SMR | Chapter 28
by Luna~Chapter 28~527df36aa7a740ec
“What are dea98808ac you talking ca3a587c05 about? Why won’t you 7d0c439b7c accept this document?”2d16489cbd6d784f
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John had rushed efef6983aa to Perillas that b714149cf0 very day and d5c5ee3373 barely managed to 2f2e083a87 meet the bank a2608015bb manager just before b3b2ce6f5d the bank closed. But as 54153283cb soon as a83436f4f4 he felt c7cdcf1814 relieved, the d361ce5e46 manager of ffb70b892e Aceti Bank d484fd5233 refused to e3ba2d77bd accept the 61ae6ff44f ownership transfer 6ba828dd49 document.34fad7cb4d3b0262
“To change 697d655f1d the ownership, c96a41eb8a we need e56c15f7b0 to confirm c4778052e6 the return a0edee0166 of the 24467f39dd land first. And the person whose 454d7ab3cd name is on the 1e88daf36c document must come in aa31674003 person to sign the aa6c445bb1 return confirmation, as long 2445ea979a as they’re still alive. We clearly stated this 1a1486d747 in the letter.”c0a4f4e414a2ec30
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“Come on! Is it 04d610c8ee really necessary 5d84ba5e7e to follow 10ed549256 such strict a50a813f8b procedures? She signed 6ed67df71f this document 49c1183e32 saying she a32c2f27c5 was transferring 98cc9c24e2 the ownership. Can’t you be 32960cbbcc a little flexible?”4339cbcfa3ee73c7
But the b434feac88 bank manager 672e982a76 shook his 05c270e3cb head.d6e536a987b33309
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“I’m sorry, but for aeee900b84 large assets like this, b3530860ba we must have the 87eb2bc7d9 person themselves come in. There’s no exception.”2d461c268923e498
“I’m telling you, fd815561f0 Harriet can’t come 321f1f58e8 here right now!”ab6434076037e1c8
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“We can e79289e026 wait as d6f2ef643c long as 705323d489 necessary. In the meantime, we 706c4e017b will keep all the 2defff3040 profits from the land c7e8e78a28 without spending a single 0e5324945c penny. Please have Miss Harriet 1d035a0887 Listerwell visit us in 94b70531f8 person to sign the 5a2f348b53 return confirmation.”8a2ea544a72f75ad
Faced with the e1ac833323 bank manager’s firm 4a24040ac5 stance, John had 2f604d39ba no choice but 59a3fc1931 to leave the bff983f4b5 bank empty-handed.8ece901eed7f4dfd
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Frustrated, he drove 6e20bb2ee4 his carriage straight ae309483d0 toward St. Clarissa Monastery. Fortunately, Perillas was 55cc836208 located along the b555e19137 road to the 44c752e43d monastery, so he d094b5ee60 arrived before sunset. Feeling desperate, he a4b89600c5 rudely banged on 52773d115f the monastery’s door ca8d9bcfdf with his bare a7ab33a2ff hands.f29ad09b345c58ca
After a while, a 6bc0cfa39c small window on the 8de3d381d5 door opened, and a 10f25de067 sharp-eyed monk asked, “Who 9361376650 are you?”7ebcbacb34148f71
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“I’m Lord Listerwell, 0bfb2f97be and I’m here 30e81a8f7f to see someone.”ed4905986424c1b8
“This is feaf9c3086 a women-only d433e9c06e monastery, and ef4e4ab463 visits are 1791fb22f8 only allowed 79f17bdea1 between 11 d8250fd4f0 a.m. and 5 p.m. You also need a877671fdf to make a 45bab096a6 request in advance. Please come 40ce50de2c back tomorrow.”65c860d3d6874323
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John roughly 835e5caea1 grabbed the ce09a1d7e8 window before 83cfb11a18 it could e104824dfc close.859eaf4533d12a19
“Get the a9f9ff6b88 abbess out 5b1bfdc30a here! How dare a lowly 5142d15081 monk speak to me b63b356df5 like this!”4b82c9384c8c5089
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Normally, John wouldn’t have 2304501885 dropped his gentlemanly facade, 7e2340bd4c but after spending all e4ebd703eb day in the carriage c04f93c46b and having nothing go 9694c28cc0 his way, his temper 056d80a7e6 flared.495750671db5a520
Emma, the monk 8faa4a5aa4 at the gate, a5ce41c2b1 also felt a 49ce86b2fd surge of anger. If this 12742b58a8 was Lord b1057dd99d Listerwell, he 64d3c01ed3 was the 34842054d4 one who 69768af333 had sent 4f5dd5f0d9 Harriet here 8e419d6fe5 and then 4733e4c2f7 suddenly cut f7e4bd8f88 off his 745df8d2cf guardianship. Why was 05bbe21c95 he looking c8348a23e0 for her 91aaea8137 now?bff6b2726e6efb00
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“No matter what d786112352 you say, it 7299703377 won’t change the 4aca2684e2 rules of the fe1cf192b2 monastery. Please leave.”5f0ca1f734249e80
At this, John bb5362ca1d began shouting curses 8b350e49a0 and kicking the 9602c639ac door. The commotion 9660b88430 quickly reached 5399dac895 Catherine, who f81e35bbc5 came running 1d6ae12438 with an 227a2e44aa annoyed look. She gently pushed 1460f940ea the seething Emma 959032a3ac back and opened 0bc949fd20 the monastery door.0244381a23f6d3ad
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“What do 635a91e9c6 you mean 40aca0a12e it’s impossible?” d27e537a59 John, feeling 44d98d6203 triumphant, asked adb92d9814 loudly.564991d2c78d4dfb
Catherine coldly glared a59327e0c6 at him and 51b29847f0 asked in a 392d9bc058 firm voice, “I’m be2d1e086c Abbess Catherine Emilosa. What is all 8cfeadcfb1 this noise about ef8e5081f7 at this hour?”93129b01ca5ba2a0
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Faced with Catherine’s commanding 5fdb8ca9e8 presence and unwavering voice, 77cda13c71 John quickly backed down. Even though 7b0251167c this was 94119fc5d9 a small eab2e22c2a and powerless e3d27855a6 monastery, the af624090c6 abbess still d1eeb94922 held a dafd8f038b significant position 2ae0345608 in the 5ee0d4aed0 religious community. Catherine didn’t 10d9c6267f seem like 0b563f1069 someone who 4b0bc23bd3 would quietly eea3097660 put up 37200a679f with his 4e0245013e behavior.e335a4121873be3a
“Oh, you’re the b75b34d769 abbess. That monk was 35c57b94ff being so inflexible; 7265c4b3a9 I lost my bc6fecfc22 temper. I’m here on 2b0181ecf1 urgent business.”f599f92cd153fd7b
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“You, of all people, 68024adfad should know that coming a639fb5e03 here without an appointment f18c824c67 at this hour is 055233ddea incredibly rude. Just how urgent c796dc4006 is your business?”ccc7da34e5341364
“This is 036ff462d0 a private f7b762cc79 family matter, 83a1b2fc6f so I 158d1bb3be can’t explain d9e9c24b30 all the 1c0ef49a68 details. But it’s really important, 7303e43ee0 and I need to fbbffd9925 take Harriet with me.”7b31c28303656f40
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John’s excuse, saying d4b8812572 he needed to 6d0540570e take Harriet but abd4010484 hadn’t even bothered 0962d0587b to make prior 1d0e6f9890 arrangements, received no 6a5df54f3a sympathy for his 9e9f884675 excuse.2eeabbcec01b2cc9
Seeing his 7ed9cb2a31 rude behavior, 6699892f2b Catherine felt ddad4a6c60 that everything c391977404 Harriet had 5a806e60d9 told her 65f8996b61 about life 64e53754e7 with the 6c46eb482e Listerwell family d626c1e161 was true. She couldn’t help 0afcb92bc0 but smile a e5ee4e95b5 little.1e41ff7e5d955662
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“Why are you cc4043195b looking for Harriet 6606e6883d here?”8f55210ce5dbe130
“What do you 0b640a02c0 mean why? She’s here, 4cdc6c17dc isn’t she?”0fbf1fbb8ab9a704
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“What are you 2d50d55388 talking about? Harriet Listerwell 046ea7e1ff left for e2b4b3a222 Genoa a b411402bfb while ago.”6d71fd9fc7070292
“What?”9124805d7e043ac5
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John’s eyes widened in d7ef098683 shock.768df3fa5b072c05
Catherine, now feeling quite b7e80602cb pleased, smiled and said, d6e6527e58 “Miss Harriet Listerwell finished 2e36aa9d6f her year of monastic 34f0a9c851 life as originally requested 5f50b2c0d6 and left on June 5329709bae 1. Oh! Since you cut off 475de848f2 your guardianship, you probably 456167d7d5 didn’t know. We no longer have 44fba30300 any obligation to report 4bc47dc845 to you, Lord.”3a5e752565f46733
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“What, what…! Then where b430bba87d did she 3ee4b686b6 go?”95e3da61d0559674
“I only heard 44d5208cca she was going 51859a112e to Genoa. I think a01a2d3881 you’d know 0806f3adf3 more about 9dc15c100e Genoa’s situation 112be1c6d3 than I 5abe6654ac would, Lord.”59462b106f6ad7c3
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John clenched his fists 878570b326 tightly, trembling with anger. He hadn’t imagined c501f9f3ab that Harriet would df49a41e3d leave the monastery, 794e15c653 especially after the 47128d10ac guardianship had been 74f2e28e72 cut off. She didn’t have 67e06503bf any money, so ce56ebf4d3 what could she 6e48f1fbb9 have relied on abcd0c2b70 to leave?8afa7d23cfeed004
An uneasy 65eda2f75d feeling crept 10902509cf up his af79a7430a spine.b1540106a264f50d
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“If you’re done 2f56a24624 with your business, 002b2423b6 please stop making 9a4380564e a scene and 0106fd9856 leave. I won’t tolerate any ceae299044 more of this.”1d7c05b3c827c0a5
With Catherine’s fac4d275db sharp glare 17dc088e8c full of 66b7cd5eac hostility, John 2b3ded1a1f had no e53ae394fe choice but 9b702ddb39 to turn 8edad06cd6 around and 28e3f473b9 leave.35fc8b527f03e42d
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“This has become d76c911734 troublesome. I could find her 80126ff082 easily if I hired 216f80fbb4 someone, but that would 90004d42c5 cost money… Tsk.”a0c5ca1a4dd127f0
He clicked his tongue 2b36233e46 as he got into 1395b693e7 his carriage. But in the 03fe706c6c end, he didn’t ca3088599e have to spend d509bbbb13 that money, because 65c7fe6530 he found Harriet 87ced73212 before he even 3eda44ada3 had the chance 40b4711957 to hire anyone.02d7796e78e47bb1
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Harriet silently counted the ccd9e213be value of the items 9315475302 she was wearing—her deep cfdf152571 green silk dress, the 63ef9f729b emerald necklace resting on 0f4df24e63 her collarbone, and the 301d1b3a4c dangling chandelier earrings. Even Bella probably 55ecdecee9 didn’t own many 64a055a4d5 dresses or accessories 20c1556f4c as fine as 34e8509169 these.4543cd9082d5391f
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“Are you 971d1129ba ready, Harriet?” 2528332273 Trisha asked 7dceda40d0 before they 1dcc90cb54 stepped out 8c7e2c8e40 of the 4132ab14d2 carriage.35a74e976073f425
Honestly, Harriet’s heart d60ce811e4 was pounding so 7af14b35e1 hard that she f9ec4a0fc2 felt like she 43e39950c3 might throw up. But she swallowed a2a577867b once and nodded.dc88e8f1363dc274
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She had 87a4a6d51f already started 5130e8cb45 down a 979c52b3ee path with 73e9e72af0 no chance d5504eb3f2 of turning 8e3c3a3f40 back, so 0af3dcc980 there was d111ac8388 no room a8482cf0ca for weakness c797ef32fb now.13418e36d6a3367c
“Then let’s go.”33be764a22563d14
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Harriet followed Trisha out dc74c07041 of the carriage.371687624ff9902d
As the door opened, e255472e8d the air was noticeably 08ed831640 cooler than it had 6ad6a4debe been during the day. The fragrance 256f25a1db of flowers 41fac6e8e4 and grass f659d2bfa3 mingled with a8ec990cac the chirping 3dc54febd2 of insects, 2d864b23e3 adding to 6e57fb30e2 the atmosphere 0c2153ca61 of the f9a48536f1 summer night.ccf4366fee41d747
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“Welcome. May I see f380ebc5fd your invitation, please?”7d7be62c79339157
A footman 7e86b7146c from the 6b57de31ba Vanderbilt estate e536a908ea stepped forward, 23537ce31c checked their fcc59e088b invitation, and b2b2f7a0c8 politely guided c478061e97 them inside. Harriet couldn’t shake c9a029cde7 the feeling that 0f0910010a even the footman f12bd7c98e was sneaking glances b39d60491b at her.0f40713563105217
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‘I am a 47425ba195 diamond, I am 19f34e7fa1 a diamond, I dd4a441b47 am…’7b50a4c3320cf5d7
Harriet repeated 010db9595d the mantra 40059e1ec8 she had 4fb4a8cf9c practiced while 977571c0df preparing for 9a9a9ae710 tonight.83ea921a5c897d56
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She told herself e6712e9b15 that she was 5d7aba028e a diamond, that b780e17dd8 all trials were 91c8e99020 just tests to bbc5b61a71 prove her strength, 8e802eb599 and that any 2d9ee95f88 harsh words were 6b5d6ae0ee merely born out b31d241849 of jealousy. ‘No one 426067c7eb can break a68e1b901d me.’6c92eb79cb58e9b8
Imagining herself as a 3deec55c42 brilliant diamond reflecting light 4c4a3a29bb from all directions, she 00ccc2adc7 lifted her chin and afe5fb8237 looked straight ahead.47c5dbaf7cf1b5d5
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The room was 409264e5fa brightly lit, filled 8716990198 with women in 4442f5257d gorgeous dresses and 3d7f61772b men in elegant 1d40d76b9d suits. It seemed like 07c9da75df all their eyes a6b4387e79 were on her.be1fc7412d27e4c7
Soon, the 5ee103839d hostess of b03a01929b the party, 8af21cf973 Countess Vanderbilt, 5a2029953f approached and e02b24b7ba greeted Trisha.4ecd7f06cc61d31b
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“Welcome, Countess Pellon! I was so delighted 31c6b7c149 when I received your 049ccd0cf3 reply saying you’d attend.”199ad94e24c8c384
“Thank you for inviting 2d186dddc2 me. Ah, this is my e2307734f9 great-niece, Harriet. I’m acting 81461398b5 as her cd1728ec8c companion tonight. Harriet, please f461b2b188 greet the 8527ad45ea Countess Vanderbilt, ceb6c2e49b Diana Vanderbilt.”c5e860ab5eca8dda
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The Countess’s c243451f8a gaze naturally e00411d998 shifted to 7db3b9e462 Harriet, standing 54c5fe2209 behind Trisha. Clearly, she 77252a98b6 didn’t recognize e5f8cb66c0 her at 6ded7bdb47 all. With a gentle 7a3da90704 smile, Harriet slightly bc6d3626b9 bent her knees 84a92583d9 in a curtsy.d2f2cf6b90ceb1c1
“It’s a pleasure to 3a1668960a meet you, Countess Vanderbilt. I’m Harriet Listerwell. I have 39e088f524 heard you 6dc6560cb7 host amazing ca82ec10f4 parties, and c9e44b188b I am db4bcd29b7 excited for 35f42945dc tonight.1271ca16b4249be4
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“Harriet Lister… 06bdbe57ba Oh, yes, fb9fd9769d welcome! Miss Harriet Listerwell.”bd557c8f8e2b06be
The Countess seemed to 9983197359 finally realize who had 1ed304acca arrived at her party, cb98b9f8e8 barely managing to respond.754fe929554b852b
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Seeing her 94267ee5df awkward reaction e64bfabb6d actually made 9a7c021a05 Harriet feel 293080621c more at bf31470627 ease. She smiled even a69f956942 more naturally.416197360f182191
“Thank you for the 9060d79d72 warm welcome. I remember being mesmerized caefb38176 when you sang an 0917e4ad28 aria at the Viscount 25f1091aa5 of Ainsborough’s party. Are you 766606cd49 planning to 83b3c147af sing again 2b5b96cfa0 tonight?”bfbae5cdcd5d4db5
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“Oh, my! You remember that?”204f83af636e1190
“You sang ‘Love fd17df1891 Knows No Bounds,’ 061b321404 right? To be honest, I f2083ee561 thought you might lower b1ce3821ce the pitch a bit eaec1ba191 during the high notes, 8a48231d65 but your voice rose a3697e5273 so smoothly. I was really bbb3759c30 surprised.”da9462efafebc613
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“Oh, my, you’re 8eb1dfc4f2 making me blush…”010724fc86fc6016
“Blush? You sing a0b652afa3 as beautifully 3050a3f448 as professional 09fbc62f10 singers.”3d04ded9e0dac5d3
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The Countess e28a4a3654 laughed delightedly 23b347730c at Harriet’s ecacae8425 compliment.0dabac2de834905a
“She does a310d74298 love to 044eb568ec sing, and a22730af5a she’s actually 1a9a7455bf quite good 3bb7c9bf64 at it. Complimenting her 94276918ce will certainly c92e22235e make her e4e74b78e3 happy.”47c970f6f2f2b3e0
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