msmithbooks Chapter 160 Defeat
Chapter 160 Defeat
Grace thought she was close to success.
It was harder for him to fall asleep than before, and every night when he lay down in bed, he couldn't help but fantasize about the future.
After Allen is released, they will first go to the port in a carriage, and then take Johnson Schilling's merchant ship to the New World.
Allen must have suffered a lot in prison, hungry and tired, Grace remembered in her heart that she would pick him up with some food and clothes.Ellen must have desperately needed a comfortable bed too, but at that moment a quarter of an hour was precious, and Grace, knowing that he was not afraid of hardship, would agree to rest after boarding the ship.
Grace also remembered that when she went to pick him up from the prison, she had to bring a clean wet handkerchief to help him wipe his face and hands clean so that he could eat.When he was at sea, after he had slept enough, he would cut his hair and shave. If Alan had no wounds on his body, he could take a comfortable hot bath.
It will only take two weeks at most, and they will be in the New World, and everything will be fine immediately after that.
Both the Stones' money and the money William had gifted to Grace were in British banks.Grace trusted that the Earl of Arundel would not encroach on those properties.Before he left, he had promised that he would help them retrieve the documents needed by the bank, and then entrust someone to bring them to them.He told Grace that there are many branches of British banks in the New World, and it is convenient to withdraw money.He also promised Grace that he would help him find Thea Kailins, and if he found her, he would take good care of her with all his heart.
Regardless of what happened before, Grace is thankful that they are finally friends and no longer hold grudges against each other.
After he settled down in the New World, he took Eva, Anna, and the children.But if the children have fallen in love with England, they are willing to continue to stay in the school arranged by the Earl of Arundel - the Earl of Arundel told him that there are many schools in England, even Eva's youngest brother can enroll in education .This is also one of the advantages of the UK over their country-Grace realized that she was thinking too far, so she pulled her thoughts back and imagined the situation of the children staying in the UK.
This is a good thing for the children, but in this way, Eva will definitely stay in the UK.Grace feels very reluctant, but if it is for a better life in the future, this feeling needs to be overcome.Fortunately, Eva can already write, and they can often write to each other to know how each other is doing.
But if Eva wanted to stay in England, then Anna might stay too. He knew that the two girls would always have endless talk... Grace thought, when she arrived in the New World, she should live as a woman. Get used to it.If Ellen wanted to, they could live in one house as a couple, which is of course the best.But if Allen has already resented herself, Grace also hopes that he will be willing to be a neighbor with herself for the sake of the past.
Because living alone is so lonely.
Grace imagined them living in adjoining houses with connected front patios facing the same large lawn.Grace wants to get two cats for herself, because he heard that cats leave the house before they die, so that no one can see them.But he guessed that Allen must have some fine horses and hounds.Maybe he'll have kids of his own, not just one.
Allen would be a good father, Grace had thought about this long ago, and he knew that Allen would not be partial, and he would love the older children as much as the younger ones.
Alan, who is many years older than he is now, carried his youngest child onto a beautiful horse. The older children did not need to be carried. They must have dared to climb on the horse by themselves, just like their father.
The hounds circled at their feet, and the sun shone in their hair.Grace couldn't imagine what color the kids' hair was, he could only imagine how pretty Alan's blond hair looked in the sun.There must always be warm sunshine at that time, because it was the place they chose to live in, and they would never live in a place with such a long winter.
He was sitting in a chair under the eaves, doing his needlework, and looked up at them from time to time.The cat sleeps at his feet.
It was over at the thought, and he had to stop because of the great sadness.
He had such a dream for more than ten days, until Father Banal punctured it: "Konstantinos will not let any royalist go."
"You are wrong. He does not want the new government to remain incompetent. He needs a victory led by the National Assembly. He has promised to use his eloquence to persuade others and give capable officers in prison a chance to go to war. Chance."
"He's lying. He was the one who proposed the decree for the execution of officers of the nobility who surrendered. But anyone with the slightest tendency to protect the king has no second chance before Konstantinos. He hates the old privileges more than most people."
Grace kept shaking her head, "Impossible...it doesn't make sense...I have already convinced Dr. Dilan, and you all know how much Dr. Dilan has influenced Constantinos. Besides, Constantinos didn't know that I It's to save Alan, he doesn't need to lie to me like this."
"That's the crux of the matter. Everyone knows how much Dr. Durand has influenced Konstantinos, but he's too gentle for Konstantinos now. He's not lying to you, he's lying Moderate members of the faction. Radicals have begun to split."
Grace refuses to believe this, because first of all he doesn't trust Banal as a person.He knew that although the man in front of him was still wearing the clothes of a priest, he was no longer the benevolent and kind priest when he first met.He also had radically advocated the execution of the king!
Just one vote away!Those who agreed to execute the king had only one more vote than those who opposed!
Grace is stubborn to stick to her own judgment.
"Miss Grace, you have been here all this time. You don't know that the revolution has spread to the whole country! Now almost all provinces and cities are controlled by radical supporters! If the situation is not as serious as I said, why don't I Get Eva out?"
Grace felt that life was too cruel for him.
He looked around blankly, and when he saw a table next to him, he hurriedly supported him, and asked Father Banal, "What's wrong with Eva?...Where is Anna? Where are they now?"
"...So you don't know? Miss Grace, when you left the capital in disguise, Eva and Anna were driving in the opposite direction at the same time in another carriage. Everyone knows that there is a man who is taller than a man beside the queen. Gao’s maids, they also wore clothes with court imprints to attract others’ attention. They did this on purpose to buy you time.”
"...Go on!"
"They were arrested in a neighboring province. The commissioner of that province was a bloodthirsty radical. He invented an efficient and ammunition-saving execution method: driving the criminals collectively into the river to freeze to death... It was the last time It's cold!... Fortunately, when Eva was executed, the conservative commissioners arrived and asked the surviving criminals to be pulled out of the river... Eva was not frozen to death! She persisted ! She survived! But I know that if Konstantinus continues to gain power, the second execution will come sooner or later..."
"...Where's Anna?" Grace asked, "Where's Anna?"
Father Banal bowed his head and made the sign of the cross on his chest.
Father Banal was a centrist, and the important pamphlet he had published had decisively guided the revolution, which gave him a detached position.
He could visit Grace without suspicion, and even stay with Konstantinos for dinner at the landlady's house.
But that doesn't mean he isn't taking risks.When he discussed matters of state with Konstantinos, he often carried Grace's letters with conservative leaders in his arms.
Grace is also taking risks, and he is taking more risks than Father Barnall.Because he is not only helping the conservatives to win over the centrists, but also revealing to them all the plans of Konstantinos.
He sometimes couldn't help questioning some of them in the letter: "Why didn't you do this earlier? You know that I have been looking for someone to rescue Colonel S.!" Yes vote? Do you regret it?"
But most of the time he controlled himself, especially in front of Konstantinos.Konstantinos didn't suspect him at all, and he even started kissing Grace on the face after dinner.It might not be long, Grace thought, before he would ignore the landlord's family and enter his bedroom.
But fortunately, before that step was reached, the decisive day came.
Grace sat in the gallery of the meeting as usual.
Everything went as he had planned, and Konstantinus delivered a speech on price restraint.Immediately after his speech, conservatives accused him of violating citizens' property liberties.
Everything was prepared, and all the accusations were going according to plan.Only Konstantinus was not ready. Grace hadn't told him how to defend himself in this situation, and Dr. Durand hadn't written a manuscript for him.In fact, Dr. Durand himself was not well versed in economic matters.
Konstantinos was left speechless by the question.
Property rights, that's the most sensitive word.Not only did the centrists stand up, but even some of the radicals looked at Konstantinos with suspicion and asked him: "Citizen Konstantinus, are you determined to put the private property of all citizens at risk? "
Conservatives launch a proposal: whether to expel George Konstantinos from Parliament.
Grace was so excited that her teeth were chattering, and her feet were shaking under her skirt.
But he quickly noticed something was wrong: when all the members began to vote, Konstantinos had clearly seen his defeat, but he didn't seem too flustered.
Grace couldn't believe that the liar had such strong confidence and courage.
The door of the conference hall was knocked open, and countless hatless men with weapons poured in, shouting: "Reject the laws written for capitalists and speculators!"
They turned to the conservative leader who was presiding over the podium, with Konstantinos in the middle.
Grace saw George Constantinos smile at herself, with a grim and vicious smile.
He knew it was all over.