Jun 7, 2024
Alas, it reminds people that if they didn’t live in Laziwu’s house in the past, they wouldn’t know what real life is. Their house is really full of style and feudal atmosphere, which makes people stay in the Middle Ages. You are waiting for the car, and you will see six horses pulling the carriage. Every horse is coached, and every guest has a pen behind him during the meal.
He continued to shape how luxurious the family mansion was and how grand the banquet was. I suddenly became suspicious. I thought it was Eliot’s sommelier who arranged for Eliot to take the opportunity to talk about the luxury of royalty. He met Polish nobles when he was a guest at the castle. He couldn’t stop talking about it.
Another drink, Isabel.
Oh, I’m afraid to drink it, but this wine is so delicious. It’s lucky to drink it, Gray. We have to buy some bottles.
I asked them to send some bottles to the apartment.
Uncle Eliot, can you? Isabel said eagerly, that’s very kind of you, Gray. You have to taste it. It smells like freshly cut straw. Spring flowers mixed with thyme lavender will leave a faint aftertaste, which is very comfortable, like listening to music in the moonlight.
It’s really unusual for Isabel to talk like this. I wonder if she is drunk. After lunch, I shook hands with Sophie and said goodbye.
When will you get married? I asked her.
I hope you can come to the wedding next week.
I’m afraid I won’t be in Paris then. I’m going to London tomorrow.
When I said goodbye to the others, Isabel took Sophie aside and said a few words to her, then turned to Gray and said, Oh, Gray, I’ll go home later for a fashion show in Morinaud. I’m going to show Sophie the latest accessories.
Sure, Sophie said
The night everyone left, Susan Rouvier and I had dinner and left for England the next day.
six
Two weeks later, Eliot was at the Crabouliet Hotel. Soon after, I stopped by to visit him. He had ordered several suits for himself and took pains to talk about the selection of fabrics. I finally got in to ask Larry about the wedding.
Not done, he said coldly
What does this mean?
Sophie disappeared three days before the wedding and Larry couldn’t find her anywhere.
That’s weird. Did they fight?
No root, no quarrel, everything is ready. I’m also in charge of the bride’s marriage. They want to take the Orient Express immediately after the wedding. Larry didn’t understand the situation.
I guess Isabel has told him what happened.
What the hell happened? I asked.
Well, didn’t Isabel take Sophie to Morinaud after lunch in Leeds that day? Do you remember her clothes at that time? It’s really not decent. You didn’t notice whether a dress on the shoulder was cut well or not. Of course, the child is poor and can’t afford a wedding dress in Morinaud, but you know Isabel is generous enough to buy her a decent wedding dress. She naturally agreed that one day Isabel and Sophie would meet at the apartment at three o’clock in the afternoon, go to the jewelry store and try it on again. But Sophie came as promised. It was Isabel who had to take the children to the dentist. Sophie didn’t get home until after four o’clock, but Isabel had already left. She was impatient and went to Morinaud to choose a wedding dress. She hurried over to confirm it, but Sophie didn’t go. Finally, Isabel gave up and went home. They came to have dinner together late. Larry showed up at dinner and asked Isabel where Sophie had gone.
He called her apartment at a loss, but no one answered Larry. They wanted to say that they would have dinner later, but after waiting for a long time, neither of them had eaten properly. But you also know what kind of life Sophie lived before you met her in Lapp Street. How could you take them to that place? Larry spent a night traveling all over her former haunt, but he couldn’t find anyone. He went to her apartment many times, but the manager said that she hadn’t come back. He asked about her for three days in a row, but she just disappeared. On the fourth day, he went again.
Larry must be sad.
I didn’t see him. Isabel said he was sad.
Didn’t she write or leave a note?
Nothing.
I thought it over.
Then what do you think? I’ll say
An old friend agrees with you. She can’t help drinking again.
This is the most obvious answer, but everything still seems strange. I don’t understand that she chose to escape at this time.
So is Isabel okay?
Of course she’s sorry, but the kid’s head is clear that Larry won’t be happy marrying that kind of woman
Where’s Larry
Isabel has always been sympathetic to him, but the difficulty is that he refuses to talk about it. Isabel said that he never loved Sophie, but she married her out of pity, but she didn’t expect to make a mistake in judgment.