The Viscount of Melbourne walked into the café, he took off his hat and showed off his pale sideburns.

His eyes first looked around, and it wasn't long before he spotted the lady sitting in the corner.

When his eyes touched the beige wide-brimmed hat and the white dress, the eyes of the Viscount of Melbourne seemed to soften a lot.

With a slight smile, he stepped forward in two steps in three steps: "Caroline, so you are here. ”

Lady Carolyn Norton heard this call, her body trembled as if she had been electrocuted, she suddenly woke up from her painful memory, and looked up at the Viscount of Melbourne: "William......"

The Viscount of Melbourne looked at the makeup on her face that had faded from tears, and couldn't help but be stunned: "You...... What's wrong with you? ”

"I ......"

Caroline lowered her head slightly, she was silent for a while, then took a deep breath and smiled as sunny as possible at Melbourne: "It's nothing, I'm fine, after all, I don't expect much from him." A year, two years, and now it's the third year, and the relationship between me and him is like this, and it will never get better. William, let's talk about something else, just like before, literature and poetry, and talk about what interests us, and don't talk about those discouragements. ”

When the Viscount of Melbourne saw her like this, he just shook his head and smiled: "Caroline, it's not a big deal. Between husband and wife, if the personality is incompatible or something, in fact, it can be run-in, don't give up so quickly. Originally, I was with ...... Well...... You probably know my wife, and she probably did a lot worse than your current husband.

She and I also had a bad personality and often quarreled, and now that I think about it, the problem of our quarrel is actually quite ridiculous, she insists on breastfeeding her child, and I don't agree, I want my child to go to Harrow School, and she doesn't agree. Coupled with my mother's intervention, our relationship was worn out little by little for these inconsequential things.

Then she fell in love with Byron, did a series of hysterical things, and finally fell in disrepute and died for him. It was not until the end of her life that she finally came to her senses, and she lay on the hospital bed and said to the servant: Please call William over, he is the only one in this world who has never failed me.

But it's too late, it's too late, being a husband and wife for twenty years, but you won't be able to understand each other until the end of your life. I just held the hand of her cold corpse, her hair not as jet-black as it had been when I first saw her at the ball at nineteen, but withered and yellow. In the sunlight, her skin seems to be translucent.

And the tears on her face are exactly the same as the ones I saw on your face today. ”

The Viscount of Melbourne seemed to be a little sad when he said this, he grabbed the gray hair on his forehead, and it seemed that the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were deeper.

"I'm sorry, Caroline, I shouldn't have told you that. I just don't want to see you and your husband repeat the same mistakes, and if you can understand each other, a lot of things are actually not a big deal. ”

While the Viscount of Melbourne was talking to Lady Norton, Arthur and Held, who were sitting not far from the next door, were about to prick up their ears to the antenna.

Elder lowered his voice and sighed: "The Viscount of Melbourne is really a lover!" The outside world thought that he didn't care about the things that Lady Ponsenby made up at all, and after a long time, it turned out that he was heartbroken, so he couldn't respond at all. ”

Arthur also replied in a deep voice: "The matter of Lady Ponsenby will be revealed, but it is probably not a good thing for the Viscount of Melbourne to take the initiative to talk about his love history in front of a married lady now." ”

Elder Fox wondered, "What's wrong?" ”

As soon as Elder finished asking, before Arthur could reply, the Red Devil had already begun to taunt him.

"Arthur, this kid is stupider than you in this regard. Didn't he feel that the Viscount of Melbourne was now releasing a charm that could be fatal to women? To make matters worse, the object of this charm is a lady who is unhappy in her marriage, and I don't think it will be long before there will be a lot of big news between them. ”

At the next table came the voice of Lady Carolyn Norton, her eyes glistening with tears.

"No, William, you don't understand. It's not just that there is a personality disagreement between me and him, why do we quarrel about everything, education, politics, literature, as long as you can think of a topic, we will always quarrel, and ...... And he often does it to me. ”

With that, Mrs. Norton dipped her fingers in the glass of water and applied it to her face, revealing the corners of her blue eyes as the pale concealer faded.

"This ......" Viscount Melbourne couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this situation: "Will Mr. George Norton actually beat you?" He was a serious gentleman trained in the Oxford and Lincoln Bars! ”

Mrs. Norton wept as she wiped away her tears, "He is not as gentle as you might think, and George is far more temperamental than he seems, perverse, rude, brutal, cruel, forgetful, conformist, stupid and dull.

I can't imagine how a man like him graduated from Oxford and was admitted to practice law, and the Norton education had spoiled him, and he was not at all a civilized gentleman living in the 19th century, but rather a violent military leader who would have existed in the last century.

Originally, we were just arguing when he came home at night, but now, I spent even the day in the noise and fighting. ”

The Viscount of Melbourne asked, "Why is that?" ”

Mrs. Norton didn't know whether she was angry or aggrieved, she cried and laughed: "Of course it's because of the election, as you know, George is a member of the Tory Party. But the Tories lost the election, and George lost his district.

He now has no serious job, and he's under a lot of pressure from within the Tories, who knew George might lose, but they didn't expect George to lose so completely. Because of the loss of the constituency, several of the Tories bigwigs are now beginning to wonder if George has what it takes to remain the Tory's candidate for parliament.

He was angry in the party and lost his job as a parliamentarian, so naturally he could only vent his anger and extra energy on me. I don't know where he got the confidence to lose his temper with me. ”

Elder at the next table couldn't help but change his face when he heard this: "Councillor Norton beats his wife, this story is more exciting than your Scottish infighting." ”

Arthur took a sip of coffee: "I want to have a head-to-head confrontation with Director Rowan, but in this kind of matter, force can't solve the problem." ”

"Why don't you teach Fiorelius, Lady Norton? I remember Mrs. Norton at General Codrington's banquet that day, right? At that time, I saw that she was depressed and didn't talk much, it turned out that there was something wrong at home. ”

"You just remembered that she was there? I thought that this kind of lady in her 20s, you would definitely have a deep memory. ”

"Arthur, that's what you don't know about me. The way I can identify ladies is not by looking at their faces, but by the smell of their bodies. Smell the fragrance and know women, do you understand? ”

"Oh, no wonder every time you bet that you always think about swimming back from the Thames, it turns out that you have seen the smell of the Thames."

"Arthur! It's none of your business! ”

Arthur's bickering with Elder apparently did not attract the attention of the Viscount of Melbourne, who was trying to figure out how to solve the problem for his intellectual friend.

The Viscount of Melbourne was silent for a while, and suddenly spoke: "If he loses his seat in the parliament, his status in the party will definitely decline." It's normal to have fire in his stomach, but he really shouldn't hit someone. But I still advise you not to be too impulsive, you two can ......"

Mrs. Norton wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and said, "William, don't persuade me anymore, I've already made up my mind, I really can't be with him anymore." Even if I can't get married for the time being, I will separate from him. ”

"Separation won't solve the problem......"

The Viscount of Melbourne only felt that the problem was tricky, he pondered for a moment and suddenly sighed: "It's better to be like this, you should also know that the Whig Party is a foregone conclusion." According to the opinion of the party, I will be the Minister of Home Affairs in the Cabinet.

If George is willing to give up his political views and quit the Tories, I may not be able to give him the position of Parliamentary Undersecretary in the Ministry of the Interior, but I may consider getting him an errand as an officer.

He has something to do, so he doesn't have to focus on arguing with you, you are busy with your own careers, and the two of you can be calm and calm during this time. ”

"Clerk?" Elder turned green when he heard this, and he looked at Arthur: "Fuck! Arthur, Melbourne isn't going to give your place to that idiot George Norton, right? ”

Arthur was very calm: "Don't worry, a former councillor and also has a lawyer's license will definitely not look down on me, the superintendent of Scotland Yard with an annual salary of 150 pounds." ”

Sure enough, as soon as Arthur's words fell, Mrs. Norton's words rang out over there.

"William, I appreciate you. But you don't understand George, there's no problem with getting him out of the Tories. But unless you are willing to appoint him directly as permanent undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior, he will certainly not be willing to take office.

He doesn't want to do those grassroots jobs, what he thinks about every day is to be a big man with status and wealth. And the most powerful and wealthy, except for the parliamentarian, is the judge, which is why he is a lawyer. He went to the Bar so that he would one day become a judge, and before we were married, he boasted to me every day that he would one day become the Chief Justice of Britain.

But I was so stupid, I actually believed his words at that time, I was deceived by his sweet words, all this was brought on by me, William, I don't deserve your sympathy. ”

When the Viscount of Melbourne heard this, he just gritted his teeth and took Mrs. Norton's hand in the palm of his hand.

After a moment of astonishment, Mrs. Norton's face was almost instantly stained with a layer of red.

William...... You ......"

The Viscount of Melbourne said categorically: "Caroline, you believe me, since he wants a judge, then I will help him find a position as a judge." But I also have the added condition that if he wants this vacancy, he must promise me that he will not do anything to you from now on, in addition to quitting the Tories. ”

"William......" Mrs. Norton looked at the face of the Viscount of Melbourne, her eyes were covered with another layer of mist, only this time the reason was joy: "I...... I really don't know how to thank you. ”

"No, you don't need to thank me, I did it for you willingly." The Viscount of Melbourne smiled cheerfully: "Caroline, you have to be good, you can't be like that wife of mine, you have to live happily and clearly." ”

When Elder heard this, he couldn't help but cover his face with both hands: "Oh my God! If I don't pay, am I eligible to listen to the following episodes? ”

On the other side of him, Arthur, who had already pulled out a pen and paper from his canvas bag, was about to grind the tip of his pen into smoke.

While transcribing key information, he dismissed Elder's question: "No, of course not. Elder, although from the love story between Lady Ponsonby and the Viscount of Melbourne, it can be seen that the Viscount of Melbourne has a good character. However, from the perspective of the origin of species that Charles has studied, I think the rest of the content is most likely inappropriate. ”

(End of chapter)