The noble lady always has a little intuition

As the crew blew the bugle music of "Roast Beef in Ancient England", Carl led Olivia into the Ala Carte restaurant, and behind them followed Audrey and Alley, who was holding her arm promise.

When they walked to the seat where Ismay was led by the waiter, the smile on Carl's face froze, because besides him and Andrews at the long table, there were people who just got on the boat from Cherbourg last night. Millionaire Margaret.Brown, and Norman, who is also rich and owns some White Star stock,Davis, and Rufu and Ruth.Bucket mother and daughter.

Looking at Ruth and Ruth who were arranged to sit diagonally across from him, Carl felt that Ismay must have deliberately abused him like this because he temporarily regretted not providing the last batch of steel for the Titanic.

Not noticing his somewhat unsightly expression, Ismay enthusiastically introduced the guests already seated for him.

When Ismay introduced the identities of Buckett's mother and daughter, Carl noticed the embarrassment on Ruth's face when she looked at him, and he also noticed that when he introduced the identities of Olivia and the other three ladies , Rufu looked at him and Olivia each with what he thought was a dark and complaining look.

Once seated, the waiter began to order food for everyone, and after the waiter recorded everyone's order and left, Ismay began to boast to the two shareholders before the food was served. The greatness and luxury of the Titanic, during which he and Andrews had a polite exchange of compliments.

Olivia and the other three were very disapproving of such a topic. Although Rufu and Mrs. Brown were not interested, they still listened to their conversation quietly out of politeness. Only Ruth was a little impatient. He took out a cigarette from his handbag, lit it and smoked it in spite of her mother's disapproving eyes, and even blew a puff on her mother when her mother stopped her.

The smell of cigarettes made Eleanor, who was sitting directly opposite Ruth, turn her head slightly, trying to avoid the wafting smell, while Olivia, who was sitting diagonally opposite her, frowned directly. And he glanced in her direction with displeased eyes.

Although the others didn't notice because they focused their eyes on Ruth, Carl, who was still distractedly looking at Olivia while chatting with Ismay, saw it. He knew how much she hated the smell of cigarettes. So he broke the previous decision not to communicate with Ruth other than greetings, and said to Ruth: "Can you please put out the cigarette, Miss Buckett? Olivia and Miss Bradford don't like it very much. Smoke."

While talking, he also glanced at Davis, and the Davis family lost a lot to the Hockley family in terms of wealth and property, so Davis almost immediately took the cigarette from Ruth's hand He snuffed it out, and after giving her a warning look, he said in a flattering tone, "Excuse me, Miss Campbell, Miss Bradford."

I don't know if it's because I'm interested in Ruth's eyes full of rebellion, or because I just want to smooth the awkward atmosphere, Mrs. Brown sitting at the side of the long table asked Ismay who was sitting at the other end. "Who named this ship? Is it you, Bruce?"

This question hit the heart of Ismay, who wanted to share everything about the Titanic. He began to explain the origin of the name and the naming convention of the White Star Line to others, but before he finished speaking, Ruth interrupted: : "Mr. Ismay, have you ever heard of Freud? He has a theory about men's obsession with size that might interest you."

Her face was very calm, as if what she just said was just a daily conversation like "the weather is good today", but the reactions of others were not. Ismay, Andrews and Mrs. Brown laughed awkwardly Trying to smooth things over, Davis and Ruph lowered their heads slightly because they felt angry and ashamed, and were about to give her a good private reprimand. Olivia, who had read psychology-related books a long time ago, didn't have any special reaction to the impolite expression, while Carl was glad that Davis had such a troubled fiancee while gloating.

Just when Ismay was about to say something to give herself a step down, Ruth, who was looking at him, turned her head to look at Olivia, "I heard that Miss Campbell is a student who graduated from Oxford University, I think Miss Campbell should You know that theory too."

The provocative meaning in her tone was very obvious, which made Olivia couldn't help wondering whether her hostility towards her was because she had abducted her original suitor, or because her dislike of the smell of cigarettes made her He snatched cigarettes in front of everyone and lost face.

After quickly glanced at Carl, and patted the hand of Eleanor who was about to fight back for her under the table, Olivia looked at Ruth who was diagonally opposite and replied with a smile: "I think Miss Bucket I made a mistake. When I was in college, I majored in literature and minored in business management. After all, my family has a lot of property. I hope to help my busy brother share some work, so I don’t know anything about psychology. Only once, because of an interesting dream, I read Freud's book "The Interpretation of Dreams" out of curiosity. Except for the theories mentioned in "The Interpretation of Dreams", I don't know the other theories he put forward. I don’t understand, so if Miss Bucket wants to discuss it with someone, you can ask your fiancé, Mr. Davis, after all, according to what you just said, it is a theory related to men.”

Although she had a smile on her face, her words were very ingenious. She first mocked Ruth for not focusing on what she was studying and reading a lot of idle books other than art when she was in college. From insinuating that the Bookett family sold all their properties due to debts, she finally pointed out that there was something wrong with Ruth's logic. After all, it was a theory about men, and Ruth actually asked her to discuss it with the wrong person. .

Carl never knew that his fiancée was so eloquent and could come up with such words in just a few seconds to retaliate. He felt that the anger he suffered when he courted Ruth before he met Olivia was compensated. Well, if he didn't want to have an enmity with Davis, he would have clapped his hands and applauded, so he could only lower his head to hide the corner of his mouth that couldn't help but rise.

Except for Davis, Buckett's mother and daughter, Andrews and Mrs. Brown, who have a more honest personality, everyone else's reaction was similar to Carl's, especially Ismay, who was targeted by Ruth just now.

After glancing at Ruth, who had an ugly red face due to shame and anger, Mrs. Brown spoke again to help her out: "Speaking of literature, I really like the series of Sherlock Holmes novels written by Sir Doyle. Was it published by the Campbells?"

"Yes," said Olivia, who appreciated Mrs. Brown's philanthropy, and was willing to change the subject, "because I also like Sir Doyle's works, so I hope that through publication, more People can read his novels, and... nobody can deny that it's a good investment, can they?"

Maybe it was because he didn't like the help of Mrs. Brown, whom he looked down upon, or maybe it was because he wanted to fight back against Olivia who had mocked the Bucket family and Ruth earlier. Is it a novel?"

"That is the knighthood of our king. You should show some respect to him and his works, Mrs. Bookett!" Before Olivia could speak, Audrey, who could no longer stand the Bookett mother and daughter, said He reprimanded loudly, "It seems that with the death of the Viscount Bukett, what the Bukett family lost besides the title of Viscount is etiquette!"

According to British inheritance law, female descendants cannot inherit titles, unless a male successor can be found in the collateral line or the daughter can find a husband who is willing to marry, otherwise the noble title must be revoked after the nobleman dies , and the Bucket family belongs to such a situation. There are no males of the right age in the Buckett family, and because the Bucket family has huge debts, no suitor for Ruth is willing to be in the Bucket family. After the death of the Viscount, he joined the Bookett family.

The loss of the title was a thorn in the heart of the Bucket mother and daughter who were previously known as the Viscountess and Miss Viscountess, so hearing Audrey say this, Rufu's entire face turned pale, and Ruth looked resentful, and countered: "Since the Duchess of Bedford thinks the title is so important, why would she let her niece marry an American civilian?"

To be honest, Ruth didn't really want to target Carl and Olivia, but Audrey is a duchess with two sons, and Eleanor next to Audrey is a marquis and will become a countess in the future. So all she can talk about is Olivia who is about to marry Carl and who has changed from a countess to an ordinary Mrs. Hockley.

Because the attacking intention in her words was too obvious, Mrs. Brown didn't know how to speak for her. Karl stared at her and Davis, who was also purple with anger, and the others looked Looking at her in surprise and amusement, even her mother looked at her annoyed and a little surprised at the same time.

"It seems that Miss Bukett's memory is not very good. Miss Bukett has forgotten the news that was published in the Times four years ago." At this time, it was Eleanor who spoke for Olivia, she was talking When I was there, I raised my hand to cover my mouth and laughed a few times, "Four years ago, Olivia saved Princess Mary who was about to be attacked by a crazy horse at the horse riding meeting held by the royal family. In order to commend her heroic behavior , the king granted her the title of baroness, so no matter who Olivia marries, she is a baroness of our British Empire!"

Hearing what she said, Ruth remembered this incident belatedly. Feeling ashamed, she pushed the chair away and left the restaurant. Rufu apologized with embarrassment, and then followed go up.

Davis, who brought the two of them over, could only bite the bullet and apologize to the people present. He didn't stop talking until the waiter delivered the meal and concentrated on eating his meal.

Since the atmosphere was not very good at the beginning of the meal, Ismay and Andrews canceled the guided tour of the Titanic after the lunch was over, let everyone go back to rest, and promised to take them to have a good time tomorrow morning Get to know this ship.

None of the people present had any objections. After all, it would be better to spread out on the deck in the morning than when the sun was shining brightly at noon, so after saying goodbye to each other, everyone left the dining room.

After sending Audrey and Eleanor to the room to rest, Karl accompanied Olivia to her room, almost the moment the door closed, Karl immediately said: "Honey, you never told me You are a baroness!"

"I thought this matter was also written in your original investigation of me, Carl," Olivia who just sat on the sofa looked at him with puzzled eyes, "just like what Eleanor said at lunch , I was knighted because it was in the Times."

Hearing what she said, Karl couldn't refute it at all, and secretly decided in his heart to deduct the salary of Lai Fujie, who was in charge of investigating for him, then he sat next to her, "Well, I think I should check with you one day. Take a look at the data, my dear, to see what I should know but don't know."

Seeing that he was about to reach out to wrap her in his arms, Olivia quickly moved aside to avoid it, then looked at him with eyes full of interest while resting her head on one hand, "I think you are asking someone to investigate a woman I always seem to be habitually missing the most important news when I'm reading, Karl."

Carl quickly realized from her narrow eyes that she was referring to Ruth, and to be honest, after seeing her behavior at lunch just now, he was surprised that he had chosen to pursue Ruth and be himself in the first place. He was very ashamed of his wife's decision, and he was very glad that he gave up this plan after only spending two meals in a high-end restaurant, and found an excellent and beautiful noble lady who could get a title by her own ability .

Thinking of this, Carl moved his seat closer to her, and lowered his head to cover her lips, "Thank God for letting me meet you, my Olivia!"

The author has something to say:

There is a difference between hereditary nobility and lifelong nobility

Hereditary nobility can be passed on to one's own heirs, while lifelong nobility has only one generation and is limited to the title of baronet