little miss austin

Oliver entered the house, handed his hat and gloves to the servant, and the maid brought him indoor slippers. He took off his boots and put them on, and asked, "Is your wife at home?"

"My wife just came back, she's upstairs."

He went upstairs to find Alice in the living room, unpacking with Kate.

"Are you going out?" he asked with a smile.

"Don't go out, I remembered that there are still unopened suitcases over there, and I asked Sidney to deliver them today. Oh, there is a letter from you on the table, from Newton Manor."

"Where did you go this afternoon?" He reached out to hug her, and quickly kissed her on the lips.

"Going shopping." She pointed to the boxes piled on the floor across the living room.

Oliver looked around casually, and most of them should be skirts. She likes to buy clothes the most, and she can never have too many skirts.

He went over and took the letter on the table, opened it, looked at it for a while, frowned, and put the letter down.

"What did Julian say again?"

"He said—" He grabbed the letter paper and crumpled it up in annoyance, "Augustus is ill, and my father hopes that I can go back."

Alice was puzzled, "The child is sick, why do you want to go back?"

He shook his head, "I don't know, but it's my brother after all. Maybe my father wants to make Mrs. Caroline feel better."

"If she troubles you and doesn't speak well, you beat her."

He laughed, "You are talking nonsense. Pack two suitcases for me and come out - which one is mine?"

"How many days? Do you want me to accompany you?" She pointed to the two suitcases and signaled Kate to empty them first.

"If you don't want to go, don't go. It shouldn't be a big deal." He hadn't seen Augustus a few times. The child was too young. When they were in Newton Manor, Augustus was only a little over one year old. Oliver There is a big age gap with him, and there is no brotherhood.

"You are always running back and forth on the road. You are too tired. I will come back after staying for a week at most." The back and forth is two weeks, which is not too long.

"Okay." After all, riding in a carriage is very uncomfortable. She has her own custom-made carriage, but it will still be very tiring.

He wrote a reply letter with a typewriter, sealed it with sealing paint, and planned to send the boy to the post office tomorrow morning.Then he asked the servant to fetch water, and he wanted to take a bath.

The next morning, the boy just opened the door and went out to post the letter, when the post office clerk delivered Ivo's letter.

"Sam Street, Winchester, March 3, evening

My dearest Alice: Forgive me for not writing to you for some time.Time flies so fast!Before I have time to grieve parting from you again, I am faced with the passing of my parents, the ones who gave me life.

Alice, how I wish you could be by my side and accompany me through this frustrating and sad time.Mr. Gordon closed his eyes on March 3, and Mrs. Gordon was called by the Lord two days later. The only thing that comforts me is that Mr. Gordon did not suffer anything. He passed away in his sleep. .Mrs. Gordon was in great pain during the last period of her life, with a broken leg bone which quickly swelled and died of bone and muscle.My sisters and I sent her to London, where the doctor amputated her leg.The mother was a good person and she did not deserve this horrible pain.

Before my mother died, she asked about you and said that she shouldn't have stopped me from seeing you. She cried, and I cried too.

my love!It's almost midnight and I can't sleep.I miss you, I miss you so much, today I saw a girl wearing a skirt that was very similar to the one you wore on the island of Malta during the day, I almost thought it was you, but she didn’t have your hair, and she didn’t have your hair. Without your lively laughter, let alone your bright eyes.

Can you understand how I feel right now?Once I was a boy who was loved, but now, the important people in my life have left me, some have left me forever, and you, I'm not sure if you will come back to me.

I beg you to consider coming to Winchester, and if you will, I will send the family carriage to London to fetch you.

love you forever

Ivo Gordon. "

well!Poor Ivo!Alice is very sympathetic to him.Thinking about it in another way, if Mrs. Austen also passed away within two days of Pastor George's death, she might really not be able to bear it.Thinking about it, she cried sadly.

Oliver was taken aback, and asked repeatedly: "What's the matter with you? What did he say in the letter?" He wanted to read the letter, but after thinking about it, he held back.

"Ivo...Ivo has no parents." She wiped her tears, "He is so pitiful."

Then he is really poor.But Oliver was alert, "What else did he say?"

"He asked me if I could visit him at Winchester."

She said it so directly, it was hard for him to say anything.

He bowed his head and pondered for a moment, "Do you want to go?"

She nodded.

He was entangled: if he said "don't go", maybe she would get angry, and he didn't want to argue with her; but if he said she could go, it would be too dangerous—damn it!This is the downside of you not marrying her in time, you can't justifiably ask her not to go.

After a while, he said: "You can go if you want, but you can't—you can't sleep with him because you feel sorry for him and pity him. You made a promise to me by accepting my ring." , you must abide by it. Or—" he was upset, "if you find out that you still love him, then don't come back. If I don't see you when I come back, I will understand and I will go away obediently. "

Alice was stunned, and then dissatisfied, "Don't always think that I will have sex with them as soon as you hear that I'm going to see Ivo or George. You really——what about your self-confidence?"

He smiled wryly, "If you married me, maybe I wouldn't guess like this." He took her hands and kissed the back of her hands, "Promise me, you will remember me, remember my love for you, don't let me sad."

They left London on the same day, Oliver via Wokingham for Gloucestershire; Alice via Basingstoke for Winchester.

Alice didn't let Gordon's carriage pick her up, but took her own carriage, still bringing Jacob, Kate, and another servant.

Winchester is not too far away, and it will be there in 2 days.

Alice had been to the Gordon Mansion before, Jacob knew the way, and arrived at the gate of the Gordon Mansion after 5:[-] pm. The butler led the servants to meet her at the bottom of the steps.

Ivo had received the letter the day before and had been waiting for her. The servant informed that the carriage had entered the side road, so he hurried downstairs.

The servant opened the door of the carriage, put down the folding ladder, and helped Alice out of the carriage.

Ivo hurried down the steps, "Alice!"

He was thinner again, with a ring of beard stubble on his chin, and he looked very haggard.

"Why have you lost so much weight?"

He forced a smile, "Maybe he didn't sleep well."

"You have to be careful, don't lose too much weight all at once, I'm afraid you've been infected with tuberculosis by me, and I'm worried you'll get sick."

"No, it's okay if I lost so much weight last time. I'll be careful not to get sick." He led her into the hall, "The housekeeper has already cleaned up the guest room for you, how long can you stay?" ?”

"A week."

"Won't Oliver let you stay a few days longer?"

"He's back at Newton Park."

Ivo was surprised, but didn't say anything. "You go upstairs first, take a rest, and go downstairs for dinner later."

She nodded.

The maid took her upstairs, and the manservant carried her suitcase into the guest room.The guest room is very comfortably furnished, 3 rooms away from Ivo's room.

She was really tired, took off her skirt, fell on the bed, and fell asleep quickly.

Of course, she didn't make it to the Gordons' dinner time.She didn't wake up until after 9 o'clock in the evening. She was hungry, so she rang the bell to call the servant, and asked the servant to bring her something to eat.

The servant went down, and after ten minutes, Ivo entered the room with a dinner plate.

"I asked the cook to leave some dishes for you. The roast squab you like, fruit and vegetable salad, toast, clam and mushroom soup."

Alice put on a nightgown, "You don't have to bring it up yourself." Obviously it's something a servant can do.

"I'm willing to do anything for you, anything." He put down the plate, "Eat quickly, don't starve."

She was indeed hungry, and she was not pretentious, she ate as soon as she sat down.

Ivo sat quietly opposite her and looked at her.

Once you love someone, you will feel very cute when he/she sneezes or even farts. You unconditionally feel that he/she has all the qualities you like in him/her. Every action pleases you, and he/she is also very cute when he is stupid. .

In short, it’s right to be cute, it’s right to be beautiful, and it’s right to love her.

The next day, Ivo took Alice to the cemetery to worship his parents.

The Gordons were buried together, with two square tombstones engraved with their names, dates of birth, and dates of death.

Alice placed bouquets of daisies in front of each of the two tombstones.

Ivo was moody and taciturn.

They didn't stay in the cemetery for long, and left after staying for more than ten minutes.

After getting into the carriage, Ivo tried to cheer up, "You have been here before, this area," he pointed to the fields outside the car window, "It all belongs to my family, and now it belongs to me."

He looked at her, "The sisters are going to move out in June, and move to a small villa not far away. They don't plan to get married anymore."

He sighed heavily, "Alice, I am alone now. My parents and sister have left me, and you, you also refuse to stay by my side."

ah!This once reckless boy has now learned to use this trick to persuade others.

Alice said nothing.

He was slightly disappointed: "You are so cruel. You are not even willing to lie to make me happy."

"Ivo, you are a smart person. You should know that some things cannot be undone once they have passed."

He was heartbroken, "You forget Oliver, forget him, and come back to me, can't you?"

She thought for a while, "Sorry, no. I made a promise to him by accepting his ring. You—I don't know if I can make you not love me, you may not be able to, but you can try I want to love other girls. Ivo, every time you cry, I always feel that I am bad, and I always make you cry. Love is not everything for a person, you have a good career now, don’t you ——You really don’t want to cry. Why do you love to cry so much!”

This cute baby!

Sure enough, he was very different from Oliver. Oliver would not cry in front of her like this. Even if he wanted to cry, he would bear it. The red eye circles and tears in his eyes were enough to soften her heart.For Ivo, she is also easy to soften her heart, but if she doesn't want to make the two of them cry, she still needs to make a choice.

She knew that she was leaning toward Oliver now, largely because he was wounded in battle, and he took advantage of her softness, but that would only work if she really liked him.

As for Ivo, the death of both parents really made her feel bad. He was well protected by his parents until they detained him regardless of his wishes.He took a rather tortuous path. He lost his parents as soon as he got rid of his parents' control. His current state is actually not good, and it may even be very bad, but she can't give up Oliver just because she loves him.

Ah, love!It has never been a multiple-choice question, it can only be a single-choice question, and there is no need to make everyone miserable.

"I want you, I want you to love me, why is it so difficult?" He was in great pain.

Her heart softened, and she reached out to hug him and comfort him, but she still held back.

"It's time for you to grow up and understand that things in the world are not something you can get if you want. There are always some things and some people that you can't get, or you will lose."