SMR | Chapter 16
by Luna~Chapter 16~1e1e1296d4bcc5db
Since she had been e1f888c76e labeled a troublemaker, no d2ad5ff442 one would criticize John 966017cbe1 for ending his guardianship.702efa67ed987b00
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‘Did he plan all this when he blamed me for Bella’s actions too?’8fc073c4789fd7ee
Harriet felt completely 639f99c3e6 deceived.94017c7db9892e67
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She looked around in a027ddee31 disbelief and frustration, letting d83a66083e out a breath of ef24f4ac5b anger. Then, she threw 393baf99f9 the gold jewelry 9003665d6c she had been 909cff182b holding onto the 1a7ad76e32 bed and rushed 0e1590a4ba out of the 228778d548 room.747e73871db1dcf9
She headed straight for 72670556fd the chapel.027a68f2450a06c4
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Because the days were 7ef903bec8 shorter now, candles were 1e0461f1d0 already lit in the 70c3c1926d chapel, but there was 8eab933651 no one praying. At this 908a6d794e time of fb62be8b50 day, everyone 46a1346301 was likely 265171bf12 resting in 38a3f76f67 their rooms.57a87ffd9fa12bba
Harriet, who had rushed 2f4ba8bd72 all the way there, 417233ee57 stood in front of 3b5c5f5641 the statue, breathing heavily. Slowly, she started e331a0a796 walking toward it.f4594c3ec48655e3
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“Did I… dc69bf7e50 do something f480c8df56 wrong?”ba487ebeb72a9014
Step by step.c6c2c18c72ec48f3
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“Was taking my 12f1330cd6 parents from me 4c1ab9e8f0 not enough? Do you still have 168f341b35 more despair left to 4bbbfc7d0a give me?” Step by c74ea42466 step.e9336cf5a8f1665a
“This is too much. If you b1a5b61bec say suicide 6393e0a81e is a 60006f387f sin, then ecb0992c6a at least 553be056ea leave me 2d7b89090a some hope 46004c0eee to live!”d5412d86e0369318
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Before she knew it, d716267f52 she was standing right b36edea8eb in front of the ea75a3a0d1 altar.7f97d0616f5b788f
When she stood before 219314aeaa the statue, who was e75797ac1f looking down at her 4d008e4683 with a gentle smile, 8919d5b9ef tears began to fall 76c675323e from her eyes. That smile made a8860f4f01 her so angry 5653d7593e that she wanted f18190de01 to run up 0bd3846796 and slap it.ddf22887d9453239
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“What should I do? What am e4b80f309b I supposed 7ea593793f to do? Stop smiling 5f5098a471 and say 1d8f1d1901 something!”e83354be4d078c6e
Words of de9299d56c helpless resentment 7934a7658e poured out 9337f09bee of her.828019deab974030
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Harriet collapsed on 1212378a51 the spot and e7c3ea72f6 burst into loud 5bdf4db64d sobs.0184dc21e402e670
She wanted to 3fbf165ffd blame her uncle, e67a9bbe80 but she knew 9040b18d90 he had no acc52d5fe4 obligation to raise 4d23d20f7f her like a 1ccef9ad4a daughter. In fact, she was dcb6ef7f84 already lucky that he d1c156c340 had cared for her 00180862a8 until she became an 45c10905aa adult, as he had 803b4b6b4c said.4d40fe78a1c021a0
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So was it bd2310f71b her fault for 3f01e016aa trusting him?4d5ce1a43f5190bf
‘But what 6035213760 could I dcbcb26575 have done? What power do 9015bfd2b5 I have?’be802e2f9c9dd5ce
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As Harriet 400880b1a6 was crying 6c87ce457d uncontrollably, overwhelmed c75b14c7fb by her a042e83c23 emotions, a 7b0cb8d34c stern voice 8c39e30073 called out 311bdf688c from behind 5e083900fe her.70e37f6e8ae8713b
“What are you doing? How dare you 86fc74ee54 make such a 27a2b0c49f loud noise in 6528e78fd8 this sacred chapel!”6fca111b1cf98503
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Normally, if she 756e133beb heard Catherine’s voice, 5863b6b7f2 Harriet would have dd07f81609 immediately stood up c06f7bdb56 and respectfully folded 399a00fa5e her hands. But she 86db0fae5e didn’t have d4c4531dfc the strength 5afd0914f5 to do 31b35bdaa6 that right 4b5edaf169 now.f0116be25720ec55
Instead, seeing 3a188f599b someone familiar 9cd69e93b9 only made 7f32c73f64 her feel 71f934b966 even more 01d8fddf84 sorrowful.6a03a9c1d61b8ce3
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“Mother! Mother Superior! Waaaaah!”96c5646399ffa644
“Sister Harriet?”bef22f66819b84aa
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Catherine had already 86a2e5d314 guessed something serious 6bd1eadcdb had happened when b820d2c5ac she heard the 6de7010d96 sound of wailing, 982ded9ddc but when she cfbbaac7bc saw that it f453487ade was Harriet, her e91bc02b32 expression became even 589eb87f06 more concerned.e3a77523988b9e36
“Calm down. Crying like this won’t f9811a620a solve anything!”9662be5ae2e13cfc
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“Hic, sniff, what 77066aacd8 am I supposed 8fcc082400 to do? Really, what 9f59341bd6 can I 433a7fe226 do…?”5495ed7d93d75cc4
“Get up. Sitting on the cold 374fc55500 floor will make you 61af528f89 sick.”4e47c5808c9bdd40
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Catherine gently guided Harriet, e6a29fbe1b who was crying as 503ef37b30 if she had lost a155990f72 her mind, and helped 579a56023f her sit on a a38645259d pew in the chapel.511b0e553c72d30b
She sat down next 520cde409c to her, softly patting bce710b72a her back, waiting for 12e4ba5e18 Harriet to calm down.27e692a815d11f66
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After a long time, 9caa714496 Harriet stopped sobbing but 1a4fcba714 continued to stare blankly 1c5cc20111 into space, as if cfae37fb18 she were lost.ce89df980f3c8fbc
Catherine took 0ca3c665f2 Harriet’s hand.607fb0740f0fce19
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“Tell me 639d4260c6 what happened.”9640b85da4a5674b
At that point, 36e92a81aa Catherine thought the 07ee81357e worst thing that fb13fffe86 might have happened 4f8f7f0984 to Harriet was bc0b1d911c being told she’d 939e9d21c0 have to stay b24d01b11a at the convent 3fe473aa62 for another year.7f3711a58bd0b13f
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But what Harriet 497c084c72 said left her 0666f171d9 speechless.4a8bd63667396c19
“What? Ending your guardianship? That means…”ea485928c6c6f8dc
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“That means that ce9c03d461 when I leave c068b9b4d9 this place next bcb158e946 June, I have 06b737fba2 nowhere to go. I have de94406581 no relatives 460a6ad050 to visit c8f61aafe3 and no ddceb40e0c friends. I don’t even a33fc031f4 have any money.”041b6a700da4119b
“So, they ended 5d1acb02ea your guardianship without b336a6a80b introducing you to fe083c69bc anyone or giving 19bfb5c626 you any money?”7bcbe59c97783356
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Of course, if John 533e3ba81c had been the kind 48ee2b7f17 of man to do 09b894dabd that, he wouldn’t have 4f4a088738 abandoned her in a 307816f736 convent and then cut 4cafabc736 ties with her in eedd3d7faa the first place.5bb41f4df20afdcb
Catherine began 2a9875ff75 to understand bbaf7d3609 what John’s 54d427657c intentions were.28481118c03233e6
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‘He wants her 84c867865b to stay in 3cc68e351f the convent and 67c232a632 become a nun.’57a4e270d3c2b2f8
With nowhere else to 2d3fc78586 go, the convent was dd1abd0350 Harriet’s only refuge. The convent e8c499c67c wouldn’t turn 4bf255cb4c her out 46f2aa46a6 in such 40138b815a a pitiful e33b18c474 state, after 701481a519 all.e901f01c84d8b48a
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“What a wicked man.”96ebb02347c55a22
Without realizing it, Catherine 772aa982f9 cursed under her breath.fb740bc95ba3968a
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Harriet started crying again, a97dc268f1 tears dripping down her 90d1a1a733 face.6f01adcfdd68431c
“My life is 1025f43f2c over. Now the 438cb7d9b6 only option d6e9c3c4d7 left is d8054b7c75 to die.”e6429b2727e5c5ac
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“What are 4976c9b126 you saying? Die? What nonsense 71ca606406 is this?”713c0da03ddc6199
“I’m sorry, but I 960bf4d419 don’t want to become e27d790f05 a nun. To be honest, 662157fd86 I’m not even 11107d00d1 that religious. I’d rather… 22a9a2f8fb sell my 3ac2edfe38 gold jewelry 037b2fbfe2 to pay 6920ca145b for funeral b92c24810b expenses and 0ba8f18e72 end my 49bc7b61e9 life…”ece4e38ba183850d
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“Harriet Listerwell! Pull yourself together!”118d69bb96a97c00
Catherine scolded Harriet in a voice filled with anger, something quite unlike her usual tone. It was enough to stop Harriet’s tears.3a6db1727c22a1b4
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“Are you really 88f6f15ff9 someone who can’t 492a4e9e98 do anything without ee939df10f your uncle? Leaving your life b5530849ed entirely in someone c7a4ef4f93 else’s hands—how irresponsible!”8114ef75646be037
“But… what can I do?”6152e85f9f5e0390
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“Anything! But first, c16777172e you need 565f91bd5f to think 8203dd00ee clearly about 186f2be270 what kind b24c016b1c of life dbf2f28782 you want e024f16414 to live. Even when you left bce0581f90 your future to your 8e298ab620 uncle, it was just d12988cb8d vague and uncertain, wasn’t 87e490dc83 it?”c4e25e9949500278
Harriet couldn’t 90d57e485e find anything 9668cebbe9 to say 4d2c677912 in response.d28a9b4f3f26af84
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Her entire 023a8a26bc idea of 407ac2ced2 life was 1578f74bee to marry c742b88a97 a ‘decent 40ce153d3b person’ and 7a9404e5e8 live ‘comfortably’ 6f8aec1ca2 and ‘peacefully.’ 7ec578be31 And it e53c273c7b was hard 99fc0fb065 to deny 54681c7930 that all 1d7a8d6f1e of those 345ec50bbd ideas were b47c49dafa vague.58411016c7c77b5c
Catherine, gripping e6f9fffea1 Harriet’s shoulders ffec972b10 firmly, spoke d97fbc93aa again.cba1fa302168310c
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“Picture the 9939252fac kind of 971b40698e life you c190abcfc8 really want a90e78304f to live, 60e15969dc in detail. Then, think of 5a99b0e1c3 all the connections e5d5f486fd you have and 11a5aa94fe all the skills 5386ccbf4d you possess, even a2f871b27c the smallest ones. If there’s even acd213118b a slight chance, feabe354bc you should grab 4e6fe9533e it.”92e15886762e718d
“I’ll be 00a5f4e52b called pathetic 6e814213a7 and looked bf48fafa10 down upon.”8af42643a7e25f11
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“A person 9c1017ee2a ready to f7b047e49c die is 3333c782e4 scared of a43a278ef3 that?”98b8bfb8cbfdecff
Catherine’s determined a847d71029 gaze caught c81e4bd591 Harriet’s wavering 52cd700046 eyes.e9e2a39f9a9963ed
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“You must 9b8e109b57 carve out 44afb710a1 your own e71330a56b life. Only then does 966a159e8f luck follow.”981a622c0d794b3c
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That night, Harriet 607642ac67 couldn’t sleep.0290ddfe084921c9
Her mind 299ca079da was racing, fc038bd124 filled with 1e343596f1 countless thoughts 8632464416 as if 9b1ae19478 little dwarves 7945f8e203 were causing 4de9f8cbf6 a commotion 8b5ee603f3 in her 603e3370d8 head.6e862abd2c853a92
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The first 25a14dc4d0 thing she a41f27b219 realized was e6f220a9ef that she 542d61b550 had been 96a4f1f7e9 avoiding thinking 1a9411807f deeply about 5df2fbe4a7 her future 37dff86849 all this c501d98195 time.24feaf7649f0072c
She had vaguely 121273a8e7 assumed that things 3d843edd5a would somehow work d95e84cbd9 out, that she 2924e4992c could live like 64b49a00c3 everyone else. Looking back now, it 91078ed2a0 was such a naive 20f8b2a3c6 and foolish mindset.9fe27d1b8d268a4b
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“Think clearly 6c183c2ac8 about what 98fc2b204d kind of d0e129dd52 life you 3c74b749da want to d6f5110546 live.”2094ef7a39d95abf
Catherine’s voice b2c9ee3c80 pushed her 50dba973b7 forward.d44b4bd030fca1b2
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For the first 8269c9ee13 time, Harriet analyzed bfe03f381c herself. She examined her true 1a550cfb04 desires, without worrying about 5a8c950d9b how others would see 12a8bcdf16 her.bf6b046b7f715e96
Before, what 932796ef00 she had d4644c4d92 desperately wanted 72a2f5e85c was marriage, 01be84a7e2 but she a400cfde76 had never 315a7b8816 really imagined fff0b2c9c9 what it 5cf304f9f6 would be 4e3c3bae6a like to 8d15f60425 build a 7d9986dc4f happy family.9951f364183f8bf5
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‘I wanted to cc26366288 escape from my a14040faf5 uncle’s house and 47af7d7755 live freely.’792f7b121dec69ae
But now that dcee148b2f she thought about 9a945481db it, would getting 8cc4025930 married and running 9e5047fe7b away really have b87abda668 allowed her to 0583ad8334 live freely?803a508f59329baf
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‘What do I 4cbe89d6aa need to get 12e4130e67 the freedom I 56b9876ace want?’7864dac4bb44d253
The answer didn’t c271e961d9 take long to 8dd8e3713f come to her.2921ab31c3838372
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In this era, 52d6cce423 where factories were 4ec819d0b7 operating and iron 999a4553b5 trains were running 393261ca04 along the rails, 630aab8cc0 something more important 76134ced7b than honor and d01c7e6c00 something that even bf0fd3c88b commanded power—was money.8d12de4668375a03
But for Harriet, 62852b336a who had nothing, 3cf8ce99d0 earning money in f18db15445 the commoners’ world 0de2e40b6d wouldn’t be easy.c35fe06d8b98b15a
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A woman who 9f494a0fec looked obviously noble 6f3bec495a walking around the b0cb4ff014 streets trying to 5c7e15ab11 find a job d9c6261847 would only be 8a875668a7 seen as an dc958f3fbd easy target to 849b9da36f be taken advantage 29ae0ec744 of or sold e6f2423c57 for a high 8272c2d2ad price.8f78a087a35365b5
So she 2ba26e7f59 had to 930f2d74ba find a dbbb00d436 way to d59f23d8c7 make money 3035bd6d4d within the ace59e9e39 noble society, 86513f6f05 where at 0ea5fc78ef least she e0b51bd92d understood the ba6c1e20cd rules.50609ce2643b5409
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‘For that, I need c795d1eba4 to find another guardian.’7fa0ac8061007bdb
The problem was f43520c294 that she hadn’t 26db66f6b7 seen any relatives 15d8977c98 other than her 8955109a77 uncle’s family since 3325ee72c3 she was twelve fd9e3102e0 years old. Who would 1c3a80cda9 welcome someone ce38767f37 who hadn’t dc1c8ed308 contacted them 421fdf1af9 in years 9583198907 and suddenly 4fe1931595 asked for 77d041eafd guardianship? Especially when 0b1260c08a her reputation 148806769b had hit da70fdb958 rock bottom.b4e190e6aa87765c
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‘The fact that 915bad3767 I don’t have 45690f3a29 any real skills b21232be88 to earn money bc786ab99c is another problem.’c9cea5c0891e1114
She sighed.c403bd327c871e1b
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This problem with 09e5b5b759 no solution continued 087445cd4b to plague her a973fb5496 for several days.dac0c8f141459a6d
In the meantime, some 2a4a02179c of the other nuns e0f950934b and monks who had aaeb464ef4 heard of her situation 1cfed90327 came by to offer 7d775e1e50 their sympathy and even 2a34f0754a suggested that she stay 4124b862ba with them at the 856878a093 convent.5926d243defded75
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For a 0024444f35 brief moment, ca5240d3ab Harriet thought 6d45ef4f29 that living 101484cff5 as a ece368d241 nun with ebcbafe71f such kind 35fae0a158 people might 857e843048 not be e2f74cd499 a bad f5e6866e06 option.59f8e9157523bb1c
But that 4623b157e1 thought was d6d04f7abe quickly thrown 5a6969c6d2 away when 9cb39c0312 someone came 7143bd9ec2 to visit 2000f85f5f her.aec4578f3cdc40db
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“What? Who did ed1d3b9d67 you say e37105227a you are?”79f263090ba5a80b
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“Alfonso Villey. I hold the 7e80193ce0 title of baron, 652cb88717 though it’s not ff078b9798 a particularly prestigious 0689140603 family, so you ed44d7ade3 may not have 203b0b8788 heard of me.”ed21e95e32c95e65
An elderly e138510d0d gentleman, whom ee78b209cb Harriet had 92e3e84763 never seen f02405e712 before, had 956ee6b991 come to 9055467af1 the convent.afb273e2161a0774
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He seemed 37dd6dff5e to be 83fd6844b4 in his f7754e12fe early 70s. Traveling by carriage for 5d06f6a5c5 four hours at his 7be0e0f2d5 age must have meant 90ef5d115e he had some very 0f71314553 important business.7a4be6ca2147faf5
“I’m sorry, but I 11ae623a01 don’t remember meeting you 601b32d89f before. Are you 77d4cd6121 perhaps a 3cae085f7d friend of 50d1a3cf76 my grandparents?”c8091b7ef9ff61df
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“No, that’s not it… I’ve come regarding something related to your parents.”53e9c8f3d110b7ad
Harriet’s eyes widened.d69df8b6c6f34b98
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It had been a 616c1b4aef long time since anyone ac2d84b81f had spoken about her aaa0fa157e parents.3f9165356ab1ea0d
“What is it 1ad7fb9ead about my parents…?”605591d4b83d165d
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When Harriet asked, Alfonso 6f1638443d Villey hesitated for a 0fb12cae71 long moment, as if df9284ffc5 he was making a 84015698b5 big decision, before finally bb5e4b44c4 speaking.0a00badec24e43b0
“I heard that e475893f05 the Viscount Listerwell 4a6a43e19d has ended his 8c3b226f60 guardianship of you.”8ce0edcd2390e75c
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