Holder Manor Secret

Hughes' ankle soon recovered, and he began to display the active qualities of a young man, enjoying hiking, riding, and hunting.When playing cards and chatting with gentlemen, he lacks interest, but he still maintains a decent appearance, but he doesn't talk much.

Everyone loves him, especially the ladies.

Like a nimble stag, exuding a masculine and youthful flavor, he broke into the Holder Manor with powerful steps, injecting a different vitality into the manor.Edward saw with his own eyes different women flirting with Hughes, and even the maids would smile when they served him.

Such a pleasing young man, with enough wealth, Edward believed that he could bring happiness to Almina.

However, Hughes is obviously better with Vivienne.They often ride together, talk, of course, these are to avoid Andrew.After all, Hughes stayed at Holder Manor all day, while Andrew could only come in the afternoon or evening at most.

Almina often holds the book and asks Edward some things.Edward is happy to help his niece, but also hopes that she can find a suitable marriage partner.Their relationship was so good that Edward was able to ask Almina directly what was on her mind without being seen as being rude.

"My dear Uncle Edward, Hughes is a very fine young man, of course," said Almina.

Edward asked: "Then he is good enough to capture Miss Hall's heart?"

Almina laughed, "He's already captured, but the second one." She blinked slyly, and said, "Uncle Edward, I know you're worried about me. But as a lady, marriage is the only thing Is there a way to go?"

"I've seen my parents' marriages, and I've seen other people's. Young ladies marry dead old men for money, young lads get fucked by dames fat as pigs for money. They marry It’s just to reproduce, to enjoy the beauty or money of the other party. What’s the point of that?”

Hearing this, Edward couldn't help feeling distressed.Almina's father was a baron, and her class enabled her to see many ugly phenomena, and her reading made her think that such a marriage was unacceptable.

She is just like when he was young.

"But Hughes is young and handsome, and rich enough. Almina, can't he tempt you too?"

Almina was very calm. "Although I am the baron's daughter, I don't have enough dowry, beauty and an empty mind. A gentleman like Hughes will definitely not marry a lady like me. Even if he wants to, his family will not agree of."

This era has many requirements for ladies, they must have a beautiful voice and elegant manners.You need to be able to play the piano, dance, know a few languages, and basic reading and writing.

However, they don't need to have smart minds, and smartness itself is questioned and even cast aside.

Edward was proud of Almina's intelligence, but also had a headache.If he was rich enough, he would like to give Almina five thousand pounds as a dowry, enough for her to marry the most suitable person for her-handsome, rich, and who knows how to cherish her talents.

However, he could only buy a few books and a dress for Almina.

"Well, my dear niece, you know that I want you to be happy." Edward spread his hands helplessly, thinking that if Almina really couldn't find a suitable partner, he would raise her by himself for the rest of his life.

Almina laughed happily, and raised the book in her hand, "Tell me again what this paragraph means, my dear uncle."

Edward lived in Holder Manor for more than half a month, and then set off to go home.One is that Mary is in good health, and the reaction to pregnancy has gradually eased, and the other is that there are some things that need to be dealt with at the Brook Manor.He promised Mary that he would come as soon as she needed, and prepared to leave.

The night before leaving, Hughes also told Edward that if he had the opportunity, he would like to visit Brook Manor.According to his demeanor, Edward should take advantage of the opportunity to invite, but he didn't do so, and changed the subject.

He took a sip of his wine and turned his gaze to the moonlight outside the window, feeling very peaceful inside.

As for a young man like Hughes, it is like a ray of light in his life, a ray of flower fragrance, which cannot be retained, but it is enough to make Edward sigh and be delighted.

His eyes fell out of the window, so that he didn't notice Hughes looking at him.

However, within ten days after he returned, Mary sent someone to ask him to go to Holder Manor again.The person who came could not tell the specifics.Edward was very worried, so he quickly packed up his things and hurried away.

"Oh Edward," the baroness sighed, clutching her cousin's hand, "Hughes is leaving the manor."

Edward was a little surprised, "Where is Hughes going?"

"He said he was going to Paris to deal with something at home. I thought he was just the son of a nearby gentry, but I didn't expect him to be in Paris!" Mary said anxiously.Their place is just an ordinary town, compared to Paris, it is simply the countryside.Hughes will probably never come back.

She asked Edward: "Dear cousin, I really have no choice. Didn't you once study in Paris, can you go to Paris with Hughes and visit your old friends?"

Edward did study in Paris when he was young, and had a teenage love with his classmates at school.However, the ending was tragic. After only half a year, he dropped out of school and went home because the incident was revealed.This matter was kept a secret, and only the dead father and elder brother knew about it in the entire town of Reese.Even Mary only thought that he was in poor health and was forced to go home to recuperate. After all, Edward's physical and psychological conditions were quite bad at the time.

Edward hadn't been to Paris for more than ten years. He had no knighthood and no business in Paris.Although he has some friends, he has not been in touch for a long time.Mary's request made Edward a little embarrassed.

"Let me think again, ma'am," said Edward.

During dinner, the baroness deliberately put Hughes and Almina together.As the hostess of the manor, Mary controls the rhythm of the conversation between everyone at the dinner table and the people around her. Everyone has to follow her turn and exchange the object of conversation.So she deliberately talked to the person on the right, so that Almina had to talk to Hughes for a long time.It was too long before Mary turned her head to talk to the person on her left, leaving Almina and Hughes to talk to the person on the other side.

On the other side of Hughes is Edward.

Edward had already made up his mind not to put his mind on Hughes, but when Hughes approached his face, he was still a little shaken.So Edward said first, "I heard that you are leaving soon and going to Paris."

Hughes replied: "Yes, Mr. Brook. The elders in the family asked me to go back and see."

Edward was about to ask if he would come back.But Hughes looked at him, they were so close that Edward could see his own reflection in his water-blue eyes.

Then he heard Hughes say: "Mr. Brooke, I have proposed to Miss Almina."

The knife and fork in Edward's hand made a harsh friction sound on the plate.

Everyone was silent for a while, and Mary asked Edward what happened with her eyes.Edward hastily picked up his glass to signal that everything was fine.

"Oh sir," Edward whispered to Hughes, "then, congratulations."

Hughes looked at Edward and smiled, his teeth were white and his eyes were bright.

"I am overjoyed by your wish."