[Tess of the D'Urbervilles] Concubine Wan Gui counterattacks the doormat

The sea rushed to the beach, and some of them encountered huge reefs and couldn't dodge in time, and hit them hard. In an instant, white waves shot in all directions, making a "crash, clatter" sound.

At the junction of the sea and the sky, a black spot gradually appeared. The workers who had been waiting on the harbor looked forward to it, their eyes fixed on the black spot. In their pupils, the black spot was getting closer and closer, and gradually appeared Its real face, a huge white steamer, was getting closer and closer. Suddenly, it let out a long "beep" sound, and a row of chimneys on the top spewed out a stream of white steam at the same time.

In an instant, the waiting workers hugged, clapped, and threw their hats excitedly. In response, the sailors on the ship also crowded to the railing of the ship, blushing with excitement and waving desperately to the port guys. whistle.

As if to cater to everyone's excitement, the ship whistled again, and with this whistle, the ship began to enter the port.

Apparently, the two gentlemen who had been waiting in the office of the harbor building were also leaning against the window, seeing the smooth return of the ship, with satisfied smiles on their similar faces.

The shorter man smoked the pipe in his mouth, and opened his arms to embrace the taller brother beside him.

"Congratulations, Burton, your hard work has finally paid off." He patted Burton and let him go.

Burton, who has always been moody and angry, couldn't hide the joy at the corner of his mouth at this moment. He accepted his brother's blessing, "Thank you, George." He said, poured two glasses of red wine, and handed one to his brother.

George took the glass, clinked it with his brother, drank it down, and then proudly shook the empty glass in front of his brother Burton.

But Burton swung his wine glass, just took a sip, he was not as reckless as his brother, just like his character, conservative and restrained, he would plan everything before doing anything, and never get carried away, but this is often seen His older brother George teased him as the little old man.

George put the empty cup on the marble desk, leaned back on his younger brother's exclusive seat, and stretched out his legs comfortably on the desk.

"Catherine has been thinking about Emma recently, so you have time to live in London for a while, after all, our two families haven't been together for a long time." George narrowed his eyes, stretched his arms comfortably, and leaned on the armrest.

Burton pursed his lips, stood at the window and looked at the sea, as if he was thinking about something, unconsciously shaking the red wine in his hand.

"Burton?" George didn't hear his brother's reply, so he opened his eyes and looked at him strangely.

Burton lowered his eyelids. "Okay," he promised, turning to his brother.

George, who was so thoughtful, also realized the unusual relationship between his younger brother and his wife. He sat up straight and tentatively asked, "Is it because Emma hasn't recovered after that incident?" about the second miscarriage.

Burton didn't want to tell others about the matter between his husband and wife, even though the other party was his brother, so he kept silent.

But Burton's appearance made George mistakenly think that he had guessed right, so he began to persuade: "Burton, since Mr. Woodhouse passed away, Catherine and I want you to move from Hadfield to London, love Ma is too young, how can she bear the loneliness of being alone in the mansion? Moving here, at least she can talk to her sister Catherine, so that she can get out of that unpleasant incident as soon as possible."

What George doesn't know is that his younger brother Burton has already proposed to his little wife about moving, but the stubborn Emma has never agreed, and instead thinks that he will break his promise. After all, she promised when she married him Will always live in Harfield with her and her father.

Burton drank the rest of the red wine in the glass before slowly saying, "Emma has already refused."

George was really anxious about his younger brother's unhurried temper, "Don't tell me you just rush back and forth between London and Hadfield every day? Then leave Emma most of the time to think about it?" In my heart, no wonder it took him more than ten years to let Emma understand his mind!

Burton thought of Emma's depressed appearance, and he didn't want to make her unhappy because of these trivial things. Besides, under normal circumstances, he would try his best to satisfy her whatever she liked, and let her show a carefree smile like before.However, it is obvious that he is far inferior to her deceased father Mr. Woodhouse in this point. Looking at Emma's increasingly silent face, he is not good at words, and he doesn't even know how he can make her Show joy again.

"Emma plans to renovate Hadfield Manor recently." So she shouldn't have time to think about it?

George was defeated by his brother's low EQ, well, since he is not in a hurry, what's the use of being anxious as a brother?

He stood up, took out white gloves from the pocket of his suit jacket, put them on, and said, "In this case, well, I should go, Burton." He paused, and added: "I'm not in London tomorrow, but You can bring Emma over to talk to Catherine."

Burton also stood up and opened the door for his brother, "Okay." He promised, "Goodbye, George."

"Goodbye, Burton."

George put on his hat, took his cane and went out.

Burton closed the door again, thought for a while, put on his hat, opened the door and went out.

"Where are you going, sir?" Downstairs, the coachman opened the door for Burton and asked respectfully.

"E&L Jewelry Store."

"Okay, sir."

*****

The little guy's Christian name is Bruce, which means a person from Normandy, implying that he has the blood of the Normans, noble and brave.Hence, the little guy's full name is Bruce Auston d'Urberville.

And it was his two godfathers named George who gave him this Christian name.One is George Morris, a hereditary viscount, who is the little guy's cousin; and the other is George Knightley, a small magistrate in the City of London, but they Knightley is a different family. An out-and-out rich family, in view of the good friendship with Mr. Viscount, the enthusiastic magistrate readily agreed to be the godfather of the son of an unknown squire without even thinking about it.

It was Sunday, and it was the great day of the baptism of little M. d'Urberville.

When the baptism began, the little guy in a white satin robe was carried by his godmother, Mrs. Morris, and came to the gilded holy fountain under the watchful eyes of his parents and some spectators.

The saluting pastor stood beside the little guy and began to confess:

"I believe in my Almighty Father," he said, looking down at the blue-eyed, silent kid, "Bruce, I salute you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit." Put it on the forehead of the little guy, "Lord, this is your child, I entrust him to your grace, let the Holy Spirit accompany his growth." He said, reaching into the holy water basin to scoop Water dripped onto the little guy's head, dampening his newly grown brown hair.

After doing this, the pastor stepped back and asked the child's godparents to come and give blessings and gifts to the little boy.

According to the teaching, the two George fathers presented their godson with a silver spoon engraved with the image of the apostle, which was placed in the little guy's baggy clothes.Then, relatives and friends who came to watch the ceremony stepped forward to give blessings to the children.

Alec held his mother's waist, watching his own child's situation nervously, seeing that the little guy had endured the christening ceremony and did not cry, he couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and then started to shriek.That is my child, how brave and cute!

Although the empress didn't understand why the people here had to baptize the newborn child, she thought that this should be the same as the full moon celebration for babies in Ming Dynasty. It was a kind of blessing ceremony, so she watched the whole process calmly This Fanbang's "Full Moon Ceremony" is completely different from that of Ming Dynasty.

At the end, our little protagonist today was so tired that he fell asleep with his face on his father's shoulders, while his dear parents stood outside the church to see off relatives and friends.

"Thank you so much today, Cousin George, oh, and Brother George," Alec said, his usually aggressive eyes glanced calmly at his sister-in-law next to him, "and I seem to be most indebted to my cousin, Mrs. Morris, who helped us despite the past, am I right, dear?" He seemed to be joking again.

The empress lightly crossed the husband beside her, signaling him to be more serious.

Alec's cousin, Mr. Viscount George, is very aware of his cousin's virtues. Today is the first time he saw his cousin-in-law. Although she is a country girl, she is as beautiful as the rumors say. No wonder he was able to subdue the flamboyant d'Urberville so well.

And the other Mr. George, although he didn't speak, was always smiling and seemed to be in a good mood.

Although Mrs. Morris obeyed her husband's arrangement to act as the godmother of the little one, it did not mean that she forgave her and her sisters for their rude treatment at the d'Urbervilles' house, so she just spread out her fan, shook it lightly, and covered her His own mouth did not speak.

There was a moment of silence, and Alec's joke seemed a bit embarrassing, but the person involved didn't realize it at all.

"I am honored to be Bruce's godfather, Alec, and I will always pay attention to the education of little Bruce," Mr. Viscount broke the awkward atmosphere, "but now, I think we should all go, it's getting late ’” he said, politely tipping off his hat to the young lady who was his cousin-in-law, “Goodbye, everyone.”

"Goodbye, my dear cousin." Alec still said with a frivolous smile.

Mr. Viscount glanced at his cousin lightly, then stepped into the carriage, and stretched out his hand to help his wife up.

"Shall I see you, Knightley?" asked the Viscount.

"Oh, thank you, my carriage is waiting for me." George Knightley waved to Mr. Viscount.

Mr. Viscount nodded, and then he closed the door, and the carriage started to move forward.

"I think I must go too, Mr d'Urberville, ma'am," said George Knightley, turning to the couple before him.

After his cousin left, Alec restrained his indecent smile, "Oh, what I want to say is, thank you again, Mr. Knightley."

Seeing Alec's inconsistent expression, George Knightley felt that there was something interesting between the cousins, but he tactfully did not show it, "Oh, my pleasure, Mr. d'Urberville."

While speaking, his carriage was already approaching, and the coachman opened the door for him, "Farewell, sir, madam, and, Mr. d'Urberville is very cute, I like it very much." Then, he blinked slyly , turned and sat in the carriage.

"Goodbye, Mr. Knightley." Alec waved him off politely rarely.

After the carriage went away, Alec hugged the little guy and took his little wife to his own carriage.

"Alec, you seem to be very unfriendly to your cousin?" Madam asked.

"Oh, dear, you must not know, and that guy doesn't necessarily like me."

"Then... Godfather?"

"Oh, it's just a formality, please don't take it to heart, I mean, none of us take it seriously."

"..."

The carriage started rattling, and the poor little guy, who had been lying in his father's arms and still sound asleep, didn't know how difficult the future road would be because of his father's willfulness, because his dear godfather, Mr. Viscount Will show... well, care about his education because of his father's example.

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