The Sensory Animals of Ston Hill

It was the first severed head Grace had seen.

He was greatly stimulated, turned around and ran, not only forgot the carriage, but also ran in the wrong direction, thinking only of being far away from the head—more terrifying than the peddler Jerry lying on the ground with his eyes closed, and worse than Wo It was terrible when De Butler's neck spurted blood.Such a solitary head with blank eyes, only relying on the mouth and nose to form a surprised expression on the blue face, as if asking him: "Why did I die? What did I do to make me die?" ?”

Alan Stone caught up with Grace and wanted to hold him in his arms out of compassion, but Grace struggled violently to resist.Alan Stone had to hold him by the shoulders only to prevent him from running around, and to prevent him from falling, because Grace looked very bad now.

"Is it because of the wig?" Grace asked him tremblingly, clutching his arm.

"It is very likely that he committed other crimes later." Alan Stone used the word "possible", but his tone was completely certain.

But that doesn't fool Grace, because the head already looks "old" and it's only been three days since they caught him and turned him over to the police.Grace not only saw a big nose that day, but also saw that the owner of this head used to have a head of dark hair that was shiny and full.The owner of this head stole a beautiful wig, and then his beautiful hair was exposed to rain and sun to become the mess it is now.

Grace suddenly walked back again.Alan Stone quickly stopped him: "Where are you going?"

"I want to see why he was beheaded."

Alan Stone blocked him, "You wait here, I'll go and see." He told Eva and Anna to watch him and not let him run around, and walked towards the head.

There is a sign hanging under the head with words written on it.Alan Stone stood in front of the sign for a while, then walked back slowly.

"Don't lie to me." Grace's eyes were wide open, and the dilated pupils looked terrified.

Alan Stone licked his lower lip, but said nothing.

Grace was disheartened, "We killed him."

"No, Grace, we didn't 'kill' him. He committed a crime and deserved to end up like this." Alan Stone still had that firm tone, just like when Eva comforted Anna. the words said.

Grace's eyes widened in disbelief, "What crime? Stealing a wig? Just because of a ridiculous wig! Because of a wig, a human head was chopped off!"

"But he humiliated the lady in front of so many people, and the sign said, that's a duchess, it's..."

"You actually think so..." Grace looked at him as if she would rather not know him.

Alan Stone pursed his lips, "It's not that I think so... In fact, this person is not important, he has nothing to do with us, and it's not worth arguing for him..."

Grace interrupted him in disappointment, "How can someone like you understand?" He didn't plan to continue talking to Alan Stone, and was going to walk around him in the direction of the carriage.

"What do you mean 'someone like me'?" Alan Ston stood up relentlessly, grabbing his arm and not letting him go.

Grace didn't like being dragged by him like this, and her tone was even worse: "It's people like you who don't consider other people's feelings, do whatever they want, say whatever they want, and never think about the consequences!"

Alan Stone's face was stunned. Grace's accusation made him puzzled and hurt him, "Are you blaming me for handing him over to the police? But you were there at the time and knew what was going on at that time. Who can tell?" Did you anticipate what happened next? How can you say that I didn't consider the consequences..."

But Grace looked at him with such hatred, and this look really hurt him. Alan Ston blurted out: "What if it was William? Grace, if it was the person William caught at that time, you now Would you look at him like that too?"

"How dare you mention William!" Grace yelled angrily, trying to shake off his hand.

Alan Stone laughed shortly, "Am I not even allowed to mention his name? Am I not worthy to be compared with William?"

Eva and Anna were extremely disturbed. Eva held Grace's shoulders and said softly, "Grace, I also don't think Master Allen can be blamed for this."

But Grace couldn't listen at all, and growled at Alan Stone: "Don't mention his name again!"

Alan Ston sneered loudly, "I see! What William does is right! No matter how he treats you, you can accept it! He even took his fiancée to the capital, which is also called caring about your feelings ?--"

Grace slapped him hard across the face.

Alan Stone was slapped and turned his head away.He raised his hand to touch the place where he was beaten, and raised his eyes to stare darkly at Grace.

The girls were terrified, Anna hugged Grace by the shoulders to drag him away, and Eva stood in front of Alan Stone and spoke nice words.

Eva was stronger than many men, but was easily pushed away by Alan Stone, and they all saw that he was really angry.

Alan Stone walked up to Grace and grabbed one of his arms, as if trying to lift him up. Anna tried to protect Grace, but she couldn't break his fingers on Grace's arm.

Grace pushed Anna behind her, raised her head and looked fiercely at Alan Stone.He was ready to be beaten, and he was also ready to fight desperately with the other party. He wanted to protect William's dignity with his own hands.

But Alan Stone didn't make any further movements, he just grabbed his arm, making him unable to break free, no matter how ridiculously he twisted his body.

Grace was shocked to find that Alan Stone had such great strength.

They had a fight last year, and Grace quickly concluded that Alan Ston was stronger than the last time he fought; and he himself hadn't improved at all compared to last year...not just last year, he It seems that since the year before last, he hasn't grown much taller, let alone become stronger.

It suddenly dawned on him that he would never be able to change from year to year like a normal young male: he would not grow a beard, nor would he gain greater strength and a more muscular physique.He will always be what he is now, thin, frail, in skirts, with long hair, a fake woman.

Alan Ston held his arm and saw that his eyes full of hatred gradually became moist, and a strand of hair scattered in front of his cheek trembled slightly with his violent panting.

"You were already awake at that time." Alan Stone used the affirmative sentence pattern, but still harbored tentative expectations.

Grace blinked quickly, then continued to stare at him like that.But he couldn't pretend now. The gas lamps on the side of the square cast a green mist on his face.

Alan Stone let go of his hand suddenly, and strode towards the carriage.

Grace stood with her head down, looking at her hand.The two girls comforted him and led him back to the carriage.

Alan Stone didn't sit in the carriage, he just stood on the rear frame, when the carriage drove into the spacious and bright King's Street, he jumped off the frame, and walked in another direction without looking back .

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Some comments pointed out that only the nobles would be beheaded, and the common people should be hanged.Very good question!First of all, this statement is accurate. Ancient Europe is the opposite of ours. It is better for them to beheaded, especially the nobles themselves were born out of war, and it is more honorable to use weapons; while hanging is more insulting, as if there is still a soul hanging You can't go to heaven or something like that.I did do blurring here, and it was seen hhh.

There are many obfuscations in this article, the most common ones are very un-French elements, such as currency and people’s names. , I was actually a bit confused when I wrote it, and the ruler in my mind was very random, sometimes it was "Mr. Darcy, the diamond boss, has an annual income of 200 pounds!" The necklace is worth [-]w livres", mainly because I did a calculation before how to exchange the French livres with the modern currency at that time, and then lost it, so I am too lazy to do it again, I want to unify after the end) .

Speaking of the execution ground, the fuzzy processing here is not the common kind, but because it is too cruel, it is not written in detail, and it is also to avoid long-winded.A simple explanation is that the punishment for the thief is more cruel than beheading, which is only the last step.France in the early period of the Great Revolution was more cruel than most other countries in the same period in terms of criminal law, and it has been restored here and has not been changed.

Besides these two criminal laws, the first political prisoner was "well-dressed and educated". Referring to Luca's schooling and William's bullying at the military academy, it can be seen that it is very difficult for Grace and the others to get an education for civilians, so this political The probability of criminal origin is not low.The death penalty rate was very high at that time, but the crowd was very excited, which was also related to the high status of the death row prisoners this time.But he beheaded with an ax, not a more "honorable" knife, especially this executioner, his skills were very poor, and if he was a wealthy death row prisoner, he would spend money to hire experienced ones to reduce the pain.Therefore, it can be speculated that this person may be a down-and-out aristocrat, or he may have been abandoned by his family because he supported the emancipation of black slaves. This is a part left for the readers to play freely.

As for the beheaded thieves, obviously not all thieves will beheaded, which is unreasonable in any era, so it means that the "Duchess" couldn't swallow this bad breath.This is talking about the legislation and judiciary of the capital. In short, the legislation is unreasonable, the judiciary is not standardized, and the civilians and political prisoners are harsh, while the nobles basically do whatever they want (refer to the carriage that Grace hired for the first time, the driver usually driving for noble ladies, used to collisions, not afraid of running over people at all); the time when Bi Grace killed Butler Ward in the villa, and the time when the Odor family forcibly bought the land, it can be seen that the local court is even more outrageous, Basically, the local dignitaries (our Lord Earl) have the final say.