On April 25, just after 5 a.m. and sunrise, Isabel Walton was awakened by the sound of people shouting and neighing and all kinds of noises coming from downstairs. When he sat up and tried to push the window to scold him twice, he suddenly remembered that today was the day of delivery of the goods. stared blankly at the closed window, and after a while he fell heavily on the bed and closed his eyes......

I don't know how long later, there was another soft knock on the door. Still with her eyes closed, Isabel was lying on the bed, muttering, "Come in." ”

Rose, the maid in a leotard dress, walked softly into the room carrying an empty toilet and walked straight to one of the toilets in the south corner on the left side of the room. As I was about to leave the room with the toilet filled with excrement, I heard a voice from the direction of the bed, "Rose, what time is it?" ”

"Yes, miss." Rose hurriedly put down the toilet and bowed to Isabel as she lay on the bed. Then he turned his gaze to the cupboard on the side of the bed, looked at the French clockwork, and replied softly, "Mademoiselle, it's six o'clock in the morning." ”

After the maid quietly left the room with the toilet, perhaps unable to bear the noise of the street outside the window, Isabel had to curse and jump out of bed to get dressed and wash. When it was almost 7 o'clock, he dressed up and slung his sword, and led the two maids out of the room and into the corridor outside.

As he approached the stone staircase on the left side of the hallway, he heard a voice from a room on the right side of the staircase. When the maid walked out of the room and looked inside, it turned out that Baldwin was sitting on the bed and talking to several guards who were in the same room, wiping the Spanish heavy arquebus in his hand.

"Attention." Baldwin caught a glimpse of Isabel out of the corner of his eye, and immediately stood up and said something to the others.

"You're waiting for me outside." Isabel left her maid and walked into the room alone.

"Good morning, Your Excellency." Baldwin and the others saluted Isabel as she walked into the room.

"Hmm." Isabel made her way around the room with her hands behind her back, glancing at the arquebuses they had placed on their beds or held in their hands. Then, when he picked up an arquebus and inspected the primer and the primer pot, he said, "Baldwin, are you cleaning the gun for them?" ”

Baldwin glanced at Isabel, who was examining her gun, "Yes, Your Excellency. I'm their brother, and it's right to wipe their guns. ”

"Well, how many wipes have you wiped?"

"Your Excellency, from last night to now... There are 60 sticks. ”

"60?! Are all arquebuses placed in the parlor on the second floor? ”

Baldwin quietly glanced at the maid Rose outside the door, and then hurriedly looked at the opposite wall with his head held high and replied loudly, "Yes, Your Excellency, there are still some guns in the room next to the parlor. ”

Isabel nodded and walked to the door, turning to look at the guards who didn't dare to move at will, "Continue to clean the gun in the morning, and go to Captain Hawkins' parlor in the afternoon to receive the bounty." Clean up the room and tidy up all the belongings when you come back. ”

Baldwin's first instinct was that maybe he would leave Plymouth tomorrow. Deliberately glanced in the direction of Isabel, took the opportunity to look at the maid Rose, and asked aloud, "Your Excellency, what about the task of wiping the gun?" ”

"Wipe it when you're on the road." When Isabel finished speaking, she turned around and suddenly noticed that the maid Rose's eyes were focused on somewhere behind her. When Rose saw her, he hurriedly lowered his head again and said nothing.

She followed the maid's line of sight just now, saw where Baldwin was standing, and smiled thoughtfully, "Rose, you two follow me." ”

The three of them left the house and walked slowly on the path surrounded by small trees, and the maid Rose glanced at Isabel who was walking in front and asked boldly, "Miss, tomorrow... Are you leaving? ”

Isabel felt a little hungry and was going to Captain Hawkins' kitchen to get something to eat, but looked back at the maid, "yes, it's been almost a year since I left Yorkshire last June, and it's time to go back." ”

Rose wanted to say what was in his heart, but he still lacked the courage to say it, "Uh, miss, you... Will Plymouth be missed? ”

Her words caused her fellow maid beside her to snicker, and she lowered her head slightly and didn't dare to laugh out loud. Isabel gazed at the turquoise shoots growing on the branches, the grass and wildflowers swaying in the spring breeze, and said leisurely, "I will." Rose, do you want to go north with me? Or want someone to stay in Plymouth? ”

Isabel could guess that the maid Rose was probably in love with Baldwin, but the two of them might have a lot of trouble getting together. In fact, Baldwin certainly would not give up his position in the Duke's Court easily for the sake of a woman. Therefore, if Rose wants to talk to him, he can only choose to live in the north.

On the other hand, Rus, who had no skills, had to work as a maid to support himself in the north. If she wanted to become a maid in a noble or knightly family, there were only two paths in front of her: one was to work as a maid, but she could not get married. The other is that you can get married, but you will be fired by your employer.

Rose bowed his head shyly and replied in a low voice, "Miss, I don't know. ”

Seeing that Rose was ashamed to answer herself, Isabel had to change the question, "Rose, tell me, what kind of family does a servant like to go to as a servant?" ”

The other maid looked up at her and smiled, "Miss, every servant likes to be a servant in a big family, such as the Hawkins family. Because being a servant in a very small family can be very tiring, one person often has to do the work of two or three people. ”

Isabel nodded in understanding, not reprimanding the other maid for her rudeness. Just pacing slowly, he looked at the maid Rose, "Rose, if you want to go to the north, you can come to my family as a maid." You know, there will always be a lot of servants in the noble family, and you won't be very tired. ”

If Isabel were a noble lady in the South, Rose's partner would have already stated his desire to be a maid in a noble family, and Rose, the maid, seemed to be hesitating. Now, she was almost certain that Baldwin loved her, too, but her partner's words were always in her mind.

Rose still plucked up the courage to spit out, "I'm sorry, Miss, I... Willing to go to your family as a maid. But is it true that the North is a place of chaos and robbery? ”

Isabel looked into the distance of the trail and a few steps further to Captain Hawkins' house. Once there, Ross may be even more afraid to speak his mind. So, she walked slowly towards the woods on the left side of the path.