[Comprehensive Classics] Detective Mary

This Viscount Raul looks as talented as Mary remembers.He looked about Mary's age, maybe a little older, with bright, clear eyes.

He looked curiously at the three Bennet girls: "Are you friends of Christine?"

Mary: "Yes, sir."

After hearing Mary's response, the Viscount laughed: "London must be very different from Paris!"

Ms. Irene Adler's family has three close friends who met in London, and such news has spread through the social circle.Although I don't know what the relationship between Viscount Raul and Irene is, they should be familiar with each other, otherwise they wouldn't call Irene "Christine".

So it is not surprising that he guessed the identities of several Miss Bennet as soon as he heard English.

"I'm Mary Bennet," Mary introduced herself, "these two are my younger sisters, Catherine and Lydia. Lydia likes beautiful clothes on weekdays, but dislikes the bad styles in London, so she often writes her own Drawing and designing by hand. This small hobby is liked by many ladies in London, but I didn't expect that my sister's hobby can also be liked by ladies in Paris."

Although in the London social circle, real nobles look down on Lydia.After all, "little hobbies" still can't cover up the birth defects in their eyes.

But it’s different in Paris. Knowing that Lydia is visiting a foreign country, no one judges her with the concept of class and family status.Lydia's design ideas are not as fashionable as the designers in Paris, but she also has her own thinking. Mary barely translated a few words, which aroused the interest of several ladies.

The lady who knew Viscount Raul said something urgently, which made the Viscount laugh out loud.

"Okay," he said in English, "I'd better be an interpreter obediently, otherwise I will offend all the ladies present today!"

When Lydia heard this, she was not polite, and immediately said the words that Mary could not translate before, as if pouring beans, and asked Viscount Raul to translate it for the ladies.

The little girl of the Bennet family, Lydia, who has always been impatient, can hardly be patient at such a juncture.She basically couldn't understand French at all, so she could only rely on Viscount Raul's tone and the expressions of the ladies to guess their true thoughts.Lydia listened intently, and when Viscount Raul spoke too much, she even grabbed a few words with a high repetition rate, and asked Mary, or the Viscount himself, which English words these words corresponded to.

This serious look can be said to amaze Mary.

God, she and Lydia had quarreled and quarreled since childhood, and she has never seen Lydia have such motivation to study like now.

After getting the translation, Lydia was eloquent, and Viscount Raul also patiently helped her communicate with the ladies. Mary and Lydia also interjected a few words from time to time. But the communication was surprisingly smooth.

It wasn't until a lady who was talking to Irene came over, she also stayed in London for a few years, that the Viscount was liberated logically.

Where's Lydia?He didn't care who the interpreter was. He heard that the lady who had just returned from London was interested in his clothing design, so she immediately thanked the Viscount politely, and then threw the handsome young man aside, ignoring him.

To be reasonable, Viscount Raul's appearance is also considered outstanding among the "handsome youths", and Lydia doesn't even take a second look. Is this the face-controlling Lydia who sees a handsome guy and gets excited? ?

Although it is said that adolescent girls have one idea a day, it is very common to change from 15 to 17 years old.But when she recalled that it was because of Wickham that Lydia had left Longbourn, Mary... felt very strange.

She was happy that Lydia was growing, but she was changing so quickly that Mary was caught off guard.

Viscount Raul didn't care that Lydia was immersed in his "little" hobbies. He watched Lydia chatting with interest, and said with emotion: "What a lady who insists on herself."

Mary: "..."

You didn't see her running after Wickham, luckily you didn't.

Erin finished talking with others and finally came over.

"Raul," she said in surprise, "you already know the ladies of the Bennet family?"

"Thank you Viscount for being the interpreter," Mary said gratefully, "for helping me out, otherwise Lydia wouldn't be able to discuss beautiful clothes with the ladies today."

Upon hearing this, Erin immediately understood.

"Ladies in Paris know fashion better," Irene said with a smile. "Lydia and the ladies and ladies will have a lot of exchanges. Since you already know each other, I won't introduce each other?"

"I haven't introduced it yet."

The Viscount couldn't help laughing: "Five or six ladies surrounded me, urging me to ask what Miss Lydia said. God, I have to thank Miss Lydia, how can I be so popular on weekdays?"

He said politely to Mary and Catherine: "I'm Raul George-Marie, and I'm also...a friend of Christine's childhood."

Mary looked curiously at the viscount, then at Irene.

She tried to read the Viscount's gaze, but Mary failed.Even if there was, with Irene's open and frank demeanor, it wouldn't appear too much.

No way, Ms. Irene Adler has already secretly married the Phantom of the Paris Opera House. Mary has personally experienced the love and sweetness of the two. It is best for Viscount Raul not to like Irene, otherwise he is destined to be broken in love and sad coming.

Maybe Mary's gaze is too obvious—everyone would be curious about the viscount's outstanding talent.But Irene just added calmly: "We are indeed childhood sweethearts. For me, Raul is my biological brother."

Mary: "..."

Alright, just paste the younger brother card on Viscount Raul's forehead.

Mary doesn't remember the age difference between Viscount Lauer and Christine in the original "Phantom of the Opera", but Ms. Irene Adler always gives people a reliable image of a big sister. This girl is regarded as her own sister, and she has no intention of viscount Lauer, so it is very...appropriate to regard him as a younger brother.

Viscount Raul has a good personality and has been in the navy. Mary chatted with him casually and found that although this young man was innocent by nature, he was quite knowledgeable.After saying a few words, the discussion on Lydia's side finally came to an end.

The first social meeting in Paris should be good, Lydia's face is flushed and she seems to be in good spirits.Only then did she look at Viscount Raul seriously: "Thank you, Viscount."

Viscount Raul: "It's easy."

While the two were talking, Irene quietly tugged at the corner of Mary's clothes: "What do you think of Raul?"

Mary:?

She froze for a moment, but didn't realize what Irene meant for a while.

"Let me tell you," Irene didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I see you running around helping matchmakers on weekdays, why are you so slow at the critical moment? Why did Mrs. Bennet agree to you coming to Paris? Haven't you completely forgotten it?"

Of course, Mrs. Bennet agreed to bring her two younger sisters to Paris with the idea of ​​finding a French nobleman as her son-in-law.

And Viscount Raul, although his title is not high, is also a nobleman.Good-looking and talented, if he takes a fancy to Lydia, Mrs. Bennet may be happy to wake up from her dream.

It was fitting, but Marie never thought of actually helping her sisters find a French lover.

Not to mention anything else, this is too far away!

Although both Britain and France in the 21th century had trains, it is a completely different concept at home and abroad.In the [-]st century, the plane would arrive in a short time, but in the Victorian era, marrying a foreign country meant not seeing you several times a year.

Usually quarrels are quarrels, and conflicts are conflicts, but it is a matter between sisters.If Lydia really stayed in France and married a young, handsome, rich and loving young man, Mary would be happy and even more reluctant.

Mary, who has always been keen on being a matchmaker, hesitated for the first time.

After the salon party was over, they returned home, and before going to bed, Mary found an opportunity to carefully mention Viscount Raul in a chatty tone.

"Viscount?"

Lydia glanced at Mary in surprise, and then replied, "He's not bad, he should be a good partner."

Well, for a partner, just... wait.

Mary came back to her senses: "Partner?"

Lydia: "What's wrong?"

The little girl from the Bennet family raised her head slightly, showing her signature proud expression.

"Aren't you and Editor-in-Chief Hall also partners," Lydia said, "what's so strange about that?"

Mary understood immediately.

Lydia had mentioned the idea of ​​opening a shop when she first moved to London from Longbourne.At that time, Mary advised her not to worry, but to build word-of-mouth and fame in the social circle first.

After so long, Lydia's design manuscript is very popular in London, and now it can also welcome discussions in Paris. It may not be famous, but it is somewhat recognized.

Now that she is going back to London to open a clothing store, Mary feels that Lydia doesn't need to raise money by herself, she will get investment.

but……

According to her, Lydia's idea is not to open a shop in "London".

Mary looked at her seriously for a moment, and saw that her little sister was not joking, so she subconsciously put away her casual expression.

"You want to stay in Paris," she said, "stay in Paris and open a women's clothing store, don't you?"

Lydia said nothing.

She first glanced at Mary, and then frowned immediately when she realized that she seemed to disagree: "Why, you have boldly moved from your home to London, and you keep saying that you want to be independent, and I can't do it?"

——That's why Mary thinks that changes are a good thing, but Lydia's speed of change is too fast, and Mary can't even keep up.

The author has something to say: Lydia: I want to open a women's clothing store in Paris!

Mary: ...

Lydia: What are you doing?

Mary: Nothing, I'm thinking whether I should wake you up with a small cross or wake me up_(:3∠)_