little miss austin

This guy!Naked seduction!

Ivo was furious.

Alice just smiled and walked out of the tent quickly.

Archaeological excavations aren't fun, a lot of the time it's just digging, they haven't dug deep enough, there's just bits and pieces, no complete buildings.

Gabriel taught her about digging tools: various small shovels, various small brushes, and other implements.And taught her how to use those tools with a suspiciously attentive attitude.

The other five members of the archaeological team all looked sideways at Gabriel.

Ivo and Grant also looked sideways.

They stood on top of the big pit.

"You've got to keep an eye on Alice," said Grant.

"What are you talking about."

"Look, this—Bernisson, he seems... the French seem to be so enthusiastic, you English people are too reserved, and even Byron is not enthusiastic enough. You know? I moved a car to see Alice. I climbed out of her window with a ladder, and although I was later sent to Scotland by William, I don't regret it at all."

"Then you now?" Ivo really didn't hear about it.

"Alice is fine, but she's not the kind of woman who can wait at home for her husband to come home." He gave Ivo a "you know" look.

Ivo glanced at him suspiciously, "That's it?"

"That's it. What? Don't you believe it?"

"That only shows that you don't love her at all."

"No, that's because I sort of know her better. Maybe not as much as I thought, but I can understand her. She's interested in going to Amazon with me, but not staying in Charleston to have my baby. "

Ivo was shocked, "How do you know?"

"She's not hard to understand. Come on down, and bring her up, I've had enough of that Frenchman courting her."

They settled in Cronelli near the ruins of Olympia.Cronelli is a very small village, with no more than 30 households and less than 200 people in the whole village.

With the painful lesson of being bitten by fleas last time, Alice is now not afraid to take the trouble to bring her own bedding, pillows and sheets wherever she goes.I threw away the whole set of bedding in Morocco, and bought a whole new set when I arrived in Oran.When they visited the Olympia ruins, Sidney had already made her bed at the farmer's house where she was staying.

Of course, Ivo and Grant also had to change into their own quilts. The plank bed was a bit hard, so it would be fine for a few days.

Gabriel rode over early every morning to pick Alice up, went out riding with her, and came back for breakfast.They also rent the farmer's rooms in Croner, but live half the time in tents.

"Living in a tent? The Peloponnese is too humid, there will be a lot of bugs." Alice looked at the tent. The tent was made of very thick canvas. This kind of canvas was only used for seagoing ships before, and it was used for sails. The fabric is extremely strong, even stronger after being woven, and it is also waterproof.

"There's no way around that, but it's not an obstacle."

"Would it be possible to dig for a long time and not find the place you are looking for?"

"Of course. Field archaeology is very boring. Most of the time, you may only be able to dig there, and you won't find anything of value after digging for several months."

"Shouldn't that be a different place to dig? At least in Olympia, you know there must be something underground, the problem is just the exact location."

"Yes, in theory. Come on, try this, it's the taste of my hometown, have you ever been to France?" Gabriel handed her a small bread basket with two freshly baked bread in it. Fragrant soft bread.

"I've never been there. What's it called?" The bread is small, round, and looks very ordinary.

"It's called bread." He said the word "bread" in French.

The aroma of wheat flour, with a hint of milk aroma.Take a bite, soft and sweet.

"Used milk?"

"Probably. I think it's delicious. My mother has made this bread for me since I was a child."

"Who did you bring? The cook at home?"

"I brought a maid who specializes in cooking. I can do without a manservant, but I can't live without a maid who is good at cooking."

"Is your family aristocratic?"

"Not really. You see I don't have 'de' in my name, so I can only be considered rich."

"The richer? The richer before 1789, or the richer after 1789?" 1789 was the year when the French Revolution began.

Gabriel suddenly laughed, "The ones before 1789 were rich."

Archeology is a hobby and profession that burns money, as well as the education he received, all need money to support.So the Bernisson family was rich in the old days, and they should be doing well in the new government.

Then he asked naturally: "May I ask your youthful age?"

"1789. What about you?"

"1774."

She was surprised, "I can't see it." In fact, 35 years old is really not "old". In Europe, a man must be 30 years old to be considered a suitable marriage partner: he has some money and experience.

"Should I be thankful that years of living in the wild didn't really turn me into a savage?"

"Have you been doing this long?"

"After graduating from university, I traveled in Europe for two years, and then I started digging."

Alice laughed happily, "It's really digging."

Gabriel raised his eyebrows, "What do you think of this line of work?"

"I can't dig the soil."

"Many ladies are not interested in this field at all. They think we are all savages and weirdos. They may think that archeology is just sitting in the library and looking through ancient books and maps."

"It's a man, he's not very interested in field archaeology, is he? Or is this why you prefer gold, silver and jewelry?"

"It's obvious. Most private sponsors are not interested in history at all. They just want to know whether the statue of Zeus is made of gold and whether it is inlaid with countless precious stones." Gabriel said lightly: "They won't pay a franc if you can't guarantee enough in return. But don't talk about that, you see."

He took out a small piece of linen from his coat pocket, tied the four corners together with a silk rope, untied the silk rope, and inside was a piece of golden metal with a character's head printed on it.

"This is an ancient Egyptian gold coin. When I was 20 years old, I went to Egypt and picked it up under the Sphinx." He held Alice's left hand and put the gold coin in her palm. The gold coin has always been my lucky charm, my talisman, and I want to give it to you."

Alice smiled, picked up the gold coin with her right hand, gestured to him, then walked to the writing desk, put the gold coin next to the typewriter, took out a British pound from the handbag on her wrist, and put it next to the ancient Egyptian gold coin, "I'll give you a pound for an Austin typewriter made in England."

Gabriel looked a little confused.

They stayed in Croneri for three days before heading to other parts of the Peloponnese.The connection point between the Peloponnese and the mainland of Greece is a narrow land bridge. It is not an island itself, so it is called a "peninsula". There are 3 small peninsulas on the peninsula, all of which extend south into the Mediterranean Sea; The peninsula has its own bays, separated from Crete by the island of Kythira, Andy Kythira, the Strait of Kythira, and the Strait of Andy Kythera. The Crete Sea", the Crete Sea goes further north, passing the Cyclades Islands, the waters between Greece and Turkey, which is the Aegean Sea.

Although there are many ancient ruins on the Peloponnese Peninsula, such as Mycenaean civilization ruins, Spartan ruins, etc., they are still in the stage of excavation. The main reason is money, and the other is Ottoman empire.It was not until the Olympia site was officially excavated that European archaeologists began to flock to Greece.

Most of the ancient temple ruins that can be called tourist attractions in Greece are near Athens, such as the Parthenon ruins on the Acropolis.The Parthenon is relatively well-preserved, and the ancient temple of Athena near it has only a vaguely discernible base. The Temple of Hephaestus has been used as a Christian church for hundreds of years, and it is one of the few that is still intact. ancient greek architecture.

The situation in Crete is the same as that of the Peloponnese Peninsula. Although it has been said that this is the location of the Minoan labyrinth mentioned in "Homer's Epic", there have been no decent unearthed cultural relics and no decent archaeological excavations. .

So Crete can only be a pure sightseeing place like the Peloponnese Peninsula.

They have been in Crete for almost a month.

Chartered a fishing boat and experienced the life of fishermen in the Cretan Sea.

Three meals a day are all seafood, breakfast bread, yogurt, fried cod or other fish; lunch has barbecue, squid, mussels and rice; dinner is very late, basically every dish has seafood, pita cake can roll almost anything , Grilled meat, fried cuttlefish rings, pickled gherkins, onion rings, tomatoes, and traditional Greek food moussaka baked with minced meat, onions, and cheese. The ingredients inside can also be added at will, including fish, shrimp, and crab.

Greeks eat a lot of olive oil, cooking, grilling, and drinking it directly; there are also a lot of olive products, which are made into sweet and salty preserves, and they don’t forget to put a green olive when drinking, as fruit, or as a side dish. It is said that there are 100 ways to eat olives.

Alice loves candied olives, and she always puts a small packet of olives in her handbag wherever she goes.

After Grant said "she is not difficult to understand" last time, Ivo deeply reflected on himself: Indeed, it seems that I have never considered the problem from her perspective.

To say that Oliver has been asked to be a perfect eldest son since he was a child, so whether he can understand Alice or not, he will take good care of her.But as a spoiled baby, he is far behind in this aspect. He doesn't know what she likes or what she is thinking.

She wasn't like his sisters, he'd known that for years, so he shouldn't have thought of her as an ordinary girl in the first place.

What is an ordinary girl like?It should be like his sisters, when they reach the age of social dancing, there is no second thing on their minds, because the whole society and the whole family are telling them that they should try to find a suitable girl at Ruhua's age. Husband, getting married and having children, trying to be a good wife and mother, doing housework at home, giving birth to ten or eight children, busy and tired every day, and nagging non-stop.

The prospect terrified him at once: so Alice would become one of those vulgar housewives too?

If she really becomes that kind of woman, will he still love her?

Probably not, he couldn't stand just thinking about it.

Like Mrs. Gordon, his dear mother.

He loved his mother, but after leaving home, he realized that the love his mother gave him was already a heavy bondage. She imposed her will on him, never listened to his opinion, didn't care about his thoughts at all, and was single-minded. I think he is still young, and he doesn't know how serious Alice's illness is.

Not being able to talk to the person who loves you is the first major shock in his life for him.

He had a terrible time in those days!

It was a double torment. On the one hand, he had to muster up the courage to resist his parents; Miss, he beautified the image of her in his heart in the long and unthinkable longing, she is a distant and unreachable star, beautiful and rare, "getting" her is the best of all these sufferings Reward, the only way he can convince himself that rebelling against his parents is worth it.

He has read a lot of beautiful words, Shakespeare, and ancient Greek and Roman dramas. He yearns for a beautiful love. A little sad, a little uneasy, but in the end, it will be sweet and pleasing to each other, and that is the love he wants.

If your teenage playmates were girls like Alice, you couldn't actually see the other girls.

He had learned this during the months away from Alice.

In fact, she is not perfect at all, not as Oliver imagined—if a girl reads most about politics and military affairs, she will definitely not be the "perfect" girl required by traditional society.One thing he feels more than Oliver is that he has figured it out, but Oliver doesn't seem to get it yet.

Oliver was required by the baron to be the perfect eldest son and heir since he was a child, and he would also require his wife to be a perfect woman: she must be good at dancing, and be a hostess who is praised by everyone in the social circle. She will not have her own time To do what she likes, she has to pay for her husband and future children.According to the requirements of succession to the title, Alice had to give birth to at least two boys, and if she couldn't give birth to a boy, she had to keep giving birth, which was unacceptable to her.

So she said that there is nothing wrong with not wanting to get married or have children. She already has two sister-in-laws who died of having children. If she is not afraid, she is a fool.It's normal for her to think so, and it's even more strange if she can't think of it.

Although Oliver said on Madeira Island that he could not have children, think about how it is possible!His family has a title to inherit, so it's a lie to say that he doesn't want children!Surely Alice could tell, so in the end they broke up anyway, which is great!

He has been angry all the time, because he was sent far away and could not be with her, so Oliver took advantage of it.hateful!This shameless guy!

And George!He wondered for a long time, not knowing what happened to George and Alice.George was one of those temperaments, he fell in love with beauty easily, was sentimental and capricious, and he seemed to be seducing her, but Alice—he found he really didn't quite understand her.

George, a heartless guy, said he didn't know how to kiss, Alice was so pitiful, she had never tasted a real wonderful kiss, and proudly declared that she wanted to let her experience the kiss that could ignite her, and also wanted to She learns to appreciate a man's flesh - for this, the two brothers almost got into a fight.

Originally, I came out to play with her this time, and George was not there. He wanted to be a step ahead, and let her get acquainted with the man's body first. She was at the seaside of Sintra, but she kept staring at his naked upper body for a long time. He's super confident about his figure - but there's a new rival in love!

That damned Frenchman!

He picked his timing carefully, reminding her that Oliver was still fighting the French army in Portugal, and she couldn't just fall in love with a Frenchman.

She smiled for a while before saying that this should not be something he can manage.

Gabriel Bernisson was in Crete in the last week of April.

In the evening, Alice's fishing boat returned to the pier. As soon as she got off the boat, she saw Gabriel standing upright at the end of the trestle.

"Alice." He smiled and called her Christian name.

"Gabriel." She looked pleased. "You didn't say you'd come."

He raised his long and thin fingers and put them in front of his lips, "I sneaked here."

"We caught some fish and shrimp today, can you eat shrimp?"

"I like to eat shrimp."

"That's great! I haven't gotten tired of seafood yet. What's your favorite?"

"All kinds of fish, I like to eat fish."

"I also like to eat fish, but only sea fish. Sea fish has only one big bone. If I eat freshwater fish, then I will be in trouble! I can't spit out that small bone, and it will always get stuck." She walked to the shore Go, "We live in a B&B here, and Sidney gets seasick, so she can't go out with us. It's fun, and it's fun if you don't have the stress of survival."

"Look how happy you are."

"You have to understand that happiness is rare, and you should try to be happy when you can, so that you won't wait until you are dying to find that you have spent your whole life in vain, neither eating well nor having fun. It's a big loss!"

As she spoke, she suddenly stepped on the ground and almost fell from the end of the trestle bridge.

Gabriel reacted quickly, stepped forward and hugged her.

She was startled at first, and then laughed, "I'm used to the steps on the boat, but I don't know how to walk after getting off the boat."

She was wearing a long-sleeved shirt and trousers made of cotton and linen, and leather flip-flop sandals custom-made by an Athens shoemaker. Her brown hair was much longer than when she set off in England and could be tied up. So I tied it up casually with a hair rope, and wore a headband woven with colored hemp rope—this is the hair accessory of a poor local Greek girl, but when she wears it on her hair, she feels that it is an expensive item. decorations.

He let her go quickly, "Where do you live? I haven't found a place to live yet."

"Let's stay in one—a B&B. I don't know if they have any rooms available, but you can stay next door to other fishermen's houses. There are not many tourists here, and there are no decent hotels."

The sky quickly darkened, and the fishermen lit torches for illumination.

Ivo came up from behind, holding a torch in his hand, "Alice."

She said kindly, "I'll cook shrimp for you later."

Ivo looked startled, "You cook? No, no more." She doesn't know how to cook at all, okay?

"I've learned it before. Shrimp will taste delicious no matter how you do it. It won't be too bad."

Ivo reluctantly said, "Are you sure you can do well?"

"It's rare for me to want to cook."

As a result, unexpectedly, the grilled prawns she made were quite delicious.

"Olive oil, lemongrass, parsley, coriander seeds, cardamom?" Gabriel tasted carefully.

"There's still a little tender ginger." She said with a smile: "You don't need to eat the head of the shrimp, and there is nothing delicious. The main reason is that the stomach of the shrimp is in its head. This is the piece. It mainly eats the algae in the water. And the corpses of animals in the water, it's not very dirty."

Ivo raised his forehead, "What you said is disgusting."

"Then don't eat it."

He shut up immediately.

Early the next morning, Gabriel came over and went out to sea with them on the fishing boat.

They didn't do much on the ship. Grant had used the sextant and gyro ball for a few days in the field, and he had figured out how to use these instruments at sea.

The fishermen told them how to watch the fish swimming. Every day, they throw out a few nets randomly, and catch some fish and shrimps to make food. The harvest is more or less, but there are more or less every day. These seafood are salvaged every day.

There are also molluscs and seaweed.

Because there are few wealthy young and old Englishmen here to play, and for a few weeks, these Greek fishermen who have never been out of Crete for generations feel that they are rare.

Ivo relied on Ivo for the whole process of communication. Ivo had to learn ancient Greek in college, and he learned modern Greek after arriving in Greece. Communication was no problem.

Ivo didn't want to take Gabriel with him at all, but he couldn't say "no" to Alice.If he said he was jealous of Gabriel, she would laugh at him.

Well, just a pompous Frenchman!

But he'd underestimated the Frenchie's brazenness, and—that strange feeling he'd never been able to understand.

The fishing boat is very simple. Compared with passenger ships, the cabins of the crew are very simple and small. Behind the cockpit is the cabin, and three cabins are specially packed for the three of them to rest.

Once Ivo realized that Alice and Gabriel were not on the deck, he yelled badly in his heart.

He went back to the cabin, pushed away Alice's cabin--the cabin was not locked--and was surprised and angry to see that they really embraced and kissed each other.

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*Gabriel Gabriel, also translated Gabriel, Gabriel, both male and female names are common; Michael Michael, also translated Michael, male names are common, female names are also rare; Raphael Raphael, male names are common .