"I didn't expect there to be such an area in the heart of Paris!" Matilda sighed softly as she looked at the slightly old and dilapidated attic in front of her. "How many European celebrities have the Louvre entertained over the years, and what do they think of France because of this?"

"If these foreign dignitaries can be made to despise France and underestimate the ingenuity of the French...... That would be great. Charles teased with a hint of malice.

The old residential area next to the Louvre, together with the construction sites and ruins next to it, forms a wonderful picture that makes people clearly feel the luxury and humility of Paris.

When Napoleon decided to complete the Louvre, he decided to demolish the entire old area, and after a while, only some remnants of the old house remained. Unexpectedly, the world changed later, and the empire collapsed directly, because this piece of house has not been demolished.

Therefore, these houses will have to be demolished sooner or later, so the rent is very cheap, so there are many tenants.

[The expansion and renovation of the Louvre, which began in the Bourbon era and was not completed until the Second Empire in 1868, lasted more than a century. 】

"My sister is really dizzy!" Matilda frowned, still unable to let go.

Following the address Julie had given, Matilda and Charles went to the third floor of a small attic. Charles knocked lightly on the door, but there was no response.

"Monsieur Lucien-Leflair, please open the door!" Matilda shouted, "I think you've heard me, so you don't need me to introduce yourself, I'm coming to you with a message from my sister......"

There was a sudden muffled sound from inside the door, what seemed to be the sound of something heavy falling from the bed to the ground, and a moment later the door opened.

Sure enough, it was the young man that Charles had paid special attention to at that ball.

He has a square face, a straight nose, solemn eyes, and a very resolute gaze, and the whole person looks very energetic. He was now wearing only a shirt on his upper body, revealing strong, muscular arms. It does look like a young officer.

However, his right shoulder was wrapped with a thick gauze, indicating that this part had been subjected to a strong attack.

It seems that this is Mr. Dillieon's masterpiece that day.

Looking at the two people who came, his pupils suddenly widened, and then immediately returned to normal. "Matilda......!" He almost shouted. "Please tell me how Julie is now!"

Matilda's expression was cold. "Please call me Miss Delion."

Charles and Matilda walked inside, and Charles carefully closed the door.

A wave of disappointment flashed through Lucien's eyes. "Miss Dilliion, how is your sister doing? She's fine......"

Matilda could hear the anxiety in her words, and her tone softened a little. "She's in a bad condition right now, that's why I'm coming to you."

"Poor Julie!" Lucien shouted, and rushed out the door.

Charles quickly grabbed him, but fortunately he was injured and weak, so he managed to hold on with some difficulty, although he was still struggling.

"You go now, there is no point in giving up your own life." Matilda said coldly, "Maybe you don't care about your life, but my sister will be heartbroken by this, so please be sensible." ”

"Poor Julie!" Lucien let out a long sigh and gave up the struggle, tears faintly appearing in his eyes.

"Sir, please listen to me patiently." Matilda's voice remained unwavering, "Because of your unconscionable actions before, my father has now taken strict care of my sister...... And I'm afraid, he's planning to send his sister out at random for his sister now. ”

"How could he do this!" Lucien roared.

"Before you planned this, you should have thought that there would be such consequences." Matilda looked at Lucien.

"But what's the solution? What can be done, miss? Your father will not allow it! Lucien almost cried out. I love Julie, I just have to marry her! I'd rather not want her to bring anything to dowry, I don't expect to get any light from your family because of her, I just love Julie! And Julie loves me too! ”

"If love could solve everything, how could Shijie be what it is today?" Matilda asked coldly.

Lucien slowly regained his composure, then broke free from Charles' hand and stood up straight.

"I know, I'm not from a noble background, and in your eyes - this gentleman is probably a nobleman too, right? - Not worthy of Julie, but in my opinion, I have passion, knowledge, and ambition, and I am no worse than any of you! He looked haughtily at the two nobles, "It's now the 19th century and not the 15th century, the aristocratic class no longer exists, and now all that remains is an illusion, nothing but titles." Believe it or not, one day, France will not even have this phantom left! The unfinished business of the French people in 1789 will come to fruition! Wait and see! ”

"You're forced to retire because of these words, right?" Matilda sneered, "And you're in a relationship with a phantom right now!" ”

"I don't regret being retired for telling the truth."

"What a kid who kills kings!" Matilda was somewhat enraged.

"I'm proud of that, too!" He looked back at this Matilda.

Seeing that the conversation was at a stalemate, Charles had to fight a round.

"I think we're talking about rescuing Miss Julie, right? Don't waste time on irrelevant quarrels. ”

"Rescue?!" Lucien was taken aback, and then his eyes scanned back and forth between the two.

Matilda let out a long sigh.

"Yes, although I don't know what kind of demon my sister has, I do know that if this matter does not go her way, she will die...... So, don't get me wrong, Monsieur de la Freil, I came to my sister's aid. ”

Lucien looked at the two of them in a daze.

Charles looked at him gently.

"Mademoiselle Delierion has already made up for her sister to escape from the Count's Palace, and I will be the participant......"

As if shocked by the unexpected good news, the excited and somewhat choppy voice came after a while.

"You ...... It's true...... It's true...... Thank you very much ......"

"If you really appreciate it, then treat your sister well." Matilda replied gloomily.

"Definitely......" he still stood straight, "absolutely." ”

"We have roughly discussed Jihua, we will act in the next few days, your task is to recover well, recover quickly, and then leave Paris with Miss first." Charles explained unhurriedly, "Can it be done!" ”

“xiexie！” Lucien sighed, "I will remember your help and kindness forever. ”

"May I ask again?" Charles smiled.

"What?"

"Originally, how did you plan to do it, after the successful elopement with Julie?"

"I took her to the Americas, I have some savings over the years, and I can borrow some money from my friends and use these as principal, and I will work hard to earn it there! I can sell tobacco and cotton, and then I can participate in shipping, and in a few years I will be rich, and I will let Julie live the life of a queen! Lucien replied, and then he sighed heavily. If only my brethren were here! They'll fight to help me get Julie out, but alas, they're all in Africa now! ”

"Oh, it looks like you've been thinking about it for a long time." Charles was noncommittal.

"May I ask your name?" Lucien suddenly asked, "I want to remember the name of my benefactor, and I must repay it in the future." ”

"Charles de Treville."

"Treville?!" He let out a small exclamation.

"Huh?"

"Are you a relative of the Marquis de Treville?"

"It's my grandfather."

"Oh God!" Lucien let out a long sigh, "My father participated in the Russian campaign as an acolyte officer in his youth, and he later told me that the Marquis of Trevil saved his life so that he could survive the snow and ice!" ”

He reached out and looked at Charles with great sincerity, "If you can help me save Julie, you have saved my life." Your family has blessed us for two generations and saved our lives twice, please believe that I will definitely repay you with everything. ”

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After exiting the attic, Charles and Matilda made their way to the carriage.

As she walked, Matilda burst into tears.

The crying grew louder and louder, until it became a torrential trend.

In desperation, Charles had to let her lean on his shoulder, letting her tears soak her clothes.

"What's wrong? Mademoiselle Delierion? ”

"I ...... I'm a little scared......" replied in a low voice, "God, what have I done......"

"If you're scared, it's too late for us to stop." Charles replied calmly.

"No, I'm not scared now! I'm scared for the future, and I'm ...... for my sister's future! Matilda cried in her voice.

"Huh?"

"We should be able to do it this time and let my sister escape, but what about later? Does she live with Leflair like this? Was she really mentally prepared to live that kind of life? Matilda's tears were still flowing, "My sister grew up in fine clothes and food, can she stand the days when she can't hold balls and buy jewelry?" Can she stand the days when she is no longer served and admired? And to the Americas, God! Aren't they all barbarians and hillbillies? How could she stand it? At the beginning, there was aiqing, maybe she could stand it, but what about the future, what about the future? I'm so scared when I think about it! However, if she doesn't do it now, she won't even have a future! What exactly should I do? Oh God, this is going to happen to Weishenme! ”

"It's no help to be afraid, if she has to do it, she should bear the cost of her choice." Charles said mildly.

"No, no, no, no, no! I must not let my sister meet such a fate......" Matilda clenched her fists, as if she had made up her mind. "Anyway, let's do it first. In a few months, I will move my father and ask him to admit this marriage, and I must convince my father! In addition, I'll give my little personal savings to my sister first, and ...... Monsieur Treville, a young man like you may not have a lot of money, but will you lend me twenty or thirty thousand francs? I let my sister live a hard life for three or five months, and then I tried to get her back again...... I can write you an IOU first, and there is absolutely no problem in repaying the credit......"

Charles looked at Matilda in a daze. It's not because Matilda offered to borrow money from herself, but because she sighed inwardly.

He was now lamenting the sincerity of Matilda's feelings for her sister, and he was also lamenting that he thought of this step without asking for anything in return......

In an era when the annual salary of an ordinary petty clerk was 1,800 francs, the annual salary of the most senior engineer, and even the legal salary of a high-ranking bureaucrat was only 20,000 or 30,000 francs, there were indeed some people who could regard "spending tens of thousands of francs in three or five months" as a hard life.

This is probably the so-called class divide...... Charles smiled bitterly inwardly.

However, despite this, Matilda is at least a good sister, a very good and haode sister.

As Matilda looked at Charles' gaze hesitating, Charles opened her mouth to reply. "Of course, my friend."