Chapter 54: opportunity comes
Alia is an unusual girl, she is very assertive in doing things, completely different from the girls who rely on men to survive in this era, after discussing with Ferd about Evan After the incident, the thought of wanting to start with Edward could no longer stop.
Although Arya had this thought, the situation at this time did not allow her to do anything, because of Duke Wilson's disgust for her, every time Dr. Hester visited Cornwall manor At that time, he didn't dare to bring Arya with him. Arya also asked Dr. Hester over and over again, but in the end, he was not allowed.
At the same time, the news of Sheriff Chandler's arrest of Mrs. Johnson spread in Delan Lier, everyone was shocked, the wholeheartedly wanted The woman who found the result of her husband's death turned out to be the murderer of her husband.
Such contradictory facts made everyone unable to believe this result, and some people even wrote to Sheriff Chandler, asking him to investigate this matter thoroughly and not to wrong Mrs. Johnson.
But Sheriff Chandler was very confident and was not disturbed by these outside voices. In his opinion, what Mrs. Johnson did before was just to push this matter away To Rael, whom she hates, and make him responsible for his crimes.
Sheriff Chandler was so convinced of his conclusion that even if Mrs. Johnson yelled at him in prison, he still didn't care, this poor lady was afraid that from the day she was born She has never suffered such a crime, but now this dark prison is probably the best ending for her. Sheriff Chandler has sympathy for her, but he sincerely looks forward to the day when the court opens, not that he is right. How keen he was to send Mrs Johnson to the gallows, but his heartfelt hope that this terrible thing would end soon.
Sheriff Chandler's urgency was not satisfied, the justices of Yorkshire were obviously extremely busy this autumn, and there were several vicious fighting incidents in the county due to drought and disasters , the tenants and farmers in Yorkshire suffered greatly. They lost their food and even lost their homes. These people gathered together and formed a large force, so that the officials of the whole Yorkshire were very busy. Therefore, not many people will care about the little things of this small place in Derain.
It was at this time that Duke Wilson's invitation was delivered to Sheriff Chandler.
Lord Edward's birthday is coming, and the entire gentleman class of Derain has received the invitation of the Duke. Although Sheriff Chandler is not liked by the Duke, it is a pity that he is Bruce The priest's friend, Duke Wilson, could only reluctantly send him an invitation.
Sergeant Chandler didn't have much self-consciousness. Although Duke Wilson's invitation made him a little flattered, at the same time he felt it was a matter of course in his heart.
But unlike him, this invitation made a person ecstatic, of course, this person was Arya who had been locked out for so long.
In Arya's point of view, this invitation is simply God's will, her father, Dr. Hester, a typical old-fashioned gentleman, although he loves Arya very much, But he sticks to his bottom line and will never let Arya get involved in Duke Wilson's affairs, especially after he knows Arya's thoughts.
Whether Arya was crying and begging or trying to convince people, Dr. Hester was stubborn and never let go until this invitation came.
This invitation letter gave the stubborn and conservative Dr. Hester no room for refusal, because the invitation clearly stated that the invited people were Dr. Hester and Arya Miss.
As a lady specially invited by the Duke, Dr. Hester was a little embarrassed.
"Oh, my dear father." Arya was as jolly as a lark: "It's so wonderful, Lord Edward is five years old now, it's really a blessing A joyous thing."
Dr. Hester couldn't bear to see Arya like this. In fact, according to what he meant, he wanted to make Arya pretend to be sick and avoid this invitation because he Not sure what Duke Wilson meant to Arya, he was very sure that Duke Wilson didn't like Arya before, this sudden invitation made Dr. Hester puzzled.
"My dear Arya." Dr. Hester was very cautious: "Your lord is still a child, and didn't you have a cold a few days ago? I think..." Dr. Hester pulled Long tune, like an ancient musical instrument: "I don't think you should go, lest the lord also get sick."
Alia's face gradually turned pale in Dr. Hester's words, she almost looked at Dr. Hester in disbelief: "Father! How can you say This is the case! My cold is cured. This is the diagnosis made by you. Why do you stop me from going to Cornwall Manor again and again? Is that how you don't trust me?"
Dr. Hester had never seen Arya look so angry, and she panicked for a while: "Oh, Arya, my lovely daughter, that's not what I meant." He was incoherent for a while: "I mean, of course I believe you, but this invitation is really strange, you know, Duke Wilson treats you..."
His tone became lower and lower, and finally looked at Arya with some embarrassment.
Alia's face quickly flushed red, she bit her lower lip, and the shame was like a poisonous tongue that twisted her heart to life.
"I...know what you mean." Arya replied dryly: "I won't be more delusional, but Lord Edward has been close to me since he was a child. This is his birthday, He also invited me and I don't want to disappoint him."
Dr. Hester looked at Arya with some worry, if it wasn't for a reason, he would not be willing to put this cruel thing on the table, but Arya was his child after all, he Can't watch her step into the abyss.
"Okay." Dr. Hester finally compromised, maybe Arya was right, this special invitation to her might just be because of the Lord's love for her: "Since If you think so, then let's go together, just Arya." He looked straight into Arya's depressed eyes: "You must promise me, don't delusional things that you can't get. ."
Such girls are very dangerous.
Alia nodded helplessly. She did not agree with Dr. Hester's point of view. Although the Duke disliked her very much now, it was only because of Bruce. Under the guidance, Evan has become a hypocritical person with no mercy in her heart.
No matter how different Arya is, she is just a little girl. When the person she likes hates her extremely, she will subconsciously excuse him, the Duke is not real He hated him, but was blinded by Pastor Bruce.
As long as she thought about it like this, the painful emotion that was tightly bound to her heart was finally relieved.
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The time of Lord Edward's birthday party was set in three days. During these three days, Arya searched for everything Edward might be interested in, and finally chose Hester The doctor brought back a set of hardcover books from London. In her opinion, Edward is a smart and well-behaved child. Such a child likes books the most.
When the day finally came, Arya put on a gorgeous dress and set foot on the carriage to Cornwall Manor with Dr. Hester.
Because of Dr. Hester, they were personally greeted by Butler Chris. When Butler Chris saw Arya, his expression was obviously stunned, and he glanced in surprise Dr. Hester, who smiled a little guilty, didn't change his expression.
"Dr. Hester, Miss Arya, welcome you. The Duke is welcoming guests in the hall at this time. Please come with me."
Butler Chris's politeness was flat, which obviously relieved Dr. Hester's mood. He was relieved when he was still nervous. He followed Butler Chris and walked towards the hall.
Alia did not notice the change in her father, and she was eagerly looking forward to seeing Duke Wilson.
As soon as Arya stepped into the castle hall, she saw Duke Wilson, he was wearing a decent suit, standing in the center of the hall, with a decent and flat smile on his face, with every visitor The person greeted and spoke.
His eyes slid along the crowd to Dr. Hester and his party. Arya tugged at her skirt a little excitedly, hoping that his face would be different look.
Unfortunately, he was disappointed by the final result. Duke Wilson's face did not have any special expression, and it was even colder than before.
"Mr. Doctor, Miss Arya." Duke Wilson nodded calmly.
Dr. Hester was the big stone at this point, and it seemed that Duke Wilson at least did not reject Arya's arrival.
"Your Highness, thank you very much for your invitation. I hope Lord Edward grows up healthily." Dr. Hester bowed and saluted.
But Arya seemed to be fixed by something, and looked at Duke Wilson a little blankly.
The Duke couldn't help frowning in disgust. Dr. Hester's heart jumped, and he quickly pulled Arya's hand. Arya then reacted and saluted together.
Duke Wilson gave Arya a very cold look and whispered: "You are too polite, you are the most heartfelt friend of Cornwall Manor, this banquet hopes to make you joy."
The Duke said the most mechanical welcome speech, and glanced at Butler Chris again, and Dr. Hester and Arya were quickly taken away.
Alia looked back at Duke Wilson with regret, he looked a little impatient, but when the next person came forward, he became the gentle and polite Duke again , have a chat with the person who looks excited and is about to cry.
Alia felt a little disappointed for some reason. At this moment, she suddenly raised her head and looked at the second floor, she looked straight at the room where Evan lived, she today , did not see that person.