little miss austin

Kate was also very angry, but she had no choice but to comfort the hostess, "When I get to Canada, I will go to Master Francis and ask him to send someone to rescue you."

Alice nodded, "You find a way to get some money, you can't do without money."

"You want some money from Master George?"

She nodded reluctantly, "I'll ask him for it."

It's hard to ask for money from someone who doesn't have the last name Austin.After holding back for several days, she finally reluctantly said to Byron, "George, I have no money. Give me back my purse."

Byron was attacking a pineapple with a dagger. Hearing this, he looked up at her, "You don't need pocket money. I'll buy it for you if you want anything." In fact, she didn't need much money on the boat, and the three meals a day were included in the In the ticket, additional meals will be charged.

She was discouraged, "I'm used to having money, and I'm not happy if you don't give me a penny."

He smiled and took out a shilling and put it in her hand.

She grabbed the shilling piece and fought him again with her fists.

He let her punch her a few times, then hugged her, "You beat me every day, are you still angry with me?"

"of course!"

"Kiss me, and I'll give you back the purse."

Glaring at him angrily: "That's my money."

"I'll give it back to you when I get off the boat."

"No, I want it now."

"You really don't want to kiss me?"

"Do not want to."

He sighed, "Don't be angry, when we get married and go back to London in two or three years, then you will be Mrs Byron, which sounds much better than Mrs Bundfield!"

This man is such a dreamer!

He went on: "Look, you can beat me if you say you can beat me. Is that going to happen between you and Oliver?"

"Oliver wouldn't be as shameless as you, he wouldn't make me angry at all."

"Don't lie to yourself! A girl like you can't stand a man like Oliver, he's so boring. Yes, he would definitely be a good husband, but you don't want to marry, so this advantage of him is not an advantage at all." .”

"I wouldn't want to marry you either."

"But I'm different. We can discuss many issues together. I promise to understand everything you say so that we can communicate well. This is something that others cannot do, whether it's Ivo, Oliver, or That Gabriel. Think! When I see a funny book, or meet a funny guy, I can read it with you, or laugh at that poor funny fool, that must be very funny! Allie Ruth, my angel, if you would marry me, I would give you all my money to be mistress of Newstead Park--the stewards and servants are fond of you, and wish you to be their mistress."

"What about Lucy, Monk, and Wanda?"

"If you don't like seeing them, I'll send them away. Or put them in a nearby village if you can. Do you like Wanda and Munch? If you don't want to have kids, we can Adopt them both."

Alice didn't want to talk: the man was so naive!

"Is it bad? Or—you think they're my illegitimate children, so you don't like them?"

"No, I just—George, I like you very much, but you are too unpredictable, and even if we marry, you will not be satisfied with being a loyal husband, and if you still have new lovers and Mistress, then I will definitely not be obediently being Mrs. Byron at home, and I will find many lovers just to fight against you. Look, can't you stand it? Men can't stand it, so you haven't been angered until now Husband killed, probably because you are too famous."

"You are engaged to Oliver because he will be a loyal husband?" Byron looked confused and puzzled, "But you shouldn't be the kind of woman who is content with marriage."

Alice thought it was funny, "Don't you think your words are contradictory? You say that I am not a woman who is content with marriage, but at the same time you hope that I can marry you. You want to marry me to show that you and Augustus Is there no ambiguous relationship between the towers?"

He was a little anxious, "Augusta...she's pregnant."

"So? She is married and fertile, of course she will be pregnant—" She suddenly realized, "Oh! You mean, that's your child?"

Augusta already has two children and this is supposed to be her third. "No wonder you left the UK in a panic. Was it because you were worried that you would be shot dead by the angry Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Colonel?"

He was a little embarrassed, "I didn't expect..."

"When you sleep with a woman and don't wear a condom, you should expect to get them pregnant."

"What about you? Can you give me a child? After we get married, you can give me a son."

You can go away!

"Our child will be beautiful. I shall have a legitimate child to inherit Newstead."

Alice squinted at him, "Does it have something to do with me?"

"If I have to marry a woman, I'd rather it be you."

She thought for a moment: Well, this may be his sincere words.He wanted to have a wife who matched his Baron title, and he didn't necessarily need to love her. Alice was the best choice he could think of, but the problem was that she didn't want to get married.

Byron tried everything to please her, but he still refused to give her money and still sent people to follow her.

He mentioned Augusta's pregnancy to Alice worryingly, "I'm afraid the child won't be born, or... it will be a—monster."

"What do you mean?" She didn't understand.

"It's just...they say that if the child's parents are brother and sister, the child will be a monkey or something, a monster anyway."

Got it, this is a question of the probability of homozygosity for inbreeding.

She laughed for a while.

He was very troubled, "Is it so funny?"

"It's not certain that a monster will be born... Disabled, it's very likely that there will be no problems. This depends on the probability. It's useless for you to worry about it now. Why don't you stay with her? Oh, yes, you can't Always went to see her. Poor Augusta." She shook her head.

Then she looked at Byron suspiciously, "I see! Actually, you wanted to elope with Augusta, but she didn't go with you, right?"

He calmly said, "No."

The two of them were playing Shuanglu, and Alice even threw the pieces and the board in his face. "You coward! You dare not even admit that."

Byron, who was hit in the face by the chessboard, was caught off guard and did not dodge. The chessboard hit his nose, and his nose bleeds profusely.

He covered his nose in embarrassment.

"go out!"

Byron got up angrily and left.

This man is so bad!

Alice was so angry that she didn't know how to vent it.

——He couldn't elope with Augusta, so he asked me to be a backup?What kind of weird idea is this? !

Wo Huo, very Wo Huo!

I was so angry that I didn't want to talk to Byron when I went to the restaurant for dinner at night.

This scumbag!Scum!asshole!

Angrily poked the beef on the plate with a fork.

Byron ignored her.He is also angry!There was a scratch on the bridge of the nose from the chessboard, and it looked like he had been injured.

Some of the first-class passengers who knew Byron asked him what was wrong with his nose in a gossiping spirit, and Byron had to say perfunctorily that he hit the door.

After eating and returning to the cabin, Kate came to Byron to ask for a money bag, and Byron returned two empty money bags to her.

Kate was very worried, "Miss Alice, look," she turned the purse upside down, "Master George only returned the purse, there is no money in it."

"I'll go find him." She got out of her cabin and reached the door of Byron's room, "George, open the door."

He came over and opened the door, "Do you want to hit me again?" He looked pitiful.

"No more." She closed the door behind her backhand, turned her head and smiled at him, "Let me see your injury. Does it hurt?"

"It hurts." He murmured softly, "You are so cruel, no woman dares to hit me before."

"If I hit you, I'll hit you. Why, do you still want to fight back?" She laughed again.

"Are you still angry?"

"Don't be angry. You give me some money. I want to buy things when I get off the boat, and Kate will also have some money."

"I'll go shopping with you."

"You still don't want to go."

"You're taking Bill with you."

"Okay. I'm afraid the pier will be messy, and you'll have to get me another valet."

He nodded, "Okay." He pointed to his lips, motioning for her to kiss him.

Alice frowned, but still stood on tiptoe slightly and kissed him on the lips.

Back in the cabin, she had an extra money bag in her hand, which contained more than 30 gold coins.

Divided half of the gold coins to Kate, "When you get off the ship, go to the port and find out where the British warships are docked. The warships must be resupplied in Canadian ports. The port where the St. Anthony is docked must be a big port. It should be There's the Navy's wharf, and you give the letter to the Navy guys, and ask them to send it as soon as possible. Give them—£5 should be enough. Then you buy some fruit."

Kate nodded and collected the gold coins.

The St. Anthony sailed into the port of Halifax in Nova Scotia, a natural harbor with a long history. After the French arrived on the North American continent, Halifax was one of the first settlements, used by residents French is spoken by as many people as English.

After disembarking, Byron asked Alice to follow him, not allowing her to move around freely.She sent Kate to do the shopping and post a letter.

"I'm going to send a letter to my family, otherwise my mother and Cathy and Jane will die of anxiety."

Byron did not stop her. North America is very far away from the British mainland. It will take more than a month for the letter to be sent back. Even if the Austin family sent someone to pick her up immediately, it would take three months.If there is no accident, everyone in London now knows that he eloped with her, and Oliver is still in Spain. When he hears the news, he will probably call off the engagement.

He has already made up his mind to find a place to live for two months, and then he will go back and forth between Canada and the United States, so that the Austin family will not know where to find them, and when Alice softens, he is willing to sleep with him Yes, he will definitely get her pregnant so they will get married.

He planned very well, proudly thinking that he was really smart!

He took Alice to live in a seaside villa in Halifax, and asked all the servants to call her "Lady Byron". Her protest was invalid and she could only let them go.

The villa is not big and there are not enough rooms, so Alice complained very much, saying that a remote place like Upper Canada, where birds don’t lay eggs, is not good at all, there is nothing delicious, but there are more seafood; there are few people, and the commercial street is narrow It is small, and there is often nothing to buy something, which is not convenient at all; it is not comfortable to live in, and there are too few servants.

They fought almost every day, but she stopped beating him now.If she catches up with her in a good mood in the morning, she will take Kate for a walk on the beach.

"Miss," said Kate worriedly, "what if Master Francis doesn't get the letter?"

"You send another letter in a few days." It is inconvenient not to have instant messaging tools.

Kate stared blankly at the sea, "Jimmy can't find me, will Jimmy marry another girl when I go back?"

"If he loves you, he will wait for you."

"What if—madam thinks we're all dead?"

"No, they'll know the truth when the letter comes back. Besides, George is going back to England, and he can't pretend we're all dead. I guess he might have someone pretend to be him and me, pretend We ran off to Scotland and got married."

"Then Master Oliver is going to be sad?"

Alice sighed, "He might be very sad. I wrote him a letter and hoped he wouldn't think too much." But how could he not think too much?Even if it were her own, if Oliver had been away with a woman for half a year, she would of course reasonably suspect that they had already slept together.Byron didn't need to say anything at all, everyone would think that she and Byron had become lovers again.

Byron the bastard!

She was very sad, because of Byron's attitude towards her, and because she could not dispel Oliver's suspicion.She didn't want to humbly beg his forgiveness for the mistakes she didn't make.The whole thing wasn't her fault, and she had no control over how it unfolded.Byron had only seduced her, not forced her, because he knew clearly that if he forced her to sleep, she would really kill him.

But relying on a man's conscience is too unreliable. Men in this era have no awareness of "rape is a crime" at all. The only rape crime that will be sentenced is a lower-class man raping an upper-class noble woman, and this is almost impossible. , Noble women always have groups of servants around them when they go out.

Byron is already spoiled, he has the self-consciousness of a patriarchal star figure, that is, "I can get whatever I want", and he has indeed enjoyed the male bonus for a long time, and he will not have any "respect" for women "the concept of.She was terrified, the first time she was so terrified.

"Miss, don't be afraid, he... If he dares to force you, I, I will kill him for you!"

Kate hugged her tremblingly.

"Stop talking nonsense. Kill him...then I might as well cut him off."

"Eh? Miss—"

"Don't talk about it. We should think about it. What if Francis doesn't get the letter? He should get the letter in a month even if he is on the high seas in Charleston. If he doesn't come in a month, we have to think about it." Find a way to escape by yourself."

Kate looked angrily at the two servants behind her, "Is that okay? Someone is watching us all the time."

"There is always a way. He is currently under strict supervision, and he may relax in a month. You find a way to see how we should go... Riding a horse will be faster. Don't bring anything, just bring money. .I also want to find a way to get more money, we need the money to book the boat ticket, as long as it is enough for the third-class cabin."

Kate burst into tears, "Miss has never taken a third-class cabin before. The third-class cabin is terrible. There are many people in one room, regardless of gender. They all smell like feet and sweat. It stinks to death. Can you live there?" I'm used to it."

"No way, you have to get used to it if you are not used to it." Alice didn't care much about this. "When I get on the ship, I can ask the captain if he can let us upgrade, and someone will send us money when we arrive at Southampton or Portsmouth." Let Kate disembark first to find Francis' wife, Mary, who still lives in Southampton; or Charles' wife, Fanny, who returned to England from the North American war this year and lives with her in Portsmouth.

Kate felt that her young lady was miserable, her illness delayed her marriage to Master Ivo, and she finally got engaged to Master Oliver, and Master George went crazy again, and now her marriage with Master Oliver was about to come to an end.

Alice did not wait for her brother, but Byron waited for Ivo.

The two cousins ​​started fighting as soon as they met, and the fight was raging.

Alice was upstairs and heard the noise downstairs and sent Kate downstairs to see what was going on.Kate quickly rushed up and said excitedly, "It's Master Ivo! Master Ivo is here!"

Alice was painting a bouquet of roses, when she heard this, she immediately threw the paintbrush and ran downstairs, "Ivo!"

Ivo was busy beating Byron, and took time to turn his head to look at her, and Byron saw the opportunity and punched him on the chin.

"Stop it! George!"

Before Byron stopped, he stole another punch to Ivo.

Ivo grinned from the beating, he didn't care about it, he stood up quickly, straightened his clothes, and walked in front of her, "How are you? Did he..."

She shook her head, "He doesn't dare, if he dares to force me, I will definitely kill him."

Ivo breathed a sigh of relief, "As soon as I heard about this, I knew he must have taken you out of England. Henry sent someone to Scotland and then to Newstead Manor. I don't think he will take you there Such a good place to find. I went to several ports and left more than a week late."

She immediately burst into tears, "It's a good thing you found me. George didn't give me money, and he didn't let me go home. This is kidnapping, and I will never forgive him!"

"Don't cry, don't cry, I'll take you home." He hugged her distressedly.

"How's Mom? Where's Cathy? Where's Jane?" she asked anxiously.

"Mrs Austen is sick with anxiety - don't worry, she's just too worried about you, she can't eat well, sleep well, Cathy and Mrs Lefroy are at home to take care of her. Well...someone has your jewelry and shoes I asked Henry for 5 pounds, but the money was given out, but you didn't come home, so Mrs. Austin was so anxious, she was afraid that you were... dead."

Alice looked up sharply, and cried, "George Byron! What have you done!"

"I just wrote a random letter and sent it to Henry's house, and I didn't arrange for anyone to withdraw the money—" Byron suddenly realized, and said angrily, "That guy must have opened my letter and read it!"

He couldn't use his own servant, so he hired someone from the street, thinking it was just to send a letter to scare and mislead the Austin family, but he didn't expect to be used by someone-he usually thought he was very smart, but he didn't expect There will be times when people are so stupid that they are taken advantage of.

well!He regretted it, mainly because the time was too urgent, and he couldn't arrange it calmly.At that time, he thought that this operation would make Austin's house quiet and wait for Alice to be released home, so he wouldn't search everywhere, but he didn't expect——

Alice stared at him, "Stupid!" and asked Ivo anxiously, "And then? How did you know you found Canada?"

"George mentioned it to me before, said, said he wanted me to take you out of the country and return to England in a few years, so that Oliver had to get out of the way." He was a little embarrassed, "I ignored his crazy talk, but I didn't expect him to—kidnap you."

Byron yelled angrily, "Why do I call this 'kidnapping'?"

"You disregarded her wishes and forcibly took her away. Isn't it kidnapping? I thought that since you love her, you will respect her."

"I'm not as stupid as you! Can she go back now? Does everyone know that I eloped with her?"

Ivo glared at her angrily, "Her reputation has been damaged, is it a good thing for you?"

"I don't care. As for Alice, she doesn't care too much. As long as she cancels her engagement with Oliver."

"Shameless!" Alice scolded him.

"As long as I can get you, you can scold me whatever you want."

She didn't want to talk to him at all, "Ivo, take me home."

Ivo nodded.

"Don't go!" Byron jumped up.

Hotel near the port.

Kate fetched hot water, and Alice washed Ivo's face and combed his hair again.

"Thank you for helping me fight George." Thinking about it, I found it funny. Ivo fought Oliver and Byron because of her, and Byron beat Gabriel because of her.Sure enough, one of the ways men fight for control is through violence.

"I wanted to beat him up a long time ago." He was already extremely jealous in his heart.He knew that Byron was her first man, he was only her first love, and he had never even seen her body.

His chest was sore, and he whispered: "For you, I can give anything."

"I know. Thank you, Ivo." Her little hands played with his hair.His hair has grown very long in the past few years and can be tied up, so she tied a small braid behind his head and tied it up with her hair tie.

"I broke up with George, and I will never recognize him as my cousin again." He said angrily.

"Okay, as long as you're happy." She hugged him from behind and whispered in his ear, "Do you still love me?"

"Love, always love."

"I love you too. Ivo, you saved me."

"Saving you is something other than loving you. This is an essential character of an upright man. You don't have to be grateful to me for this."

The author has something to say: * Someone wrote Augusta Byron's book, "Augusta Leigh: Byron's Half Sister-ABiography", which is only available in English.It is said that Byron asked Augusta to elope with him, but she did not agree.