Dear Mr. Darcy [Pride and Prejudice]

Since Alvin is going to start dealing with the affairs here so that he can leave as soon as possible, it's hard for Emma to stay longer. "I'm going back."

Alvin got up and grabbed his coat: "I'll give it to you."

Sophia immediately said, "I'm leaving too."

Although Alvin generally believed Sophia's words, he still had some doubts about Sophia's identity. "I will ask a manservant to take you to a hotel, and he will find a maidservant to take care of you." It is surveillance and protection.

Sophia frowned, but Alvin's tone was unquestionable. She knew it would be useless to refuse, so she acquiesced. "I'll go back and pack my luggage."

Sophia tried every means to escape after the death of her master. She didn't know where Irwin was, but she knew that Irwin would definitely come to London in July and August, so she came to live in London in advance and became a female worker in order to make ends meet.The place where she lives is a very simple ghetto.The servant sent Sophia back in a rented carriage according to Alvin's instructions, but soon the carriage could not move forward, the road was too narrow and the road condition was very bad.The servant had no choice but to take Sophia out of the car and walk.Although he was a servant, he had been working in a noble family, and he hadn't seen such a messy scene for a long time. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and carefully walk around the cross-flowing sewage and excrement for the master's order.

A door opened suddenly, and a woman screamed, "Disgusting bedbug, get out!" A man was pushed out and hit the servant, and the two of them fell to the ground unsteadily.Sophia's eyes lit up, she turned and ran.

The servant scolded and chased after Sophia by pushing away the guy on his body.The criss-crossing alleys are like a maze. Sophia has been familiar with it for a few months. She walked through the alleys nimbly and got rid of the servants in a short while.

Sophia looked behind to make sure that she had shaken off the servant, and then quickly opened the door.Suddenly a hand stretched out and pulled her in.

"Ah..." Sophia screamed halfway before her mouth was roughly covered.Then a slap hit her hard on the face. "Stinky, how dare you lie to me!"

Sophia's heart skipped a beat when she heard this voice. Oops, she forgot a very important thing. "I'm sorry! Lieutenant Colonel, I'm sorry! I didn't intend to hide it from you. The reward agreed at the beginning will definitely not be less than a penny."

The lieutenant colonel sneered. "You said that you were deceived by the young son of a nobleman. You heard that he had a fiancée and came to him with children, but you didn't say that you were a maid who wanted to avenge your cheated master. You really think I like it The reward of fifty pounds? Fifty pounds, if I hadn't stopped them from snatching the necklace and let you take over the work every day, and when the little girl grows up a few years later, I would let her take over the work. The pound is not much different." At this point, the colonel slapped Sophia again. "Bitch!"

Sophia's ears were buzzing from the beating, and seeing things shaking in front of her eyes, she apologized vaguely: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Sophia didn't come to London alone, she also brought Grace's child, a Alice, a three-year-old girl.That's why she got rid of the servants.When she was not sure whether Alvin was innocent, she was worried that Alvin would hurt the child.London is so big, Sophia can't find Alvin, and her status can't enter the aristocratic gathering area.One day, some men accidentally saw the necklace she was wearing and wanted to snatch it.The man in front of him just passed by. Sophia didn't know his name. Maybe he was a veteran. People in this area called him Lieutenant Colonel. It is said that he is a capable person.Sophia asked him for help, and promised him fifty pounds as a reward.The lieutenant colonel stopped those men, and helped Sophia find Alvin's residence, and inquired about Alvin's whereabouts.The lieutenant colonel has always been kind in front of Sophia, Sophia didn't know whether to trust Alvin, and was upset, so she forgot about the lieutenant colonel.As it turned out, this was a terrible mistake.

The lieutenant colonel paced the cabin restlessly. "Illegitimate child, fiancee, what a great opportunity to make money, you'd better tell me the real story right now, otherwise..." He grabbed Sophia's hair.

Sophia couldn't help but let out a scream. "I said, I said!" Under the threat of the lieutenant colonel, she explained the ins and outs, but made up a paragraph in the middle, she said that Alvin and Grace had a tryst, and Alice was Alvin's child, but she was worried Erwin would choose to get rid of the stain and did not dare to tell Erwin the news.According to what the lieutenant colonel said just now, he probably wanted to blackmail Alvin with the news of his lover and illegitimate child, otherwise he would tell the secret to Alvin's fiancée.Now that the lover has come to nothing, if Alice is not Erwin's illegitimate child, she worries that the useless Alice will be sold by the lieutenant colonel.

The lieutenant colonel narrowed his eyes, as if trying to tell the truth from what she said.Sophia looked at the lieutenant colonel with the most sincerity she could muster.

The lieutenant colonel gradually loosened his grip on Sophia's hair, and when Sophia breathed a sigh of relief, he tightened his hand suddenly, and said coldly to Sophia, whose face was twisted in pain: "You better not lie to me. Immediately Write to the colonel, and if he doesn't come up with three thousand pounds within three days, I'll tell his rich and distinguished fiancée the news of his illegitimate child."

Sophia had no choice but to agree, and wrote the letter under the supervision of the lieutenant colonel. The lieutenant colonel was illiterate, just in case a literate subordinate was found to check the letter, and after repeated confirmation that there was no problem, he took it out and prepared to stuff it into Alvin at night. In the crack of the door of the house.

The lieutenant colonel tied Sophia and Alice to chairs, and asked two more people to watch.

Alice was very uncomfortable being tied up, but growing up in such a family for a long time gave her an intuition for small animals.She could feel that the people in front of her were dangerous, so she obediently kept silent.

Sophia really regretted it.If he had known earlier, he would not have gotten rid of that servant. With that servant around, at least the lieutenant colonel would not have dared to act so blatantly.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door outside.

The two guards looked at each other and asked warily, "Who?"

A male voice came from outside. "Oh, please help me, I took my son through here, he was so naughty, he ran into the alley and disappeared. You saw a six-year-old boy with blond hair and a white shirt belt Wearing a solid black tie?"

The two guards relaxed. "No."

"Come on, please open the door and let me have a look."

One guard started to curse impatiently, but was stopped by the other. "Open the door. If he can't find his son, he will definitely bring the police to search all the houses that didn't open the door for him."

The two guards reached a consensus, released Sophia and Alice, put a knife against their lower backs, and opened the doors for the men outside to see.Dilapidated and small house at a glance.When the man saw Sophia and Alice, his eyes changed slightly, but he didn't say anything. After thanking the two guards, he hurriedly turned and left.

"Are they imprisoned?"

"Yes." The servant said respectfully. "After I lost it, I spent some money and found the approximate range. Several men came out of a house aggressively, and I hid aside. When they left, I knocked on the surrounding doors all over the place. Sophia's house, I had to knock on the door of that room with the excuse that my son was gone. There were four people inside, two tall and strong men, Sophia and a little girl. Sophia's face was swollen from the beating, and she winked at me Take an eye."

Alvin frowned.To be honest, he felt that this matter was too coincidental, like a trap, but he couldn't leave Sophia and a little girl alone.After hesitating for a moment, Erwin finally chose to call the police. It was better to use official power than to go in person with his friend and servant, only to step into a trap.

If it was a civilian who called the police, the police officer would not choose to tear himself apart from the local forces for a female worker or a little girl.Alvin also knew this and went to call the police himself.The police officer came very quickly, and within an hour, a servant led the way to Sophia's house.A police officer kicked the door open.The two guards in the house were a little confused. Although they didn't react, they obediently surrendered after watching the dozen or so police officers outside the house.

The matter was resolved very smoothly, and Alvin asked the servant who led the way to take Sophia and Alice to a hotel to stay.

Sophia got out of the carriage holding the hand of the restless Alice, tried her best to pretend to be confident, lowered her hat vigorously, and walked into the hotel with her head held high. "The bad guys have been taken away, let's live in another place."

At the door of the room, the servant who had completed his mission bowed and retreated.Seeing him walking away, Alice asked softly, "Mother, is it father who saved us?"

The door opened, revealing Erwin's expressionless face, he had obviously heard these words.

Sophia blushed in embarrassment.

Mr. Darcy seldom comes to the hotel, even if he goes to a strange place, he will choose to rent a better apartment or garden.Today he made an exception and went into a hotel to pick up his tutor who had taught him for a while. The gentleman came to London for a tour.Mr. Darcy followed a woman leading a little girl upstairs, and was shocked to find that they were looking for Alvin!Mr. Darcy looked it over three times and was sure that the face in the door belonged to Irving.And Alvin didn't see him.

Alvin took a step aside and motioned for them to come in.

Mr. Darcy was still more shocked to find that they had entered the room.

After closing the door, Sophia immediately warned Alice seriously: "I am not your mother Alice, now that we have changed places, you can call me Sophia."

Alice opened her eyes wide in bewilderment. "Why?"

Sophia couldn't explain to a three-year-old that she had lied to the lieutenant colonel for their safety and to find Alvin, and she had Alice call her mother just to make the trick more realistic.Nor could she explain that she was trying to comfort Alice by saying that she could find a better new father for Alice. "I...Alice, a good child must listen to adults."

Alvin looked at Alice carefully. "Her child? What's his name?"

"Yes, her name is Alice."

Alvin shook his head at Sophia. "I need time."

Sophia was in a very complicated mood.She does want Alvin to adopt Alice, but only after Alvin proves his innocence and the order must not be reversed.And judging from the interaction between Alvin and Emma just now, Alvin loves his current fiancée very much. What lady would want her fiancé to adopt the daughter of her former sweetheart before getting married?Although Emma seemed more reasonable, she probably wouldn't agree.Will Alvin risk losing his fiancée to adopt a little girl who is not related by blood?probably not.

Alvin's words were not as polite as Sophia thought. In fact, Alvin really needed time.Because this incident not only involved him, but Emma was more affected.Alvin planned to ask Emma for her opinion after the investigation. If Emma disagreed, he would find a new pair of good parents for the poor child.

Alvin just wanted to see the child left behind by Grace. Now that he had seen it, he should go too.Alvin comforted Alice a little awkwardly. "You are very cute, the bad guys won't come." Then he turned and pushed the door open.

"Father!" Alice took a few steps on her short legs and grabbed Alvin's clothes. "Will you come to see me and mother?"

Alvin didn't answer, and gently stroked Alice's soft curly hair.If possible, he would like to adopt the child, but he is not alone, he must consider Emma's mood.

Seeing that Alvin did not refute, Mr. Darcy's face sank.

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