Originally, Rawls would shed tears like most of the believers, but after the accident just now, he was only surprised that there were no tears! He could only resort to this trick and regain his ability to pretend to cry as a child.
The mass has come to an end, and the believers sitting in the front have stood up, walked to the altar, and started to donate.
Rawls took out his wallet from his pocket, took out 100 pounds in cash, stood up, walked into the aisle, and came to the altar.
Clicked four times clockwise on the chest to draw a crimson moon, and with the compassionate expression of Bishop Elektra of St. Samuel's Church, she put the money into the donation box in front of the altar.
Click on the chest four times clockwise again to draw the crimson moon. After nodding with Bishop Electra, he gave up his position to Belin and Delia behind him.
Normally, unless people come to ask for donations or make donations after death, the large amount of money that can be received from the donation box in the church is only a few dozen pounds.
Even devout believers who love donating will not throw money into the donation box every time they come here. They usually do it once or twice a week or two, depending on the specific circumstances of the family.
This is a general situation. Every year on the holy day of the "Goddess of the Night", which is also the "Winter Ceremony Day", the amount of a single donation will expand a lot. Common people with ample money will choose two to three souras, and the middle class will choose about 5 pounds.
, upper-class people directly donate to the diocesan bishop and church charities, ranging from a few hundred pounds to several thousand pounds.
Klein donated 300 pounds during the Moon Mass, not only because he was excited to see the captain and Old Neil again, but also to show his status as a rich man and to establish a relationship with Bishop Elektra in order to steal
Preparation of notes of the Antigonus family behind the Gate of Chanis in the Church of St. Samuel.
Senior believers like Adrian's family do not need to rely on large donations to gain the trust of the church. They only need to regularly attend mass and worship, which is enough to gain the trust and protection of the church.
After Beilin and Delia finished donating, the three of them walked out of the large prayer hall together.
Rawls, with his powers of observation far beyond ordinary people, saw that both Belin and Delia should have donated 1 pound.
Beilein donated 1 pound, which Rawls thought was reasonable. The Beilein family is in the liquor business, and even though they had some difficulties recently because of the repeal of the Corn Act, they still did not lack the 1 pound. Wait for this
If you close it, you can completely purchase red wine from Intis, and maybe you can even go to the next level.
The beer of the Kingdom of Loen is very famous, and the most famous one is Southwell beer; the red wine of the Republic of Intis is the most famous, and its most famous and expensive wine is named after the giant king "Olmir", who loved it so much.
Drink blood-like wine.
Moreover, Rawls speculated that Belin came to work for the "Metropolitan Association for Helping Household Servants". On the one hand, she was influenced by the Church of the Night to find a job. On the other hand, she might also be helping her father expand his contacts.
After all, those who can come to the "Metropolitan Household Servant Help Association" to find servants and housekeepers are at least middle-class families and above, which are one of the main consumers of red wine. As for the aristocracy, they are very picky about red wine and even have their own winery.
They looked down upon the Belin family's red wine, and it was difficult to establish a relationship with the Belin family.
Compared to Belin, Rawls knew very little about Delia. But judging from her dress, although she was exquisite, her clothes and jewelry were obviously old. Either her family was in decline, or she just had a small amount of money.
, I like to read women’s magazines or take etiquette classes.
Such female-oriented magazines often give women some simplified aristocratic etiquette and communication rituals, and then open some courses or salons to give these women some simple demonstrations.
Donating 1 pound must be a bit too much for Delia. It should not be able to offend the little girl. It is not appropriate to come with Belin if she does not donate or donates less. However, there are a few boys who can do it.
What about this face?
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"call"
After walking out of the church, Beilin breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"Every time I attend the Moon Mass, I feel a lot more relaxed and the fatigue of the day is gone."
"Yes, it's a pity that this feeling can only be felt during the Moon Mass and the Winter Ceremony Day."
Delia echoed softly.
"Winter Ceremony Day" refers to the day with the longest night every year and is considered the birthday of the "Night Goddess".
Rawls knew the reason, but he couldn't explain it, so he had to explain it casually:
"It should be the gathering of believers and the blessing of the goddess that has this effect."
Beilin sighed and said:
"It would be nice if this happened once a week."
The Chanis Gate under the church also relies on part of the spirituality generated by the believers' devout prayers to maintain the sealing circle. If it comes once a week, the sealed objects behind the Chanis Gate will definitely riot.
“The gift of God cannot be forced.”
After speaking, Rawls tapped his chest four times clockwise to draw a crimson moon.
Seeing Rawls' actions, Belin and Delia also followed suit and drew crimson moons on their chests.
Rawls took out his pocket watch from his pocket and clicked it open. The time had come to eight o'clock.
"It's getting late. I wonder if I will have the honor to send these two ladies home."
"No, let's take the public carriage back."
The three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, and finally the two ladies took the public carriage back.
After waiting for a while, a public carriage came. Rawls put the two women on the carriage and took off his hat to say goodbye.
The sound of horse hoofbeats sounded, and Fitch drove the carriage to Rolls' side. He had been standing guard near the church. When he saw Rolls, Belin, and Delia coming out, he didn't come directly because he was interested.
Instead, he drove the carriage and followed slowly.
Fitch jumped out of the carriage and said hello:
"Good evening, sir."
Fitch did not make useless jokes like those of his colleagues, which attracted less appreciation and more disgust from the guests, and he was not sure whether Rawls was angry.
"Good evening."
Rawls didn't expect Fitch to have so many thoughts, so he boarded the carriage directly. He was not an "audience". It was just a coincidence that he attended mass with Beilein and the others today.
Fitch was very happy. His guest sounded happy. At least he didn't have to worry about his income for the past two days.
"Go back to No. 45 Gatton Street, West District."
"OK."
Fitch responded, whipped up his horsewhip, and the carriage drove toward the West End.
Rawls took off his silk top hat and placed it on the bag containing his windbreaker and soft felt hat. He placed his black cane inlaid with silver aside and leaned against the back wall of the carriage.
He raised his right hand and looked at the palm. There used to be the mark of the black inverted pyramid there, but now it was empty.
Rawls unfolded his spirituality and tried to sense the mark on his palm.