, knocked twice, then pushed open the door, and said to the people in the room: "Luka, your sister I'm here to see you, William, and Grace is here too."

Eva asked Luka if his back was still hurting, and Anna called out "Master William" excitedly. The other children also ran out when they heard the movement, chatting non-stop around Eva and Anna.

The second floor suddenly became lively, but Grace's ears were quiet, as if immersed in cold water; William Ston was also immersed in cold water, and the two sensed each other through the excitement, but did not look at each other.

Alan Stone looked down on the two of them the most, and asked Eva to take the children to the kitchen to drink chocolate with a loud voice.He had brought chocolates to these little ones once before, and the children cheered when they heard the word, Anna went downstairs wrapped in a few small whirlwinds, Eva helped Luke and left.There were only three of them left in the house.

Alan Stone sat down on the sofa as if tired, laughed and said to William: "You don't know what happened to us on the way here!"

Grace was very nervous, not knowing whether he was going to talk about the money he gave to the dancer with bare legs, or about meeting Mrs. Durnell.Either way, he didn't want William to know.

Alan Stone was playing with his snuffbox in his hand, and said with enthusiasm as if he was simply telling a joke: "When we passed the Crown Plaza, we saw someone hiding behind the wall and stealing a lady with a hook. The wig is like fishing—” he also added a performance, making a movement of throwing things out with both hands, “it’s like fishing, the wig is so high, it’s easy to be hooked off. The lady doesn’t know yet What happened, I thought it was blown away by the wind, and I was covering my head in a panic looking for wigs all over the place, and her maids even stretched out their hands to find the direction of the wind, they are so stupid!"

William Stone wanted to keep it serious and told him not to laugh at people behind their backs like this, but Alan Stone acted so vividly that he couldn't help laughing too.

He smiled, and Grace smiled too. She pouted her lips lightly and said, "Don't believe his nonsense. I didn't meet him on the road today. It was several days ago."

Alan Stone didn't feel guilty at all, instead he grinned: "Whoever it is, it happened anyway! Grace, can you tell William if the lady's wig was recovered later?"

Grace let out a sigh of relief, looked up at William, "I found it, Alan jumped over to the wall and caught the thief."

"Thanks to Grace's good eyesight, I can see that the thief has a big nose." Alan Stone said with a smile.

"Grace, how are you doing?" William asked.

"I'm fine, how about you? How is the new team?"

"The new unit is fine, and so am I."

William and Grace looked at each other and smiled, and Grace said "thank you" to Alan Stone in her heart.

The children ran up again and said that the chocolate was stirred and let them drink it.They went downstairs together, and Grace said that the stirring was not enough, and then added some sugar to the chocolate in everyone's glass, and then stirred it to make enough foam.

The children almost drank all the chocolate in their cups in one gulp, and then watched the adults taste it slowly.

Eva saves her chocolates for her two youngest siblings, but Mrs Sharp said the children should not eat too much chocolate as it would make their stomachs hurt.She said she could make a cake with leftover chocolate and save it for a few days to eat.

Grace is actually the one who is the best at making delicate cakes among these people.Her current clothes are no longer suitable for getting too close to the chopping board, so she stood aside and gave instructions to Mrs. Sharp.

The kids only love the cake, not the batter, and they all run out to play.Several older girls were sewing at the dining table, and the two men stayed on. They discussed Luca's going to military school, and occasionally glanced at Grace.

Grace poured everyone a glass of cider, and Mrs. Sharp cut up some cheese and bacon and brought them to the table.The two men took a sip of the cheese, both aware that the taste was familiar.

Grace smiled and said, "This is the cheese made by Sophie." The cheese they ate in the mountain village used to be this flavor.

William said that he came here mainly to discuss with Eva about vaccinating the children.

Mrs. Sharp was frightened and said, "How can you say such a terrible thing, Mr. Colonel!"

Eva asked him what cowpox was.

William reassured Mrs. Sharp, saying that vaccinia had been verified in Britain and many countries and was safe.

He explained the principle and function of cowpox to Eva, and told her, "There have been many smallpox patients in the capital recently. This disease is the most dangerous for children. The sooner a decision is made, the better." He tried to explain gently, But it still sounded scary to Eva.She had heard the priest talk about cowpox before, saying that it is evil to bring the cow's disease into the human body, and it will bring bad luck to people.But Grace said to her, "You can't go wrong with William."

Eva hesitated for a while, then nodded to William Ston.

William said to Grace and Allen: "Although you have been vaccinated against cowpox, just in case, try to avoid contact with strangers in the near future."

Grace and Allen were very surprised. They didn't know that they had been vaccinated. Grace didn't even know what vaccinia was until today.

William looked at the two of them, and there was nostalgic relief in his eyes, "Everyone in the villa must be vaccinated. This is a rule set by my father, but many people don't know what the scar on their arm is for. Yes. The two of you got the cowpox when you were two years old, and you were too young to remember."

Grace and Allen touched their arms at the same time, and William told them: "It's on the upper left arm."

The aroma of chocolate has been baked out, and the air in the whole kitchen is fragrant.Sophie's cheese is surprisingly good with bacon or wine.William and Allen were sitting opposite each other, and Grace held her left arm, feeling like she was back in the mountain.

"I still have something to do, I have to take a step first." William stood up suddenly.

Grace looked at him in surprise, "Are you leaving so soon? You haven't eaten the cake yet... The ramekins I used will be ready soon."

Alan Stone also said: "Sit down for a while, it's still early."

William Ston hesitated for a few seconds, then sat back down.

The cake came out and the kids seemed to have noses for sweets and ran back from the yard without a shout.They all wanted to pick a big piece, and Mrs. Sharp kept saying, "Don't eat too much, too much chocolate will make your stomach hurt!"

The adults are also divided into one piece.Grace lowered her head and ate her own cake. After the children quickly finished eating the cake and ran out again, he put his hand on his stomach, frowned and hummed softly.

William and Alan noticed it immediately, and hurriedly strode over the table and asked him if he was not well.

"Stomach hurts..." Grace grumbled, looking up at William with tears in her eyes.