Rawls listened quietly, nodding in agreement from time to time, without interrupting Delia's story.
Delia continued:
"Mr. Norman, 55 years old, once served the Pringle family and was the steward of Earl Pringle. Because of a conflict with Earl Pringle's eldest son, Viscount Murray, he chose to leave on his own initiative. He is the Lord of the Storm
He is a light believer, has no problems with his character, and his political leanings are also Conservative, and his required salary is 110 pounds."
The conflict with his future master should be related to management issues. It seems that Viscount Murray does not want Mr. Norman to continue to be his butler. This kind of thing often occurs when the title is inherited, but it always ends up as
It ended when the housekeeper left on his own initiative. No matter how much he trusted the housekeeper, the relationship was not as close as that of flesh and blood.
Although Delia called Murray Viscount, he did not have a title. His father was both an earl and a viscount, but he first passed the title of viscount to his eldest son, Murray Pringle.
In the Kingdom of Loen, a person can be awarded multiple titles at the same time. Earl, Marquis, Duke may also be a baron or viscount. Even a duke may be an earl at the same time, and they will transfer their lower titles to their eldest son and eldest son.
Heir meaning.
And if the eldest son is not transferred to the title, it means that the status of the heir is unstable and he can only be called a lord like his other brothers, which is of course limited to dukes and marquises.
Because even if the sons of dukes and marquises do not inherit the title, they can still reach high positions by relying on family connections, such as Prime Minister Agushed.
Of course, sometimes the son of an earl can also be used. Admiral Emilius Levitt, the supreme naval commander of the Loen Kingdom in the Zhongsonia Sea, and his brother Auston Levitt, the governor of Olavi. The two of them
Their father was an earl, but the title was inherited by their eldest brother Aldrich Leavitt, a member of the House of Lords.
After the introduction, Delia handed out the stack of information and said:
"Mr. Adrian, which one do you want to choose?"
Rawls thought for a few seconds and said with a smile:
"Let's do this. Let the two of them come to my place at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. I will meet with them, talk about it, and then make a final decision."
He knew that similar associations did not provide accommodation and were just pure intermediaries. Even if he decided on the candidate now, he would have to wait until the afternoon or tomorrow to see his butler. What's more, he still needed to learn more about it in detail and choose the one that better suited his intentions.
Now, all the information is on paper, so it would be more appropriate to meet in person.
"No problem." Delia said with a smile, "What is your address?"
Rawls could finally drink the cup of Marquis black tea with lemon slices. He picked up the white glazed porcelain teacup with gold slices and took a sip, finally neutralizing the bitter taste of Palmer.
"45 Gatton Street, West End."
After Delia wrote it down, she stood up and said:
"You still need to pay a deposit of two pounds."
Rawls took out his wallet from his trench coat pocket and took out two 1 pound notes with the image of William Augustus VI on them.
After Delia collected the money, she walked to the front desk to register.
Rawls drank a few more sips of black tea, chatted with Beilin who was still sitting on the long sofa, and agreed to meet at St. Samuel's Church in the evening before standing up and leaving.
Delia and Belin sent him outside the door and watched him board the carriage.
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Rolls, who was sitting in the carriage, took out his pocket watch, clicked it open, and found that it was almost eleven o'clock, and he was a little hungry.
The breakfast in Loen Kingdom is not only simple, but also difficult to provide the energy for a normal man to work for a morning. This is also for historical reasons. Before Russell started the industrial revolution, middle-class men did not have to work all day, so Luen
There is no breakfast in En Kingdom.
Even now, many nobles have begun to gradually adapt to eating breakfast, but the types of breakfast are still the same. However, many old-fashioned people retain the tradition that nobles do not need to eat breakfast, thinking that they belong to the middle class and are only wage slaves.
It was necessary, and in order to show their disdain, they even refused to sit down while eating.
In order to prevent the waiting time from being too long, and because he couldn't help himself, Rawls simply asked the coachman Fitch to drive to Laboure for dinner now.
The head chef of Labouri Restaurant is said to have come from Earl Hall's family, and provides rich men, barristers, and senior government employees with aristocratic flavors that are usually difficult to access. This restaurant specializes in local Backlund dishes and desserts.
Very famous.
Sometimes when my predecessor was too busy and didn't choose to have lunch, he would ask his trainee lawyer or the waiter from the firm to go to Laboure to buy some desserts for afternoon tea.
As it was his first time to go here, Rawls only hoped that the chefs here would only have the skills of noble families and not learn the bad habits of noble dessert banquets.
My predecessor once followed my father, Mason Adrian, to attend a birthday party for a viscount. Everything was fine until the dessert party. The most indispensable part of Roen's dessert party was not the dessert, but the sugar sculptures. The significance of these sugar sculptures
Mainly for entertainment, some are not even edible at all.
The sugar sculpture at the Viscount's birthday party was even more amazing. The sugar sculpture his pastry chef made for the Viscount was "The Viscount accepts everyone's birthday wishes."
There is almost no sugar used in the entire sugar sculpture. It is carved from plaster and wood, and then dyed with different colors of syrup. What’s more important is that generally the sugar sculptures at dessert banquets have to be broken. This is fundamental.
It can't be broken, and no one dares to break it.
This sugar sculpture immediately shocked the gentlemen and ladies present, but what happened next was even more bizarre. The viscount asked the servants to serve two large plates covered with dinner plate lids, and asked people to guess what food was inside, but there was no one there at all.
Guess right.
When one of the lids was opened, several frogs jumped out, making the ladies present scream and jump. When the other lid was opened first, several birds flew out.
This scene of birds flying and frogs hopping made the entire hall "very lively", with loud cries and shouts. In the end, the viscount was impeached by many members of the House of Commons because of this incident, and was demoted to a baron by George III.
Rawls didn't want to spend money and buy a bunch of sugar sculptures that could only be looked at but not eaten, and would not last long.
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The carriage was driven quickly by Fitch, and it was not yet lunch break, so there were not many pedestrians on the road. In addition, although the "Metropolitan Domestic Servants Association" is in the Jowood District, it is not located in the Hillston District.
The Labourie restaurant is very close. In less than 20 minutes, Rawls has arrived at the Labourie restaurant.
After jumping off the carriage and walking to the door, Rawls handed his windbreaker, hat, and cane to a waiter wearing a red vest and white shirt, and asked him:
"At this point, it shouldn't take long."
"Not at this time." The waiter in the red vest obviously knew that the location of his restaurant was very popular, so he asked humbly, "Sir, are you the only one?"