Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2463 "Out of the Jungle" (8)

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   "Not now, Padma."

  Georgianna shouted impatiently and went back to her room.

   At the moment when the door closed, her whole body relaxed.

  Sometimes being alone doesn't mean loneliness, and it took a while before she took out the letter from Diroc, but didn't rush to open it.

  Aachen is not very far from Maastricht, so the information she gave is not completely wrong, is it just enough time to travel between Brussels and Aachen one day and one night? What's more, the messenger was not a cavalryman, but a peasant.

  Information transmission in this era is not like the 21st century, where there are telephones and the Internet, which are limited by distance. Even if there were telegrams, they had not been laid from Aachen to Brussels, and she hadn't imagined that semaphores would be used on land.

   "Do you miss me?"

   She heard Severus' voice behind her, but didn't look back.

   Now she really needs "treatment", but it's not a spree to cover up the pain, although it will make her temporarily forget a lot of things and feel a moment of relaxation.

She raised her head and looked at the painting hanging in her bedroom, it was Rubens' golden tulip, Van Gogh's sunflower was not just one painting, but people remembered the most valuable one, because that one Copies of the paintings hang on many people's walls, most of the originals are in museums, and only one is in a private collection.

The painting hanging on the wall in her room was the original work by Rubens, not a replica. When she looked at this gorgeous Baroque oil painting, two paintings came to her mind, one was a full-length portrait of Louis XIV, and the other One is David's painting of Napoleon riding over the Alps. The battle of Marengo took place in June, but the snow on the Alps had not melted. At a place called Saint-Pierre, the road disappeared, and the rest of the road was only for shepherds, antelope hunters and smugglers. Walk up the cliffs.

Taking a wrong step will kill them, and the snow and glaciers above their heads begin to melt after being scorched by the summer sun, which can easily cause avalanches. All animals are used to carry cannons and ammunition. There are no mules and donkeys. , it takes hundreds of people to pull the "sleigh", of course, it is not as easy to cross the Alps as it is painted in the painting.

   Bonaparte rode on mules, and most of the time on foot, encouraging the soldiers who carried them and preventing confusion in the ranks.

As long as one person stops because he is afraid of the abyss under his feet, the people behind will stop. drum music.

  Fortunately, they were not harassed by the enemy like Hannibal. Last time I went to Lyon, Bonaparte donated money to the monastery of the Saint-Bernard Pass because they had taken him in. The monastery was built by the Knights Hospitaller during the Crusades, and they provided bread to every soldier who passed by. , cheese and a glass of wine for lunch.

  The people in the mountains are simple, and there is a young man who can talk to Bonaparte very well. Because of this young peasant as a guide, the French army has only crossed the Alps for the second time.

  The young man was generously rewarded, but he would have been wise to leave his homeland like the Mamluks who helped the French. Anyway, when Bonaparte went to him again, the young man was no longer there. The original priest and nun also changed a group of people, and no one knows their whereabouts.

   He basically didn't say these things, but asked her to guess what force made them cross the Alps.

  Georgianna glanced at the letter in her hand and hesitated to open it, when there was a knock on the door.

   "What's the matter?" asked Georgiana.

   "Madame, Miss Pelty is leaving soon," said Margaret from outside the door.

   "Go? Where is she going?"

"U.K."

  Georgianna immediately got up and went downstairs. At this time, Padma had already put on his cape and was standing by the carriage at the door, about to board the carriage.

   "Wait! What's going on here?"

   "Not now!" Padma said angrily.

   "You're leaving now?" asked Georgiana.

   "Mr. William Kirk is going back to England and I must go," said Padma.

   "Are you ready?" asked Georgiana.

   "Is there a difference?"

  Georgianna would love to say yes.

   "Who escorted you there?" asked Georgiana.

   "Didn't you find someone to help me?" Padma said.

  Georgianna didn't know what to say for a moment.

   "You've done enough for me, not to mention we can communicate with owls," Padma said.

  Padma didn't appear to be afraid at all, but it seemed that Georgiana was too worried.

   "If there is danger, remember to come to me." Georgiana said.

  Padma laughed, "Don't forget, I'm a wizard, what can a Muggle do to me?"

   "Don't underestimate the enemy!"

  Padma came over and gave Georgiana a hug.

   "I heard that you are in distress today, and you are not safe yourself, so be careful."

  Georgianna did not speak.

   "If you're in danger, remember to go to Hogwarts, the safest place in the world," said Georgiana.

   "I know." Padma released his hand. "You must remember to go there too."

   They didn't say goodbye, and at last Georgiana watched Padma get into the carriage and watch it disappear into the dark forest.

   It took a long time for her to return to the castle, and on the way she met Margaret, who was looking at Georgiana uneasily.

   "Thank you." Georgiana smiled and said to her, "Thanks to your reminder, I can say goodbye to her."

   "That's what I should do, ma'am," said Margaret softly.

   Then Georgiana walked back to her bedroom with heavy steps, and continued to look at the paintings on the wall.

   There is also a world-famous painting, that is, Napoleon's crown for Josephine's coronation, when he had already put on the laurel crown himself. Louis XIV also had a crown. The one used for his coronation was the Charlemagne crown, which was used by successive French kings, but was destroyed during the Revolution. Louis XV's crown was remade and embellished with many jewels. Including the Regent's Diamond on Napoleon's Sabre. However, in 1729, Louis XV asked the bishop of Saint Denis to replace all the jewels on the crown with glass, and the real jewels were hidden elsewhere. It came true, and it was switched back after the coronation was over.

  Each culture has its symbols, such as the use of jade seals in the East, as the handover of dominion. New dynasties inevitably remove the symbols of previous dynasties, and the crown of the Merovingian royal family is their long hair, which becomes the coronation crown in the case of Pepin the Short.

The coronation ceremony itself does not create a king. The meaning of coronation is that the power of the king is bestowed by divine power. In order to reflect this sacredness, from the Middle Ages to the 18th century, the king had to participate in the healing ceremony, that is, the king put his hand on the sick. On his body, he "blesses" his recovery. These diseases include leprosy and tuberculosis. The scene where hundreds of unfortunate patients gather to wait for the king is spectacular. Normal people can't imagine that diseases are so strange in the human body. effect.

  Louis XIV would do it on important festivals, but Louis XV refused to touch the smallpox patient, and the ancient ritual ended for him.

   The sick who were touched by the king did not necessarily recover, and the soldiers who contracted the Black Death in Jaffa were desperate, although they were not infected with the more deadly pneumonic plague.

   Bonaparte then touched the swollen lymph nodes exposed by a man who, as a mortal, was also at risk of infection.

   No matter what purpose he was expressing, he did it anyway.

  This thing is also called hope, although it is a little different from wishing on a birthday, "I hope to have" something as a gift. Patients also know that the chances of recovery are slim, but they are still willing to indulge in this "illusion".

   There are many things, and you will only know how precious it is when you lose it.

   There were no female nurses in the Invalides, although women were generally considered suitable for nursing. Georgiana sent workhouse women there to help, and they could barely support the crippled soldiers, but had to do chores.

   Men and women have different physiques and different muscle mass. How much does a person weigh? You will know when you lose the power to walk freely.

Or when you need someone to help you stand to urinate, you will realize that a strong woman is better than a woman who can fall down when the wind blows. Of course, most people will not encounter that kind of situation, she It is not ruled out that some beautiful women are reliable, and there are also stocky women who abandon them.

  Night Queen's husband said: "I believe Sarastro is like believing in the sun. Don't be greedy for what a woman can't grasp. Your duty is to take care of yourself and your daughter. This is the advice of a wise man."

  Ignorance is not necessarily a misfortune. When the test comes, just do things according to your own heart.

  Experience is not necessarily a good thing. Before black swans appeared, people judged from experience that swans were all white.

  The 87th Gryffindor Code: Courage is born in tempering, and timidity is formed in hesitation.

   It seems that she has nothing else to do except bless Padma.

  She is not a smart person, why pretend to be a wise Merlin?

   After a wry smile, she got up and went to take a bath. Although she was not injured when she fell from the horse, she was inevitably covered in mud. As for the letter, I will read it later.

   (end of this chapter)