Go back three weeks......

Bell spent all the money on him and finally made it to Lucy, standing in front of the wrought iron door of Drake Manor.

He professes to be a friend and classmate of Lorraine, and meets up with Lorraine at Lucy Manor.

Although he dressed a little sloppily, the temperament cultivated by his long military career and excellent background still made the Indian servants guarding the door dare not stop him a little, and took him straight to the villa of the manor.

It was the fourth day that Chuck had left the manor, and Miss Aufe was working hard to prove herself in her new position.

The value of stewardship certainly requires the establishment of majesty.

But the problem is, she's not really good at that.

The combination of straightforwardness and simplicity makes her unable to hide things from her face, and her youthful and self-reliant past makes her too strong, and the result of the combination of the two is overkill, and she mistakenly regards broken thoughts as an effective way to discipline her subordinates.

She was teaching two Indian maids, for unknown reasons, unknown in the process, but when Bell arrived, she was firing at full fire, and no one should come close.

The Indian servant who led the way did not dare to go up to touch the mold of the new boss, and ran back to his post as soon as he threw Bell away.

Bell didn't feel comfortable interrupting the rules of the manor, so he stood in the shade and waited.

He waited, waited, waited for half an hour, but Miss Aufe still did not finish the lecture, and it seemed that she did not notice that there was an additional white man in her neighborhood whose temperament and clothing were enough to attract attention.

Bell began to think that Miss Aufe was deliberately trying to make things difficult for him.

After all, in his impression, every English butler was a model of etiquette, listening to all directions, seeing all directions, never showing anger in front of his subordinates, and never leaving his master's guests in the cold.

In contrast, Miss Aofe's performance was also too deliberate.

There are only two possibilities for this deliberateness.

First, this young lady was a housekeeper for the first time in her life, and she had neither received relevant training nor seen a real housekeeper before.

It's impossible!

Second, Lorraine already knew that Bell was coming, and she didn't want to see him, so she let her housekeeper give the eviction order in this tactful way.

Almost, definitely!

At this point, from a gentleman's point of view, Bell should take the initiative to say goodbye and make another appointment at a later date.

However, there was no way back for him.

Being penniless meant that he could not even have a basic livelihood in Lucy, and if he went back to Shaq for relief in such a disgraced manner, Yishaq's temperament might really throw him into a court-martial.

He had no choice but to take a risk and force Miss Aufe to talk to him head-on.

So Bell, with the bravery and fearlessness that a Royal Navy should have, bluntly interrupted this very ceremonial lecture in the heart of the new Steward, and even the way was navy-style front-to-head, riding with a tough face.

"Chatter, chatter, are you constipated?"

The dust settled.

The first meeting between Bell and Miss Aufe ended in a tragic defeat.

Miss Orphee failed to establish her authority in front of the Indian servants, and instead earned the insulting nickname "Lady of Constipation".

Bell was thrown out of the manor by Maca and another strong servant, and Miss Ofie vouched for his reputation that he was definitely not a friend of Lorraine.

Quite suddenly, Bell was finished.

Because of his cheap mouth, he was forced into an existential crisis.

Lucy is a small seaside town, and there are many ways for a good seafarer to survive, but when it comes to juggling the possibility of surviving and meeting Lorraine, the options become very few.

He made the boldest decision of his life, and together with the bankrupt pioneers, he was hired as a hired farmer on the plantation of Drake Manor, and then ploughed the fields for three weeks, doing the work of the black slaves, eating the food of the black slaves, and almost died in the village of the plantation.

That's how the story goes.

Lorraine sat speechlessly between the two of them, looking to the left at Miss Aufe, who was dying, and on the right, at the triumphant Mr. Bell.

This kind of scene is familiar......

Lorraine was silent for a long time, and quietly pulled Bell aside: "So, you have taken a fancy to my housekeeper?" ”

Bell's face was full of horror: "How is it possible! It's all strategy! Tactics! ”

"I know that dirty topics are taboo for ladies, and the first time you mention it, you may want to fight back, but why do you bring it up again in my study? Didn't you want to leave an indelible impression on her? ”

"God, am I crazy? Even my cook's lady was much gentler than her when teaching black slaves! ”

Lorraine glanced at Miss Orphee regretfully, "You know? I have the impression that Aoife is straightforward and innocent. She lost both of her parents when she was a teenager and left the inn as Port Royal's premier home. It's not what she really looks like now, it's just that she is a little insecure and self-confident because she was suddenly thrown into an unfamiliar environment. ”

Bell looked at Lorraine strangely: "You suddenly told me this......"

"Aoife is a good girl, if you really like her, you have to change the way of courtship."

"I said I wasn't ......"

"Take your time, be calm, feel your heart, and don't be blinded by the hardships you have endured these days." Lorraine patted Bell on the shoulder very sharply, straightened his waist, and regained his dignity, "Uh, Aophe, this is Bell. Judea, my classmate and friend at the Shanghai Academy, an outstanding student of the Shanghai Academy, and one of the top helmsmen in the world. ”

Miss Orfe knew that Lorraine was introducing each other to them, which meant that Lorraine was ready to take in the pesky scoundrel.

She felt offended.

But this is Lorraine's manor, and the owner of the manor has made a decision, and as a steward, he has no position to refuse.

She could only take a deep breath and bow with the most perfunctory and hasty movements: "Hello, Mr. Judea! ”

"Please take this as the beginning of reconciliation." Lorraine said to Bell, "Classmate Judea, Ofie. McCarthy, the butler and backbone of Drake Manor, the Caribbean Chapter's liaison to the General Assembly, and a capable Irish lady. ”

"Uh-huh."

"Bell?"

"Hello, Miss McCarthy."

The two looked at each other stiffly, and then turned their heads in unison: "Hmph! "Shhhhh

Lorraine was still happy with the result......

He had no intention of being a matchmaker, whether these two people succeed or not, anyway...... Don't be noisy as soon as you meet, it's enough to circle around and pee and fart regardless of the occasion.

He glanced at the messy coffee table: "Two things, Aophee." Let people come in and clean up the study, my best friend has been absent for a long time, I was a little excited just now. The second thing is to clean up a room for Judea's classmates, and he will stay in the manor for a while. ”

"Yes, sir."

Miss Orfe reluctantly walked out of the room, and Bell looked at Lorraine in surprise: "Drake, how are you going to place me?" Stay? Are you going to send me back to Europe in a few days? ”

"That's the best way to do it, isn't it? It's better than the upper gallows. ”

"But I still want to go to sea!"

"When I go back to Europe, I have to go to sea......

"You know it's not the kind of sea I want! I'm going to get on the ship, and it's all because of you, and you have to take responsibility for it, and you can't let Sir Leighton worry about me. ”

"Sir doesn't bother about you as a martial law-breaker." Lorraine sneered, "To tell you the truth, I don't trust you. ”

Bell hung his head in despair: "I must have accidentally owed you brothers something, the big one didn't give me a way to live, and the small one didn't give me hope...... If I returned to Europe like this, I would be a wanted criminal, and I would have to work for the rest of my life under black traders and pirates...... My sister, my poor sister, will have to drop out of the church school, and it will be impossible for her to buy a decent dowry and marry a gentleman......"

"Don't talk about your sister!" Lorraine's head was full of black lines.

Bell raised his eyes pitifully: "Drake, I still remember when I was in the Maritime Academy, my sister gave you a hand-knitted scarf...... She was only 12 years old at the time and thought of you as her first love, although it soon became clear that it was just a misunderstanding. But can you bear to let her marry a philistine businessman? ”

"And my mother, who entertained you at home, and you promised her that you would take care of me, right? I fell into a bandit, my sister dropped out of school to marry a businessman, and the only face in the family was ruined, and you plan to take care of me like this? ”

"You're humble!" Lorraine gritted her teeth, "The more this happens, the more it proves that you have a plan!" ”

"I had a plan, otherwise what would I do if I came to you?" Bell spread his hands scoundrelly, "I want wealth, I want fame, I want to restore the glory of my family, you know this is what I have always pursued." What now? The path to fame was blocked by your brother's own hands, and I can only pursue wealth. And the whole of Northwest Europe knows that the motto of your Drake Chamber of Commerce is "Young people, it's okay to have money, what do you want to dream of". ”

"You're saying the opposite!"

"No, it's clear that your proverbs are deliberately reversed. You're on the rise, and I'm optimistic about you. ”