The Happy Life of a Duchess

"In a crowded environment, Miss Marguerite Gautier looked calm, she was like an apostle on a pilgrimage, walking forward calmly, how noisy the people around were-those women held up their Brands, fighting for their own rights, Miss Gautier is the most special one."

"She has a noble and unattainable temperament. Even though she is dressed plainly, just an ordinary long skirt, she doesn't look too gorgeous compared to the women around her. Even her makeup looks very light, but she That’s what makes the difference.”

"I dare say that all people, whether they are joining in the fun, watching, participating in protests, or suppressing protests... When all people see such a big protest march where women are the majority, the first thing they see Definitely Miss Gautier at the front."

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"The parade line is getting longer and longer, and more and more people are participating. The parade was originally estimated to end around two o'clock in the afternoon, but it was because of the crowds that they didn't disperse until after four o'clock. At around [-]:[-], seeing that more Parisian guards were about to join in, Miss Gautier contacted a few people in charge and announced the end of today's parade."

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"Everyone walked away, but there were still a large number of people gathered in the circular square, and the surrounding shops and customers gathered to watch the astonishing scene."

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"None of us expected such a huge momentum. After discussion, we are determined to hold a second protest march."

"—your loyal assistant editor, Miss Mandela."

Adele, Mary, and Jenny looked at each other in blank dismay. After reading the letter, she rarely felt melancholy and complicated.

This is a private letter sent by a guard who received bribes, and it is sandwiched in the explanatory letter secretly handed over by Mr. Weihan, like a letter from Mr. Duval and the Duke’s father, which can be sent directly——

While Mr. Big Becker is still a human being, these two people who are close to Adele are noble, and it is difficult for him to stop him.

After a while, Mary was the first to break the silence.

"This is really unexpected."

Her expression was a bit difficult to distinguish, and even when she spoke, there was still an inexplicable smell.

It's like admiration, and it's like an accident, but at the same time, this kind of respect is mixed with her contempt for her in the past. Those previous disdains made her ashamed, but at the same time made her feel very embarrassed.

If this was the case, Mary would not admit her fault, but what Margaret did was really good, so good that it exceeded everyone's expectations, so good that Mary didn't even feel jealous.

When a certain person is outstanding to a certain level, no matter whether it is his ability or his spiritual realm, he has already crushed other people, and other people will no longer be shocked or jealous of him.

That is very clear in my heart, a lofty and great level that I will never be able to achieve.

Whether it's the indomitable firmness expressed by Margaret, her pious confession of her past experience, or her unprecedented bravery, she has made her own efforts to reshape the beliefs and ideas in her heart.

Such a pure girl has no reason to be looked down upon by others, and even Mary feels that if she criticizes and slanders her in the same way as in the past, she will appear so despicable and villainous.

Although Mary has her own problems, she is not "bad" to such an extent.

She is not a villain, although she has some secular prejudices and limitations, but she is good anyway, and although she is not forgiving, she has not done any excessive evil.

She is just an ordinary maid girl with a little problem, but generally no problem, and she has been developing in a good direction following Adele, whether it is Adele's guidance or Mrs. Lude's teaching, she is always Growing up step by step.

The origin of the matter was a discussion about the controversial results of the essay contest and the new concept of "female orientation" contained in the essay contest.

Established for women, the concept itself is in a very novel state. It’s not that there are no brands or products that serve women as a sign. For example, many designers still advertise that they serve some noble royal women. Own.

At this time, there are no so-called luxury brands in the very traditional sense.

Even Hermes, which is highly respected by later generations, is now just a small craftsman who makes harnesses for the royal family.

Adele's newspaper perspective is not a very important field, but it cannot be said to be insensitive.

The power of public opinion is also somewhat perceived by people nowadays, especially in terms of speech and ideology. Enlightenment in this area is extremely important, not just because life is too sad and the ruler is too oppressive and has to make some resistance The action is so simple.

It was at this time that many advanced ideas were enlightened and developed.

Adele caught up with a "chic" trend.

At the very beginning, because of the participation of the Barry family, they stirred up the muddy waters, allowing the controversy that was originally just about the essay call to spread to the entire newspaper and content, and then directly spread to the "reasonable or not" of the newspaper's establishment of this publication. discussion.

Because of its own topicality and the praise of many female writers and critics, coupled with the large number of female participants and the foundation of female salons, this complexity and controversy quickly reached a relatively high level. the point.

Immediately afterwards, the king made a foolish move, which directly turned the original discussion about gender conflicts between men and women into a kind of suppression of class and a struggle between some political groups.

There are also many other factors such as the division of mineral interests, family conflicts and confrontations.

Under such circumstances, especially the suppression of the last complex political group is likely to be the cause of the instability of the king's rule.

After all, whether it is the descendants of Napoleon, the descendants of Bourbon or the Orleans faction, they are all constitutional monarchies, and they all have their own fans of the royal faction, and they are also consistent to some extent. At least they all expect this country to have a king. Core power may have been dispersed among the bourgeois upstarts.

Excluding those more complex labor movements and uprisings which are not yet very successful - this has not yet occurred, although it has occurred in the period before and after the Great Revolution.

If it is the confrontation between men and women, it is still a small class conflict, and in the current situation where the law is biased towards men and social power is still in the hands of men, even if women make trouble, it will not become a big issue in a short time. Naturally, the climate will not be a factor affecting the prestige and control of their current king.

But if it involves the confrontation between political parties, especially the confrontation between the royalist party, it becomes very complicated.

Their king is not as popular or talented as Napoleon's rule. It is a fluke that the King of Orleans can get the throne. Wooden warehouse".

This move of his seems to be simple. He said it casually. Maybe he just wanted to intimidate a "daring" princess in order to make his mistress happy. , even if it's something with an improper name, it's still a slap in the face for him.

But he didn't expect that Adele's attitude was so firm, and some influence of Duke Juradi still existed, and her fiancé, Mr. Duval, couldn't be indifferent.

Mr. Duval is a republican, and he can barely be regarded as the moderate side of the republic that specializes in dealing with other parties and families. Other political opponents can be angry with the radicals, but they are not easy to take the hostile party's If everyone is blacklisted, one or two people who can still talk and maintain face are naturally needed.

After Mr. Duval was transferred to Paris, he basically confirmed his identity.

Although his attitude tends to be neutral, and he has never shown a clear preference, he just deals rationally among many choices, but after all he already holds power.

"Show me again!" Jenny looked a little surprised and a little happy.

If it was outside, before Bailu Manor was fenced off, Jenny herself would be willing to be a member of the protest. In fact, most women knew that some things existed unreasonably.

However, some advanced-minded women are particularly dissatisfied with this, and even the bold life style of Mrs. Dupont, the writer George Sand, may not be a manifestation of resistance and equality between men and women.

"It's very interesting—I really regret that I didn't participate in such a meaningful action." Jenny said with a smile, "I heard from the letter that more and more people are participating. It can be seen that everyone seems to be clear in their hearts. Yes, and there must be many people who like our newspapers."

Yes, among the many, many voices, some actually stated that they wanted the newspaper to continue running.

Although "Ms.'s" magazine has only a small number of issues, not ten issues, but the readership is getting bigger and bigger, the number of people is getting bigger and bigger, and the sales volume is getting better and better visible to the naked eye. Many people are not only If you look at it yourself, you will give it to your relatives and friends as a Paris "specialty" magazine.

At the same time, this magazine basically represents the fashion trend of the top circles of the upper class in Paris and the core trends of various female topics. Who made the content of the manuscript come from these ladies of the upper class? What they talked about Things were recorded, and naturally without other sources of information, they became the content that the people below were chasing after each other.

Invisibly, Adele has successfully opened and stabilized the market, using this magazine as a certain degree of weather vane, if it were not because of the sudden card, the estimated initial print volume and expected sales of its latest issue would have been It was able to rush to the top three in French magazine sales.

It should have become the most popular magazine in Paris, but it was forced to suspend its sales. The long-awaited new issue—even many people are counting on this new issue to see the fashion trends and topics of the autumn social season. After the interruption, I don't know how many people are troubled by it.

Originally, it would become a very convenient and practical magazine that can meet the needs of not only science popularization, learning, and education, but also save trouble and effort.

Now, there's nothing left, and woe to anyone who sees running the paper, for a large part of the magazine's audience - educated upper-class ladies and self-sufficient women who want to gain knowledge and learn from it. For working-class women, this is undoubtedly bad news.

Especially the latter, already accounted for the majority before Adele didn't know it well. After all, no matter whether they were workers or housewives, they all accounted for the majority or were rich or wealthy. time man.

In fact, after this call for essays, they have already expected the composition of the readers' letters and votes.

Because of the large number of female supporters, the female-oriented prize winner of No. 1, she and her works themselves are able to explain the problem. It is not just a small magazine limited to the nobles.

Under the deliberate control of Mr. Duval, this wave of people was naturally summoned.

No one knows how to protest. Since the other party wants to do it, they can do it too, and they can do it more formally and with more momentum.

They also did not expect that so many people would participate from the midway.

Such a scene was repeated again in the second protest march, and it was even more massive than the first.