Isabel Walton didn't know who John Hawkins was when she first saw him. Later, when she learns of Captain Hawkins' identity, she is disappointed. As he led the crowd on the forest road, he couldn't help but shake his head, "God, the famous British Rear Admiral, looks like a malnourished child?" ”

"Rear Admiral? Well, it should be the rank awarded to him by Elizabeth I. ”

"Judging from the time, it seems that he is indeed a boy now."

"Miss, I have asked the servants to clean up your room, as well as the room of Yoman and his attendants. If there's anything missing, just send someone to tell me. The butler's voice rang in his ears.

Isabel followed the sound to her left, and the butler who was half a step ahead of her and guided her in front of her on the left was smiling flatteringly. Nodding slightly, he smiled politely, "I see, butler." ”

While the butler was still guiding her, she couldn't help but think again, "If Rear Admiral Hawkins was still a child, wouldn't Vice Admiral Francis Drake be even younger?" What is the age of kindergarten? ”

In fact, what made Isabel even more unclear was that British Vice Admiral Sir Francis Drake was only 3 years old at this time, and he had just reached the age of entering kindergarten. At this time, he was still in the midst of a free-holding farming family in the town of Tavistock, north of Plymouth, whose father, a devout Anglican religan, had amassed a fortune to the level of Yoman.

After John Hawkins and several family adults beside him sent Isabel away, Captain Hawkins' face immediately changed to another face, and he looked at his eldest son very seriously, "John, why did you come back alone?" ”

The patriarch of the family wanted to reprimand the eldest son, and the other family members who had nothing to do quickly made excuses and left, except that John's uncle Richard was still with his father. John raised his head a little timidly and looked at his father, then quickly lowered his head and muttered, "Father, today is the Lord's Day, and the captain said that he could go home and rest for a day." ”

Captain Hawkins paced slowly in front of his eldest son with his hands behind his back, looking at him calmly as he walked back to him, "That's not what I'm asking. I said Brady, where's your uncle's son? ”

How dare John tell the truth, he lowered his head and rubbed his hands on the hem of his shirt and whispered, "Well, after I went ashore with Brady, I said I was hungry and wanted to hurry home for dinner." ”

"Well, and then what?"

"And then... And then—" John said yes, but his mind raced to speed, and he wanted to find an excuse to leave his cousin Brady and run home alone. After thinking for a while, he raised his head to look at his uncle Richard's face and then turned his gaze to his father, "Then, Brady and I saw a carriage delivering cane sugar, and I said we could take a ride home." ”

Richard let out a long breath through his nose and shook his head to look at his nephew, "John, I'm sure you two will find a way to hitchhike, so, what about Brady?" ”

John lowered his head, thought hard for a moment, and replied, "Well, Brady didn't follow me when I jumped in the car. He said... He said he saw a very beautiful lady calling him. ”

"Very beautiful lady? You kid, you're lying, are you? "As soon as Captain Hawkins heard his eldest son, he knew that John was lying. A beautiful dusty girl to hook up with Brady, who is not yet 11 years old? No one would believe this kind of thing. Unless it's possible in a few years, it's not possible now.

After meeting Isabel Walton, who was a true member of an aristocratic family, Captain Hawkins became more urgent to hope that he and his family would become cultured, chivalrous and aristocratic men in the future, and he intended to work on this as soon as his cooperation with Isabel ended.

I never thought that the aristocratic lady from Yorkshire in the north had not left her territory, and John, the eldest son who would inherit the entire family in the future, would lie to her face. At this point, Captain Hawkins recalled the indescribable aristocratic style of the noble lady in the parlor before, and the blood-boiling words.

Looking at the eldest son in front of him, who was full of lies, Captain Hawkins felt that he was about to be angry with his eldest son, and glared at the eldest son viciously, "John, if you don't dare to admit that you are lying, I will not allow you to participate in today's dinner!" And, accept my punishment for you! ”

"Ah......h Father, I... I—" John looked up sharply, looking at his father's gloomy eyes in a panic.

Seeing that his nephew looked very frightened, Richard still said in a calm tone, "John, as long as you are willing to tell the truth, your father will forgive you." ”

John didn't dare to look at his uncle's face, let alone his father's face, but just stared down at his father's shoes and muttered, "I'm so sorry, father, I... I lied. ”

Seeing his eldest son admit to lying, Captain Hawkins's anger in his heart eased slightly, "Just admit to lying." You left Brady alone and ran back on your own, didn't you? ”

"Well, yes, father. Brady said let me buy him rotisserie chicken and ale, and I... I don't want to buy it. So, I got rid of him and ran back alone. ”

"I see." Captain Hawkins pondered, and he felt like he was about to be laughed at by his eldest son. With one hand on his waist and the other pointing at the eldest son's head, he laughed and cursed, "You stinky boy, how much is a roast chicken and some ale worth?" Just a shilling for food and drink, and you would be so stingy with your cousin? ”

Richard glanced at his nephew who was reprimanded, and laughed angrily at his words, and patted his brother on the shoulder, "William, it's good that John admits to lying, at least it shows that he has the idea of repentance." ”

Captain William Hawkins looked back at his brother and sighed, "Food and drinks worth 1 shilling are nothing, and what makes me angry is that John is lying." In the future, how can he become a well-bred and imposing gentleman? ”

"Hahaha... William, how could John, who was hanging out with those drunkards, perverted sailors all day long, become a gentleman? Richard laughed and looked at John again, "Unless you can be a nobleman like Miss Isabel's father, Lord Walton, you will have the time and wealth to allow John to receive more education." ”

Seeing that his father and uncle were not scolding him much, John hurriedly walked up to his uncle and asked curiously, "Uncle, is Miss Isabel a nobleman?" ”

Richard glanced at his nephew and nodded, "Yes, this young lady is a young lady from a noble family in the north. ”