Chapter 169: Westminster Abbey
Claudia's father's grave was unexpectedly in the famous Westminster Abbey, the tomb of more than 3,000 princes and nobles and giants from all walks of life.
If it is just a small viscount, naturally it does not have this qualification, but with the identity of one of the three largest directors of the RR group, then the qualification is enough, of course, according to the regulations of Westminster Abbey, according to Claudia's father's identity, it can only be placed on the periphery of the church, and it is impossible to be in the church.
Because in the English tradition, the nobility took pride in the proximity of the cemetery to the altar, and the closest place to the altar was in the church.
Claudia's father's funeral was still very solemn, but because Claudia had been expelled from the house by her father, although her father changed the will before his death, Claudia also had the right to receive the inheritance, but because her father was already on the verge of death, there was not much time to be sober, and there was no time for the lawyer to revoke the clause on expelling Claudia from the house.
Therefore, Claudia's two brothers used this excuse to prevent Claudia from attending the funeral, but at Claudia's insistence and Claudia's father's personal butler, her two brothers reluctantly agreed.
However, even if she came to attend this funeral, she could only attend as a guest, not as a family member, but for her, it didn't matter, she just wanted to watch her father buried, as for her two brothers to become family?
At least Claudia didn't think so.
Therefore, Jester accompanied Claudia to wait for the end of the funeral, and there were many people who came to the funeral, including many celebrities, and Claudia was also whispering to Jester one by one, including the owner of the private jet he borrowed when he returned to the United States from London last time.
However, a person's visit made Jester a little unexpected, he saw Princess Diana, who was famous in later generations, but she only came alone, and did not see Prince Charles, who was titled Prince of Wales, Princess Diana at this time was only more than twenty-three years old and less than twenty-four years old, and she was still the beautiful woman who was known as the eternal rose of England, Jester just glanced at it from a distance, and there was indeed a feeling of amazement.
And Claudia saw the confusion in Jester's eyes, so she took the initiative to explain to him, it turned out that Princess Diana and Claudia's family still have some relatives, according to Claudia, their family once had a marriage with the Spencer family, and in real terms, she may also be called Aunt Diana.
However, Jester's understanding of Diana is only that she was once the most favored woman in all of England, and how favored was she? At the time of her death, the British were even so angry that they wanted to unite to hold a referendum to abolish the English royal family, yes, the English royal family could be abolished by means of a guò referendum, but the matter was ultimately closed by a public apology from the royal family.
Originally, when Jester heard others tell the story of Princess Diana, he always liked to use the story of Cinderella as an analogy, and he believed it to be true, and did not really investigate whether it was true, and he didn't even think about how a Cinderella could marry the first heir to the illustrious United Kingdom, this time under Claudia's explanation, he knew how unbelievable the previous rumors were.
Princess Diana was Edward. John. The youngest daughter of Count Spencer, this is the real earl who owns a fief, although the title is not much different from Claudia's family, but the Spencer family is much more prominent than Claudia's family, and many great people who are famous in history, and even influenced the course of the world in a certain way, are born in this family.
For example, the famous Winston. Churchill, the pot-bellied cigar smoker, slapped his finger at the table in parliament and pointed his finger at the nose of his opponent and shouted that the other party was a former Royal Navy officer of SB was the ancestor of the Spencer family, George Murboro, the fifth Duke of Marborough. Descendants of Spencer.
After learning the origin of Princess Diana, Jester also knew that if she was really a Cinderella, how could she have a chance to be favored by Prince Charles? After all, this is not the era of the 21st century, when network communication is extremely developed, and even now, there is no possibility of intersecting between Cinderella and the prince.
Claudia did not make any contact with her two brothers until the end of the funeral, and after the funeral, she asked Jester if she would be interested in visiting one of London's most famous tourist destinations, and after receiving Jester's sure answer, she volunteered to be a guide.
Jester really doesn't know much about Westminster Abbey, or Westminster Abbey, and the first time he heard about this place was when he was in elementary school, and in a certain text, it was said that Newton, the greatest scientist of mankind, was buried in this place after his death.
When Jester spoke to Claudia, Claudia immediately led Jester to Newton's burial place.
His tomb is in the Scientist's Corner, one of the two most famous sites in West Sminster Abbey, and the tombstone is a black and white marble, and at the bottom is his sarcophagus, which is extremely delicately carved, although the traces of erosion can still be seen after hundreds of years, but the relief on it is still vivid.
And on the tombstone, this statue was created by the famous sculptor Michael . The tombstone that Reisbulak had carved with all his heart and soul had an epitaph, written in Latin, which Jester did not recognize, and he wondered if it was the famous sentence he had heard before he was born again: 'Nature and the laws of nature are hidden in the darkness, and God said: Let Newton go!' So a qiē becomes light. Or translated into Chinese, 'the Tao is natural, and it has been hidden for a long time. Newton descended from heaven, and all things were bright. ' words.
However, when Jester talks to Claudia about it, Claudia laughs and leans back, and she unceremoniously corrects Jester's mistake.
"The poem you are talking about is a poem by the famous poet Pope, not Newton's epitaph at all, Pope, who was the greatest English poet of the eighteenth century, and there is no ......" When the name was spoken, Claudia's eyes were full of little stars, and that kind of adoring gaze was exactly like Jester when he talked about Li Bai.
However, he basically did not know anything about this name Pope, and he had only heard of three English poets, one was Shakespeare, a great writer who was not famous for his poetry, and the other two were Shelley and Chaucer, two insurmountable Taishan in the English poetry world.
“…… By the way, Pope's tomb is also here, right over there at Poets' Corner, and we can take a look at it later. ”
Although he heard Claudia say this, Jester was still very curious about Newton's epitaph, knowing that for a science student, Newton has no substitute for his place in his heart, and before Jester was reborn, when he was in physics class, his teacher used to talk about Newton's "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" - a great book in which every punctuation mark illuminates the way forward for mankind.
Unfortunately, Newton's tombstone is written in Latin.
But when Claudia knew Jester's idea, she smiled mysteriously, and then said to Jester in a somewhat smug tone: "Don't you know that Latin is still a compulsory subject for an English aristocratic girl? ”
After chatting with Claudia for a long time, and after the two also confirmed their relationship, Jester would also make a little joke, and when he heard Claudia say this, he couldn't help but pout, and said disdainfully: "What era is it, you British still retain this medieval custom?" After saying that, Jester paused, and continued to mock unsatisfied, "What's the point of learning Latin now?" In addition to reading ancient books and studying pharmacology, is there a place where Latin can be used? ”
Although she was very annoyed by Jester's anti-whiteness, Claudia reluctantly translated it for him under Jester's repeated questions.
"Here is the burial of Isaac. Lord Newton, with an almost divine mind and peculiar mathematical principles, explored the motion and shape of the stars, the trajectories of comets, the tides of the oceans, the different spectral tones of light, and the resulting properties of colors which other scholars had not previously imagined. ”
"With his diligence, ingenuity, and piety in the study of nature, antiquities, and the Bible, he proved the omnipotence of the Supreme God according to his philosophy, and expressed the simplicity of the Gospels in his own personal way. People rejoice that there has been such a glorious glory in the history of mankind. He was born on December 25, 1642 and died on March 20, 1727. ”
Claudia's voice was gentle, but Jester could still hear her excitement, after all, anyone who spoke of a person in their country who could be remembered by the whole civilization could not help but feel a sense of pride.
In essence, this epitaph is actually a short summary of Newton's life achievements, and it is written very emotionally, and Jester, a science student, still can't help but think of Newton's past when he heard Claudia, who had just become his girlfriend, translate the Latin meaning of this passage for himself.
It can't be described as a grand eventuality.
And when Jester left Newton's tomb in the Scientist's Corner, Claudia was still telling him about Newton's tomb, and I don't know where she came from, at the time of Newton's death, the funeral ceremony was noble and solemn, most of the members of the Royal Society attended the funeral, and his coffin was carried by the British Lord Chancellor and Lord Chancellor, two dukes and three earls...... R1152