Downton Abbey for your happiness

Chapter 22 The Duke's Threat

After Charlotte came to the manor, the manor immediately became lively, not only because of Charlotte's "enthusiasm", but also because everyone focused on this rare lady in the manor. Everyone is reasonably guessing that Miss Charlotte will definitely become Mr. Spencer's fiancée, and Charlotte, who has temporarily left the task of helping Mary and Matthew, has returned to the previous state of sticking to John.Because Mr. Spencer has been reclusive, Miss Charlotte has become a popular person invited to the ball in the town. According to her habit of never leaving her cousin, the nearby residents soon know that Mr. Spencer has a The childhood sweetheart and all the families who are waiting to marry their daughters will rest their minds after seeing Charlotte's beauty and family background.

It didn't take long for John to know about this. He originally thought that Charlotte would dump him for the sake of Mary and Matthew, and should divert her attention. Unexpectedly, his cousin's big mouth didn't change at all.He could think that Charlotte must have preached this in order to drive away those who wanted to marry.John thought about it carefully. It is not a good thing to let the rumors spread like this. First, Charlotte will be sad in the end. Second, if he does not intend to marry the other party, such words will always damage a lady's reputation, even if he does not. Like Charlotte, but they are still cousins ​​who grew up together.So John decided to make it clear to Charlotte. After he told Thomas his thoughts, he didn't expect Thomas to disagree, because if Miss Charlotte was the curtain in front of the stage, then they would be much safer.

For this reason, John was really angry. He firmly disagreed with Thomas's behavior of using Charlotte as a shield. He thought he was not a good person. If it were someone else, he might not care about taking advantage of it, but Charlotte definitely would not !Moreover, Thomas' overly selfish behavior made him very uncomfortable. Although he suppressed his anger and persuaded the other party, John could see that Thomas just obeyed and didn't really hear his heart.So in the next few days he was annoyed about this matter all the time, but he couldn't say whether it was Charlotte's matter or Thomas' duplicity that made him particularly angry.And Thomas's feet are almost healed. For some reason, he didn't come to please John, which made John even more angry. Didn't he play tricks to please others in the original drama?Why did he almost write "I'm angry" on his face now, and the other party didn't come to comfort him, didn't he even bother to play tricks!When John told the butler what was on his mind, Mr. Smith thought to himself, it seems that not only women in love have zero IQ, but also men in love have no logic at all. How can a person feel that the other party is duplicity and fear? The other party is hypocritical, and wants the other party to coax him even if it is a lie?So the housekeeper has been a "trash can" for several days and has not come up with a constructive solution.

And Thomas?He really doesn't care about John's emotions, does he think he's in a safe place?of course not.In fact, Thomas is also in a state of desperation. Naturally, he really likes John. The reason why he proposed that idea is also for the sake of the two of them. After John told him, although he didn't care, he cared about the other party's emotions. Fearing that John would get angry, the gap between them in all aspects always made him feel insecure from the beginning, walking on thin ice, always afraid of falling into the cold river.So at first he wanted to calm down the other party, but God failed. At the critical moment, the Duke of Cloboro, the man who had given his heart but abandoned him ruthlessly, came to him again. he.

The Duke of Cloboro has had a hard time since he failed to marry Mary. Perhaps three words are not enough to describe his current situation. When he was in London, he was persuaded by a friend to invest in a company. At the beginning, he did make a little profit. He was so happy that he couldn't resist the temptation. He went to the casino with his friends for a small gamble. Later, the small gamble turned into a big gamble. The banker borrowed his chips because of his status as a duke. Unexpectedly, he lost all of them in the end.However, his friend told him that the company's profits will increase as it goes on, and that this little money is a trivial matter, so he is relieved.But he forgot that investment is risky. The boss of the company fled overnight, his friends disappeared, and he had to deal with debt collectors every day. Debts, the thugs secretly raised by the casino don't care about a down-and-out duke, and they block him in a dark alley to deal with him if he can't pay the money.Who would marry their daughter to such a libertine now that the scandal of the Duke of Cloboro had spread through London society?

Duke Cloboro had no choice but to consider finding a job, but he didn't know anything. Soon the people in the casino made his friends so annoying that they didn't even lend him the house.In the end, he had to sell himself in desperation. The other party was a businessman, and he was very cautious. He didn't tell him what he was doing or his real name. He just gave him a sum of money. It is said that the money was indeed a lot, but the other party also changed in bed. Tossing him in various ways, he alternated between passing out and waking up throughout the night, almost until the next day, his whole body seemed to be run over by a car, and it hurt to breathe.Later, he didn't dare to do this anymore, and when he wanted to go to Downton to hide for a while, he accidentally heard that Thomas was no longer in Downton Abbey, but went to Odd Manor as a personal servant.It is said that Mr. Spencer of Old Manor was very kind and valued him as a personal servant. He once rode a horse to call for a doctor when he didn't want to disturb the servant at night.What's more, Mr. Spencer is rich, and the last time a maid broke an enamelled plate, she wasn't reproached.

So gossip is sometimes the soil that breeds evil. Duke Cloboro changed his plan after hearing these rumors. He temporarily stayed in the hotel and then diverted to Autobot Town.He sent an unsigned letter to Thomas, in which he wrote: Dear Thomas, since Downton left, I have often thought about you. I wonder if Mr. Spencer also feels this way?If you have not forgotten our friendship in London, find me at the Bluebird Hotel.

After posting the letter, the Duke waited confidently, believing that Thomas would be hooked.Because if Thomas really had something with Mr. Spencer, he would definitely not want the other party to know his existence. Even if there was nothing, Thomas finally sat in the position of personal servant, and he definitely didn't want his master to know about it.So no matter what, Thomas had to accept his "suggestion" and follow his "command". With such a good way to make money, would he still have to worry about the gambling debts he owed?He might even have a good life in London again!The more the Duke thought about it, the more he couldn't hide his excitement. As for Thomas' life and death, it was out of his consideration.

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