Whispering Verse

Chapter 2588 Engaged Couple and Cousins

Since the topic of "old maid" was brought up, the skinny 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, you and my second daughter were born in the same year, and now it's the same year..."

"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, with a look of obvious dissatisfaction on her face:

"He is indeed good-looking, but it's a pity that he is a northerner. Don't be like the Countess Belindel of Yuewan some time ago, and find a northerner as your lover. Girls nowadays really don't ask for so much, just considering your age."

The gray-black-haired lady looked a little unhappy, and the people around her all laughed kindly. Obviously, everyone knew about Madame Bovary's tradition of "discriminating 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.

When she heard "Belindel" and "northern lover", the smart witch lady's heart jumped again, and she subconsciously thought of Shade:

"Could it be?"

But she immediately denied this conjecture. After all, during the Yuewan incident, Carina did not rush to Yuewan to participate in the war until the end. There was no reason for her not to go to Yuewan herself but let her lover go to Yuewan to accompany Bella Belindel.

After all, the Duchess doesn't look like someone with that kind of special hobby.

In short, it's still pleasant to talk to these artists with many titles. After achieving the goal of "reasonable attendance at the banquet", Miss Winslet winked at Shade, and the two temporarily left the talking crowd, and then each held a wine glass and came to the window of the banquet hall.

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 hugged Shade.

Shade's figure blocked her vision, and she took the opportunity to put on Miss Danister's monocle.

"In fact, you can block your vision without hugging."

Shade thought to himself, but he also agreed that this method is safer.

Soon, Miss Winslet gave her answer:

"The Bennet family is fine. The four of them have a normal relationship. You can talk to them later and confirm whether they are infected with the curse."

"Okay."

Shad held her and rocked her body gently, as if they were dancing in front of the window:

"What about the Cumming family?"

"Wait a minute, I didn't see Baron Cumming."

She focused her mind and looked at the family. Baron Cumming and Mrs. Cumming were chatting with two other local nobles, and their young son and his fiancée were chatting with the young people:

"Baron Cumming and Mrs. Cumming are grandmother and grandson, after all, little Cumming is Baron Cumming's father, one generation older than him. Oh, little Cumming is indeed Mrs. Cumming's son, there is no problem with this either.

So Mrs. Cumming is both little Cumming's biological mother and his daughter-in-law. Don't move for a moment, I'll confirm it again What do you see? "She squeezed Xiade's wrist somely, and there was some excitement in the deliberate low voice:" This relationship is too complicated! Daughter, in this way, her daughter is not Xiao Kaming. "" Of course, what do you think? What is this, a lover eventually becomes a brother and sister? "" What are you talking about? "The lady with gray -black long hair asked, the low voice still had a doubt and excitement. Xia De understood her mood at this moment because he was also curious about what the two people had. The witch continued to lower her voice and said:

"Although Baron Cumming is a noble of Willendel, I seem to have heard that Mrs. Cumming is from Creekwood. The old Baron Cumming brought his son to Creekwood to handle business matters, which led to the current Baron Cumming meeting the current Baroness, but I haven't heard of the relationship between Mrs. Bennet and Mrs. Cumming."

"Don't rush to explore this, let's solve it one by one. Moreover, Mrs. Bennet and Mrs. Cumming are not much different in age, both around 40 years old. This matter may not involve time, but just an ordinary incident such as extramarital affair and human trafficking."

"That's true, but it still makes the relationship between the two families very complicated. Now let me ask: What kind of relatives are James Cumming and Jane Bennett?"

She gave up looking and smiled and looked up to ask Shade. Shade gave up thinking about such a complicated question in just one second. He thought of another thing:

"Does the law of Carsenrick prohibit cousins ​​from marrying each other?"

"Of course not, why should it be prohibited?"

Miss Winslet asked curiously:

"And as far as I know, your law in Delarion doesn't seem to prohibit it either. What kind of strange question is this?" (Note)

The stranger opened his mouth but said nothing, just sighing in his heart that everything is different.

After confirming this complicated kinship, the next step is to determine who in the two families has the "time curse".

Mrs. Cumming is the only one left in the Cumming family who is still uncertain. Fortunately, the middle-aged woman soon went to the bathroom alone. Miss Winslet immediately pulled Shade to follow. The moment they passed by in the corridor, the witch's gold-rimmed glasses hypnotized the other party.

Shade quickly reached out and placed his hand on her forehead, and shook his head after half a minute:

"There is no curse, but it is just a rough perception, and I can't be 100% sure."

"Okay, next."

Four people from the Bennet family came, and it was difficult to get close to the eldest daughter, but the remaining three stood together.

So Miss Winslet took Shade to greet them directly:

"Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Bennet, it's been a long time since we last met."

The witch said enthusiastically, and the couple turned around when they heard the voice and recognized each other, so they both showed a surprised expression:

"Ms. Winslet, good evening. Are you staying in our hotel again? I'm sorry, I didn't have time to say hello."

Mr. Bennet said:

"Tomorrow I will have someone send you a bottle of good red wine, which was given to me by my friend in Willendal."

"Mr. Bennet, you are so polite."

Even though she felt disgusted, the witch still replied with a smile:

"It's the eve of the Moon Dance Festival now, you must be very busy, and I also want to thank you for the room you reserved for me. Oh, I forgot to introduce him, this gentleman is my distant cousin, and he came to Vista City with me this year to attend the Moon Dance Festival concert."

She didn't say Shade's name, but the couple still greeted Shade enthusiastically.

Thomas Bennet is indeed the kind of modest and cautious country gentleman that Shad knew. 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 kind of "decency" that is difficult to describe. Shad does not hate this. On the contrary, he has a good first impression of him. After all, he is very polite to him.

As for Mrs. Bennet, I don't know if it is because I have heard a lot of negative comments when I learned about her from other channels. This woman in her forties, whose wrinkles cannot be covered by makeup because of her age, seems to be a little too flattering to Miss Winslet.

According to what others said, she probably cares more about Flora Winslet's "Winslet family" origin rather than her identity as an artist.

Of course, this may also be because Shad himself looks at people "with tinted glasses".

As for Philly Bennet, who has always been with her parents, she is the second daughter of four sisters. She is 20 years old this year and can be regarded as an unmarried girl. The unmarried girl is said to have inherited her mother's appearance when she was young, so she looks pretty except for some freckles.

However, when she talked to Miss Winslet, she kept using honorifics, which made Miss Winslet and her parents seem to be of the same generation. Shade could see that this made "Miss Owl" vaguely unhappy.

"So, is it possible that Miss Winslet is a little older than Carina?"

After shaking hands with Thomas Bennet and standing side by side for a while, Shade confirmed that he had no curse on him; then Shade found an opportunity to contact Mrs. Bennet and Miss Philly Bennet alone, and also did not detect any traces of curse.

As for Jane Bennet, who was left, during the dance session 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 in public to hide his hands, and quietly contacted the 21-year-old lady in the sound of the music of the dance.

This move was quite risky, but fortunately no one discovered it, and the [Red Butterfly Illusion] was still very trustworthy. And Shade concluded that Jane Bennet also did not have the time curse.

So far, the only ones who carried the time curse were Baron Cumming and Cumming Jr., the "conjugated father and son", and the next investigation will focus on them.

PS: Until now, British law still allows cousins ​​to marry, especially in the Victorian era, so this is not an intentional exaggeration.

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