The heroine of the healing department is very rigid [Pride and Prejudice]

Even though such a decoration is nothing in London, but in a school like Lowood, where students can't see fresh fruit for half a month, it can be regarded as the Garden of Eden.

Mary was amazed for a moment, without wasting too much time, and immediately followed Scareva to search for medicine in the office.

It is not difficult to find medicines, after all, Scareva came once yesterday, but the trouble is that these medicines are locked in the glass cabinet behind the desk.Quinine for malaria and willow bark for fever were placed on the third shelf of the cabinet, facing Mary and the others.

"I didn't get the antipyretics yesterday because of this." Scareva pointed to the small silver lock on the glass cabinet and explained, "Don't be surprised, the principal has privileges, she can do anything that students and teachers can't do. "

"I didn't find the key. I guess the key is probably carried by the headmaster. Can you break the lock? If not, we can only smash the cabinet and pretend that there are robbers invading here."

"No, that would be too much noise." Mary immediately denied the proposal, then pulled a black clip from her head and waved it in front of Scareva, "Don't worry, I have a solution."

Mary inserted the pointed end of the clip into the keyhole, put her ear against the cabinet, and listened carefully. She nimbly turned the clip in her hand up and down a few times, and then poked it lightly.

There was only a "click" sound, and the lock opened.

"Can you explain why you, a rich lady who drinks afternoon tea on time at home, do such heresy?" Scareva stood behind Mary and asked in a low voice.

"My mother used to like to lock up my books." Mary opened the cabinet door and explained as she picked out the medicine, "So I learned this from a locksmith to retrieve books that my mother hid. "

In order not to be discovered, they could not take too many medicines, so they only took half a bottle of willow bark, some balsam and a small bottle of anti-inflammatory medicine for external use.However, just as they packed up the "crime scene", there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door.

"Someone is coming, hide quickly." Mary and Scareva looked at each other, and then both hid in the large wardrobe with a mirror.

"It's great to see you here." It was the voice of Mrs. White, the principal.

"Sweetheart, I said I would come to see you today, and I will never break my promise." A strange and honest male voice sounded, and Mary saw a gray-haired man wearing a spotted tie and a brown suit through a gap in the closet. Put an arm around Mrs. White's waist.

Mrs. White changed her usual serious look and leaned into the man's arms with a smile on her face. One hand was on his shoulder, and the other hand was fumbling around in the man's shirt.

The man scoffed, pushed Mrs. White onto the desk, and laid himself on top of her, and they kissed.Mrs. White giggled as she began to undo the man's tie.

Instinctively, Mary turned her head away and prayed to herself that they would stop, or that they could continue somewhere else.God, she was a young girl and she didn't want to see such strange things.

"Wait, honey. I have to hang up my suit, or people will be suspicious when they see the wrinkles on my clothes." The man walked towards the closet after he finished speaking.

Suddenly Mary turned her head away again, holding her breath nervously.

"You're such a disappointment, John." Mrs. White lay on the desk, tilted her head to look at the man, and then tore off the turban she used to wrap her hair.

John?Mary sensed something was wrong. There were quite a few men in England named John.She happened to know three, a relation from her mother's old house who had died five years ago, a shoemaker in Hertfordshire, and Duke John.

The man in front of him was wearing a high-end suit, his leather shoes were polished brightly, and there was a strong smell of tobacco on his body. When he came in, he was holding a finely crafted cane in his hand.There is no doubt that even if he is not Duke John, he must be a very rich rich man or nobleman.

"You know, my wife has been very strict lately," John said. "I can't let her find out about me."

"Come on." Mrs. White sat up, with one leg pointing to the ground, the other half hanging in the air, half of the fur shawl was taken off, and the hair was draped over one shoulder. In short, this was a very provocative pose.She wore heavy makeup today, and in the dim candlelight, her rigid and serious face became a little enchanted.

"Come on." Mrs. White continued, "You don't care about your wife, you are afraid that your little lover will know our relationship, Duke John."

"What's the girl's name? Emily? Or Emily? Anyway, it's an ugly name."

Duke John stopped, his eyes fixed on the wardrobe in front of him, then he fastened the tie that had just been untied in front of the mirror, and returned to Mrs. White.

"Sweetheart, it suddenly occurred to me that I have some urgent matters to attend to, maybe we can only meet another day."

"What?" Mrs. White jumped off the table, opened her arms, and blocked the door, "Just because of your little lover, you want to abandon me?"

"Of course not, baby." Duke John put his arms around Mrs. White's waist, kissed her on the lips, and changed positions with her calmly, "I just have some important things, believe me, tomorrow, I will definitely come to you tomorrow." Then, he took out a pearl ring from his pocket and put it on Mrs. White's hand, "This is my apology to you, sweetheart." He kissed the other party's painted face again. Very red lips, and then immediately went out the door without looking back.

"Damn goblin." Mrs. White cursed, raised her right hand, and began to admire the pearl ring on her ring finger, humming.

Mary hid in the closet, not daring to come out.She hadn't recovered from the shock. The man just now was actually Duke John. Emily was his lover now, and Principal White was also his lover.

The continuous news made Mary's brain a little short-circuited, and she subconsciously looked at Scareva, hoping to get a little calm from the other party.But she found that Scareva's face was even more ugly, almost green and white, as if she had seen her father and enemy.

Mary didn't dare to speak, so she could only touch the back of Scareva's hand lightly, and asked her what was wrong with her eyes.But the other party didn't respond, and his skin was very cold, as if he had been in the snow for a long time.

It wasn't until Mrs. White finished admiring her ring, drank another half glass of whiskey before going to bed, and walked away completely with unsteady steps that Mary dared to pull Scareva out of the closet.

"Let's go quickly." Mary hid the medicine in her apron, first opened the door a little, poked her head out to have a look, and after making sure that no one was there, she pulled Scareva out who was in a daze.

The twins became very ill at night. After returning to the dormitory, Mary quickly boiled willow bark in a lunch box, and then picked out the bark by the candle, leaving only light brown medicinal soup. Spoon giving medicine to twins.Before leaving, he wiped the twins' bodies with half a bottle of spirits taken from Principal White's cabinet to help them cool down as soon as possible.

After all this work, it was already past 2 o'clock at night.Scareva has been sitting on her bed in a daze since she came back. She still looks very angry, but she refuses to say a word. Mary and Miranda are worried, but they are afraid that if they ask, they should not ask. Yes, I can only sit on the bed side by side with her on the left and right, and stay silent together.

I don't know how long it took, but Scareva finally came to her senses. She looked at Mary, then at Miranda, and sighed.

"I'm glad you don't like asking questions. Of course, if you did, I wouldn't answer. Now, I think we should go to bed.

Mary and Miranda nodded, and gave Scareva a hug respectively. The latter pushed them away with a little disgust as usual, and said in a faint voice, "Thank you".She thought they didn't hear, but in fact Mary and Miranda heard clearly, they looked at each other and smiled, and went back to their beds.

Scareva returned to normal the next morning. "Normal" means that she has become "unhuman" again, and there is no smile on her pretty face.It looks cold.Also, she would never admit that she said "thank you" yesterday.

Mary didn't bother with this problem. She was delighted to find that the condition of the twins had improved significantly. Although their foreheads were still a little hot, they were much better than yesterday and the day before yesterday.She boiled some more willow bark water, urged them to drink it, and pulled out two more biscuits to fill their stomachs, to help them survive the wait for breakfast.

Because she was afraid of catching a cold, Ms. Gray was extra merciful, allowing the twins to stay in the dormitory to rest for a few days, and even promised to leave a person to take care of them.This person is of course Mary, and everyone has no problem with it.Miranda also promised that she would make an extra copy of the class notes for Mary.

Although Mary didn't want to.Lowood's lessons are so boring, except that Ladies' Manners are Ladies' Manners, and they're the most obsolete and rigid ones.

The twins drank the medicine and fell asleep on the bed again. Mary put a cool kerchief on each of their foreheads and read Leeuwenhoek's "The Mystery of Nature" by the window sill. ".This is a second-hand book. On the title page, the former owner copied a quote from Nobel: My greatest strength is to keep my nails clean.

Mary quickly checked her nails, and found that they were all rounded and clean, she felt relieved and continued.

But after she watched for a while, the door of the dormitory was opened.

"The school manager came to visit Lowood today, and Mrs. White asked all the students except the twins to go to the auditorium." Miranda said standing at the door.

"What about the twins? They need care," Mary asked.

"Mrs. White said that she would find a school worker to take care of them." Miranda frowned, obviously not believing that anyone would actually take care of the twins. "She also said that if anyone violates the order, all the students will be punished together."

Mary sighed, and followed Miranda helplessly. She knew that this was a trick commonly used by Principal White, and it was specially used to deal with herself and Scareva, because they were neither afraid of being scolded nor beaten.