The Enigma Of Albert Morris By Leo 1
Chapter One:
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Another
day in the the town of Dover. Folks of the town gathered in the tavern
last night for the big news that the great Lord Albert Morris would make
a visit to the poor of the town. They old men folks have been drinking
so they were still lying however the women were working. The children
were playing in the streets. As the people of Dover were unable to
provide their children with education. It would've been a blessing if
they even had enough to eat education was a different matter. A very
dull day it was. The dead of winter had already managed to eat up the
supplies of crops. As spring came people started harvesting in a great
amount.
In the House of Lords it was decided that each
month a great amount of wheat would be supplied to the poor Towns in
England. Each month a Lord would be elected. This time it was Sir Albert
Morris.
"What good they do eh?" A women said to
Margaret. "At least they ought to see the folks of poor." Margaret
replied. "I will go n see what the lazy ezy Catherine is up to." She
said to the woman and moved to her house with the wood she gathered.
"Tis
place isn't clean you moron." Margaret shouted at Catherine. " Tis
ain't your wealthy home aye.?" Margaret grabbed Catherine's ear. "After
finishin' get the eggs ready. I'll go wake me daughter up." Margaret
went upstairs the wooden ladder.
Catherine Ayling was a
sweet girl aged 18. She was born to rich parents Amelia Ayling and
Robert Ayling. They were wealthy and happy. Catherine attended Convent
school. That's why she knew how to speak well. It was a time when
England was at war with Northumberland that her father died in war. The
assets of her family were looted. Her mother died of sickness as the
roads were blocked from York to London.
She ended up being an orphan and at mercy of her step maternal uncle John and his wife Margaret.
Catherine
Ayling was very beautiful. She was tall had very fine features ,big
eyes and a fine nose. There were times when Margaret wouldn't give her
food. Won't let her bath. That didn't affected her beauty it only would
made her a little pale. Her ash blonde hair were the crown of her beauty
that gave her the perfect look but due to poverty her beauty was
affected.
The entire farming and house chorus were
done by Catherine. Her hands which were as gentle as fur were always
blistered due to the hard work.
Margaret and John owned
a rusty cottage and a two hundred square lot on which they farmed and
made a living. It was Robert who would look after them when he used to
be alive. Margaret and John were always jealous of Robert and his
family. As Robert was the legitimate son of Duke Gareth Ayling and his
mother was linked to the Tudors. However John's mother was a farmer. The
concubine of Gareth and that was the main factor of jealousy between
them.
It was Catherine whom they tortured and fed their jealousy towards the Ayling family.
Margaret
and John had a daughter Anastasia. She was short and very fat. With
chubby face and red dots on her face and mostly all over her skin. There
were some even harsh times when Anastasia would beat Catherine. The
reason was always her beauty.
"Wake me child its midday
already." Margaret woke up her daughter. "Todaey ee Lord is comin I wan
ye to be pretty todaey what if the Lord fancy you." Margaret was up to
mischief. "tis true." Anastasia grabbed Margaret's hand to get up.
"Whole town is talkin bout it."
She looked around to check if someone's eavesdropping.
''Ma,
tis house is so little for any fella to overhear us even if we whisper
some will hear bout it.'' Anastasia said in her heavy voice.
''You
knoe, tis girl is best in every ting, whatever tis may be , you mus do
sometin that she stay behind. Understand.'' she said smiling venomously.
''Like what?'' she snorted.
''Go clean, bathe, wear nice clothing and then me does somethin that ell be enough for ye.''
John arrived and dropped all the hay on the kitchen floor and began smoking weed in one corner.
That
was also a torture for Catherine, although he could have wrapped the
hay and left in the silo before coming here but he didn't wrap it on
purpose to make more troublesome work for the poor orphan Catherine.
''Mother,
what wrong I did to see these days? You and father were the most loving
to me and I lived in heaven, what hell is brought upon me when I am
innocent. I wish I lived in an orphanage rather than this hell.'' she
said in her heart and began cooking the stew. Then left it on low flame
and gathered the hay then she went to the silo to store it in it.
Her
companion was only the two sheep's with whom she slept at night in the
broken cottage near the silo. The moon and the barks of willow with
which she would talk about her sorrows.
The one who
used to sleep in silks and quilts of satin all her covering in the cold
was a torn woolen bag and the bark of willow her pillow and the hay was
her mattress.
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