Goo ......Goo

Lorraine didn't know how to describe what she heard: chewing, swallowing, bonebreaking, cutting meat with a knife and fork, rubbing a porcelain plate, and, of course, snorting and a faint snort......

All of these sounds were mixed together, and then combined with the maid's feet on the carpet and rushing back and forth, finally to create the current multi-channel stereo sound effect - Bell eating meat.

Indeed, the fact that humans can do this is a perfect scientific explanation for why Homo sapiens was able to win the race against dolphins and wolves millions of years ago and become the sole ruling class on Earth.

The answer is the desire to survive, and the greed that is strong enough to forget the desire to survive.

Lorraine reached for the bottle on the table, ready to give herself a bite of Bordeaux to crush the shock, but this action was captured by Bell's afterglow, and he jerked his head up, puffed out his cheeks, tore at the steak, and glared viciously at the hand of the drinker.

There was an awkward smell in the air called food protection.

Lorraine coughed lightly twice, and his big hand clawed around the wine bottle, and he didn't hold it, and he didn't hold it.

"Drake......" Bell struggled to swallow a mouth full of meat, cutting with a knife and fork without squinting, "what do you want to do?" ”

"Here you go...... Pour wine? ”

"But my glass is still full."

"The last order is already over, and I guess you may be ready to order more, and before that, you will need to drink some wine to wash your mouth."

The knife and fork immediately froze in place.

Bell's lips trembled, tears welled up in his eyes, and he turned his head to look at Lorraine affectionately: "Can I order more?" ”

"This is my manor......"

"Two filets, three ribs, two black puddings, don't cut them, whole ones, and then, what kind of wine is this?"

"The Côte d'Margaux, the ...... of the Les Monacs' own vintage"

"Two more bottles!"

"I don't know what you've been through...... Lorraine smirked as she let go of the bottle and waved at Fenreal in the corner of the dining room, "Go ahead and let the kitchen serve things as soon as you want, as Mr. Judea wants." ”

……

Satiated.

After drinking three bottles of top-quality Bordeaux worth dozens of pounds, and swallowing at least ten steaks and three thick black puddings, Bell finally came to his senses and stopped eating in time when he was dying.

The two transferred to the study, holding fragrant tea, and began to reminisce.

"If you want your family to know what happened to you, tell me everything you remember before you die."

"What do you mean to tell you everything you remember......" Bell struggled to move so that his hard-as-iron stomach tilted upwards and made the most of the space in his stomach and intestines, "do you already see me as a dying moment?" ”

"Pretty much the same." Lorraine compared the position of the throat to the lower abdomen, "From a physiological point of view, what you stuff in tonight is enough to block the throat, and as long as you sleep in a bad posture, it will squeeze the trachea and strangle yourself in your dreams." ”

"Really?"

"So if you have any last words, just leave them, and I will give them to your sister with my own hands."

"Last words...... Maybe it's really the last words. Bell sighed deeply, "In short, I'm absconding in fear of sin. ”

Burst!

Lorraine sprayed a sip of tea on the coffee table, dripping half of the tabletop: "What did you say?" ”

"I, afraid of sin, absconded. The resale of maritime commuters to you in Southampton has come to light, Admiral...... No, Shaq. Drake was about to hand me over to a court-martial, and I received the news in advance, and I escaped from the ship while I was halfway to the shore. ”

"You think I'll believe this kind of flawed statement?"

"Believe it or not, it's the truth." Bell shrugged his shoulders ruffianly.

Lorraine came to his senses: "Okay, what you said is the truth. I ask you, why didn't that Rear Admiral Drake convene a court-martial on board? The Lion is the flagship of the detachment fleet, and it has two sets of command systems, so can't it get together twelve officers at or above the colonel level? ”

"I'm following Shaq from the Wanderer. Drake's old man, who always has some influence on the ship, is afraid that the court on the ship will make a judgment in my favor. ”

"And then? He's bent on killing you, but he doesn't know how to keep it a secret? ”

"He kept the news from him to death." Bell took out a dirty judgment warrant from his bosom, "It's a pity that when I was cleaning the Admiral's cabin, the service found this thing." ”

Lorraine took the trial warrant suspiciously, with Bell's resume, charges and basic facts of the case, with Shaq's signature and Drake's stamp underneath, but the jury and court officer slots were empty, like a real trial petition.

He threw the judgment warrant on the wet coffee table: "It has only the signature of Major General Drake on it, and it has not spread, so it can be easily forged." ”

Bell couldn't help but smile bitterly: "If there is a second person's information on it, isn't it in response to what you just said [he is bent on putting me to death, but he doesn't know to keep it a secret]?" ”

"That's it." Lorraine said as a matter of course, "A resale of military supplies involving more than forty rifles happened to his own cronies, and his rank is not a problem at all, but if a military tribunal is held, it is enough to kill you." It doesn't make sense no matter how you explain it, Shaq. Drake, though outcast, is not an inflexible person. ”

"You know your brother...... Bell seemed to give up arguing, looking up, reminiscing about the past.

"I escaped from the boat in San Salvador and fled all the way to Kingston." He glanced at Lorraine, "Don't ask me why I went to the fleet station to throw myself into the net, just ask me if I don't have any money." I didn't have enough change to take a boat back to Europe, and if I stayed in the West Indies, it would be pretty much the same anywhere. ”

Lorraine had no doubts about this.

Lorraine knew well that he would not leave much money on him, and that it would be impossible for those who fled to borrow money from his colleagues on the ship.

As for why you came to Kingston......

The Golden Deer and the Lion had met outside Port Royal, and in that case, it was likely that Bell would come to Kingston to join Lorraine.

And the premise of all this is that what Bell said about absconding in fear of crime is true.

He nodded noncommittally and motioned for Bell to continue.

Bell took a small sip of tea: "I was looking for you in Kingston, but I didn't find it, I found out on the docks that the Drake Chamber of Commerce had opened a chapter in Kingston, and I found out through the old guy who worked in the branch that you bought a manor in Lucy, and came to join you." ”

"If you came to Lucy to find me, how could you ......" Lorraine suddenly froze in the middle of the sentence.

Miss Orfee's words suddenly rang through her mind, and she had said, "There is a down-and-out man who claims to be your friend, and he wishes to wait for you to come back at the manor, but I have driven him out. ”

It can't be that coincidental, right?

A pleasant desire to explore rose up, and Lorraine shook the bell at her hand and asked the maid outside the door to call Miss Ofie in.

As soon as Miss Aufe entered, her eyes collided with Bell, who was sitting on the couch, and both of them had dark faces.

"Humph!" "Shh

Lorraine understood at a glance that the two had a story.

He asked softly, "Aophee, during my absence from the manor, you said that you drove away a down-and-out man who claimed to be my friend......"

"That's it, sir!" Miss Aufe replied with a sharp voice, "Besides, he has eaten ninety-eight pounds and sixteen shillings in one meal just now, and even though you are rich, you still need to stay away from such so-called friends, lest you sit on a mountain and eat nothing." ”

Lorraine felt a deep hostility from Miss Orphee's words, and couldn't help but look at Bell inquiringly: "Judea-san, why did you provoke my butler?" ”

"How can a gentleman like me, who is kind to others, casually provoke a serious lady?"

Miss Aoye's face was flushed with anger: "Honest and shameless villain!" ”

"Moody, spicy and brutal." Bell put on a disdainful face, "Every time I see you, I show off my arms like this." How? Isn't constipation cured? ”