[Sense and Sensibility] Fascinated by you

Hathaway was sandwiched between Colonel Brandon and Andrew, and walked through the congested police station corridor with difficulty. As soon as she got into the carriage, she couldn't wait to take off her hat and take a few breaths of fresh air. The police station was full of men. The smell of sweat and low-quality beer on the body, and the smell of being smoked by the high temperature in the room is almost impossible to breathe.

Andrew laughed loudly, "Looking at your reaction just now, I thought you didn't smell it at all!" Colonel Brandon opened the curtains with a serious face.

Hathaway snorted and patted the hat in her hand, "I don't have a cold, of course I can smell it. I really wonder how the police officers inside persisted."

"I think they've gotten used to it a long time ago, but you, my good sister, your performance today is really great, much better than those idiots under me!" Andrew gave Hathaway a thumbs up while speaking. .

Colonel Brandon glared at him, "Andrew! Shut up! Are you trying to teach Hathaway badly? Don't bring up your bad habits on the ship. Don't forget that you are a gentleman now."

Andrew spread his hands and rolled his eyes, "Oh! Yes, yes, Mr. Morality. But whether I go ashore or not, that doesn't change the fact that I used to be a heroic lieutenant colonel. And, you really Can I teach Hathaway badly?" He raised his eyebrows like Hathaway.

Hathaway put the hat in her hand straight on her lap, and smiled like a standard lady, "Of course, my brother, I have learned a lot during the time you came back, if I have any bad habits now It must have come from you."

Colonel Brandon interrupted the mutual compliments between the two, and he glared at each other, "Hathaway, it seems that you have adapted well to everything today?" Originally, he promised Hathaway to come out together this morning to let her It was not an easy task to see clearly. Before entering the police station, he even tensed his nerves, ready to knock down the thugs who pounced on him at any time. As a result, it seemed that he was the only one who was nervous, and she seemed indifferent to those malicious eyes. Unresponsive, even smiling at the impudent sheriff.

Hathaway looked at him cautiously, her eyes moved flexibly, "Well...of course not, if it wasn't for you and Andrew, I wouldn't even dare to go in alone."

Colonel Brandon snorted coldly, "I'm not that Mr. Frank, I was fooled by you in a few words."

Hathaway nodded in agreement, "Of course, Colonel, I never expected to deceive you."

Colonel Brandon felt better, and he turned his gaze away in satisfaction, "Okay, Andrew, let's talk about your opinion."

Andrew's face turned serious, and he pondered for a while, "I have to admit that a stupid sheriff gave us a lot of convenience, otherwise who would leak so much information to our lovely Hathaway? I speculate , There are so many people in this group, that's why there are many wounds on the bodies of the dead attendants, one of them was stabbed in the back, he may have been killed while fleeing, or he may have been stabbed to death by the attendants who took him away with him."

Colonel Brandon added: "There are only six people including Philip and the coachman. Philip doesn't seem to be a strong person. So many people besieged the six people and left many wounds, which shows that their skills are not very good. In order to maintain Mobility, they didn’t prepare a carriage, and took away two horses, probably to carry Philip away with them. There are a large number of people, and the skills are not very good... Is there only such a clue?” Both of them fell into deep thought.

Hathaway pouted, "Can I express my opinion?"

Andrew looked at her suspiciously. He was pleasantly surprised by her performance today, but he didn't think a woman would have any brilliant insights.Colonel Brandon had a better understanding of Hathaway. Although he didn't have any hope, at least he knew how to respect his fiancée, "Of course, let's talk, let's listen."

Hathaway smiled, "Let's assume the identities of these prisoners, within the scope of Manchester, these people may be three types of people, one is a business competitor, one is a poor person, and the other is a Someone who has made enemies with Philip in such a short period of time." She glanced at the two of them.

Although Hathaway's assumption was not very clever, at least it was reasonable, and the two of them took it a little seriously.

"Of course, they may be combined. It will be more complicated, so we will only infer these people who kidnapped Philip. First, they are large in number and not very skilled, so the deceased has many wounds. This kind of speculation It is very reasonable. Several people besieged a person, but why would there be fractures? If they are all equipped with weapons, then if they only attack with weapons, it is very difficult for the deceased to have fractures, because the location of the fracture is not clear, so we It can only be inferred that their weapon types are very wide." Hathaway made a very profound inference.

The colonel and Andrew thought for a while, and felt that such an inference was very reasonable, and nodded in agreement.

"Second, he was assassinated in the back. Unless he has no other wounds on his body, I think the possibility of being stabbed to death by his companion is very low. It is more likely that he is very skilled and full of energy. When he finds that the other party does not intend to kill When Philip died, he was going to run away to get help, but he didn't see anyone watching, so he was stabbed to death on the way to escape."

The colonel and Andrew were surprised now. This inference was reasonable and imaginative.

Hathaway ignored them and continued: "Third, they only took away two horses, which is naturally for the convenience of taking Philip away. However, if they came on horseback, there is actually no need to use another horse Come and take them away? Those horses have the Butler family mark on them, so it's not convenient to handle. So they didn't come on horseback at all, and they didn't have transportation. Because Philip and the entourage were injured and couldn't follow They walked, so they had to carry them on two horses."

Both Andrew and Colonel Brandon were stunned. This is really a brilliant reasoning, and it is impossible to refute. It is impossible to imagine that it will come from the mouth of a lady. Andrew even opened his mouth in a funny way. He can't wait "So what conclusion did you come to?" he asked.

Hathaway almost lifted her chin proudly, she smiled, and didn't continue to play tricks, "The conclusion is that this is a group of poor people, they don't have many weapons, and some of them even use blunt weapons, so the followers there would be broken bones in their bodies; they were not good at hand because not so long ago they were a bunch of factory workers; they had no horses and probably couldn't even ride them, so they didn't take the extra horses with them. Finally, these people probably knew in advance Knowing Philip's whereabouts, they ambushed there in advance and arranged a lot of people to watch around, they figured out a way to make Philip stop the carriage, and the entourage also got off the horse before attacking them."

Colonel Brandon and Andrew were about to applaud. It was hard to believe that a lady who had never seen a corpse, or even a fight scene, could make such an inference. With such little information, she could Having already deduced the identity of the prisoner, it was very exciting. They all had to admit that they had underestimated Hathaway just now, but they were finally overwhelmed by this girl's intelligence.

Andrew really applauded, and if it hadn't been for Colonel Brandon, he would have whistled, and the thought of this clever astonishing girl being his sister filled him with pride.

Hathaway showed a happy smile. She bent over and stood up, pretending to pull her skirt and bowed to everyone. She was really proud to surprise the colonel and Andrew so much.

Hathaway is very clear that Colonel Brandon's willingness to bring her here is definitely not because he thinks she can help. He only brought her because he was worried that she would run away. It's not the purpose of her coming here from thousands of miles. She has to prove herself. She is not the kind of lady who will complain about poor food and accommodation, or a lady who faints in fear of strangers' hatred. She can provide them with Help, she's here to help them find Philip, she needs them to take her seriously, take her seriously, she can do more than they think.

As soon as he got back to the hotel, Colonel Brandon got into Andrew's room, and he had to talk to Andrew alone about some things.

Andrew seemed to be a little excited, he thought that Colonel Brandon came to talk to him about Hathaway, "Hathaway is so smart, I didn't expect it, this is really amazing! Hi, Brandon, I I feel that you will have a hard time in the future!" He laughed gloatingly as he spoke.

Colonel Brandon didn't have a trace of a smile on his face. He looked at Andrew seriously, making Andrew almost choke on his saliva, "Well, didn't you come to me because of Hathaway?"

"No, I'm here for her sake." Colonel Brandon paused before continuing: "I think your praise is too much, you can't praise her any more."

He stopped Andrew's rebuttal, frowned and said: "She is indeed not bad, very good, beyond imagination, but because of this, you can't praise her too much. She is too courageous, And your praise encouraged her, I don't know what surprises she will do if this continues, overestimating yourself is not good for her, and you will harm her like this."

Andrew calmed down when he heard this. He had to admit that what Brandon said was reasonable. Such a compliment would not benefit her. She was not his subordinate and needed these boosts of morale.She's his sister, and it's not a good thing for a girl to be too bold.Especially in such a dangerous place in Manchester, they don't even dare to let her go out alone, overconfidence may make her make a wrong decision, which is very dangerous.

Finally, Andrew nodded to Colonel Brandon, affirming his opinion, and the two reached a consensus on this.

After Colonel Brandon returned to the room, he took out something from the suitcase, and then hurriedly knocked on Hathaway's door.

In the room, Hathaway is telling Abby about the police station she saw today and the sheriff—Mr. Randy Frank. She is naturally unwilling to speak ill of people behind her back, and that Mr. Frank really helped her today, so in It was a good-natured, warm-hearted sheriff in her account.

Seeing Colonel Brandon coming in, Abby went out to find hot water for the two of them very discerningly. The hot water in the room was not enough to make three pots of tea, which was really a big faux pas.

Colonel Brandon sat down on the sofa, he hesitated before speaking, "Hathaway, I have to admit that you surprised me, you did a good job today, except for that sheriff. The ladies are different, but I didn't expect... Yes, you are much smarter than them, and what you can do is even better than many gentlemen."

Hathaway smiled beside him and said nothing. She knew that he must have other things to say. Although he was willing to praise people honestly, he would never come just to praise her.

"But I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing. A smart person's mistakes are always worse than a fool's, and mistakes in this place are even unthinkable. I want you to promise me that you can't act on your own, and you can't leave my house." Sight, you can't talk to strangers casually, and you can't trust anyone." After speaking, he looked at Hathaway.

Hathaway looked at him without hesitation, "Okay, I promise you, I swear, I will never leave your sight without your permission, I will never act without authorization, I will not talk to strangers casually, and I will not trust you anyone."

It seems that her performance today was really wonderful, and even scared the colonel a little, she grabbed his hand and held it tightly, his hand was a little cold, "Christopher, believe me, I am not such an impulsive person, I will protect me my own."

Colonel Brandon finally felt relieved. He held her palm with his backhand, patted it twice, and then took out a dagger from his arms. It was about one palm long, two fingers wide, and had a silver scabbard. It's a little black, with almost no pattern on it, and the handle is thinly wrapped with leather, it looks like a dagger that is old.

The colonel pulled out the dagger, the silver-white blade shone brightly in the sun, and it looked extremely sharp. This knife did not look fancy, and only Colonel Brandon's surname was engraved near the handle, " It was given to me by my father before I joined the army, and even though he didn't care about my well-being, it did protect me." He rubbed the blade of it carefully, as if nostalgic, and then inserted it back , put it into Hathaway's hands, "I'm giving it to you now, I hope it can protect you too."

Hathaway didn't refuse hypocritically, she knew that her acceptance would make him feel more at ease.She stroked it like Colonel Brandon, with the colonel's body temperature on it, "I will take it with me, and it will protect me instead of you when you are away."

The two held hands together again, looking at each other affectionately.

The author has something to say: This chapter should actually be called IQ Suppression, right? ~

I'm a little tired recently, I'll take a day off tomorrow, adjust my status, I won't update, please don't wait, update as usual the day after tomorrow