Southern Rose [Gone with the Wind]

Josephine and Philip lived in the honeymoon suite for 10 days and had not yet set off for Europe because the booked passenger ship delayed the itinerary, so the newlyweds returned to their home.

Their married home is now the property under the name of Josephine. It has three floors, a lot of rooms, and is very spacious.The front faces the street, and there is a large lawn behind. It is not adjacent to the neighbor's house, and the left and right are at least 20 meters apart.The master bedroom is on the second floor, and the guest room and children's room are on the third floor. Victor has his own room. After seeing the three children's rooms, Josephine felt that the three rooms were similar, so she randomly pointed out one for her son to live in. .

The little boy is now 6 years old. He is a sensible child, and he has learned more than last year. He will politely call his mother "Mather" and his stepfather "Sir".Philip got him a good governess, who came to teach him every morning.

John Robillard was not dissatisfied with his son-in-law, and even liked him.Philip invited his father-in-law to the men's club, and Robillard, the southern master, saw what the clubs of the "gentlemen" in the north were like.

how to say?He really couldn't understand the way of thinking of northerners. The upper class in the north talked about stocks, investment, factories, mining, transportation, labor, and elections, while the upper class in the south talked about horseback riding, hunting, and gardening. Or farms, niggers, state rights, balls.

It's not that the northerners don't hold dances anymore, it's just that dances are just social activities in their eyes, not things to talk about.

The Tarent family has lived in the local area for more than 5 generations. They are flourishing and deeply rooted, and have great influence in the local area.The other Talents had laughed at Philip for being in love with the daughter of a Southern upstart — Robillard had been in America only 60 years — but after meeting Josephine at the engagement ball, they all thought instead It would be strange if Philip had not fallen in love with such a bright Southern belle.

Having such a beautiful daughter is of course something to be proud of. Old John is very proud. The Robillard family can marry a wealthy family in the north, so the north-south distinction is not so important.

Everyone respects Mr. Robillard, and no one dares to risk offending Mr. Talent by mocking the "upstart from the South." Mr. Robillard is quite happy in Boston and doesn't even want to go back to Savannah. It's over.

He can't be considered a typical southern gentleman, after all, he has lived in Europe for many years. At the beginning, he traveled in Europe for many years and married Emile. Later, because Emile missed his homeland, he returned to France for two years.But of course, even if he absorbed advanced European ideas and wanted him to progress to the point where he would liberate the black slaves and give up their status as slave owners, he still didn't have that awareness.

Emile is packing for Josephine's honeymoon.

Rich people had to bring a lot of things when they went out, mainly clothing, shoes and hats. As for daily necessities, Josephine thought it was troublesome, so when it came to Paris, they only needed to bring the things used on the passenger ship.Of course, you can’t live in Hastings’ house when you arrive in Paris. Philip has a small building in Paris. If Josephine is not satisfied and thinks it is too small, she can stay in a hotel first, and then move in after buying a house she likes.

"It's better to stay in a hotel. I don't need to move around. I still want to go to Austria and Italy, and Spain. I heard that Spain still has buildings from the time when it was occupied by the Moors. It must be very interesting."

"You still have this temperament, you can't stay anywhere." Emile said dotingly: "It can be seen that we often took you everywhere when you were young, so you developed your temperament of always wanting to run outside."

"Mother, come with me too."

"What nonsense?" Emile said angrily, "This is your honeymoon with Philip, so you should enjoy it. You are not a little girl anymore, and I don't need to tell you some things. If you have a child, you must be careful. You are in good health, which is something I have always been very pleased with. It is not easy for a woman to endure the pain of being pregnant for several months, but a man does not think it is a big deal at all. would say 'what woman doesn't have a few children'."

"That's right, men won't understand the pain we women have to go through."

"Philip is good, but he doesn't understand these things. Don't wrong yourself, my boy, and don't... don't obey him too much. If... No, I can't think about it, you must restrain your husband , your father also secretly dated some actress back then, I shouldn't have told you about this, but you have to understand that this is the nature of men, they can't restrain themselves. "

"Mother." Josephine frowned slightly.My mother was right, it wasn't that I thought too badly of men, but that it was indeed a man's nature.To say that Philip didn't have a mistress before marriage would be to deceive himself. How could a 28- or 9-year-old man be a virgin? He knows a lot about sports in bed, and she just doesn't want to think about it.

Emile's worries are very real. If she becomes pregnant soon, can she guarantee to control her husband?It has nothing to do with whether Philip loves her or not. The "gentlemen" of this era don't think it's a problem to have mistresses at all, they just can't patronize women who have gone wrong.Keeping a mistress is not a big problem, of course it is a scandal, but it is a big scandal to patronize a stray woman.

But this matter can't start worrying now, taming a man who knows what he can do requires means.

Love is a fairy tale, marriage is not a fairy tale.

It never occurred to Philip that his wife was already worrying about his chastity.He was still in the excitement of being newly married, and spent more than half of his time at home admiring his wife's peerless beauty.

Half of her dowry is clothing, shoes, hats, and bedding. When she returned from Paris, she brought hundreds of skirts, and those skirts have been "new from time to time" this year, and they have all been redone.He originally thought why a woman needs hundreds of skirts, and his mother didn't have so many skirts, but Josephine asked in surprise, then you shouldn't need hundreds of white shirts?

He immediately shut up.

Indeed, a woman needs hundreds of skirts. Before, he never knew that there are many kinds of skirts. Morning skirts are different from afternoon skirts, and they are not going out skirts, nor are they banquet skirts or dance skirts. There are 4 or 5 dozens of home skirts that need panniers, and it takes two months to wear one skirt every day.

As for the dance skirts, most of them cannot be washed, so once they get dirty, they can only be thrown away.

Each pair of lambskin leather shoes is different, and there are at least 4 or 5 dozen.

Loafers and moccasins for indoor use in boxes.

The bedding is always the finest English muslin, in elegant floral and striped prints.

There were also several sets of valuable jewellery, including an opal set she wore to the wedding reception.

All in all, the wealth of the Robillard family is not comparable to that of the Tarent family, but the dowry is not too small. Josephine also has 20 dollars worth of shares in the railway company under her name. She is by no means a high-ranking rich man. poor ghost.

Josephine was more than happy to show her new husband her beauty and grace, men, simple as that, they were visual creatures, and they were dumb as to why a woman was attracted to them in one way or another, but for beauty Appreciation is human instinct. They instinctively know that women are beautiful in this way, and they want to have some intimate contact with beautiful women.Simply put, "sex attraction".

Rich men are more possessive, they can't stand not being able to get the woman they want, showing ownership in the form of marriage is a man's main means.

Philip was fascinated by her, almost obedient to her, and her demands were always granted.

In the eyes of the Robillards, Josephine's second husband was impeccable.

Charles also liked this brother-in-law very much, and one day accidentally mentioned the previous brother-in-law.

Philip asked wittily, "Have you seen that Mr. Hastings?"

"No," Charles said regretfully, "we only got the news that she gave birth to Victor, and my mother was going crazy, so we immediately took a boat to France."

"So Mr. Robillard didn't know that Josephine was married in France?"

"I don't know." Charles shook his head. "If we hadn't met Hastings' relatives in Paris, we would have thought there was no such person."

"What's up with him?"

Charles refused to say it now, "You should ask Josephine."

"Didn't she tell you? I thought you could talk about the relationship between brother and sister." Philip made a surprised expression.

Charles was a little uncomfortable. "I dare not ask her about it. When she cries, I can't say anything. My father and I thought about it for a long time. Hastings probably died abroad, and," he said After hesitating for a moment, "It is said that the death was very dishonorable, and Josephine was very sad. She was not very old at that time... she was less than 18 years old."

poor girl.Philip felt very sorry for her, so that her husband died not long after she got married, and she had a child, but she still didn't know much about the joys of husband and wife.

"Then why didn't she return home then?"

"It's for Victor, property—"

When he said this, Philip immediately understood: Indeed, after getting married soon, and her son is young, Josephine must stay to fight for the family property for her son, otherwise she is an unqualified mother who did not keep the family property she deserved for her son .

Thinking of it this way, he was even more satisfied.He didn't think he was a short-lived ghost, but in case something happened, Josephine would be able to keep the property for their children.

He now lacks nothing but an heir.

Making an heir wasn't something he could think of alone, and he worked so hard in bed that he wanted to hear the good news right away, but it was better to wait a little later.

One day in September, they finally boarded a passenger ship bound for France.