When the two Richmond guards gently placed the treasure chest in the drawing room, Frances Howard, the wife of the Earl of Surrey, dressed in a countess leotard, stood there with a smile, staring at Isabel Walton, the daughter of Baron Walton I, for a long time, and said softly, "Follow me." ”

Isabel didn't speak, but glanced curiously at Lady Surrey, who had turned to leave. The two then went to the two benches with high backs and armrests used by visitors to the left of the main seat. At this time, Mrs. Surrey gracefully turned around and said with a reserved smile again, "Isabel, sit down and talk." ”

The two sit side by side on two Gothic high-backed benches, separated by a small table that looks like a half-sawn stand table in ancient Roman form. Isabel involuntarily looked down at the tight-fitting dress with a straight neckline under the gaze of the other party, then raised her head and smiled calmly, "Lady Surrey, first of all, why don't you sit on the throne today." The second point is whether my dress does not match my identity and title. ”

"Wait, Isabel." After Frances finished speaking, she turned her head to look at the valet behind her, "Beth, go and bring me and Miss Isabel two glasses of wine." ”

After the maid left, Frances's face showed a sly smile, "Isabel, I didn't sit on the throne because we are good partners now, and good partners want to close the distance between them and each other. ”

After a slight pause, he leaned his upper body towards the other party, "Today is an ordinary Monday, just after the celebration of Easter and not yet the Ascension Day, you came to me wearing the dress of the baron's daughter and wearing the jewelry I gave you, are you going to announce something to me?" ”

"Announced...? My God. Isabel sighed slightly, "Frances, do you think I'm going to say anything to you?" ”

"Well, I don't know, maybe you want to tell me, which nobleman are you going to marry?" Mrs. Surrey giggled softly at the word marriage.

"Now, it's not time to get married. Frances, if I still come to you in the same costume as usual, I think my skin and clothes will make you feel bad. Isabel spoke her mind.

Frances looked at the exposed part of the breasts and skin above the neckline of the other party with some understanding, and nodded, "Isabel, you have been very difficult to sail at sea in the past few months, and even your skin has darkened a little. ”

"Actually, it was a little darker when I came back to Plymouth a few days ago. Of course, I would follow the doctor's instructions to make my skin look less dark. ”

The topic of conversation between women is always inseparable from dressing up and various ways to make their faces and skin more beautiful. When Mrs. Surrey heard what the other party said, she couldn't wait to ask, "What way?" Could it be that doctors have a way to make a woman's skin whiter and more beautiful? ”

At this moment, the maid Beth came to the parlor with a tray of wine utensils, and in the tray were two tin glasses containing wine. After bowing in front of the two of them, two glasses of wine were placed on the small table. Isabel picked up the glass of wine in front of her and took a sip and glanced at the treasure chest on the floor of the living room, "Frances, don't you want to know what's in that box?" ”

As soon as the two men dressed as guards entered the drawing-room, Mrs. Surrey saw at a glance a delicate chest of gold and silver treasures carried by two young men. It's just that she didn't believe that the box contained pounds sterling at all. Therefore, the question of what is in the box is obviously not more important than the topic of dressing up.

It wasn't until Isabel kindly reminded her that she began to take the issue seriously. Picked up the wine glass and took a sip of wine, staring at the treasure chest on the ground and saying casually, "Isabel, are you here to pay back?" However, the £200 I have invested in you probably doesn't need to fit in this box. ”

"Isn't it? Do you need such a large treasure chest for 200 pounds? Isabel looked at Mrs. Surrey and just smiled, not saying this sentence but deliberately pouting, "Your investment in me really needs this box to fit." Frances, let your maid open it. ”

Mrs. Surrey turned to look at her and nodded, "Okay." However, after opening you must tell the doctor about the solution. ”

After saying that, he instructed his personal maid Beth to open the treasure chest. At the moment when the maid gently lifted the lid of the treasure chest, the maid stared at the contents of the box with wide eyes, swallowed her saliva and slowly turned to look at the two noble women, "Madam, this... What's in here... It's all money! ”

"Beth, what did you say?" Mrs. Surrey, who was sitting on the bench, was still breathless, and her hand holding the glass did not tremble in the slightest. ”

"Madame, I swear to God that the box is full of money!"

Mrs. Surrey believed the maid's words, and hurriedly ordered the maid standing in front of the chest, "Beth, let me see." ”

It seemed that after a long time, Isabel was sitting on the bench and wanted to get up and walk a little bored. At this moment, her right ear heard Mrs. Surrey's words, "Isabel, in the box... How much does it cost? ”

Turning his head to look at the other party, he nodded, "Well, if I'm not mistaken, it should be 10,000 and 200 pounds." ”

"10,000... £10,000 and £200??? ”

"Yes, £200 is your investment in me, and the remaining £10,000 is your return on investment."

After only 6 months, investing 200 pounds can get a net income of 10,000 pounds?! Lady Surrey felt that she could no longer sit still, so she quickly stood up, looked at the other party, and said sharply, "Isabel, come with me, I have something to say." ”

Soon, the two of them left the living room and walked towards the primeval forest behind the house. The two walked slowly through the dense woods, and Lady Surrey chuckled and looked at the daughter of Baron Walton I, who was walking beside her, "Isabel, tell me, how can you make so much money?" A full 10,000 pounds, worth more than three years of annual gratuitude for my husband Henry! ”

In fact, the return on investment for Mrs. Surrey should have been 70 times that of £200, or £14,000, and Isabel said less about £4,000 in net income. Of course, the money was bought back by Isabel with her life after 6 months at sea. She therefore considered that she had good reason to siphon off the £4,000 net income.

Now, all she had to do was tell Mrs. Surrey how the return on her investment of ten thousand pounds had been earned.