Granville's estate

After hearing Villiers Turner's rude request—however, this gentleman didn't seem to realize his rudeness—Alred's expression remained unchanged, but his tone became more indifferent .

"Mr. Turner, it's not a coincidence. I have other things to deal with, so I won't disturb your reunion with your friends."

As Alred said, he stood up from the dining table, and Louis followed suit. Joseph immediately stepped forward and handed them their canes respectively.

"Mr. de Granville," if it was anyone else, it would be wise to tell Alred at this time that we look forward to seeing you next time, but instead of talking for a while and watching the two go, Villiers Turner seems to want to introduce Alred and Louie to his friends, so that he can receive the admiration and envy of his friends: "Things are always busy, and there is always a need for intense work and light play. Well done! You can meet my friends, they are all modest and polite young men who know how to have more fun than any actress, and they are all humorous and funny."

"Let's talk about it when we get a chance, Mr. Turner."

Alrede was unwilling to even say the polite words of "see you next time", but this Mr. Turner followed Alreded closely and walked down the second floor ignorantly, even squeezing Louis and Joseph. to the back.

"Mr. de Granville, have you heard that the Viscountess de Bourgogne is going to hold a grand ball in her mansion to celebrate the official arrival of the social season of Brumaire."

Alred gave a perfunctory "hmm", looking very indifferent, but even this could not dispel Villiers Turner's unrealistic fantasy.

"It must be a very grand ball. I heard that many noble nobles and their wives will attend!" Villiers Turner said, thinking that he hinted at Alred: "Such a grand event, if we can If you go to participate, you will be very lucky. How happy will be the person who gets an invitation from the Viscount’s mansion! I heard that an invitation can carry a guest, whoever the person who receives the invitation wants to invite to join him You can go, you don’t need to have any identity concerns!”

Louis, who was walking behind Alred, thought that Mr. Turner's behavior was enough to refresh his understanding of interpersonal etiquette. He never expected that he could say such a thing, and he seemed to think that he was extremely smart, It looks like Alred doesn't see it at all.For a moment, Louis wanted to grab Mr. Turner by the collar and ask him where he came from. He thought that he could go to the Viscount de Bougogne through Arlaide with just a few words. Madam's ball——Although Madam told them that they must go to the ball, until now, even they haven't received the invitation letter from the Viscountess!

Where did this Mr. Turner get his confidence from?Is this treating Allaide as a child who doesn't understand anything and can get whatever he wants after being praised?

Louis simply wondered if there was something wrong with Mary's eyesight. How could such a smart and capable girl choose such an incoherent lover?He couldn't help but glanced at Joseph—the latter looked like he didn't want to admit that his sister knew this Mr. Turner at all.

Alrede could also hear the hint from Villiers Turner. He walked towards the counter without saying a word, and it seemed that he didn't want to say a word to this college student who didn't know his status.

The total cost of their dinner today is one franc and ten sous. Considering that Allaide ordered the signature dish here, this price is very economical compared to the two francs set meal at Papa Denis restaurant. .When Allaide was giving tips, Louis observed that some students who ate at Brown East's shop only gave six sous when they checked out, and there were at least two dishes and unlimited bread on his table, so it counted , one franc can feed three people here and there are two sous left over, even those who are not very good at accounting will know that this is very rare in Paris where prices are high.It can only be said that this shop is called the cafe of college students by the students, and it is indeed well-deserved by the students' incomparable love.

The friends who came with Villiers Turner have already found their seats on the first floor, and Villiers Turner here is really unable to introduce Alred to his friends , Only then reluctantly gave up the entanglement with them.But he persisted in sending Louis and Alred into their carriage, and stood very obligingly in front of Brownton's shop, watching Alred's carriage leave, before going in to find his friends.

It wasn't until their carriage had left Brown East's shop for a certain distance, and after confirming that it was impossible to see Mr. Turner again, Louis and Alred looked at each other, and then exhaled a long breath in unison.

"This Villiers Turner," complained Allred, "I don't know how to write the word witty! I don't even know how he got into the University of Paris."

Louis put his cane aside, unbuttoned his coat, and slumped himself on the seat of the carriage without any image.

"I can't think of any adjectives to describe this gentleman," Louis said. "Honestly, when I was on the second floor, I wondered if he pretended not to understand you!"

"That's right, I told you from the very beginning that it's really hard to describe what this person is doing."

"It's really hard to say. In this case, why don't you just ban him from going to your place?" Louis recalled what happened in the morning, and immediately frowned: "Al, if you say it here, you are not afraid of being heard by others. Let me just say it straight, this gentleman's behavior is too frivolous, anyway, I don't like such a person very much."

"It's really rare, there are people you don't like!" Alred said, sighing: "Actually, I don't like him very much, but I just tolerated it for Mary's sake."

"If I were you, I wouldn't allow him to get close to Mary unless he was engaged to her—I think his treatment of Mary is too flirtatious." Considering sitting on the back rack of the car Joseph could hear their conversation, Louis couldn't help lowering his voice: "If I were in that Mr. Turner's position, I would never let my beloved girl be questioned even for my own selfish desires. The danger of reputation, let alone doing it again and again; if Mary's employer is not you but someone else, once this matter is found out, what fate will happen to that kind girl? can not imagine!"

Putting the beloved girl in danger for his own selfish desires-in fact, this is already a very polite statement. What Louis originally wanted to say was "this man can disregard Mary's reputation for his own lust, he Might have thought of Mary as that kind of woman", it's just that his upbringing prevented him from uttering that vulgar word; after all, when Louis bumped into them in the morning, Villiers Turner sounded anxious Have an affair with Mary right in the kitchen - at Mary's employer's house!

A clean reputation is no less important to unmarried girls than their dowry, or in other words, for some girls from families with too little money to pay a dowry, a clean and decent reputation is their only dowry.If they lose this only reliance, let alone marry into a decent family, whether they can avoid the tragic fate of falling into prostitution is a question.

Alred must have understood what Louis meant, he put his hand to his mouth, and coughed in disguise.

"Well, Louis, I can't help it," said Alred, sighing, "if only Mary's father had lived, or had left Mary a dowry when he died. You know that too. , if a girl wants to get married in a dignified way nowadays, extraordinary beauty and a generous dowry are essential. If the dowry is rich enough, even an ugly woman who comes from a businessman can become a noble lady of a famous family—Mary is a very capable woman. Girl, but to be honest, she is not very, very beautiful, and she can't even afford a dowry of a thousand francs. Besides this Villiers Turner, where can she have a better choice? Willie Although Ye Turner is unreliable, after graduating from university, even if he can only find a low-level clerk job, he can have an annual income of fifteen hundred francs. Including Mary's income as a maid, it must be Enough to live in Paris—that's why I put up with Villiers Turner, otherwise I wouldn't have allowed him to set foot in 79 Rue Saint-Georges."

"So that's what you thought about!"

Louis didn't expect that his friend had already thought about this level, and he couldn't help but marvel, but Villiers Turner's behavior really couldn't convince him: "But to be honest, I really can't trust that Mr. Turner character, what if he abandons Mary after finishing college?"

"Ah, I have also considered this possibility, but even so, Mary has nothing to lose, at most she will lose a few hundred francs in salary." Alred blinked at Louis, "Mary's character is still trustworthy, her Before the bankruptcy, her father was a moderately rich barrel merchant, so Mary also had a little orthodox education, and she knew that the wreath worn by the bride at the wedding should be woven from orange blossoms and rosebuds."

"If that's the case, it's really great, but you still have to pay attention, after all, others won't be as tolerant as you are to her."

"You can rest assured about this, Mary still knows how to measure."