Rimbaud's girl

the day before the wedding.

Charles Langdon came running over early in the morning and asked Gabriel if he wanted to go somewhere and he could take him out "to have a good time".

"If you're talking about a 'lady' you know, then forget it." Gabriel said with a look of lack of interest.

Charles laughed, "Are you worried about Arthur? Just don't call him."

"Come on! Don't always try to drag me into the water. I'm getting married tomorrow. I won't mess up such an important thing."

"Then let's go to the hammam."

"Do you think I don't know what's in that 'hamam' you're talking about?"

Charles laughed again, "You think too much, it's really the kind of place where you take a shower. Come on, I've already asked someone to prepare food and drinks, and we can stay there for a whole day!"

The British don't have the habit of gathering people to take a bath and look at each other's naked bodies. The Turkish bath is not big, and it is opened in an immigrant area that believes in Islam. There is also a Turkish bath in Paris. The French don't mind seeing other people's * *, and doesn't mind being looked at too much.

Wash the body first, and then stay in a small room. There is a large hot stone in the middle of the room. The waiter pours water on the stone, and steam comes out in streams. The room is steaming and steaming. People were flushed and sweating profusely.

Gabriel is a member of the Oxford rowing team, and he usually does a lot of exercise. Running, weightlifting, and boxing are all daily exercises; Charles is a member of the Oxford cricket team, and his daily exercise is also running.Because Gabriel did not grow up in the UK, his cricket level is not as good as Charles, who was born and raised in the UK, but he is not completely incapable of playing.

As the saying goes, "Birds of a feather flock together", it's the same everywhere. Because Gabriel can only be regarded as half-British, he can't hang out with noble children from traditional noble public schools such as Eton and Harrow. His circle of friends is It is not the usual composition of noble young masters, including descendants of French exiled nobles who are similar to him, and children from poor families like Arthur, so they are rarely contaminated with the bad habits of British noble children.

A young man who is keen on sports doesn't have much time to mess around with men and women. Classes, homework, exercise, and competitions are enough to occupy his entire time.

The two cousins ​​were chatting leisurely in the room. Charles, who had nothing to do, planned to go to the United States in the fall, and would probably stay in the United States for a year.Gabriel then said that he would take Vitaly to America and visit him then.

Charles also said that more than half of his relatives did not know that Vitaly was a famous French writer, and they only cared that the Rimbaud family did not have a noble title.

Extremely narrow!

It is not uncommon for noble children to marry a commoner wife nowadays, but it will still cause a small wave of discussion among relatives. If the bride is not beautiful enough or has some improper behavior at the wedding, then it is exactly what relatives want , they can talk for a while longer.

"But I have no doubts about Vitaly's beauty, she must be a bride as beautiful as a goddess. Those guys in Oxford laughed at you all day long for actually falling in love with a commoner girl, until they saw Vitaly, That's when I finally shut up."

What he was talking about was that when Vitaly came to Oxford to hold an art exhibition, many Oxford students went to see the art exhibition, mainly to meet Vitaly, beautiful girls always get more favors, if a smart beautiful girl , that is even more attractive, and her civilian background is not a major flaw.

"I wish I could see her in her wedding dress right now." Gabriel sighed.

When it comes to wedding dresses, one cannot help but think of the wedding dresses she brought from Paris.This wedding dress is worth 5000 francs, not counting the accessories on it, but it was stolen by that fellow Louis!Although Louis later sent back the two stolen suitcases, Vitaly was so angry that she didn't want to look at them, and asked Arthur to burn the wedding dress and a whole box of petticoats.

It would be a pity to burn brand new clothes, but considering what disgusting things that man—boy—had done to those clothes, it would be better to burn them.

Charles didn't expect this, "You can see it tomorrow."

tomorrow!Good tomorrow!

The wedding takes place in the afternoon.

The weather was beautiful, sunny early in the morning, a mild early summer weather.

London's early summer is not hot at all, even wearing layers of clothes, you will not sweat, very suitable for wedding weather.

There are no make-up artists and hairdressers, all rely on themselves and maids.

After changing into her wedding dress, Leila first braided her hair, braided it at the back of her head, and put on pearl barrettes; the makeup was not that complicated, there was no liquid foundation or concealer, but eyeshadow and powder Eyebrow powder and lipstick are ready. Layla has good makeup skills, so she puts on her makeup and puts on bright red lipstick.

The face in the mirror was exquisite, but it just didn't look like her.This feeling is a bit strange. She knows that she is going to get married today, but she has never really thought about what it means to be "married".

She is half a month away from turning 19, and getting married at 19 is a bit beyond her psychological expectations.

Everything seemed so logical, without any twists and turns, she had a good boyfriend, got engaged, and got married.She seems to be no different from other girls. Countless girls have come here, and their lives are different, but most of them follow such a process.

Marriage is not the goal, life after marriage is the most testing.

Then she suddenly remembered that she should ask herself: Do I want to get married?can i be a good wifeWould Gabriel be a good husband?

The first question is not easy to answer, because after all, she doesn't need a man to support herself;

The second question should be in the third question -->>

Afterwards, Gabriel is a good husband and she will also be a good wife, which is relative.

What would marriage bring her, apart from the financial aspect?

It should be happy.After all, Gabriel's advantage is that he will not put pressure on her, and he has already promised not to hinder her from pursuing her career. This can be regarded as a peerless good man in this era.There are no other problems yet, and things in the future can be considered without thinking about it now.

Love is such an emotion, it should make the person in love happy, in order to maintain this happiness, in order to "own" each other, they need "marriage" and a legal and secular ceremony.

church.

The pipe organ played a hymn, which is not the "Wedding March" that is standard for weddings in later generations.A wedding is just a ceremony to conclude a contract. It needs a little sense of ceremony, but it will not be as cumbersome and grand as a royal wedding.

Vitaly held the arm of her adoptive father Flaubert and stood at the other end of the carpet, feeling very calm. Maybe in the eyes of others, she didn't look like a nervous bride.

I wonder if Gabriel will be nervous?

Through the veil, she looked at the young man in front of the altar.

Still calm.

There is nothing to panic or be nervous about, just walk over like this.

The church is not too big, it is full of about 300 people, and the guests are not very crowded.

She sees her mother, uncle, younger sister, older brothers, cousin, these are her closest people, relatives by blood.Madame Rimbaud's eyes were filled with tears of joy and sadness.She recalled vaguely that since she had left home for Paris she had not been very close to her mother.

Now, she kind of regrets not being able to get closer to her mother.

Going forward, it was Mrs. Orland's excited look.

After today, the husband's surname "Olan" will be added to her name.

What a strange thing this is!

She turned her head to look at Flaubert, and there was also a faint glint in his eyes.

The adoptive father was very kind to her and gave her everything he could. She was very grateful and loved him very much, loved him like a real daughter, took care of him, asked him for advice, and acted like a baby to him.

Today, she is getting married.

Be someone else's family.

The father handed over his daughter to another man, which is a kind of transfer of patriarchy, and she understands this truth.From the status of "daughter" under the patriarchal power to the status of "wife" under the power of the husband.

It is very difficult to fight against this patriarchal world. Some people think that since they have this kind of awareness, they should continue to fight for women's rights. This is not only for themselves, but also for thousands of others. Women, but this is not an inevitable responsibility.

She doesn't think she has the ability to fight against the patriarchal society, she is just a little "I", what's wrong with pursuing her own personal happiness?

Just as Gabriel pursued a quiet personal life with no ambitions, there was nothing wrong with him.

They are just two insignificant young people in this era who just want to have their own little happiness.

She walked to the front of the altar, and Gabriel smiled at her, reached out and took her hand gently.

The veil was lifted, and he fumbled to place the veil under her bun.

She wanted to laugh, and it looked like the priest wanted to laugh too.

Knowing that he was a bit clumsy, he blushed a little shyly, and quickly stood up straight.

But he couldn't help but look sideways at her.

She is so beautiful, her small face is so bright that it seems to be shining, and the bright red on her lips makes her not quite like her. She has never used such a bright red color.

What else is different?I couldn't think of it for a while, but in short, she was indeed an incomparably beautiful bride who was enough to make him proud and satisfied.

So many thoughts passed through his mind, so many thoughts, he didn't pay attention to what the priest was saying until his bride touched him.

Yes, I Do.

Yes, I Do.

She was still very calm, watching the young man who had just become her husband awkwardly put on the wedding ring for her.

Then, she took another wedding ring from the embroidered cushion held by the little flower girl, and put it on his finger.

His handsome face was full of pleasant smiles, and he whispered, "Now, you are finally mine."

Leaning down slightly, he kissed her lips.

A gentle kiss.

After the kiss, he smiled a little foolishly, and raised his hand to wipe her lips.

She was a little puzzled, and then thought, it was lipstick.

He looked a little funny with bright red lipstick on his lips.

"You are beautiful," he said.

Then, he kissed her again.

This time, kiss for a long time.

The author has something to say: I have written about several weddings in the previous articles, but now I feel that I don’t want to write in detail when I write about weddings, and I really want to muddle through.

Because it was locked, I modified it a bit, and the next chapter is the wedding night.