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

"Daughter?" Mary couldn't help repeating what she had just said.

"I hate you brat, I blame you." Knowing that she had slipped her tongue, Scareva frowned unhappily.

Mary’s mind quickly flashed the keywords of Duke John’s flirtatiousness. After a while, she understood something and said quickly, “Scarva, if you don’t want to say it, don’t say it. But if you need any help, you can.” Just ask me."

"You have already guessed it, so what's the point if I don't tell you?" Scareva asked back, she was still more than happy, "Forget it, come with me, and I will tell you the ins and outs of the matter. But you You must promise me that you must never tell others, and you must do me a favor."

"Absolutely not." Mary raised her hand and swore.

Due to the visit of Duke John, the schedule of lessons at Lowood was much lighter, and the girls had more private time.It just so happened that the weather was not bad today, so the girls in the dormitory gathered outside to play, and even the twins were taken out to bask in the sun.Scareva immediately locked the door after entering, and then took out her precious notebook from under the pillow.

It is called a "baby notebook" for two reasons.One reason is that Lowood does not allow students to bring personal items, so it is really rare for Scareva to keep this notebook.The second reason is that Scareva never allowed anyone to touch her notebook. Once someone accidentally touched it, she would lose her temper, the kind that could scare the twins to tears.

Scareva's notebook was an inch and a half thick, and the cover was still made of cowhide, so when it was thrown into Mary's arms, Mary actually took half a step back after being smashed.

What about the baby notebook?

"I think you can guess from my name that I'm not exactly British."

Mary nodded in agreement. "Skava" is not a typical British name, but very Russian.And the Pirozhki sent by her mother is a typical Russian delicacy.As for Scareva herself, there is not much difference except that she is taller than all the girls.

"My father is the Duke John just now, but my mother is Russian." Scareva opened the notebook, and there was a very small portrait in it. The portrait was a beautiful woman in traditional Russian clothes. If you look carefully, You will find that she is a bit like Scareva.

"This is my mother," Scareva said. "She immigrated to England with my grandfather when she was five years old." Then she turned a few pages back, pointed to a diary written in Russian and continued, "I My mother was very talented in business, but unfortunately she was a woman and couldn't take over the business of my grandfather. She met John Howard at the age of 21, which is what you call Duke John."

"This is John Howard from 20 years ago." Scareva turned out another small portrait. The John on the portrait is much more pleasing to the eye than the old John now. He is wearing a black suit and looks like a dignified man. Polite gentleman.

"My mother liked him and didn't know he had a family because he said he wasn't married. Do you understand? John Howard cheated on my mother! He was almost 40 and he cheated The affection of a 20-year-old girl! It is for my grandfather's property!" Scareva became very excited, and the fingers holding the small portrait were faintly white.

"I was born later and my mother didn't know she had been cheated on until I was five years old. So she changed my name and made me take her last name. That is, I was John Howard's illegitimate daughter and now , do you understand?" Scareva smiled self-deprecatingly.

"My mother was cheated out of my grandfather's inheritance by John Howard and raised me alone. But she really didn't have the money to hire a tutor for me, so she had to send me to boarding school - but who would have thought that Lowood would be like this A hell of a place."

Mary sat on the bed blankly, slowly digesting the information she had just received. Even though she had already guessed some things, it felt different when she said them from Scareva.She opened her mouth to ask "Does John Howard know Scareva?" but swallowed the sentence back.

These things belonged to Scareva, and she shouldn't ask casually, but Scareva was like a roundworm in her stomach, and immediately guessed her mind.

"I've talked about this, and I have nothing to hide from you. I didn't tell you before because the other people were too young, and Miranda was too cowardly. It's useless to tell her."

"John Howard knew me, of course, and even made a point of visiting me and my mother before I started school. That's why I'm asking you to do me a favor."

"What's the matter? I'll definitely help you." Mary said immediately.

"Did you see the pocket watch he was wearing today? It was my grandfather's relic, which once belonged to Anna I. Howard tricked it, and now I want to get it back."

"No problem." Mary agreed without even thinking about it. Anyway, she is very skilled in business.

But Scareva was not very happy. Instead, she warned with a bit of dissatisfaction, "Don't think that this time is the same as before. If we are discovered by Mrs. White, we will be beaten at most, but if John Howard finds out, maybe I'm really going to go to jail. If you regret not wanting to go now, I won't blame you."

Mary shrugged her nose indifferently, "It's no different from a prison anyway." Then she smiled jokingly, "Besides, I'm going to stay in Lowood for a year, how can I not have some fun?"

"You are such a little lunatic." Scareva smiled rarely.

Thanks to Tolowood, Marie and Scareva's burglary prowess has grown at a visible rate these days.

After several days of discussion and observation, Marie and Scarva decided to take action after lunch three days later.Because Duke John would put his pocket watch in the bedroom at noon, and after lunch he would go to the yard to bask in the sun for a while.Most of the students were busy cleaning the classrooms and dormitories at some time, and there was a mix of people, so Mary and Scareva would not attract attention if they disappeared for a while.

When the day of the planned action came, everything went very smoothly.As usual, Duke John sat on the deck chair in the yard to bask in the sun after eating, while Principal White sat next to him, chatting with him while drinking tea.Miranda also promised to help with the cover.

So, according to the plan, Mary and Scarvo sneaked into Duke John's bedroom when the two girls in the corridor were asked by Miranda to help them under the excuse of Miranda.

The pocket watch that once belonged to Anna I, but somehow became popular among the people, and finally fell into the hands of Scareva's grandfather, was lying quietly on the desk, with a yellow corrugated silk scarf under it.

Scareva quickly put the pocket watch in her pocket, and Mary repeated the same trick, taking an emerald ring casually, and was about to throw it into the principal's office, blaming Mrs. White for the pocket watch and the ring.

Their speed was very fast, and the whole process took up to 2 minutes. However, when they quietly came out of the house and were about to return, the figure of Duke John appeared at the handrail of the stairs.He was going upstairs and hadn't seen them yet.

"Change to death, why have you been so unlucky recently?"

Duke John's bedroom was at the end of the floor, so Mary and Scarva had nowhere to hide unless they jumped from a second-floor window.

But it was winter now, and the ground was frozen hard, so it was obviously impossible for them to jump off.So they could only keep backing away, hiding behind a huge vase.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Mary's heart was pounding. She kept praying that Duke John would open the door as soon as possible, so that she and Scareva could slip away quietly.

Soon, the footsteps stopped, but there was no sound of the door opening.Mary was very nervous because she felt that Duke John was staring at the vase.

"Bang, bang, bang" Mary's heart was about to jump out of her throat. Although she had vowed a few days ago that she would find some excitement and fun in Lowood, when things came to an end, she was inevitably nervous and nervous. Get scared.

In contrast, Scareva is a little calmer.She waited for a few seconds, and found that Duke John had no intention of leaving. She turned her head and made a gesture of silence, then put the pocket watch into Mary's arms, and walked out from behind the vase.

"Don't look, old thing, it's me." Scareva hugged her shoulders, her expression full of boredom.

"It turned out to be you?" Duke John was very surprised, and even a little disappointed, "Where was the person in Mrs. White's office that day? Could it be you who was in the cabinet?"

"Is there anyone else but me?" Scareva asked. "Do you think those cowardly girls dare to go to the principal's office?"

Duke John frowned and thought for a while, and felt that what Scareva said made sense, so he didn't pursue it any further. He continued, "Scarva, why did you go to the principal's office in the middle of the night? Also, what are you doing here now?" ?”

"I'm out of money, come to find some money." Scareva didn't change her face and heartbeat, and stretched out an open palm, "Since you're here, it's just right, please give me fifty pounds."

Duke John looked at Scareva in disbelief, and cried out: "Are you crazy? Scareva? I am not obliged to give you money, and because I have already given your tuition to your mother, if you dare to tell others Tell us about our relationship, and immediately go back to Russia with your mother. Is this how the teacher at Lowood taught you to treat your father?"

"Father?" Scareva laughed and continued to deliberately provoke Duke John, "What kind of father are you? You are just an old and ugly old man."