[Sense and Sensibility] Fascinated by you

When the two returned to the outing, it was completely dark, and the guests had already greeted and left on their own. Mr. Tony was leading his servants to pack their things.

As soon as the two appeared, they were discovered by Andrew who had been waiting anxiously. Colonel Brandon let Hathaway go out of the woods for fear of being seen and ruining Hathaway's reputation. Not an eyesore.

Andrew stepped forward to take Hathaway and helped her into the carriage. Winnis, who had been waiting inside, took care of Hathaway with concern.

Andrew immediately told the coachman to go back to Rockfield. Hathaway poked her head out of the car window to say goodbye to Colonel Brandon before leaving. The colonel forced a smile on his face and nodded.

The two watched the carriage drive away expressionlessly. Andrew's face slowly darkened. Looking at it now, there was no trace of fatigue and unrestrained expression on this gentleman's face. His charming pair of There is a rebellious look in the black eyes. If the ladies and ladies are lucky enough to see this face, they will definitely stay away from it. No one can ignore the powerful aggressiveness emanating from him. This is a lieutenant colonel true colors.

"Brandon, what's going on? Who hurt Hathaway's foot? What happened to Mr. Wallace and Miss Hoffman?"

Colonel Brandon's face didn't look much better, but he still maintained a minimum of reason, "Andrew, pay attention to the expression on your face. Although I haven't figured out what happened in the middle, Mr. Wallace made an appointment It is certain that Hathaway talked alone, and he did not take good care of her, fulfilling the obligations of a gentleman, leaving her injured and taking Miss Hoffman away. Without the help of others, I can't imagine How uncomfortable Hathaway would be now. Regarding the question you asked me when we first met, now I am convinced that he is not a good man."

"Yes, I have the same idea. I will find out what happened when I go back, Brandon, good brother, thank you for everything you have done for Hathaway." Speaking of this, Andrew's face softened , he gave Colonel Brandon a big hug.

Colonel Brandon twitched the corners of his mouth meaningfully and did not answer.

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At the lunch on the second day of the outing, two ladies could not appear at the table. One was Miss Hoffman. This lady had accidentally fallen into the river the day before, so she caught a cold; the other was Hathaway. Miss, this lady has a sprained ankle, and I'm afraid she will have to rest in her room for a while.

The atmosphere at the lunch table was a bit delicate. At least the two gentlemen spoke sarcasticly to Mr. Wallace. Of course, this was not because the gentleman was too likable or popular, but because yesterday evening, two gentlemen approached Mr. Wallace separately. When we got to him, we don't know what the tone of the question was, but we could see the clue from the fact that the two of them slammed the door and left, and they were still in a bad mood the next day.

The Marshall siblings and the Borg siblings were all at a loss as to what happened yesterday. Although Winnes had some guesses in her heart, she was unwilling to tell these guesses, including her brothers and sisters, because of the incident. involved her best friend's reputation.

Although Colonel Brandon didn't say a word during the dinner, it was difficult to see his thoughts, but those who knew about this matter knew how much he cared about it, and those who didn't know would think that he didn't know whether he would like to ask He scouted for information, which allowed the colonel to think quietly over lunch without having to deal with other people's conversations.

After a few days like this, Andrew still didn't find out what the two of them talked about that afternoon. During this period, he naturally wanted to get an answer from Hathaway, but the lady simply showed an uncooperative attitude. , expelling him out with the excuse that his foot hurts. God knows what the foot pain has to do with their conversation, which also makes Andrew even more irritable. Mr. Wallace's dissatisfaction has deepened a bit, although the dissatisfaction is now bottomless.

Of course, Mr. Wallace is also very irritable these days. This is certainly because the elder brothers of the two ladies never give up getting answers from him every day, but he really can't tell the matter. The situation that day was really embarrassing. Such an oolong situation happened again, and his cousin had some disgraceful actions in this matter. She has already been taught a lesson, and he really doesn't want her to be criticized by others.

Because of Miss Hoffman's behavior, Mr. Hoffman couldn't get an answer from her. He was already prepared. What he didn't expect was that Miss Hathaway also kept silent on this matter, which made him realize that Heather Ms. Wei does have a noble character and a kind heart.This aggravated his irritability, because the kindness of this lady gained him more and more favor. He thought carefully about how quiet, dignified, calm and charming this lady was, which made him more convinced that such a girl It's worth spending a lifetime with.

He also thought of the day when he left the young lady and went away with Georgiana. At the time, it was certainly the right thing to do, but after thinking about it, he couldn't help but regret it. Naturally, there was nothing wrong with him saving Georgiana, but he didn't. Concerned about the mood of the other lady, even if he comforted her a few words, it would not make him so embarrassed now.

Mr. Wallace was walking around the room anxiously trying to win back Hathaway's favor, when it suddenly occurred to him that there might be someone who could help him.He rang the calling bell and called the maid to come in and ask Kelly to come over. He had something to tell her.

After just 5 minutes, Mr. Wallace felt that it had been an hour. Kelly opened the door and walked in. Mr. Wallace turned around and could hardly recognize the lady. Although she had a haggard face when I met him last time But I can still see a bit of beauty, but I haven't seen this lady for a few days, but she seems to be 10 years older. Her face is gray and her brown eyes look cloudy.At this moment, he remembered that her daughter was seriously ill, perhaps because she was worried about her daughter.

Kelly listened blankly to Mr. Wallace's description of what had happened in the past two days, but she didn't pay attention to what the gentleman said.It's been like a nightmare for her these days. Her husband lied to her to go home, told her he owed 100 pounds outside, and even his fingers were chopped off. The money was about to sell their mother and daughter, she begged him to let them go, and he said that as long as she stole something from the viscount's house, he would pay back the money, and when he paid back the money, he would take their mother and daughter away from home Have a good time.Only then did she understand what his plan was. At first she disagreed, so he locked her up and refused to give her anything to eat. After three days of starvation, she finally couldn't take it anymore and agreed to go back to Rockfield to steal something for him.

Thoughts were slowly turning in her head. Although there were many valuable things in Rockfield, they were usually stored in boxes, and she had no chance to secretly take away those things that were on the surface.The best place to do this is of course the Spire House, where there are only Miss Hathaway and three or four maids on weekdays, and there are no guards. She just needs to sneak in and take away a box of Miss Hathaway's jewelry. , There is still a lot of surplus after paying off the debt.

Mr. Wallace was still talking about proposing to Miss Hathaway. Kelly lowered his head and thought about the injustice in this world. Some people are born rich and never worry about money, while others are born penniless. , to them a pound is extremely precious, what is 100 pounds to these gentlemen and ladies?It's still not worth their year's equipment expenses, but she has to ruin her family for this 100 pounds.

She sneered in her heart, this gentleman is actually going to propose to Miss Hathaway now, I'm afraid he doesn't know one thing yet.

That's right, how did the Butler family spread the word?That matter is related to Miss Hathaway's future happiness. If it gets out, even if this lady is as beautiful as an angel and has a large dowry, no decent gentleman would be willing to marry her.

"Kelly, do you have any good ways to make Miss Hathaway forgive me?" Mr. Wallace looked at her eagerly.

Kelly was about to say a few comforting words to perfuse the other party, but at this moment she had an idea by accident and said something completely different, "Mr. Wallace, Miss Hathaway is naturally excellent, she She is as beautiful as an angel, and she is kind and amiable, if anyone can marry her, she will be envied by all the husbands." When she said this, she paused pretending to be mysterious, and saw that Mr. Wallace was listening to her carefully. I felt a little happy in my heart when I spoke, "However, this lady has a secret. If I were you, I would have to know this secret before deciding whether to propose to her." After she finished speaking, her eyes lit up stared at Mr. Wallace.

Mr. Wallace was taken aback. He did not expect such bold words from the maid.He looked at the other party calmly, waiting for her to tell more news.

In order to win people's trust, Kelly continued to say: "You don't live near here, so you may not have heard of it. Miss Hathaway has been in poor health since she was a child, and she was often bedridden. The eldest daughter, about 8 years ago, Miss Hathaway fell ill. That night, I stayed in front of the lady's hospital bed. It was raining outside, and I fell asleep in a daze. When I woke up When I was there, I found that Miss, she, her heartbeat had stopped."

Mr. Wallace was shocked when he heard Kelly say that her heart stopped beating, but he was relieved to think that Hathaway was still alive now.

"But after the priest came, the lady came back to life. Later, the priest explained that this kind of situation may happen to people who are seriously ill. At that time, it was just a cardiac arrest, not really dead." Wallace heard this. Don't worry, although he doesn't believe that there are any witches in this world, he still feels a little worried when he hears such things.

Kelly knew that Mr. Wallace had completely believed her words, and she felt that the time was ripe, "This secret happened not long after that, and only a few people knew it. Be careful to hear this."

"Kelly, I think you should know what's the end of talking about these things behind the master's back." Mr. Wallace said this sentence half in disgust and half in warning.

Kelly knelt down in fear, and she begged: "Yes, sir, I know, but my daughter is seriously ill and needs money urgently. If there is no money, she will die. As long as you give me 300 pounds , I will tell you the secret."

Mr. Wallace sneered, as he expected, he had a premonition that she might ask him for a sum of money just now, he thought she would ask for at most 100 pounds, but he didn't expect that she would open her mouth and dare to ask him for 300 pounds .

"I'm afraid you have made a mistake. Although you have helped me, I will not pay you for any secrets! For the sake of last time, I will not tell Tony about this matter." Butler, now, get out!"

"Mr. Wallace, I didn't lie to you, this matter is really important, as long as 300 pounds, no, no, 200 pounds is also fine, if you don't know this matter, you will regret it!" Kelly still turned his head and shouted Shouting, he was pushed out of the room by Mr. Wallace.