Mary also went over to watch the scene of bustle and saw that Daisy took out the entire suitcase of clothes and picked them out one by one, Mary couldn’t help but shaking her head. Lady Mary had an extremely shabby life, and Daisy didn’t even have to pick, almost every piece of clothes was old, and some of them didn’t fit. It should have been eliminated by those few ladies. The materials were also made of inferior materials, some of which were not even comparable to the servants in the royal palace.
While picking, Daisy was sad and she was about to cry again. Mary was very impatient, just at this time, Daisy took out a relatively new red dress, Mary took it and asked, “Why is this dress so new?”
Daisy drawled, “This was made in the second half of last year to make New Year’s clothes, but Lady Amy said it didn’t look good and didn’t want it. So, the side consort rewarded it to Lady Mary.”
So, it was someone else who didn’t want it!
Mary stroked gently the exquisite patterns on the clothes and sneered, “I see that this is the newest dress here, so tomorrow I’ll be just wearing this one.”
Daisy shook her head incessantly, “Lady Mary, you can’t wear this, it’s spring now, it’s time to change into a thin cloth. In a few days, the weather will be so hot that even the thin cloths won’t be able to be worn. Although this dress is very new, and the material is of the best quality, it doesn’t fit you very well, and besides, it’s for New Year’s Eve! The thick cloth it doesn’t seem like a good idea for Lady Mary to wear it out at this time, does it?”
Mary sneered, “Don’t worry about it; I will just wear this tomorrow.”
On the second day, Mary was actually wearing these red thick clothes. She woke up early in the morning, and after practicing kung fu, she let Daisy tidied up, and after a not-so-good breakfast, she sat at the table waiting for someone to call her to class.
“Have you seen any notes in the last few days, Daisy?”
It seemed like it had been two days since she had received any news from Norman, and Mary couldn’t help but feel a little uneasy.
Daisy shook her head and looked at her miss very strangely, “No. Lady Mary, what’s wrong with you?”
Only then did Mary realize that she was a little out of sorts, and after laughing at herself in her heart, she shook her head and went to meditate at ease.
After a while, Amber came over and gave Mary an invitation with a low bow, “Lady Mary, the Lord had asked me to come over and lead you to the classroom.”
Mary ordered Daisy to grab a few coins for Amber. She held Amber’s hand and smiled, “Amber, I hope you don’t mind the little amount of money, you probably don’t know my situation, I’ve never had any monthly allowance here, you take it and buy some snacks.”
Amber was very grateful; the side consort ruled the household harshly. The servants rarely saw any rewards other than the monthly allowance. The servants who followed the lord may get some rewards, but for the servants who served here didn’t have the chance to receive the reward.
Although the money given by Lady Mary was less, after all, it was better than nothing, and it was still an unexpected gain for Amber.
Amber’s attitude towards Mary was becoming more respectful, so naturally, she was willing to guide Mary, “Lady Mary, now that the weather has warmed up, I’m afraid you may getting hot when you wear this cloth to the class.”
On the other hand, she instructed Daisy, “Go open the wardrobe, and pick another dress for Lady Mary before it’s too late.”
Daisy looked at Mary and saw she nodded gently before going to open the shelf. Amber frowned upon Daisy’s took a long time, so she went personally to pick the cloth, but when she saw those clothes, she was shocked.
Were these clothes that a lady should wear? These clothes are not as good as the ones she wears on!
Amber was suddenly able to understand why Mary was wearing a thick, large cotton cloth, it must be because Lady Mary was going to the class for the first time and wanted to leave a good impression in front of everyone, so she wore her best clothes.
Amber sighed, waved her hand, and said to Daisy, “Forget it, don’t look for it, Lady Mary’s dress is fine as far as I’m concerned. Have you prepared Lady Mary’s school bag? Remember to bring some snacks for Lady Mary, if she is hungry, she can eat.”
After saying that, Amber was also afraid that Daisy was not well prepared for everything and opened the hamper. She saw that there were only a few pieces of snacks inside, her face did not look well again.
The show has been done enough, Mary came up and took Amber’s arm, and said with petulantly, “Well, it’s almost late! Amber, let’s go. It’s my first time to attend the class; it won’t be good if I’m late.”
Amber nodded gently, but in her heart, she decided to find a chance to tell the lord when she went back, the Lady Mary was living a little too poorly.
The Debeur’s family hired two teachers for the ladies, one was a male teacher, Mr. Watson, besides teaching the ladies literature, he knew how to play the violin and the flute. There was also a female teacher, Miss Victoria, who usually took lessons in the afternoons and teached the ladies about needlework and painting.
The class was also located in the backyard, right in Autumn Hall. But it was a long distance from the small courtyard where Mary lived.
Mr. Watson was already inside the room, but Grace, Amy and Luna didn’t come.
The man in charge of the room, Mr. Watson, knows Amber – she is the one who serves in the lord regent’s study, because every time he went to the study to report to Ralph about the studies of several ladies, he can see Amber was there. So, he knows that Amber is the person to be trifled with; therefore he doesn’t dare to be cold-shouldered.
This girl Mary is not from an ordinary family, but the unsuitable cloth makes Mr. Watson frown.
After all, Mr. Watson was a great scholar and he is cultivated, even if he had questions about this, he did not ask.
Amber led Mary to Mr. Watson and she blessed Mr. Watson very respectfully and said, ” Mr. Watson, this is Lady Mary, the Lord had commanded, from today onwards, the Lady Mary will follow the others learning with Mr. Watson.”
Mr. Watson ‘s frown tightened, even more, this is the lady of the palace. He heard that Lady Mary was a fool, he hoped that she doesn’t make a mess, Mr. Watson wished in his heart. As for a fool who wants to learn nothing, he can simply teach her something casual and perfunctory.
Amber gave a few more instructions, and when she saw that Mary was very well-behaved, she left at ease.
In a short while, Grace and several of them had come. Grace and Amy looked like they were having a good relationship, but it’s just a false appearance. The two of them entered the house together with smiling. When they saw Mary sitting in front of the desk by the window, there was nothing for Grace to, but Amy’s face changed suddenly.
“Isn’t this that idiot? Why is she here?”
Amy hated Mary very much. If it weren’t for Mary, why would she have to marry that paralytic from the minister’s residence! A fool and a paralytic, that’s what makes them a natural pair, she’s the most talented girl in the capital, she doesn’t want to marry with a paralytic!
“Alright, hurry up and all sit down.” Mr. Watson coughed a few times and said very sternly to Amy.
Amy was still afraid of this Mr. Watson. Mr. Watson was a great scholar, and he was condescendingly coming to the royal palace to teach a few female students, which were really for Ralph’s sake of winning glory for the country. The old man didn’t even take sides to the side consort. Every five days, he would go to the Oakley Hall to complain to Ralph. Amy had been sued by Mr. Watson several times in front of Ralph, so even though she hated Mary as much as she did, she dared not to insolent.
Several people sat down in silence, Grace and Amy had occupied the two tables in the middle, Luna took the table under the window against the south, several people took out books, only Mary’s table was clean.
Mr. Watson sighed, he pulled out a book and placed it on Mary’s table. He taught Mary a few paragraphs of the book and then turned to give others a few lessons and checking their homework. Only when Grace and others had finished memorizing the book, Mr. Watson only wandered over to Mary.
“Lady Mary, do you recognize all of these words?”
Mary nodded, closed the book, stood up, her clear and melodious voice was like a yellow oriole singing and recited a paragraph of the text taught by Mr. Watson just now.
Mr. Watson was looking her with surprise, he had taught so many students, several of them were still scholarly, but none of them was like Mary, who had only heard the text once and had memorized it all in its entirety.
“Lady Mary, do you know what this passage means?”
Mary chanted for a while, she had also studied the ancient language in her previous life, there was no difficulty, and after a little thought, she explained the meaning to Mr. Watson.
Now, Mr. Watson was even more surprised, even Grace and the others who had been paying attention to the situation there and wanted to see Mary’s jokes were also shocked! Is this the silly Mary?
Mr. Watson did not expect that on the first day of class, Mary, who could not read would give him such a big surprise.
He was busy writing down the paragraph Mary recited on white paper and said, “Lady Mary, just follow my words and copy the font.” After instructing Mary some more on how to hold the pencil, he gave another lesson to the others.
Mary had written a very nice calligraphy in cursive in her previous life. So, she still had the skills, and after copying it a few times, it was very decent.
By the time, a lesson was over, Mr. Watson was simply going to treat Mary as a precious treasure. He previously lived a sequestered life. He was teaching a few female students, which was just to support his family, but meeting Mary, he was surprised and wanted to properly cultivate Mary from now on.
As soon as the class was over, Mr. Watson let a few of the female students take a break and hurried to the Oakley Hall in the front yard, he wanted to tell the lord as soon as possible so that the lord would pay proper attention to Lady Mary, and look at what she was wearing today!
As soon as Mr. Watson left, Amy was the first who came to Mary’s side, he tugged at Mary’s cloth and sneered, “Little fool, you’re shameless, you’re just wearing the cloth I didn’t want.”
Mary raised her eyebrows, she could have made Amy paid for what she had said today with just the lifted of a finger, but today she had other things to do and must endure as a little impatience spoils great plans.
“Amy, don’t tug on my clothes, what if you break them?”
“I don’t care what you do! Take it off! This is clearly what the matriarch made for me!”
Amy tore at Mary’s clothes unreasonably.