The Whispering Verses Chapter 2589: Unmarried couple and cousins
Chapter 2588 Unmarried Couple and Cousins
Now that the topic of "old maid" was brought up, the thin old man looked at Miss Winslet again:
"Flora, didn't your mother send you another letter to urge you? Didn't she talk to you about this topic at the end of last year? If I remember correctly, our daughter was born in the same year. , even now"
"Ahem."
Flora Winslet successfully interrupted the other party's attempt to tell her age with a cough, and then looked at Shade.
"Madame Bovary, I have a male companion today."
Then the elderly lady stared at Shade again, her expression obviously dissatisfied:
"You are indeed pretty good-looking, but it's a pity that you are from the north. Don't be like Countess Belindel from Moon Bay some time ago and find a northerner as your lover. Today's girls really don't care about your age. You can’t ask for that much.”
The gray-black haired lady looked a little ugly, but the people around her laughed kindly. Obviously everyone knew Madame Bovary's tradition of "discrimination against northerners". Such people are not uncommon in both countries, especially among the elderly. After all, the two countries were not so peaceful when they grew up.
After hearing "Belindl" and "Northern Lover", the clever witch girl's heart suddenly suddenly thought of Shade:
"Will it be"
But she immediately denied this conjecture. After all, Carina did not rush to Yuewan to participate in the war until the end during the Yuewan incident. There was no reason for her to ask her lover to go to Yuewan to accompany her when she was not in Yuewan. Bella Belindel.
After all, the Duchess doesn't seem like someone with that kind of special hobby.
All in all, it was a pleasure to talk to these artists with many titles. After achieving the purpose of "reasonably attending the banquet", Miss Winslet winked at Shade, and the two of them temporarily left the talking crowd, and then each came to the window of the banquet hall with their wine glasses in hand.
Because the manor is not big, there is no garden scenery outside the window, only some stacked wooden boxes can be seen. The two glasses collided with each other, and then the witch approached Shade with a blush on her face, until she and Shade hugged each other.
Shadow's figure obscured her vision, and she took the opportunity to put on Miss Danister's monocle.
"In fact, you can block your sight without hugging."
Xia De thought to himself, but also agreed that this method is safer.
Not long after, Miss Winslet gave the reply:
"The Bennet family is fine. The relationship between the four members of their family is normal. Please talk to them later and determine whether they are infected with the curse."
"Okay."
Xia De held her and swayed gently, as if the two were swaying and dancing in front of the window:
"Where is the Cumming family?"
"Wait a minute, I didn't see Baron Cumming."
She concentrated on looking at the family. Baron Cumming and Mrs. Cumming were chatting and laughing with two other local nobles. Their young son and his fiancée were chatting with young people. :
"Baron Cumming and Mrs. Cumming are the relationship between grandmother and grandson. After all, little Cumming is Baron Cumming's father and one generation older than him. Oh, little Cumming is indeed Mrs. Cumming's son. This No problem at all.
So Mrs. Cumming is both little Cumming’s biological mother and his daughter-in-law. Don't move for a moment. I'll confirm again. Guess what I saw again? ”
She pinched Shade's wrist with some force, and there was some excitement in her deliberately lowered voice:
"This relationship is too complicated! Mrs. Bennet! Mrs. Bennet is related to Baron Cumming's family!"
Xia De turned his back to the banquet hall and looked at the window:
"Don't tell me that Mrs. Bennet is also little Cumming's daughter. In this case, her daughter is not little Cumming's"
"Of course not, what are you thinking? I mean, Mrs. Bennet and Mrs. Cumming are actually sisters!"
Xia De was silent for a moment, not because he was shocked, but because he added another thread to this complicated network of relationships in his heart:
"So James Cumming and Jane Bennet, who are already engaged, are actually cousins? What does this mean, lovers eventually become brothers and sisters?"
"What weird things are you saying?"
The lady with long gray-black hair asked, her low voice still filled with confusion and excitement. Shade understood her mood at the moment, because he was also curious about the relationship between the two families.
The witch continued to lower her voice and said:
"Although Baron Cumming is a noble from Willendale, I seem to have heard someone say that Mrs. Cumming is from Ximu Town. The old Baron Cumming brought his son to Ximu Town to handle business. It was the incident that made the current Baron Cumming meet the current Baroness, but I have never heard of the relationship between Mrs. Bennet and Mrs. Cumming."
"Don't rush into this yet, let's solve it one by one. Moreover, Mrs. Bennet and Mrs. Cumming are about forty years old, so this matter may not involve time, but just an extramarital affair. , human trafficking and other ordinary incidents.”
"That's true, but it still makes the relationship between the two families very complicated. Now the question is: How are James Cumming and Jane Bennet related?"
She gave up and continued to look, but smiled and raised her head to ask Shade. It only took Shade a second to give up thinking about such a complicated problem. He thought of another thing:
"Does Carsonlik's law prohibit marriage between cousins?"
"Of course not, why should we ban it?"
Miss Winslet asked curiously:
"And as far as I know, your Delarian laws don't seem to prohibit it, right? Is this a strange question?" (Note)
The foreigner opened his mouth but said nothing. He just sighed in his heart that everything was indeed different.
After determining this complicated genetic relationship, the next step is to determine which of the two families has the "time curse".
Mrs. Cumming, the only one left in the Cumming family, was not sure yet. Fortunately, the middle-aged woman soon went to the bathroom alone. Miss Winslet immediately pulled Shade to follow. The moment they passed each other in the corridor, the gold-rimmed glasses worn by the witch hypnotized him.
Xia De quickly put his hand on her forehead and took half a minute to shake his head:
"There is no curse, but it is just a rough perception, not 100% sure."
"Okay, next one."
Four people from the Bennet family came. Among them, the eldest daughter’s side was not easy to get close to, but the remaining three people stood together.
So Miss Winslet took Shade directly to greet them:
"Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Bennet, it's been a long time no see."
The witch said enthusiastically. The couple who heard the voice turned around and recognized each other, so they both showed expressions of surprise:
"Good evening, Miss Winslet. You are staying at our hotel again, right? I'm so sorry, I haven't had time to say hello yet."
Mr. Bennet said:
"I'll have someone send you a nice bottle of red wine tomorrow. It was given to me by my friend in Willendale."
"Mr. Bennet, you are so kind."
Even though she was disgusted in her heart, the witch still replied with a smile on her face:
"It's the eve of the Moon Dance Festival. You must be very busy. I also want to thank you for the room you left for me. Oh, I forgot to introduce you. This gentleman is my distant cousin. He is coming with me this year. City of Vista for Moondance Concert ”
She didn't say Shade's name, but the couple still greeted Shade warmly.
Thomas Bennet is indeed the kind of humble and prudent squire Shade believed. Although he no longer has a noble title, he can still feel the difference between him and ordinary "rich people".
This does not mean that he is arrogant, but that he maintains a certain kind of "decency" that is difficult to describe. Shade didn't hate this, but had a good first impression of him. After all, he was very polite to him.
As for Mrs. Bennet, I don’t know if it’s because I’ve heard a lot of negative comments about her from other channels. This woman in her forties, whose wrinkles cannot be covered by makeup because of her age, seems to be true. A little too flattering to Miss Winslet.
If we follow what others have said, she probably cares more about Flora Winslet's "Winslet family" origins rather than her identity as an artist.
Of course, this may also be because Shade himself "wears colored glasses" to see people.
As for Philly Bennet, who has always been with her parents, she is the second daughter of the four sisters. She is twenty years old this year and can be considered an unmarried eldest girl. The unmarried girl is said to have inherited the appearance of her mother when she was young, so she looks pretty except for some freckles.
It's just that when she talked to Miss Winslet, she kept using honorifics, making it seem like Miss Winslet and her parents were of the same generation. Shade could tell that this made "Miss Owl" vaguely unhappy.
"So, is it possible that Miss Winslet is slightly older than Carina?"
After shaking hands with Thomas Bennet and standing side by side for a while, Shade made sure that there was no curse on him; then Shade found an opportunity to contact Mrs. Bennet and Miss Philly Bennet alone, but he was also unaware of it. To traces of the curse.
As for the last remaining Jane Bennet, during the ball before the end of the banquet, when Shade was dancing with Miss Winslet, he took the opportunity to get close to the unmarried couple who were also dancing, and used illusions to hide them in public His hand quietly touched the twenty-one-year-old lady amidst the music of the ball.
This move was quite risky, but fortunately no one discovered it. [Red Butterfly Illusion] is still very trustworthy. Shade came to the conclusion that Jane Bennet also did not have a time curse.
At this point, the only ones carrying the time curse are Baron Cumming and Little Cumming, the "conjugated father and son", and the subsequent investigation will also focus on them.
PS: To this day, British law still allows cousins to marry, even more so in the Victorian era, so this is not an intended exaggeration.
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