Chapter 53: Wishful Thinking
Western aristocrats emphasize bloodline. In order to maintain the purity of their bloodline, aristocratic marriages emphasize equal status, which leads to intermarriage among aristocrats.
Of course, intermarriage among the nobles here does not mean marriage between close relatives. European countries are usually not large, but there are many nobles. For example, the Duke of Marlborough from the Winston family is one of the twenty dukedoms in the UK outside the royal family. There are even more marquises, earls and viscounts below him.
It should be emphasized that marriages between nobles must not be absolute. For example, Winston's father married the daughter of an American "nouveau riche", which was also an improvement on the genes of Winston's family.
It is indeed an improvement. According to traditional British aesthetics, Winston's appearance is quite good. Winston's father, Randolph Churchill, is much worse. Randolph has had an ugly appearance since he was a child, with a small head, bulging eyes, and short stature. He is a perfect material for cartoonists.
Winston's decent looks are largely due to his mother, who is known as the "most beautiful woman in the world".
Rock didn't know what Henry's mother looked like, but judging from Henry's appearance, even if Henry's mother couldn't be called the "most beautiful woman in the world", she was at least a "village beauty". When it came to Phyllis, the village beauty had risen to the level of "the hope of the whole village".
Phyllis is indeed very beautiful, even more beautiful than Ada. If Ada can be scored 90 points, then Phyllis is at least 95. Giving her 5 points less is to prevent the disappointment of longing for something but not getting it.
"Phyllis, why are you here?" Henry's eyes widened at the door of the police station. Phyllis was wearing a white long dress with a waist belt. From the position of the belt, it can be seen that Phyllis has a good figure, with a standard golden ratio.
Well, actually Rock noticed the suitcase next to Phyllis's legs and just took a look at Phyllis's figure.
"Brother Henry, I've come to you for help. My father wants to marry me to that fat pig from the Alsop family. You have to protect me." Phyllis didn't sound sad, but spoke confidently. Her brother was indeed omnipotent.
"Are you talking about Henry from Alsop's family? He's a nice guy. Aren't you childhood sweethearts?" Henry - Henry from Matilda's family laughed strangely and complained, showing no sympathy for his sister at all.
Well , this is normal sibling life.
"Bullshit! If you knew what disgusting you wouldn't say that. He fooled around with his own maid half a year ago, and the maid got pregnant and was kicked out of the house. He even had the audacity to say that the maid seduced him. He's even more shameless than you!" Phyllis scolded both Henrys in one sentence, and Henry from Matilda's family immediately changed his face.
"How am I shameless?" Henry frowned and looked at his sister. She was not cute at all!
"Don't think I don't know about your bad deeds. General Habakak wrote a letter to my father saying that you were kicked out of the army for fooling around with women. Just wait, my father will settle the score with you." Phyllis was complacent, as if she had forgotten her situation.
"Hehe , do you think your father will let you go?" Henry didn't even blush and stabbed without holding back.
"You have to help me, otherwise I will tell father that you are fooling around with that widow from Cape Town." Phyllis thought of her situation and her face suddenly became worried. Fortunately, she had a brother to blame.
"This is the guy who was fooling around with the Cape Town widow." Henry finally remembered Rock.
Uh, not good, very not good. The guy next to me is much more dangerous than the fat pig from the Elsop family.
"Henry, aren't you going to introduce yourself?" Rock finally found an opportunity to interrupt.
"Um, Phyllis, this is my colleague Locke. Don't underestimate him just because he is Chinese. His lover is the most beautiful and richest widow in Cape Town." Henry had bad intentions, and Rock wanted to curse him.
Grace, grace, be graceful!
Rock repeated this in his mind several times, and just when he wanted to try to get a chance to hold hands, Phyllis said with disgust: "Birds of a feather!"
Well, Rock and Phyllis's first meeting wasn't a very pleasant one.
As a pure Englishman, Henry also has a house in Cape Town, a wooden building on Government Street that costs 200 pounds. This house looks good, but it pales in comparison with Rock's house. It does not have a 1.5-acre yard, no fountain, no garden or swimming pool, only two lawns in front and behind the house with a total area of about 50 square meters.
Because no one took care of it, the lawn was uneven. There was no grass in some places, and the grass grew too vigorously in some places. After seeing Rock's mansion and then looking at his own house, Henry suddenly felt a little embarrassed, as if Rock was a British aristocrat and he was a Boer.
"Is this your home? It's so ugly." Phyllis's aesthetic taste was normal, and Henry's home was indeed ugly.
In fact, it’s not just ugly. For a single man’s home, ugliness is not the most important thing. The key is dirtiness and messiness, which are unbearable.
In the small living room, Henry's dirty clothes were piled on the sofa, a few rolled-up paper towels were thrown on the floor next to the coffee table, and there were a few obvious handprints on the dusty back of the sofa. Phyllis might not understand what it was, but Rock unlocked it instantly.
Uh, this posture—
I must try Ada some other day!
"No, I don't live here. This is simply a doghouse. No, the doghouses at home are cleaner than here!" Phyllis felt that there was no place to step in the living room. Although it looked a bit shabby now, Phyllis lived in an aristocratic family and must have lived a life of luxury since childhood, unlike Henry, a rough old man.
"When you get to your brother's house, shouldn't you help him clean up? That's your job, otherwise don't expect me to give you money." Henry was very skilled at cheating his sister. So what if she's pretty now? It's not like he had never seen her radish-headed appearance when she was a little girl.
"I'll give you money and you clean it!" Phyllis would never give in. Unlike the spendthrift Henry, most girls are good at managing money.
Also because she is a girl, Phyllis has had more pocket money than Henry since she was a child. This time when she came to Cape Town, Phyllis was fully prepared.
"How much money do you have? This guy bought a great house for only 100 pounds. Give me your money and we'll buy this guy's house. I promise you'll be very satisfied." Henry not only cheated his sister, but also his brother -
"Hey, Henry, you can't do this, that's my house." Rock objected strongly. From what Henry meant, Rock bought the house for 100 pounds and he had to sell it to Henry for 100 pounds.
You wish!
