婚禮過後,賓客們將搭乘自家馬車前往提圖斯大宅參加午宴。130Please respect copyright.PENANAESSDmcYQ8p
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莫賽尼格眼看西西莉亞與侯爵夫人一同起身,準備走出禮拜堂,他尾隨著她們,希望能趁隙和西西莉亞說句話,然而正當兩位女士接近門口,插滿白百合的花架突然倒落,周遭賓客發出連連驚呼,莫賽尼格立刻快步向前,但還是慢了一步,西西莉亞倒臥在地,穿著短靴的腳被壓在花架下。130Please respect copyright.PENANAtt0mnjtiT1
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莫賽尼格奮力穿過重重人群,俯身將西西莉亞抱在懷中,她張大眼睛,玫瑰色的嘴唇微微張開,身上瀰漫著一股混合著薰衣草和甘菊的幽香。130Please respect copyright.PENANAoaifVrujCo
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侯爵夫人靠過來,先向他致意,「多謝你,閣下,」接著低頭看向他懷中的女孩,「西西,妳沒事吧?」130Please respect copyright.PENANAkpHzmbfXFi
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西西莉亞露出極力克制痛苦的表情,「我想是壓到腳踝了。」130Please respect copyright.PENANAo52hPelVwn
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「真糟,」侯爵夫人說,「看來我們必須先回去……」130Please respect copyright.PENANAsKeOx378Dy
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「不不,夫人,請容我護送多雷爾小姐回家,我的馬車就在大道上,」莫賽尼格打岔,「請您一定要參加提圖斯的午宴,若是少了您,宴會必然黯然失色,多雷爾小姐也是這麼認為吧?」130Please respect copyright.PENANAVWF64m6yVy
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在他懷中的西西莉亞沒說甚麼,或是說了甚麼,但是聲音消失在他領巾形成的波浪裡。130Please respect copyright.PENANArAPZOVR4sF
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「好吧,沒知會主人就不出席午宴真的太過失禮,」侯爵夫人懇切地請求,「爵爺,有勞你送她回我城中的宅邸,多謝你了。」130Please respect copyright.PENANAVIfOalUqFU
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「夫人,為您服務是我的榮幸。」莫賽尼格點頭行了一禮。130Please respect copyright.PENANAbRoEDf00TB
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人群自動讓出一條路給抱著西西的莫賽尼格,當他走出禮拜堂,接獲通知的馬伕已將馬車駛到門口,侍童打開車門,他先將掙扎不已西西莉亞放進車廂,同時在她對面坐下,他敲了敲車頂,示意馬伕起步。130Please respect copyright.PENANAfNn2xJSDqr
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「莫賽尼格,你究竟在想甚麼!」西西莉亞明顯帶有怒意。130Please respect copyright.PENANAGjEuUvaZbX
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剛才她在他的懷中不停扭動,只是他抱緊了她,又有一大團衣物的遮擋,以致旁人沒看出來。130Please respect copyright.PENANAYCOQ5C2iMR
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「多雷爾小姐,這樣對於救命恩人說話,不覺得失禮嗎?」莫賽尼格輕笑。130Please respect copyright.PENANAmIndhzxD0c
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「我沒要你救我,我自己可以走,是你硬要……硬要抱我。」一朵紅暈飛上西西莉亞的雙頰。130Please respect copyright.PENANA8UCiB0uJGS
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「我想作的不只是抱而已……」他單膝跪地,掀起她的裙襬,拉開腳踝上的繫帶,脫去她的短靴。130Please respect copyright.PENANAYErJOhzWQD
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西西莉亞放聲驚叫,「莫賽尼格!你幹甚麼?」130Please respect copyright.PENANApvEpfYNldl
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「我想幹的事很多,還有,」莫賽尼格刻意握著她裸足把玩,「考慮我們現在的距離,請叫我喬凡尼。」130Please respect copyright.PENANANjPHQ1LFD7
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「我們之間甚麼都沒有,放開我。」西西莉亞極力想抽回自己的腳,可是他不放。130Please respect copyright.PENANAZjBAABrpSx
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「太好了,看來踝骨沒斷,也沒骨折,」莫賽尼格捉狹地笑,「在我放開妳之前,先回答我一個問題,妳的裁縫師是哪位?我一定要用六千字的長詩讚頌這位天才。」130Please respect copyright.PENANAqVNLxeOc78
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今日她穿著藍綠色蟬翼紗禮服,立體的象牙白水仙花自她的肩膀延伸到腰際,添增了戲劇化的華麗效果,使她看來像是美麗無匹的湖水女神。130Please respect copyright.PENANAZOD4Q7Tmn8
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「衣服是由我自己畫好樣圖,挑選布料後,由裁縫女工縫製而成。」西西莉亞終於得以收腳,穿上鞋襪。130Please respect copyright.PENANAMqdouf2KpO
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「哦,真稀奇,」他放開手,眼睛仍盯著她的腳,還有她穿鞋的動作,「我以為貴族仕女只專注於社交活動,對於像裁縫這樣……呃……低等的事情不感興趣。」130Please respect copyright.PENANA1bUbk1F4ti
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「我恰巧認為社交活動很無趣,再者,創造出美麗的事物一點都不低等。」她顯得有些不耐煩。130Please respect copyright.PENANA42zHGIv2pn
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首先,她的衣服的確很美麗,幾個獨特的設計又突顯她身形的優點,湖綠色襯出她的草莓金長髮,立體的白水仙使得纖瘦的她不會看起來太過單薄,而蟬翼紗底下波浪般的襯裙,引人進入無邊的遐想。130Please respect copyright.PENANAkgXUdUk4ni
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過去他認為女人的衣服只是一種阻礙,沒想到光是思考如何將衣服從她身上一層層剝掉可以帶給他如此的樂趣。130Please respect copyright.PENANAUSxrwS8ZIR
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「我想,這就是妳對於這世界的貢獻吧,創造出美麗的衣服?」他問。130Please respect copyright.PENANA1nwKHcuBma
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「那當然。」說到服飾,西西莉亞的眼睛變得閃閃發光,充滿著自信。130Please respect copyright.PENANA52ic5Z50Ac
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「而我,在妳眼中,就是一個遊手好閒,對世界毫無貢獻的貴族男子是嗎?」他僵硬地說。130Please respect copyright.PENANANCLu7U8qBA
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「我沒這麼說――」130Please respect copyright.PENANAbTjUUI6EB7
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「有,當日在卡納雷托夫人的沙龍,妳就是這麼說的。」130Please respect copyright.PENANA8a3VdlMriZ
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兩人之間,出現一陣短暫且令人緊張的靜默。130Please respect copyright.PENANAmduhkBhBHQ
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「我不該這麼說的,我很抱歉。」她輕聲嘆息。130Please respect copyright.PENANAjdHHdnG7sS
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她似乎有些退縮,是因為她真心感到抱歉,又或是因為她在他的馬車裡,在他的掌控之中?130Please respect copyright.PENANAS80Z25gBfR
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「那麼以妳之見,一個貴族男子該如何證明他的價值。」130Please respect copyright.PENANAdE2evrLkXF
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「公爵閣下……」130Please respect copyright.PENANAihSCTUEPwH
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「我想向妳證明,我並不如妳想的這般毫無貢獻。」他堅定地說。130Please respect copyright.PENANABgbpsY0Mkb
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他在逼迫她,她必須還以顏色。130Please respect copyright.PENANAKIleAu671E
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西西莉亞深吸了一口氣,說出她所知的事實。130Please respect copyright.PENANAM8aGef377R
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「莫賽尼格家族曾擁有全歐洲最先進的紡織廠。」西西莉亞說。130Please respect copyright.PENANAi0dspWedf2
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「我曾聽一位資深的裁縫師說過,莫賽尼格的紡織廠,曾出過一項夢幻的逸品――紫色天鵝絨,是以真絲和金屬混紡,再用珍貴的紫色染料渲染,製成的成品有著真絲的柔軟卻又強韌,還散發著金屬光澤,過去是全歐洲皇族爭相訂製的御用精品,但是現在這項工法已經失傳,因為百年來,莫賽尼格家主只將產業交給管理人,全然無意經營,到了現今,莫賽尼格家族在紡織業的地位,早已被蘇格蘭的柯克家族所取代。」130Please respect copyright.PENANA4hWhcv5WeH
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「紡織廠……紫色天鵝絨……我怎麼不知道……」莫賽尼格一臉茫然地喃喃自語。130Please respect copyright.PENANAfmab2Gnp0c
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他專注到像是靈魂出竅,她想,就算她現在揍他兩拳,他可能也不會有任何感覺。130Please respect copyright.PENANAg5LDSNnN9X
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正當西西莉亞在認真考慮是不是用力搖晃他幾下,好叫他集中心神時,馬車已接近梅特伊宅邸,門房將大門開啟,並在馬車停妥時放下踏腳階梯。130Please respect copyright.PENANArjZbvs9Awt
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莫賽尼格突然回過神來,率先開啟車門,站到階梯上,並伸出手臂,一把將她抱下馬車。130Please respect copyright.PENANA2rdWt85VeL
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「嗯哼,公爵閣下,」梅特伊大宅管家突然憑空出現在馬車前,清了清喉嚨說道:「請將多雷爾小姐交給我照料。」130Please respect copyright.PENANAIaDO9WMJR1
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「什麼?」莫賽尼格愣住。130Please respect copyright.PENANAjg0HVgWUsg
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「侯爵夫人不在家中,閣下抱著未婚小姐進入宅邸是不合禮儀的。」管家有禮卻疏離地說。130Please respect copyright.PENANATnQYHrOffQ
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「小姐腳受傷了,這是緊急情況。」莫賽尼格不耐地解釋。130Please respect copyright.PENANAp5OCkRGKDP
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「是的,我想梅特伊家的雇員都有足夠的能力來應付這樣的緊急情況,」管家轉頭喚來兩名僕役,「羅傑、約翰,你們攙扶小姐進屋,傑米,你去請家庭醫生過來一趟。」130Please respect copyright.PENANATeSUEuHzoK
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莫賽尼格不情願地將懷中的西西莉亞交到僕役手中。130Please respect copyright.PENANAAuBS8KFEw0
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西西莉亞抬頭與他對望,臉上的表情很複雜,像是內心歷經千迴百轉。130Please respect copyright.PENANAmXJpIZOFnu
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