In the morning, Harvey didn't rush to the Mage's Tower or the Drama Theater after breakfast, and sat on the sofa in the living room to watch Shirley clean the house.

She stood on the stairs leading to the second floor with a rag, carefully cleaning the dust from every corner of the handrail, her black hair coiled under the maid's hat to reveal a delicate and dignified side face, and her eyes were as calm as water and serious under the gold-rimmed glasses. She wore a traditional black and white maid's long dress, a long black skirt with a white apron, a conservative style, and her graceful and mature curves were unreservedly displayed in front of Harvey when she squatted.

"Sir?" Shirley felt Harvey's gaze, stood up and met Harvey's serious gaze in confusion, her cheeks flushed without knowing if it was because of Harvey's scrutiny or after a long time of cleaning.

"Shirley, how old are you?"

Shirley was stunned for a moment, thought about it and replied softly: "Counting this year, it should be twenty-four years old." ”

In this world, women who have not married at the age of twenty-four can definitely be called older leftover women, Shirley's appearance and temperament are beautiful, but her sense of stability and dignity makes her look more like a noble lady. In "The Count of Monte Cristo", Mercertes was originally a commoner child, and only became the wife of a noble count after marrying, of course, the count did not refer to the count of Monte Cristo, but his rival Fernand became the count of Morseff.

Mercertes plays a very complex identity in the novel, she has always loved the Count but was forced to marry Fernand, in fact, Merses Tess and Fernand did not have many scenes, and after learning that the Count of Monte Cristo was framed, she had no feelings for Fernand, and the Count of Monte Cristo stayed alone in the empty room for the rest of her life after leaving, missing the Count of Monte Cristo.

If Haidai symbolizes new life and redemption, Mercetes symbolizes the beauty and pain of the past.

There is also a theory that Haydai's existence is too unreal, like a lover in a dream, and Mercertes is reality.

- If you are the Count of Monte Cristo, go to your sister's moral salvation and decisively take Mercertes and Haydai away is the king.

Harvey shook his head and threw his chaotic thoughts out of his head, always thinking that it was a pity that "The Count of Monte Cristo" could only take one of Haydai or Mercetes, and the novel took Haydai, and in the movie, he was reunited with Mercertes.

Harvey stood up, put on his black gentleman's hat and ordered, "Shirley, change into better clothes, let's go somewhere." ”

After a while, Shirley came out in a simple dark green dress, which was still a common dress in this world, like a maid's outfit without a white apron.

Seeing Shirley's old-fashioned dress, Harvey frowned and said, "Shirley, I remember buying you a dress last time." ”

Shirley nodded, clasped her hands and hesitated, "Well, but the dress is too expensive, and I'm afraid that if I wear it, I will accidentally get dirty." ”

"I bought it for you to wear, so put it on."

Shirley turned back again, and Harvey waited for a while, but no one was there.

"Does it take that long to change clothes?" Harvey shook his head helplessly, walked up the stairs to the door of Shirley's room, knocked on the door when he saw the door closed, and asked, "Shirley, are you still there?" ”

Shirley's flustered and weak voice came from the room: "Ahhh Well, yes. ”

"What's wrong?"

“···”

There was silence for a while, and Shirley responded softly from behind the door: "I can't wear the girdle of the dress." ”

"Do you want my help?"

"Hmm." It's not much louder than the sound of mosquitoes flying.

The door was quietly opened, and Harvey went in to see Shirley wearing a retro underwear, the fabric was pure white crystal lace, only the important parts were tightly wrapped, lace suspenders were tied around the waist, the stockings of the jade legs were tied to prevent slipping, and the willow waist was tied to the leather corset, and the rope behind the back had not yet been tied. That's what makes women's dresses special in this era, and it's a daunting challenge to put them on without anyone else's help.

Shirley's room was simple, with a soft bed, a bookshelf with a handful of books, and a hanger and dresser with a maid's dress.

In the past, Shirley wore maid clothes with a simple cloth corset, and a stiffer thick cloth was placed in the fabric, and the leather corset was generally only used to match high-end dresses with strict requirements, no wonder she couldn't wear them.

Harvey managed to tie the rope around his waist under Shirley's guidance, the leather material was not soft, and Harvey wondered if it really wouldn't be uncomfortable to wear it.

Harvey grabbed the rope with both hands and pressed one foot on Shirley's willow waist to borrow strength.

"Why is the corset designed like this? Okay, take a deep breath. ”

As Shirley inhaled, Harvey pulled the two ropes a little harder, and the waist shrank suddenly, which was not an exaggeration.

Waist binding is similar to the Chinese foot binding bad habit, serious can also damage women's physical health, some crazy women will even choose to remove ribs for the effect of thin waist to achieve the effect. Harvey has a modern aesthetic and naturally thinks that the slender beauty of the willow waist is the best, but the pursuit of a sick corset will become deformed and ugly.

"Is that all there is to it?" Shirley exhaled easily, and didn't feel the tightness of the willow waist and turned her head in confusion, and her melon seed face was still shy and red.

Harvey clapped his hands and smiled, "Enough, I think it looks best with a dress like this." ”

Harvey picked up the high-end dress he bought for Shirley some time ago, purple, light purple and white, light purple is the basic color of the long skirt, dark purple is the waist liner, the edge is embroidered with gold wire with a beautiful pattern, and white is the color of the lace lining, which is used to decorate the sleeves and leaders, so that the dress and long skirt will not look too monotonous. All dressed up and matching dark purple gloves, amethyst necklace, and long ink-like hair tied with white pearl ties.

After dressing up, Shirley's eyes were slightly open to look at herself in the mirror, and now she was no longer the traditional maid, but more like a noble countess.

"Forget about makeup, just put on lipstick." Harvey, who stood aside and stared in the mirror, shook his head regretfully.

Shirley turned her head to cover her lips and chuckled: "It's too exaggerated, that's fine, master, you told me to dress up so solemnly, where are we going?" ”

"Sir?"

Harvey admired the charming and elegant beauty in front of him, and after coming back to his senses, he lowered his head and took a sip on her cherry lips and smiled: "Drama theater, I'll go down and call a carriage first." ”

Harvey left the room, the frightened Shirley still maintained a stunned appearance, subconsciously touched the cherry lips that were kissed by Harvey just now, she stretched out her jade hand to cover her cheeks, the flush became thicker, and her bright eyes seemed to drip water.