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Chapter 12 The King's Invitation

Not to mention how John returned to his heart like an arrow, after he left, a big event happened, but it was not a bad thing, on the contrary, it was simply a great honor in the eyes of others.

Before talking about this big event, there is one more thing that must be mentioned—Ambassador Pamuk abducted to Downton with Nabil after finishing his work. When Mr. Spencer was not at the manor, he turned around again. The Earl and Lady of Grantham didn't know anything, but they were sorry for the previous unpleasantness, and they warmly entertained each other.

On this day, Earl Grantham's family gathered in the study to chat after dinner as usual. Ambassador Pamuk was telling everyone about the interesting story of his meeting with the Prime Minister.After the peeking maids were driven back to the kitchen by the housekeeper, Daisy said, "That gentleman is so handsome!"

Anna glanced at Bates and retorted: "Mr. Spencer is also very handsome, but he is not so boastful. I think people should pay attention to his inner self."

Gwen also asked Anna: "Do you think Mr. Spencer will marry Miss Mary?"

"I don't know, at least I don't see Mr. Spencer thinking about it."

"Why? They are a match made in heaven." William couldn't help interjecting.

"I think Mr. Spencer has his own reasons," said Bates meaningfully.

When he said this, he was actually telling Anna himself, but he didn't expect this "reason" to come so quickly.In the afternoon, the butler Carson led a young attendant to meet the Earl of Grantham. After the attendant left, the earl ordered him to come down to prepare the dinner.

Mrs. Patmore asked Mrs. Hughes puzzledly: "Which adult is coming? God, it's so hasty, I'm busy this afternoon, Daisy, don't stand around stupidly, put those chickens on the table the sauce!"

"I hear Mr. Spencer's cousin is coming to visit."

"There's no need to be so grand, is there?"

"God! What are you talking about? It's the Duchess of Nemours!"

As soon as the words came out, everyone became even more curious, and Gwen took the lead to ask: "Miss? Isn't Mr. Spencer American?"

"Am I a detective, Gwen? If you're free, go to the living room and clean the carpet. There's no one there right now." Mrs. Hughes glared, turned her head and left, and Gwen picked up the cleaning tool with an innocent face. .

There is too little information about the visitor. The earl and others only knew that the other party was Mr. Spencer's cousin, the daughter of the Duke of Nemours in France. The old lady knew a little bit, and said: "This is the only daughter of the Duke of Nemours." , because I got a son when I was old, so I love her very much."

Seeing his wife's puzzled expression, the count added: "I've heard of the Nemours family. It is a famous family with a long history in France. Since the Great Revolution, many nobles in France have declined, but the Nemours family has been thriving."

"But we don't seem to be in touch. Why did she come to visit suddenly?" The countess was still puzzled.

No one can answer her question, but the dinner party is about to answer her doubts.Miss Nemours surprised everyone as soon as she appeared on the stage. She wore a sky-blue floor-length dress that perfectly set off her curves and pearl-like skin. It seemed to be connected with her pupils of the same color. The boundless ocean, the diamond necklace on the chest and the small sapphires scattered on the skirt sparkle in the light.Obviously Miss Nemours's dress is very shocking, but her cute and innocent looks are hard to dislike.

"Is Miss Nemours the reason why Mr. Spencer doesn't accept Miss Mary?" Anna asked Mr. Bates while waiting for the food to be served.

"I don't know," replied Bates matter-of-factly, "but I should not be surprised if Mr. Spencer chooses Miss Nemours."

Sure enough, at the dinner party, except for Matthew, the Earl, and Mr. Nabil, other men were all around Charlotte, which fully confirmed how predictable Mr. Bates was.But Charlotte doesn't bother to take a second look, she just likes to get close to Mary. If Mary can't see anything like this, then she really becomes Edith.Miss Nemours obviously didn't come to visit sincerely, and now it seems that she is going to be jealous, and she feels a little unhappy.

The ambassador who was still paying attention to Mary wanted to use his charming appearance to seduce Charlotte, but the other party said: "Ah, I know you! You are the ambassador who lost the shooting competition with my cousin!" After going back, the other party could only leave with a smile.After the ambassador left, Charlotte said to Mary: "Don't be fooled by his appearance. His affairs have been spread to Paris. He is a scum who only knows how to play with women!"

Mary "puchi" laughed, and she had a preliminary understanding of Miss Nemours' outspokenness, and the displeasure just now dissipated. Such a person is always hard to hate.

John didn't go back to Old Manor directly, but went to Downton. First, he wanted to thank the earl for his hospitality, and second, he wanted to talk about Thomas' affairs, which was the most important thing.So this also caused him to have no idea that Charlotte was following him. When he saw his cousin was also in the welcoming team, he almost thought he was tired from the train and had hallucinations. When Charlotte rushed over as usual, John Knowing that this is true, the expression on the face at that time is not to mention how wonderful it is.

Everyone thought that Mr. Spencer must be very happy to see his cousin, but he wasn't.So everyone saw this scene:

At dinner, Charlotte deliberately sat next to Mr. Spencer, trying to stick to him from time to time, but was rejected by the other party with various strange reasons, such as: "too crowded", "too close to breathe", "Pay attention to etiquette", "Hurry up and eat your pudding"...

Then on the way to the study, Charlotte tried her best to act like a baby: "Cousin, don't you miss me?"

Mr. Spencer replied without thinking: "I think the Duke and Duchess miss you more, why don't you go back to Paris as soon as possible."

When Charlotte was alone, Mary came over and teased, "Miss Nemours, it seems that Mr. Spencer really cares about you."

But Charlotte didn't hear the irony: "Of course, who else does my cousin care about if he doesn't care about me?" After speaking, she walked away proudly with her head held high.

Soon the servants learned that Mr. Spencer didn't like Miss Nemours, and they all guessed what kind of person such a rich and noble gentleman liked.

Daisy said, "I guess Mr. Spencer has a lover in America..."

Mrs. Patmore interrupted her at once: "Don't be stupid, why would Mr. Spencer come here if he was in America!"

"Maybe they had a fight?"

"Oh, my God..." Mrs. Patmore covered her forehead.

"Why didn't you interrupt?" It was rare to see Thomas so quiet, Anna glanced at him and asked.

Thomas touched his lips, pretending to be calm and said, "I don't know either."

The author has something to say:

Sorry everyone, I wrote several chapters in the previous paragraph, because I posted it on my mobile phone, and suddenly found that I made a mistake in the title of the previous chapter, so I missed a few chapters

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