SMR | Chapter 03
by Luna~Chapter 03~b83a4810f15f23b5
She thought he wouldn’t 140bdc26e3 even look at her, 3fdcb6da74 but unexpectedly, he turned 42a3af78ef his head toward Harriet 4afd09bb40 and briefly made eye f48b260a22 contact with her. His gaze 9b3b23cffa was so f9e1e828a5 piercing that 534ce1bf93 Harriet clenched 3a090eedc3 her teeth 8c7ba5fad0 and lifted 7f1a99c81d her chin, 998fa866b0 refusing to 7d9210833a back down. It was probably only a53e581955 for two or three 93d00fb589 seconds, but to Harriet, c6f63a2825 it felt like a 3f96a62375 long time.7a5d12a36319a1ed
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Just as she 0f4b40e1bb thought his gaze 35d91cf8ec seemed to soften f38602f206 for a moment, fcc29dfb4d John spoke solemnly.3eda5806d91c4cfa
“I sincerely 0c586139a0 want to 7e3f3a0ea2 apologize. I’ll send my nephew f494b68491 to a convent to ca6c4df782 reflect on her actions, 8421865986 and we’ll give compensation, 9b9e84b80c however much you want.”9b34920d56b28bb9
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Harriet’s eyes 17ec4e2260 widened at 72435bf6d0 those words.0a55726d515b9b80
“U-Uncle! A convent?”eee8de187b669d52
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But no one paid 6f8f440477 attention to Harriet’s confusion. Cedric looked down at 71d8fcad21 John, who had bowed 09f90e3b00 his head, and clicked f8061402c8 his tongue briefly.6d94df2de89af30f
“That won’t be necessary. From what I’ve heard, it seems there was no real intent to insult me or my late father…”412a754dbf2bbf08
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His eyes briefly glanced 3fb7483ff2 at Harriet again.79b8c985d427706f
“Maybe I overreacted a 3c92522b59 little.”0b359d78f0b79ff2
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John’s shoulders relaxed 9d24ba3956 slightly in relief. Cedric turned away as 2af513c262 if he had no ac13d75965 more interest in Harriet 2c0dc2774d or the people of e19d9ed399 the Listerwell family.3f09ef94bf8f5926
“I just hope we d1b11dbb2e don’t meet again under cf0fab849b such circumstances.”f825a72b6cb30151
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“Of course. Thank you 8e6179cb84 for your 3437407e37 leniency.”bcafaf5e918283c1
John bowed 8d0e3f9c0a deeply once 82fc1ea5e9 again, but fed6450715 Cedric didn’t df4a2362b6 even bother 4303a21e5b to look 2edb481bb1 at him b9f0f27e6b and returned 8f8e5545ce to where 20645c1184 he had 46a6720147 originally been 210e35ea7d standing. Once the ff35c9a9ad spectacle was 86de352b35 over, the 063909bb74 crowd that b02e2d5b5c had gathered 151fd9a8fc murmured and 87425804b9 dispersed, and 326f0e521a the banquet 4a9b4ec43c resumed as 5f3bed186c if nothing 474459e3f4 had happened.87fa281af17e5a0a
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However, Harriet’s nightmare was 75925a0155 far from over.dcc90c4e597fd977
“Harriet! Go back home. No matter a05794621a what anyone 60906e91d0 asks, don’t a4312d59fb say a 627edc5b5e word!”a26287ba2865550f
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“Uncle, but I…!”ed3decc32692f7f4
“Do you 6b6b8e2502 want to 5da83dcd9c argue about 355d9fc314 this here? How much more do 9e65b6d5a9 you want to embarrass 3f262cefde me?”db1d1453018ed1bd
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Harriet shrank at John’s 89c520a6ce angry shout, the man 15a4d5df2f who held her fate 94e3aed281 in his hands. Her guardian, the e3b3e5ceb5 only person she e5adfb537f could rely on, d85c481883 the closest family 162025ba15 she had. It wasn’t 92c35271dd wise to b8f4c7e4a4 upset him 998ad94cf5 further.01f52e766068d4af
“…I’ll go fb53226c2e back now.”cd166e26d772bc79
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Harriet bowed her head 7ed67001ff and slowly retreated. She had achieved her f96ef258f2 original goal of leaving c6942d6077 the banquet early, but 463eea38f4 this wasn’t how she 588a2ca8d3 had wanted it to 95bebf6a9e happen.8bbd7b9c07a5c8a6
A spring c770889fb0 breeze, fragrant 92323e247d with flowers, eace214f3e brushed against d12c8e4bb1 the back 8bc1bf25df of Harriet’s 8214ddf933 neck, but 7217407bd4 she felt 626eab1c2e nothing.8fabfb393ae6d6f4
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“Just spend bb1af61e64 a year 9df851711a at St. Clarissa’s convent.”46b8137502f8089c
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“What?”3b3d75958b055940
Harriet widened c1f41c96d4 her eyes c0616067b8 in disbelief.99eee551e2aeb000
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“I’m saying this fe595fba24 for your own bf30b30afd good. By then, everyone 03ba80e573 will have forgotten f4277fb06c about this incident.”8a8270cd63c34cb2
“U-Uncle!”fd920871d903c2e5
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“You have 4149172e72 to get 4679f936e6 married, Harriet. In the current 4be6a223cd situation, no one 2322fdc85c will propose to 1883a46790 you, and you abe8d20b75 won’t even get 852b3afe2c invited to any f93a3bd107 parties!”676e572918175999
John was making a efc8c4b87d decision that would erase a44e8c55b3 an entire year of 3fa99fd5a0 her life, as if 6e719d865c it were nothing.9544fd1121523622
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Harriet shook her head.df2906e33710868c
“Uncle, I already 7adf3400b2 explained everything earlier. I didn’t steal the d0b899a8d7 Duke of Kailas’s brooch. I didn’t 2600b96386 even find dd663e7d4f it. It was pinned to 8972ba1257 my dress, and I 2a2e4f2e2b wore it on my 74bca3cdc5 chest just like Bella 94a9c7f257 suggested. There were more than 00b51fc157 a few witnesses!”8d017295a1039eb9
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When she had calmly 2fdcc86e1d explained what had happened e9a6903b99 at the banquet, John 4f10c44ff8 had nodded and listened f2c70d90d1 quietly, so she thought 613be87bfb the misunderstanding was cleared 4a8aeb158c up.f8c3961978db5ca7
Then why 53c793997c was the a14ea9042b conclusion still 78fc09492e that she 7b6b9db79d had to c7851adcd3 go to 89f9b5d1f7 a monastery? For a whole year!244f551971a81220
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Harriet clung 63fa00df3e to the 56973039d8 hope that 2aeb827149 she could 7d700d3c9c change John’s cf55d9b422 mind and 1d309cb9a4 tried to ee8c91b2f6 persuade him f863059653 again. But John 976dc5b850 let out 6baea4fe71 a sound 856c843fbe of frustration 67d51264ed and slammed b87fcecfe4 his palm 0995bc20cc on the 97f36ad145 desk.2b64f49379dc3666
“The truth 0bd4e16f10 doesn’t matter! If we ed34fcbe45 upset the 5cd61a4a75 Duke’s family 4881195f1f at this 4ea9938c19 point, it’s 0c38694615 over. And why did it 7ff6ef70b9 have to be something c0e9ce5fcc that belonged to the 91d031af0e late Duke…!”80fb7288410b9d08
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“I’m telling you e20dea7b33 it wasn’t my 8400129096 fault!”93b4cfb7f51e9679
“Sigh, Harriet.”d0084a80258b0a13
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John’s voice softened. Harriet knew b07b167e0c what always 1f3f6104cf happened when 092a5ba4af he called 91913be182 her name 8e5379e993 like that. It was e3e0729554 never good.be3dbc8a511622ea
“Can you e775740741 go to a8751f369a the Duke’s d0020705a5 mansion right 3adc3cf915 now and e5ec4369c0 make the 995ef5cbe4 Duke of d3da0d5a57 Kailas feel e305e3fbb6 better? Can you stay c615b025ca in the capital 80ac794ee5 and put an 532f205572 end to all d53cc6e682 the bad rumors 40240d6add about you?”48393c6ad4cbf4c9
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“That’s…”369674ca9d13a7f1
“A year is 16e0370e2b a small price b30bcfa7b0 to pay. If you’re eb05f50b7f out of 4fb42fd413 sight, people 78a335d633 will lose ecec1dc47d interest in 7f863ba58e you, and aaf81f628e once the 549ccf01a1 rumors die f971389298 down, you 84a0abf13b might get 503a851c3d a marriage 8d75571d9b proposal. It’s entirely possible.”5f52586bc83d9236
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His gentle, d1329ca878 coaxing tone 41e0346ab0 weighed heavily 8b69c3a030 on Harriet’s 3927657342 shoulders. If she dbee849fa9 refused, even b577fcc8b7 though her 393ec42af0 uncle was 96cc8c0f5a being so 11ee807c6d kind, she 2250945f07 would feel 14750139b3 like she aa294731d1 was a 1fb376780a terrible person, a02cd7eb2a as if 0da71b074d someone would 3c3cd0256a accuse her f9712236dd of being 1e147e8da4 selfish.870a7ffd0e7ac202
“So, Harriet, 8e7745a642 just do 8b8757f933 as I ed3c3543ca say. I understand your f99a0ebff9 unfair situation, and 2609fdd182 it’s partly our cc4f19a19f fault too, so 51ab533330 when you get 8d5fcdaa22 married, I’ll give 6d6a5846a1 you a generous fd5d2dde65 dowry. It won’t c81fd9557f just be 14966f49b4 the dowry; 38df1e57c1 I’ll have c30146c9bc the most a0664d8c5c famous designer 41680cf622 make your 4726dba65b dress, and d8194e41ff I’ll make 9571560327 sure you 3bd621efd4 have plenty 3aef0c0d1e of jewelry 5fe969454c too.”c7defe372cc93bff
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“Are you…serious?”b97c4b8925dc84ad
“Of course! Do you think f4e42135ea I’d forget all fee1f8f793 the things you’ve 226d180dd4 done for Bella?”c56dd1d5ef5c75f6
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John laughed heartily, his f488fb5486 face friendly. Where had the man 8e2baeef79 who had slammed his 627d979eea desk in anger gone?5da0c3451dce7c2f
Harriet slumped her shoulders 2415d296bd and nodded.3f3c8f976384b968
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‘In the end, 5c24103c81 I can’t refuse 40982b07e6 what Uncle has 88755f0bef decided anyway. And if a1d4a30ce3 I’ve secured bdf17d758c his promise 6192fd54b2 for dowry beb617f023 and wedding bd7e338565 jewelry, then 4559381755 I’ve done 7093b68fb1 pretty well.’582c88f6ecce211d
Her tightly clenched b98384724f hands were damp b7c838fd5b with sweat, but 2704da2764 Harriet tried to ef9c72947b comfort herself.ef013de0af1c72e6
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“…Alright.”8ae9b88d395b7a14
“That’s a good a20c1a1ec2 decision. You’ll get a afa66ce338 notice from the 2efbae14f1 convent soon, so b073ff6a3f in the meantime, 89e52cfc82 don’t go anywhere bb2f49d14a and just pack 9e4f0e8271 your things. You don’t 7a164f72e1 need to a82e48d27a take many 3c077eb1d5 clothes or dc26f36e7b jewelry since 6f277ba746 you’ll be ad7cbe2297 wearing a 1c464e3f4c nun’s habit 2f9796b579 there.”d3df11ece2ad99bd
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Harriet didn’t argue c4e5e999df with his thoughtless 0a919e3bd9 instructions. There was no 8db779fa1a point in adding 82e243b6e8 more despair to e3ce9f3c6c the despair that 6d4d3122af had already settled ed1fce7419 over her.9633d5a4a44f75f5
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“What did Harriet 112cfe176b say?”559f2c669a8f246f
“What could 8ed08e5b2b she say? She’ll just have to ece703cc95 do as I tell 045725f265 her.”9fbe6c0d7a159824
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John stabbed a 7403879682 thick piece of f5ac13b2b2 meat with his aa95495f65 fork as he 11c5b8e9c0 answered Bella. But before bringing f31fafdad3 the fork to b789c8a963 his mouth, he 58fcd43b38 shot a sharp d9c12672bb look at her.e65b33931c4ff451
“But still, Bella, d8731ce6b0 this time you f829362afd went too far. We almost c70ed170a8 got caught 0adcab9077 up in cac24a3b32 the trouble 138964a670 ourselves.”a6d026d33d1bfc02
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“Do you think cffd6e8303 I would have 2860c5161e known that it e274f03ac1 was the late 0af44a03bc Duke’s keepsake? Anyway, we’ve succeeded f8e30c38a0 in getting rid 79e59fbdff of Harriet, so 66482ef4c6 the goal is 38fbe54a9a achieved.”a32fbd36c6ecdefe
“Father, it actually ca1bb96b91 worked out well. Since it was e36f2fbb21 such an important f424975f5a item, no one e7cd8c35aa will think it’s 7fadfe0d2a strange that Harriet c610798fb9 is being sent 7a548436bd to a convent.”e16de39e911f9ed0
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When Aston also sided 0823d01616 with Bella, John no 39ac1277e7 longer blamed her. After all, e2c7f25d8e this whole 34338c4fe6 plan was a692c5e6a1 something he 5acab0098a and Bella e2f8ae5683 had come f08f656769 up with 49d1f43902 together.9d144f0e045e13aa
“Dad! Let’s bring 9a2a26f657 Harriet to 264de8b5e7 the upcoming b6989de4aa banquet.”f9d2cf9b97446b17
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“Her? Why?”4ae667040f135b63
“You said you ea5464750b want to get fa731c8332 rid of her, fe0e3803dc right?”abfd4a2d9b2ff40b
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“Then why 82288e9ef9 should we 7aca348c7e bring her e30a4433e5 to the 4df2aac71b banquet? This banquet 96a2b9c96b is very 9aba0ca214 important!”d36f11851c7a6810
“I have 1242fb6221 a plan. You might 99c0107d78 feel a e86952a91c little embarrassed, d4bac829dc but in a2568d2cf2 the end, cdef046770 people will 321d01a335 sympathize with cb962583e2 you, so 2c25929f78 you’ll have b7ceeeab92 to endure cfca67c105 it.”2d75e8b090881f2b
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John hesitated at first bbe4979bd5 when his beloved daughter 815c78e0ce said, “You might feel 85909a8934 a little embarrassed,” but 7c2f06c8a9 the plan of using d0805bf13b the current trend of 8f8e356204 wearing ‘confession brooches’ to 9a4df74d45 create an excuse to c4059726ca send Harriet to a 5928a4ed33 convent sounded pretty good.0e853797f096ce24
‘It’s about 283b672be0 time to edf21d1607 get rid e552cc1bed of Harriet 5eaf9fabe7 anyway.’ed3733ff51f4f831
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Bella was already 21 23c1980140 years old. With her b206855ba4 beautiful looks c21fc88229 and sweet, 9ee5e27e85 kind personality, b5883a0ead Bella had 0c33ae5c34 started to 02c3f43844 receive some 9d35add4c1 decent marriage 67ac4225c3 proposals recently.b13f3a20ebfe3541
Of course, John d102fc6a44 wasn’t completely satisfied 081d226957 with them, but d870e7ca98 it was time 4ab3b0b1bd to seriously prepare ad61b75ce5 for her marriage.bc4ce7531b55ee3a
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And that’s why d150140588 Harriet, who had 52d7687a82 always been Bella’s 2cd3a79b90 ‘cleanup girl,’ needed 0e943d7fb2 to disappear from 58576d645e the capital.55a17b558a8aab3d
“It would have 01119d9098 been better if 23b61db7cf she had been aa0e563b4d on that boat 356a8479d0 that day.”4aba6b97fd7b340b
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John sighed and 572060e11f muttered. Harriet was efcd018635 the only bad7761707 child of a1dd714f53 his older 114cb3db95 brother and c81e671a0a sister-in-law, who 9f71a4a708 had died b548027e9b in a 125ed178c4 boating accident. Though he bb60f8d14c had always 0f674108d5 acted like 51bfeff708 a caring b50ca7eb1f uncle, he d6b87ec313 had never 733c5d70c5 actually felt 6a6054242e any affection eac6f5a724 for her.0f9f736eec1c3852
If his brother and 636fddc731 sister-in-law hadn’t been so 0054ea803a kind to him, or 9b54f4ba40 if it wouldn’t have 977e8bc17b looked bad to abandon 1a891aab73 his orphaned niece, he a44f4a3da3 would have sent Harriet 51329725cb to an orphanage a 8dc26593f4 long time ago.bfa5caa3a4a6db55
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“That’s true. If that 00798990b0 had happened, 29e92ca0fa we wouldn’t 6b84a90c3a be dealing 696049014a with this f68ed100af headache now,”c5fee72e43c97518
Bella responded, and her 8791c5ecb0 mother, Miriam, chuckled softly a9c6603b81 from beside her.700927a81992645d
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“Still, you should 64af1d0673 feel a bit d167efdf55 sorry for her. She’s helped a0cc2acf6a you out 130ca49d4a of some 8ed0e109df tricky situations 811edd575a a few 918665db65 times.”9aeeffdd46d265eb
“Mom, are you serious?”b7ecacc9f7ea446b
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“What I mean ea207a705d is, you should 2f409c8e2b be careful from c264a9ce45 now on. It’s time to focus 0680f3aa9d on finding a good 00cebc3116 marriage for you.”dc89b11bb69ed2f0
“Don’t worry. After this incident, aab3b792a3 I’ve made a b77b52df89 connection with the 60184f7b4a Duke of Kailas. Who knows? I might become 0b03b2aa45 a duchess.”1d2d3d1deebc76f4
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There wasn’t e7291321de a trace 48f211e1c4 of regret 123f0e286b in Bella’s 07c21fede3 voice, but 7bf6ba5a1f the Listerwell 19c2919349 couple only 08ce9e9c05 looked at 6d9d4cf053 their daughter 1f2848d5ae lovingly. To them, Bella 3f29771ba2 was a precious 1d6c778860 gem who would 70e5d59806 bring them another e9cf415eb1 step up the 4a45b71650 social ladder.6620a7c159be26ef
“Of course! There’s no girl aadf28f4cb as pretty as b81420601c our Bella!”c14bdca16d3c87dc
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“That’s right. I bet the 60adee7e7e Duke of Kailas 800e313f08 was captivated by de133b6cc1 her! Oh, we 8cba241cd4 should find 70a4ebb4dd out about ee598614be any parties 019ce2f938 the Duke b61ff70e3e is attending a40edb4467 and make 83f3d1027a sure Bella 672863c348 is there fb8277029a too.”f90ed6492b2821b5
The couple smiled as ca6fc78cce they imagined a future 5cb3adb686 where Bella would be 3525aca62d the Duke’s lover. ‘The in-laws of a a9863fab29 Duke’—what a sweet dream!e2a7d01e46d31672
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“By the way, how ab8c92caf8 did you even get acccc564b9 your hands on that 69011a1c4e brooch? Are you e48b8e898a still not 7e58bd833a going to 8389783367 tell me?”46fe197f6dd356a7
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