After three drinks, the atmosphere gradually became warmer.
What surprised Rock was that in 1899, bars had already begun to provide French fries as snacks. In addition to French fries, there were also nuts. Rock ordered a portion of each kind, and the small table was piled full of them.
Henry had gradually come out of the shadow of relationship failure. After two glasses of wine, Henry forgot who Lacey was and squinted his eyes to start looking for prey.
Yes, there are women in the bar. Of course, these women are special workers. Girls from serious families will not come to the bar. Due to the limitations of the times, almost all the women are Boers, and the quality is generally not high.
Of course there are exceptions. For example, the most eye-catching woman in the entire Table Mountain bar is a pure British woman. She is at the bar. She has conspicuous long gray-brown hair and a lazy hairstyle, which is incomparable with the temperament of the bar.
Fit.
From Rock's perspective, she couldn't see clearly what she looked like, but judging from her curvy and graceful back, she looked at least 90% tall.
"Ada is the most dazzling socialite in Table Mountain Bar and even in Cape Town. Legend has it that she is the woman of diamond king Cecil Rhodes, but that is not true. She is French and comes from the famous Capet family.
, her husband was also a nobleman, but he died in the First Boer War. One thing you have to know is that she may be the richest woman in Cape Town. Many people want to marry her or become her lover, but they never
No one has succeeded, so what? Do you want to give it a try?" Henry noticed Rock's gaze and encouraged him with evil intentions.
This is really magical. This Ada is probably the owner of the legendary Table Mountain Bar and the lover of the brother-in-law of the legendary diamond king Cecil Rhodes. However, according to Henry, it should be all rumors, a
The wealthy widow has not yet reduced herself to the point of being a social butterfly to make ends meet.
From the description of "social butterfly", we can see the attitude of Henry and others towards Ada. They probably want Ada but cannot get it, so they simply use vulgar words to vent their inner unwillingness.
"Forget it, I don't want to be doused with wine." Rock didn't want to hit a wall. If it was just a simple physiological need, Rock had a better goal.
It's not that the quality is better, but that it's more convenient and won't cause any trouble.
Just like Henry said, as the most dazzling socialite in the Table Mountain bar, as soon as Henry encouraged Rock, two lobster officers who felt good about themselves went to chat with Ada.
The result was tragic. Ada ignored the two officers and didn't even bother to talk to them. One of them wanted to pester, but Ada poured champagne on his face, causing half of the people in the bar to laugh crazily.
Henry knew Ada's background, but the deflated lobster officer did not know that they had just arrived in Cape Town and would soon be heading to the front line to meet an unknown fate. Coupled with the stimulation of alcohol, the lobster officer instantly became high.
His face turned red, even redder than the color of his uniform. He raised his hand high, wanting to teach the shameless woman in front of him a lesson.
"stop!"
"Put your hand down, otherwise I can't guarantee that it won't go off."
Several voices sounded at the same time. In addition to Rock, there was also the bartender at the bar who seemed harmless just now. As soon as the lobster officer raised his hand, a loaded shotgun appeared in his hand.
The gun was pointed directly at the lobster officer who was about to commit murder.
"Hey, put down the gun!"
"What the hell are you going to do? Are you going to murder an officer in front of everyone?"
"Don't make us take action, put the gun down."
The other officers in the bar were not easy to mess with. They were outnumbered and used to seeing life and death, so they would not be intimidated by a shotgun.
"Everyone stop, I'm the police, you've gone too far."
Henry obviously had no intention of coming forward, and maybe he wanted to see a joke, so Rock had no choice but to come forward.
"Shut up, little policeman."
"You have no place to speak here!"
"Who are you? Indian? Japanese?"
The Lobster officers were quite knowledgeable, at least they didn't think that Rock was a Roman.
This is normal. British colonies are spread all over the world, and some of them may have served in East Asia.
"Don't worry about who I am, you just need to know that I am a police officer." Roque showed his police badge, but he immediately ushered in a new round of yelling.
Soldiers are really not afraid of facing the police. What's more, Rock is not wearing a police uniform yet, only wearing a white shirt. It does look good in this way, but it has no deterrent effect and is very un-regular.
"Shut up! Do you know what you are doing? His husband is also a soldier like you. He died on the battlefield just a few years ago, and you treat her like this? Have you ever thought that this kind of thing might happen to you in the future?
On my wife?" Rock ignored those guys who were watching the fun and reprimanded the angry officer righteously.
The noisy bar immediately fell silent.
Yes, no one wants this kind of thing to happen to them. The lobster officers who were yelling and scolding just now stopped immediately. When they looked at Ada's eyes, they felt more respect and compassion.
Or, there is empathy.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know those things. I apologize to you. I shouldn't have pestered you." Officer Lobster, whose hair was still wet, might be a bastard, but in this situation, he knew what to do.
"It's not your fault. I'll treat everyone to a drink. One drink each. I hope you can kill all those damn Boers." Ada is also a smart person and is very good at adjusting the atmosphere. She can make the atmosphere lively again with just one sentence.
"Yes, kill all those Boers!"
"Thank you, ma'am."
"To victory!"
Sure enough, they are all simple guys. They came to the bar to have fun, but the atmosphere was so solemn, which was a bad omen. Victory is what everyone longs for, and some people have already begun to toast to victory.
Luo Ke was not surprised. People who can be called "social butterflies" must be good at dancing, not to mention their moral integrity.
and--
Ada's voice is really nice.
"I'll buy you a drink too, thank you, officer." Ada turned around and looked at Roque with a more surprised look.
It's really surprising that in a city of 100,000 people, there are only about 30 Chinese. I'm afraid Ada has never seen a Chinese before, let alone a Chinese police officer.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Locke, the deputy captain of the commando team of the Cape Town Police Department. It is my pleasure to serve you. Madam, I wish you a good night." Locke wanted to retire and leave Henry alone.
Not so good in the corner.
"Wait a minute, officer, why don't you sit down and have a drink?" Ada invited Rock.
Luo Ke was also a little surprised. In the conscience of heaven and earth, Luo Ke was really not playing hard to get.