Guidebook for the Dark Duke

The day of the gentleman's gathering came sooner than Evan expected. Evan had just had breakfast on this day, and Tom walked in with a strange face.

"Mr. Pastor, it's really strange." Tom looked at Evan with some doubts: "I just wanted to go out and help you hire a carriage, but there was already a carriage waiting at the door, and he said he was here to pick you up. Is this the carriage you called yourself?"

Evan's expression froze, and after thinking about it for a while, he knew who wrote it.

"It's probably the carriage sent by the Duke. You don't need to worry about it, just go down first." Evan nodded slightly.

Evan was so calm, but Tom was not so calm. He couldn't help showing an excited smile when he heard this, and even rubbed his hands with a smile, and said excitedly: "It turns out to be the Duke, Mr. Pastor, you really are It’s too powerful to make His Excellency the Duke value it so much.”

Evan pursed his lips, and suddenly felt a little joy in his heart.

"No one can talk more than you." Evan still looked calm on the surface.

Tom stepped back with a smile, but his heart was full of ambition. He was very proud of being a servant with such a status as his master.

Evan put on his best suit, then a priest collar, and went down the stairs.

The carriage was indeed sent by Duke Wilson. The coachman Evan had seen it before. This carriage was Duke Wilson's very low-key carriage. Evan had been in it before.

"Mr. Pastor Bruce." Seeing Evan coming out, the coachman hurriedly nodded and saluted.

Evan nodded: "Did the Duke send you here?"

"Yes." The coachman looked a little embarrassed, and he didn't seem to be very good at communicating: "Your Excellency the Duke said that I must personally send you to the manor."

Evan nodded, and didn't make things difficult for the coachman anymore. Since it was Duke Wilson's intention, he had no room to refuse, not to mention he didn't intend to refuse.

The coachman was the coachman of the Duke of Wilson, and the carriage was fast and steady. Evan arrived at the Cornwall Manor within a short while after getting into the car.

Evan pushed open the car door and went down. The courtyard of the manor has long been occupied by various carriages. Because luxury styles are very popular in this era, gentlemen's carriages are also extremely gorgeous. His carriage On the contrary, it is the most inconspicuous one.

Butler Chris was originally instructing the servants to park the gentlemen's carriages in the backyard, but suddenly saw Evan and hurried forward: "Pastor Bruce, you are finally here." Butler Chris looked a little anxious.

Evan couldn't help being a little surprised: "Has it already started? I thought it was eleven o'clock at noon?"

Butler Chris smiled very reluctantly: "It is indeed eleven o'clock, but there are a few gentlemen who came from other places, and a few gentlemen who came earlier, so it is really rude to be so busy now, please Forgive me."

So that's the case, Evan thought to himself, these people want to flatter the Duke, so naturally they won't let go of this opportunity, on the contrary, it's a little strange to me, the Duke's banquet, even dare to take the time to come here, in the presence of these people The inside is also different.

"You are too polite." Evan's mind turned sharply, but there was still a gentle smile on his face: "You have worked hard for being so busy."

Butler Chris showed a sincere smile at this time. He was at a loss by these people today, but Evan was the first person to say that he worked hard.

"Mr. Pastor, you are really a tolerant person. Your Excellency the Duke is waiting in the hall now. Please come in quickly."

Butler Chris was really out of skills at this time, so he found a servant and led Evan into the hall.

Evan was also taken aback when he first entered. The black and well-dressed gentlemen all gathered in one place. This is really a grand scene. Anyway, Evan has never seen such a large formation before. .

Evan couldn't help frowning. Such a big scene is definitely not as simple as a party and chat as Colonel Mel said. Duke Wilson must have other intentions.

Evan followed the trail of Duke Wilson in the crowd, but it was actually not that difficult to find. In the place where the most people gathered, Evan saw Duke Wilson with a polite smile on his face as expected.

Different from the appearance when he was with Evan, the Duke at this time looked cold and arrogant. Although there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, it was a kind of alienated smile that refused to be seen thousands of miles away. half close.

Evan looked at Duke Wilson like this, and couldn't help but feel a little commotion in his heart. All the gentleness of this man belonged to him. This kind of cognition made Evan tremble with excitement.

"Mr. Pastor." Under Evan's slightly burning eyes, Duke Wilson finally found Evan who had just entered, and hurriedly pushed aside the crowd, walking towards Evan: "You are finally here." He seemed to be relaxed The tone of voice, the eyes with obvious softness.

Evan looked at the man in front of him, pursed his lips tightly, but finally just raised the corners of his mouth, and said in a low voice: "Thank you very much for your invitation, Your Excellency the Duke."

Duke Wilson didn't notice the difference in Evan's emotions. In fact, all he thought about at this time was the last time they broke up. At that time, his performance was really terrible, just because he patted On the back of his hand, he was so excited that he couldn't contain himself, and then his performance was a mess at the original good time.

"I... heard that Ferd left." The Duke immediately asked because he didn't want to fall into an awkward silence at this time.

Evan raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in a warm voice: "Mr. Foder knows what happened back then." When he said this, Evan raised his head and looked at Duke Wilson: "Did you tell him this?"

Looking into Evan's clear eyes, Duke Wilson suddenly felt like shooting himself in the foot with a stone. He almost forgot that although this man had a tolerant and kind personality, his mind was sharper than anyone else.

"Mr. Pastor." Duke Wilson pursed his dry lips: "Folder has deep malice towards you. If he didn't know the truth back then, he might have done other terrible things, so I pretended to be I advocated letting Ferd meet the earl's secretary at that time, and you know what happened after that, I am really sorry if it made you feel unhappy."

Duke Wilson's words were extremely sincere. He knew very well how stubborn this man was. If Evan got angry with him because of this incident, he really didn't know what to do.

Evan looked at him so seriously, but suddenly smiled: "You don't have to apologize to me." He calmed Duke Wilson's heart with one sentence: "This matter will need to be resolved sooner or later, you are doing this for my consideration, I am not People who don’t know what’s good or bad.”

Duke Wilson breathed a sigh of relief.

The two talked for a long time, although outsiders could not hear what they said, but just looking at the atmosphere between the two of them, the eyes of the people around them were straightened. They had never seen such a gentle attitude from Duke Wilson. Those who knew it lamented the firmness of the friendship between Pastor Bruce and the Duke, and those who didn't know hurriedly asked who the pastor was.

But this was a banquet after all, and Duke Wilson couldn't hang around Evan alone. At this time, Colonel Mel, Duke Wilson's most loyal friend and Evan's new friend, played a role.

"Mr. Pastor." Colonel Mel walked up to the two of them with a glass of champagne: "Just now I was still wondering why you didn't come, but now I finally see you."

Colonel Mel's intervention made Duke Wilson frowned slightly, but he also knew the situation at this time, so he didn't say much, and Evan liked the colonel very much, and replied with a smile: "I'm late, really It's so disrespectful."

Seeing what he said, Duke Wilson thought he was really sorry, and hurriedly said: "You came at the right time, they came too early."

Such blunt words made Colonel Mel's face stiffen. If there is no mistake, he is also one of the 'them', but for a moment, it seemed as if nothing had happened to him, and he still smiled with the Evan exchanged greetings. You must know that the person in front of you is the Duke. With so many people present, there are very few people who can talk to the Duke, let alone Evan's treatment.

Although the three of them stood talking together, it was Colonel Mel talking to Evan most of the time, and Duke Wilson stood aside most of the time with a very dignified expression.

The people around looked at the situation and thought that the Duke was not very happy, and they didn't dare to talk too much. They were chatting aside, but they were always paying attention to the situation here.

This situation lasted for a long time, until Butler Chris finally came in and announced that lunch was ready, these people finally breathed a sigh of relief, the meaning of the Duke on the table should be very clear, everyone's position and ranking will be clearly reflected Their status in the Duke's heart.

But unfortunately, this year's table arrangement is not much different from last year's. Except for the priest Bruce who sat next to the Duke, there is not much difference in other people's positions. It's just that others may not be able to see it, but careful However, Colonel Mel found that the wimpy viscount from London who was originally at the bottom of the line sat in the middle of the table this time.

The viscount was so complacent, with a smug smile on his face, but most of the people around him didn't pay attention to him, because for these people, there was no difference between sitting in the middle and the back, and they paid the most attention to him. The only ones were the gentlemen sitting in front.

A dark light flashed in Colonel Mel's eyes. It seemed that the Duke's sudden large-scale gathering this time really had other plans!

Thinking of the open and secret fights between the several crown princes in London today, Colonel Meyer just felt a shudder in his heart. This kind of thing is something he can't see even if he bends his neck, but it is so commonplace for the Duke Ah, Colonel Mel felt a lot of emotion in his heart, and then immediately threw himself into chatting with an unknown gentleman beside him.

Evan didn't attend this gathering last time, so he didn't know what Colonel Mel observed, but even so, Evan could also see a certain tendency, such as Duke Wilson's attitude towards these gentlemen, although he He had a cold face at the end, but Evan found that when dealing with certain people, there was always a hint of caution in his eyes.

The duke may not have noticed this kind of prudence, but Evan saw it miraculously, and he also summed up the commonality of these people-these people are all from London!