Because Viscount Darlington's eldest daughter was temporarily attending dinner, Sir Lady Antonia Walton had to ask her valet to order two more meat dishes to be added to the kitchen. One dish is braised salmon and the other is a whole fat roast goose.

Caroline didn't expect her joke to turn out to be true, and sat down at the table and smiled at Antonia and said, "Madam, is Isabel already back?" ”

Antonia smiled and shook her head, "Miss, are you going to wait for her to come back and have dinner?" ”

"No, it's just that I joked with her about Christmas roast goose for dinner. At this time, I actually saw a roast goose lying on the dinner plate. Well, this roast goose is really fat, isn't it? ”

Caroline's somewhat exaggerated expression made the atmosphere of the dinner seem relaxed. Lord Lord Augustine smiled and said, "Miss Caroline, because there are more geese used for Christmas at home this year, it just so happens that you will enjoy a Christmas roast goose in advance." ”

"Sir, do you have a lot of geese in your house for making Christmas roast goose?"

"Originally, the lady had already prepared some, and later the officials and squires in the county sent some more. So, it's a lot more. ”

Halfway through dinner, Isabel rode back to the manor in a hurry. Ran to his room, pulled off his armor and belt with a short sword, grabbed a leather coat and put it on his body, and strode towards the restaurant.

As soon as I walked into the restaurant, I smelled a smell that was coming to my face and irritated my stomach, and shouted as I walked towards my seat: "My God, sir, there really is a roast goose for dinner today?!" ”

As everyone pursed their lips and laughed, Isabel hurriedly hugged and kissed everyone quickly, except for a formal courtesy to Caroline. Then he sat across from Caroline and said to the lady of the knight, who was sitting at the end of the table, "Mother, please be quick, I am so hungry that I don't even have the strength to pray before eating." ”

Antonia smiled reservedly and said, "Child, do you have the strength to pray by eating some of the food that grows in the earth?" After speaking, he turned his head and whispered a few words to the personal maid standing on the side of the door.

Isabel quickly picked up the topic and said, "Yes, mother. Even if you change the white bread for the barley bread and oatmeal bread that the servants eat, I can confess my sins before God with a pious heart. ”

Her words drew laughter from the relatives and guests present, and Caroline took a sip of white wine in her glass and looked at her: "Why, do you still like to eat the vegetable salad that only farmers and hired workers eat?" ”

"Well, eating it with some vegetables mixed with a lot of meat every day is very good for my body. Carrie, you're not me, and you won't understand how I spend my days. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone but Sir looked at her in amazement. Ernest, who sat beside her, half-covered his mouth with his wine glass, whispered, "What do you call Miss Caroline?" ”

Just as a valet wanted to pour a drink for Isabel, she waved her hand at the valet. After pouring himself a glass of white wine, he smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Miss Caroline and I often talk like this when no one is around. ”

"Now is not the time when there is no one." Ernest said with some seriousness.

"Well, Ernest, what's wrong with you today?" Isabel squinted at Ernest, and she felt that the standard-bearer of Viscount Carlisle's army was a little strange at this moment.

Ernest had no expression on his face, but said softly, "Please maintain your respect for Miss Caroline." ”

It wasn't until 9 o'clock in the evening that dinner at the magistrate's house was officially over. After a short break, Isabel took a wine jar and two wine glasses with Caroline to the back garden. Looking at the still bright sky, Caroline complained: "Isabel, the weather in the kingdom is always this kind of black and white upside down, and it's already 9 o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky is still so bright. ”

Isabel paced on the grass, enjoying the daylight at night: "Carrie, there are only 8 hours of sunshine in a day, don't you think you should enjoy a little more sunshine now?" ”

Caroline walked up to her and said with a weird smile on her face, "Are you reminding me to have hope for my life now?" ”

"I'm not going to tell you if I'm reminding you. Now, let's say what, today you came to me and wanted to talk about something. ”

Caroline looked at her and continued to walk forward for a long time before she spoke: "Isabel, do you think His Majesty will forgive my father and Joseph?" ”

"So, tell me, is the movement in which the northern counties are participating in a pilgrimage, a petition, or a rebellion?" Isabel didn't answer directly, just asked rhetorically.

"If it was really a pilgrimage or a petition, would I still be worried about my father and Joseph?"

"Carrie, how did you know this was a rebel movement?"

At this time, a light rain fell in the sky, and the two began to walk back from the garden. Caroline looked up at the sky and whispered, "One night as I passed by my father's study, I overheard Joseph talking to his father in the study. I was surprised when Joseph mentioned one of the terms of the peace talks. ”

Isabel said unhurriedly: "I ask His Majesty the King to forgive the leader and all those who participate in the pilgrimage, yes?" ”

Caroline was not surprised by her answer, and continued: "Later, I was a little scared and didn't listen anymore. Isabel, if this is not a rebellion, why would the leader ask His Majesty the King for forgiveness for everyone? ”

The two of them came to the table under the eaves of the house and sat down on either side, Isabel took the jug and poured some white wine for each of their glasses, took a sip of the glass, and said: "God willing, you can see this." However, it is already too late. ”

"Is it really irreparable?"

"I'm sorry, Carrie, but even His Royal Highness the Duke can't help you."

Caroline stood up abruptly, stared at the rain garden and exclaimed, "I don't believe His Majesty really won't forgive these people." ”

Isabel looked at her back and said softly, "Carly, from now on you have to think for yourself. Promise me, you'll think about it, right? ”

"Thinking about what to shelter my life?" Caroline turned around and snapped.

"I can offer you that opportunity if you want to." Isabel also stood up, walked over to Caroline's side and whispered.

"Shelter for me? Let me marry His Royal Highness the Duke? It is a pity that His Royal Highness the Duke is married to the daughter of the commander of the army who suppressed the rebellion. ”

In the face of an annoyed Caroline, Isabel remained gentle: "The way out of marriage is to go to the convent." However, the monastery has been dissolved by His Majesty the King. So, you have only two options: getting married or living with Joseph's wife and children. ”