For the misfortune that befell Caroline's family, the naïve but mature Euphemia Walton has no idea what is going on. In a relaxed and pleasant conversation, he mentioned his blessings to his parents and said happily: "Miss Caroline, have you written down your blessings to your father and mother?" ”

Caroline, who had previously looked relatively normal and had a more relaxed conversation, stopped abruptly when she heard her father's word, as if she had suddenly pressed the "pause" button on a music player. Seeing this, Isabel hurriedly said to her sister, "Uh, Effie, can you prepare some easter eggs for me?" ”

Euphemia didn't know what was going on. However, she seemed to see something in the change in Caroline's face, and hurriedly agreed and left the room. Wearing a tights and a floor-length skirt, Isabel looked at Caroline who was in a daze beside her, and said softly: "Carly, cry if you want to cry, you know what I'm talking about." ”

Caroline mechanically turned her head to stare at her, tears streaming down her eyes. Isabel shook her head, stretched out her arms around each other and said softly, "I'm sorry for the misfortune that happened to your father and Joseph. ”

"Isabel, I wonder how my father and Joseph are doing."

"Don't worry, everything will be fine."

"No, Isabel, when Lord Montiger read out His Majesty's arrest decree in front of my father and Joseph, I knew it wouldn't be okay."

Isabel let go of her arm and looked at Caroline, who was in the throes of bereavement: "Come here, go sit over there." ”

The two of them went to the side window of the 900-square-foot (about 83.6 square meters) usable room and sat in a long-backed chair with a stand table and two sides. Isabel leaned back in her chair and lifted her right leg and curled it inward on her left thigh, revealing her linen underneath.

Crossing her arms and staring at the floor with a serious face, she said, "Carly, you are my real partner who can be trusted and loved, so you can tell me what you want to say." ”

Caroline, who was sitting on the right side, glanced at Isabel, who did not look like a noble lady at all at the moment, and said with a smile while wiping her tears: "Isabel, have you forgotten that you are wearing a dress now?" ”

"Oh, sorry, I did."

"Put your legs down and straighten your upper body to look like a noble lady."

"No, this is my room, I can sit however I want."

"This room is the room of the knight's daughter, so you have to look like the knight's daughter."

Isabel turned her face sideways to look at her and deliberately made a false smile: "I like it, I do." If I'm happy, I'll take off myself so that I don't have a single piece of clothing left, and I'll do whatever I want in the room. ”

Caroline laughed again as she imagined what she said, and Isabel changed into a real smile and whispered, "How's it going, are you feeling better now?" ”

"I am grateful to you, Isabel. So, do you know why I'm still here at Sir Manor today? ”

"On Easter Day, Lord Darlington and his eldest son were not on the estate to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus. No one can accept such a fact. ”

"Isabel, is this that I have not shown enough repentance before Jesus Christ?" Caroline said calmly.

Isabel glanced at her and was tempted to say, "Even if you climb to the cross and worship during the worship of the cross, it doesn't change the fact that your father and your brother joined the rebels." ”

The words came to his lips and said, "Perhaps, it should be your father and your brother who have to show enough repentance to receive the forgiveness of His Majesty the King." ”

Caroline didn't say anything, just looked at her silently and whispered, "Isabel, today is Easter, and I'm really not in the mood to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus." ”

"It's okay, you just have to remember it in your heart. Let's go, go to the back lawn and catch a few bunnies and come back to play. ”

"It's not sunrise yet, can you catch the Easter bunny in such dark weather?"

"The rabbits are all in cages and haven't been released yet, so of course they can be caught."

"Gurgle... You are a shameless woman who will go to purgatory. I appreciate you very much, though. ”

While the two were still talking and laughing, Euphemia walked in. When she saw Isabel, who had no image of a noble lady at all, her eyes widened, and she stood at the door and shouted, "Isabel, what are you doing?? ”

Euphemia's cry attracted the attention of not only several of the servants, but also Ernest who came out of the eldest son's room. Ever since Sir Augustine had agreed to put him under "house arrest" on the estate, his willpower had been declining little by little. Seeing the lord be arrested from the western border of the north and south to face trial in the city of London, he could do nothing as the lord's standard-bearer. Under the influence of this very bad mood, he had to drink a lot of alcohol to dispel the anxiety and pain in his heart.

Palm Sunday, Holy Week and today's Easter, these feasts worth celebrating have nothing to do with him. After drinking a lot of wine all night, Ernest, who was wearing a dressing gown, lazily passed by the door of Isabel's room, glanced at the screaming Euphemia and said, "Effie, she is a woman who will go to hell, why do you still protect her?" ”

When Euphemia heard his voice, she turned to glare at him and said, "Well, the eldest son of the county magistrate has finally come out of his musty, stinky, and almost coffin-like room to do something for Easter today, hasn't he?" ”

Ernest saluted and smiled unremittingly, and as his eyes swept over Isabel's room and out the hallway, he suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a man sitting in the room. As he slowly walked outside, a face that had impressed him jumped into his mind.

"Miss Carolyn Swift, eldest daughter of Viscount Darlington, how is she on her father's estate today?"

"Well, she's a great female companion for Isabel, so of course she can be a guest here."

"But it's Easter, doesn't she need to commemorate Jesus' resurrection?"

Thinking of this, Ernest turned around again and hurried towards Isabel's room. Coming to the door of the room, he coughed lightly like a knight: "Three young ladies, can I come in?" ”

Euphemia was counting down her sister's gesture that even a kitchen maid could not do, when she heard the words of the eldest son, and turned to look at him: "Sir's eldest son, why don't you go and greet your father and mother?"

Forced to revert to the appearance of a noble lady, Isabel glanced at the eldest son standing outside the door, observed his eyes again, and said with a smile: "Effie, he needs to be watered by love that he has endured so hard to get now, in order to become more like a quasi-knight." ”

Caroline whispered, "Which lady or lady is the eldest son of the knight courting?" ”