Dale Mansion.
Sisters Phyllis and Zena were sitting at the table eating breakfast.
Mr. Dale said: "Phyllis, after you finish eating, pack your things and set off. I will follow you. By the way, don't forget what Professor Lu taught you..."
Phyllis interrupted her father,
"I know~ I know~ Even if I forget your words, I will never forget Professor Lu's words."
Dale's face turned dark.
He didn't know why, but his eldest daughter's words made him feel very depressed.
Zena on the other side whispered: "Father, I want to go too."
Dale said: "This is not possible! You still have to go to school, otherwise in the future you will not be able to read a lot of Chinese characters or even understand the script, how can you perform? It was my biggest problem to let you accompany your sister to fool around some time ago. Compromised.”
Zena couldn't help but pout,
She poked the bread with the fork in her hand, as if venting her anger on something bad.
Dale kept a straight face and made no words to persuade.
Phyllis's elbows are turned outwards now, and she often says "Professor Lu said", "Professor Lu thinks", "Professor Lu taught me"...
Dell felt that this was caused by his overindulgence.
The eldest daughter is already crooked;
My little daughter cannot be crooked anymore.
Dale said: "Zena, please stop making trouble. It's already good that I didn't send you Geddesto."
Geddesto is a girls' school newly established in 1900, enrolling girls aged 7 to 13.
The school is said to have an elite education, with a conservative atmosphere and very strict teachers.
The most terrible thing is that Gerdesto is in Buckinghamshire. It takes a whole morning to ride a carriage from London. Therefore, if Zena goes to study, she can only live on campus.
Going to Guedesto is about the same as going to jail.
The little girl's face turned dark.
"full."
She stood up and left the table.
Dale shook his head and winked at Phyllis beside him.
Phyllis was speechless,
"Father, don't ask me to help you every time you piss off Xiao Zeena..."
That was true, but Phyllis still got up and quickly caught up with her sister in the middle of the corridor.
"Zena!"
Zena paused, pretending not to hear,
But her steps were much slower.
Phyllis raised the corners of her mouth, pinched her sister's shoulders from behind, and said, "You stinky girl, you run very fast~"
With that said, he reached his hand to his sister's armpit and launched a tickling attack.
"Kekeke~"
Zena smiled like a bell.
Phyllis chuckled and said, "Are you not angry anymore?"
Zena said: "I'm not angry to begin with. I just think my father is a bit unreasonable~ Think about it, I have already performed many times, how could I not understand the script? He clearly looks down on me!"
Phyllis covered her lips, a cunning light flashed in her eyes,
"Do you really look down on you?"
Zena hid behind, leaning her back against the door, and asked cautiously: "What are you doing?"
Phyllis reached around her sister's back,
Squeak——
The door is opened.
This is Zena's room,
The decoration in the room is designed to have the temperament of a little girl.
There are gauze curtains on the bed, windows, and wardrobes. The wind blows in through the slightly opened window, causing the gauze to dance.
On the bed, the hand-sewn bear Tibbs sat in front of the pillow. Because Zena always held it while sleeping, she occasionally drooled, causing the hair on one of Tibbs' ears to be a little bald, as if it had been pulled. It seems like it fell.
Mrs. Dale often said that she would make a new one for Zena, but Zena refused to do so.
Phyllis walked into the room and sat down on the bed.
"really not bad."
Her behavior made Zena even more panicked,
Zena asked cautiously: "Sister, what on earth do you want to do?"
Phyllis held out her right hand,
"script."
Zena was surprised and didn't react for a while.
"ah?"
Phyllis tilted her head and thought for a while, then said, "Didn't you play "Cinderella"? The one you played at the Liverpool Shakespeare Theater. Give me the script."
Zena gets excited when she talks about drama.
She thought her sister was looking for her to play with her, so she immediately ran to the bed and pulled out a wooden box from under the bed.
There is no dust on the wooden box, and it can be seen that it has been taken care of regularly.
Zena opened the lid and said, "Don't get my script dirty."
Phyllis said: "Don't worry."
She watched with curiosity as Zena opened the wooden box.
Unexpectedly, the top one is the manuscript of "Roman Holiday", and the next one is "Cinderella".
Phyllis was surprised,
"Did you copy that "Roman Holiday"?"
Zena nodded,
"Well, I like this drama the most, so every time I borrow your script to read, I will copy a little bit. Now it's just the last scene."
In fact, it is Aiwujiwu.
The little girl has watched a lot of romantic comedies, but this is the only one starring her sister, so she feels closer psychologically.
Coupled with the high quality of "Roman Holiday", it naturally became my "favourite".
Phyllis rolled her eyes,
"Forget it, we don't need "Cinderella" anymore, we just need "Roman Holiday"."
Zena nodded,
"Fine."
He said and handed over the script.
Phyllis was very familiar with "Roman Holiday". She opened a page at random and found the words she wanted with a quick glance.
She pointed it out to Zena,
"What's the word?"
Zena took a look and said: "Abandon, 'give up'~"
Phyllis covered the word again,
"How do you spell that?"
"Ah this..."
Zena showed an uncertain expression,
Although I just watched it, I didn’t take it seriously, so I was a little confused.
This feeling is like having just left the house and was about to reach the carriage, but suddenly remembered "Is the door at home locked?" This kind of question is very ambiguous.
Zena tilted her head and said: "A——B——O——N——"
Phyllis immediately interrupted: "Wrong. If you spell it that way, the pronunciation is completely wrong."
Zena was speechless for a while,
She already knew what her sister wanted to say to her.
As expected, Phyllis spoke with sincerity and sincerity;
"So, you still have to go to school. Otherwise, you won't even be able to spell the words in the scripts you copied. Isn't this a joke?"
It's really about going to school.
Zena said helplessly: "That's Joe's line to hurt his friend, not Princess Anne's line."
As soon as these words came out, Phyllis's expression became serious,
She held her sister's shoulders and said sternly: "Zena, you have to know that actors can't decide what they will play. If possible, of course you would like to play Princess Anne. However, according to the troupe leader or the playwright or the theater manager, there are other arrangements. , can you stop performing?"
Zena lowered her head and stopped talking.
Phyllis showed her face,
"Okay, let's go to class."
She is still very good at dealing with her sister.
Zena nodded, then leaned into her sister's ear and whispered: "But the things taught in girls' schools are so boring~ Except for the Bible, everything else is training people to be ladies."
In fact, so does the Bible.
Phyllis chuckled,
"Just bear with it. There are benefits to girls' schools, such as writing poems and so on. Okay, hurry up and get ready and go to class. Father should have already called for the carriage. Don't let him and the coachman wait too long. Long."
Zena did not respond, but stared at her sister with a strange look.
"Phyllis."
"Gu..."
Phyllis swallowed.
"how?"
Zena said: "Look, I'm so obedient. Can you give me today's The Scotsman? I also want to read Professor Lu's work..."
Phyllis flatly refused: "No!"
I knew it would be this attitude.
Zena looked at Phyllis with pleading eyes instead,
stare--
His gaze was like a knife, as if it could pierce Phyllis.
Phyllis felt uncomfortable and changed the topic: "Okay, okay, I'll give you money, and you can just stop a newsboy along the way in the carriage to buy it."
With that said, Phyllis pushed the door open and walked out,
Zena followed closely.
The two of them entered the opposite room together.
Unlike her sister, Phyllis seems to be a supporter of minimalism. There is almost no decoration in the room, and everything is mainly practical. Even the sheets, pillowcases, and curtains are all in monochrome, making it look a little cold.
Phyllis walked to the bedside table, opened the jewelry box, and counted several coins from it.
Zena was speechless,
"Sister, is that all?"
Phyllis glared at her,
"What's the matter? You still want my banknotes? I just want to buy a newspaper. These coins are enough."
Zena put her hands behind her back and did not go to take them.
Phyllis hummed,
"No? I won't even give you coins."
As she said that, she stretched out her hand and urged: "Come here quickly, continue!"
Zena reluctantly opened her palms, held the coin in her hand, then made a face to her sister and walked out quickly.
Phyllis shouted at Zena's back: "You stinky girl! I won't send you away."
From a distance, Zena's voice came,
"No~use~send~"
…
Zena's girls' school is in Adelphi,
This is considered a college area. In addition to various elementary schools, universities such as the London School of Economics and Political Science are located here.
It is precisely because of this that there are so many "star followers" of Lu Shi.
Zena bought a copy of "The Scotsman" at the door, then hurried to the classroom and sat down in her seat.
Today’s class is the art of knitting,
Aunt West from the church was chattering on top, and from time to time she would take out thimbles and wool and perform a live knitting technique.
After each performance, she would show a proud expression and wait for the students to applaud.
Sparse applause sounded from time to time.
Zena complained in a low voice: "It's so boring."
She took out the Scotsman, opened it to the supplements, and laid it out under the table.
But she felt that the paper was too big and could be easily discovered, so she carefully folded it into small pieces.
The girl next to me came over,
"What do you think of The Scotsman?"
The girl's name is Bar Chelotto, and she is Zena's best friend.
Zena asked: "Is there anything wrong with reading The Scotsman?"
Ba'er spread her hands and said: "I think "Seaside Magazine" is better. The combination of Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson is so handsome! "No Survival" serialized in "The Scotsman" is different. There is no protagonist, and... return……"
Ba'er tilted her head and thought, seeming to be looking for the right words.
Zena raised her head to see her reaction, and made sure the other party didn't notice her before continuing to chat.
She asked: "Is "No One Survived" good-looking?"
Bar shook her head,
"It's not that it doesn't look good, it's just a little...well...a little scary."
She actually trembled as she spoke.
Zena was just about to ask the other person why he felt scary, but then she thought of the scary nursery rhyme in "No One Survived".
She asked: "Nursery rhymes?"
Ba'er nodded,
"Yes! It's really scary!"
Zena showed an expression like a little adult and said: "It can give people an immersive sense of fear, doesn't it just prove that "No One Survived" is well written?"
She was too lazy to tell Ba'er any more, and lowered her head to read the supplement carefully.
It is said that this is another work by Professor Lu, so be sure to read it carefully. It is unknown whether it may be turned into a drama in the future.
This series is called "The Hobbit".
Just by looking at the name, you can tell that it is a fantasy work.
Zena read carefully.
As a result, after reading only a few paragraphs, she was deeply attracted.
That kind of real and fantasy-filled writing can make people feel immersed in the scene, which is countless times better than ordinary fantasy stories.
In Zena's opinion, except for the overly mature text, the other content is very suitable for a bedtime story.
Of course, you can also change it into a drama,
In other words, "The Hobbit" is a work suitable for all ages.
Like her sister, Zena likes to read to the end first when reading.
She resisted the urge to read spoilers and read the chapters in order.
The storyline is simple,
But because of Lu Shi's writing skills, it seemed tortuous and moving enough.
For a moment, Zena forgot that she was still in the classroom.
at this time,
"Zena!"
Baer reminded in a low voice.
As a result, Zena was still immersed in the story and didn't even notice her best friend's words.
She even made a "swishing" sound while flipping through the newspaper.
The result of this state can only be tragic.
Just heard a loud cough,
"Cough cough cough..."
Murderous aura swept across!
Zena instantly felt something was wrong,
She turned around and found her grandma standing right behind her, with an extremely "kind" smile on her face.
The classroom was quiet,
"..."
"..."
"..."
In this silence, Zena finally reacted and said stutteringly: "Miss West..."
This title immediately caused laughter.
Grandma's face turned red.
"You! You actually!"
I was so angry that I couldn't speak a complete sentence for a long time.
On the surface, students should call Mammy "Ms. West."
But behind the scenes, because my grandma is very strict about discipline and has strict academic requirements, plus she has never married in her life, she is ridiculed as "Miss".
Of course, you would definitely not dare to say that to your face.
This time, Zena was too engrossed in watching the movie and had not yet been separated from the plot, so she accidentally let it slip.
Grandma snorted coldly,
"Give me!"
She pointed to the supplement to The Scotsman that Zena was flipping through.
Zena couldn't help but feel depressed,
She hasn’t finished reading yet!
The feeling of being forcibly confiscated before I finished reading is like a kitten scratching my heart, constantly teasing me, but it just doesn't satisfy me.
Zena is not afraid of being criticized at all now, she is just afraid of not finishing the series.
However, Mammy didn't give her a chance at all and simply took the Scotsman away, even waving her hand in a show of force.
Looking at that action, it seems to be saying: "The newspaper is in my hand. If you are brave enough, you can come and get it yourself."
(End of chapter)
