After stabilizing his figure, Knightley immediately got out of the carriage and trotted towards Su Li. With a sincere apology on his face, he stretched out his hand: "I'm very sorry, Miss. Are you okay? I will compensate for your loss, Now, let me take you home!"

Su Li glanced at the man whose clothes were a little messy because the horse was frightened, and put her hand on his palm, trying to use his strength to stand up, but just as her body left the ground, she sat back down because of the pain in her ankle: "Hiss —I'm afraid I sprained my ankle."

Knightley squatted down, glanced at Su Li, and said, "I'm sorry." Then he put his arm around Su Li's shoulder, put his hand through her knee, stood up easily with a little effort, and walked steadily towards the carriage. go.

Su Li was carried into the carriage, and a blanket was immediately draped over her shoulders.She tightened the blanket tightly, and looked up at the husband who had caused her to suffer all these unwarranted disasters.About 30 years old, forgive her, she has never been able to distinguish the specific situation of men in the age group of 28 to 40.His eyes are decent, not very handsome, but he is also a polite and polite gentleman.

"My apologies again, my dear lady. I am Knightley, and I live at Donwell Abbey. What is your address?"

Su Li looked at Mr. Knightley, with a polite social smile on the corner of her mouth: "Please send me to Mrs. Goddard's boarding school. I am a boarder there." She held out her hand: "Harriet Good day, Mr. Knightley, Smith."

"It's a great honor to meet you, Ms. Smith, although this process was not satisfactory." Knightley gently touched Su Li's hand for a few seconds before releasing it gentlemanly, and said with ease.Then he opened the window and said in a loud voice to a footman outside, "Go ask Dr. Perry to Mrs. Goddard's boarding school."

Seeing the man's generous behavior, Su Li smiled and said, "Indeed, it's not very satisfactory, but it's all due to the weather. I believe your horses are all good horses." Dangwell Temple has a good reputation in Highbury, although The host family does not invite everyone to dances or garden parties generously and warmly.But everyone knew that it was a very fine manor.And Mr. Knightley, as the owner of Donville Abbey, needless to say, his net worth.A rich man with good character and good looks, this is the perfect mate selection criteria in everyone's mind!

Mr. Knightley looked at Su Li's stiff sitting posture, and understood that the girl didn't want to touch his carriage with her own dirt.This move seemed a little silly to him, but it also softened his heart.This is a lady who will never trouble others if she can.

The main street of Highbury is not far from the boarding school, but the carriage stopped at the school gate within 10 minutes.

Mr. Knightley got out of the car with Su Li in his arms, and entered the house amidst the worried voice of the maid who opened the door for them: "Sorry, my carriage stunned Miss Smith, I have already sent my servant to fetch Dr. Perry .”

Mrs. Goddard walked over quickly, looked at Su Li who was placed on the sofa, and stroked her messy hair: "Poor Harriet, I should have insisted that you bring the maid."

"Don't worry, Mrs. Goddard, next time I will definitely not go on the road when the road is not dry." Su Li showed a cute smile, sat on the sofa and looked at Mr. Knightley: "Thank you."

"No, I caused it." Knightley sat on the sofa opposite.After a while, Dr. Perry also arrived on horseback. He took off Su Li's shoes and socks to check: "It's just sprained, and the bone is not injured. I will leave the medicine and apply it once a day. It will take about half a month. Well. I think it will be time for Miss Smith to lead the girls in the school garden again. Only this week you'd better stay in bed and not walk about."

Su Li looked at Dr. Perry and asked, "Is it okay to take the stairs? My room is on the top floor."

"It's best not to do it within a week. My suggestion is to move to the first floor." Dr. Perry's expression was a little serious. As a doctor, he was very responsible and had a high reputation in Highbury.

Mrs. Goddard nodded, and then looked at Su Li: "I will ask the maid to move your things to the first floor later. The students who lived at the end of the corridor have graduated, so you can move in."

Su Li’s family will pay the annual fees in advance. She moved to the attic because she was the oldest and there were many students at that time. This arrangement was only possible when there was a single room in the attic.In recent years, there have been fewer students, and a small single bedroom on the first floor has been vacated, just for Su Li to move in.

Mr. Knightley paid the consultation fee, stayed a little longer, and took leave of Sully and Mrs. Goddard.Finally, he looked at Su Li and said, "I'm sorry again, I will compensate you for the losses I caused."

Su Li smiled and declined: "No, it's not necessary, it's just some worthless little things, Mr. Knightley doesn't need to take it to heart."

Mr. Knightley pursed his lips, bowed slightly, saluted and went out.

Only then did the maids move down the clothes, books and bedding from Su Li's room in the attic one after another in an orderly manner.He then waited on her to change the dirty clothes on her body, and scrubbed her body a little.Then let the stout maid carry her into her new room.

Su Li sat on the bed with her back against the soft pillow and looked at her new room.Slightly smaller than her original room in the attic.But the lighting is much better, and the view of the back garden can be seen through the large transparent windows.The desk is placed under the window, and there is a small bookshelf near the corner of the wall.Curtains, bright green in color, were now fastened to either side of the windows.On the mantelpiece were some trinkets from her original room, some wooden dolls and pretty glass decorations.The closet was also larger than the one in her original room, and it was now filled with her dresses.

She nodded in satisfaction, took the book by the bed and read it leisurely.

At noon, the maid brought a simple and delicious lunch.In the afternoon, the maid came in with two cardboard boxes and said, "Mr. Knightley sent this over, claiming it is compensation for you."

Su Li patted the quilt, said with a smile: "Hurry up and let me have a look."

The maid put the two boxes on the bed. Su Li opened a box and saw that it was a box of good quality paper, two quill pens and two bottles of ink.She opened another, larger box, this one was much heavier.

"God! This is so beautiful!" Su Li pulled out the fabric from the box, and the royal blue velvet almost sucked her heart into it!

The maid's eyes are straight!You know, in this boarding school, velvet is the legendary fabric.Even in Highbury only the Miss Woodhouses had beautiful dresses of velvet.

Su Li folded the fabric happily and put it aside. There were still some things at the bottom of the box, which were silk threads in all colors and a few white lace threads.Of course, the generous Mr. Knightley also included some recent ribbons and lace in it.

No girl can resist the allure of beautiful fabrics.She handed the things to the maid, and said: "Help me put these papers and ink on the desk, put the paper in the drawer, and put the ribbon and lace in the drawer of the wardrobe. The cloth is here, I decided to wait Will be making a new dress out of it in no time! I can't wait to wear it!"

After watching the maid put the things away, she glanced at the fabric on the bed.Hopped to the desk with one foot, took out a pen and paper, dipped in ink and wrote a thank you letter to Mr. Knightley.

Though she was sprained when Mr. Knightley's horse slipped, the generous gentleman had made her more than adequate.She was even more flattered by the velvet fabric.

He wrote the letter in a reasonable wording, folded the wax seal and handed it to the maid beside him: "Please help me deliver this letter to Mr. Knightley at Donville Temple."

The maid took the letter and bowed low: "Okay, Miss Smith."

After the maid went out, Su Li measured the size and drew a pattern, then picked up the scissors and cut the piece of precious velvet.The chest should be slightly looser, the collar and armpits should also be relaxed, and the skirt should also be left with a certain length.After all, she is only 15 years old, and she will grow longer!The velvet fabric is expensive, and there is nothing wrong with it.The skirt is easy to make, but it can be done in one afternoon.But if you want to make the skirt more delicate, it will take more time.She was going to have a lovely ruffled turtleneck of Indian muslin at the neckline.After all, it is a winter skirt, so keep warm at the neck.There are also sleeves that need to be decorated again.The skirt does not need any more decorations. The velvet fabric will look more elegant and noble without any decorations!

By the afternoon of the second day, the skirt was finished.

The remaining students from the boarding school and the three teachers all came to visit her room, and the envy on their faces could not be concealed.

Su Li used the leftovers to sew a pair of gloves for herself, which can be used when she goes out to visit on weekdays.Although, Harriet Smith had no one in Highbury to visit.Her social circle is limited to this boarding school, and she doesn't know anyone in the village at all.

She felt that she was going to die alone in this world. After all, except for a very few, a decent and well-educated gentleman would never marry an illegitimate daughter as his wife.

Su Li, who still wants to fall in love in this world, sat on the bed and sighed leisurely: "Oh..."

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The 97 version of Mr. Knightley's voice is so soft that his legs are weak! ! !

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