Liya insisted on saving people, making it very difficult to sneak out of the manor.
So Luo La proposed to simply make a big vote to encourage more people to join this escape, but she was still very cautious, and did not tell others the news immediately, on the contrary, she only revealed it to a few people during lunch the next day. Someone they can trust and get them ready.
Doing so can avoid leaking the news in advance, and on the other hand, Leah also has important things to do. She will take advantage of the opportunity to tidy up Malcolm's study once a week, and put those in the study together with Normand and Raymond. All letters related to Germany were brought out.
Leah was most worried about Malcolm still staying in the study when it was cleaning time.
But the good news was that Malcolm seemed to have something to do that day, and he left the manor early in the morning.
In the afternoon, Liya came outside the study as usual, and greeted the guard at the door with a smile. As the door closed behind her, Liya also heaved a sigh of relief, but there was still time to clean up the house after planing. She doesn't have much time to act.
Leah walked quickly to a bookcase and opened the lower drawer, but there was nothing inside. Leah was startled, the letters were obviously still inside when she was cleaning last week.
Could it be because the atmosphere has been tense recently, and the incidents of Nadia and Daisy happened continuously, and Malcolm asked people to move all the important things in the study away
But judging from the storage and placement of those letters, Malcolm didn't pay much attention to those things.
Liya forced herself to calm down from the panic, thinking about all kinds of possibilities, and at the same time, her hands didn't stop, she rummaged through the study, but she still didn't find any trace of those letters.
Liya's heart also began to become more and more nervous, but at this time she made a mistake in her busy schedule. When she was retreating, she accidentally bumped into a slightly lower cabinet on the other side, and the amphora placed on it fell down.
It was too late when Lia turned her head to pick it up, and the porcelain bottle fell to the ground. Fortunately, there was still a carpet on the floor. The porcelain bottle was not completely broken, but one ear was still broken.
Leah's face turned pale. She knew that this was Malcolm's favorite porcelain vase, which was brought back by an adventurer from a distant and mysterious ancient eastern country. Times, she used to be extra careful when cleaning.
But this time, because she was distracted by the letters, Liya didn't notice behind her, and she made a big mistake.
Before Liya could think of a remedy, she heard footsteps coming from outside the study.
It was Malcolm's unique footsteps. The frequency was faster than that of ordinary people, but each step was very stable, and the interval between them was almost the same. It seemed to be him, efficient, serious and calm.
The guard outside opened the door for Malcolm. Malcolm raised his eyebrows and saw Leah holding the porcelain bottle with one hand and wiping the surface of the cabinet with the other.
Malcolm seemed to be in a good mood today, and said to Leah, "Don't clean up yet, let the kitchen cook some veal steak."
"Okay, haven't you had lunch yet?" Liya turned around, covered the amphora with her body, and tried to force a smile on her face.
"Well, I ate a couple of bites of apple pie on the road, but the taste is average." Fortunately, Malcolm didn't look this way, picked up the wine bottle, and Leah hurried over and poured him half a glass of red wine, Malcolm Colm moistened his throat.
"I heard from Wallace that you and Daisy have a good relationship."
Leah was startled when she heard the words, thinking that Malcolm was suspicious of her, but then she heard the latter continue, "Then do you know who she walks closer to?"
"This..." Leah hesitated.
"What's the matter, are you worried about telling me that you will be excluded by others in the future? But haven't you been excluded by others now?"
Leah was a little surprised, she didn't expect Malcolm to know such a thing.
"Is it surprising that I give you preferential treatment will naturally cause other people to be dissatisfied. They dare not hate me, so they have to pass this hatred on to you who is the closest to me, but this way I can also know that the manor Who are the unstable elements, don't worry, I won't let them hurt you, haven't you noticed that the people who have had the worst relationship with you over the years have disappeared?" Malcolm drank the red wine in his glass , "And if you do things for me, I can rest assured."
Not only was Liya not happy when she heard the words, but a biting chill rose in her heart.
In fact, when Laeli let her peek at Malcolm's letter before, she still felt a little guilty in her heart. No matter what the other black slaves in the manor thought of Malcolm, at least the latter had always been good to her, and after all these years of dealing with Malcolm Being around Malcolm, although Leah still has black skin, her thinking is actually closer to that of the white people on the island.
This also makes her an outlier in the group. Leah sometimes even feels that Malcolm understands her better than her own compatriots. Ya really felt a touch of warmth in it.
However, it turns out that this is just her illusion. Malcolm treats her differently, not because she is special, but because she needs a "special" her.
"Okay, I'm hungry, let's urge the kitchen to cook." Malcolm paused after finishing speaking, "By the way, the weather has been relatively humid recently, and before I leave in the morning, I will ask people to take out all the letters in the study Let it dry in the sun, and you can take it back at sunset."
"Okay." Leah nodded and exited the study.
...
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
When the clock in the living room pointed to 12 o'clock, Luo La woke up another maid on the next bed and told the latter about their plan to escape. At the same time, the same thing happened in another room, and eventually more than twenty people The black handmaidens meet in Leah's room.
This is almost half of the black maids in the manor. Except for Laeli's tribe, the rest of the black women who are willing to escape are basically gathered together, and those who are worried about escaping and being caught and tortured are taken by Laura. Tied up and gagged, firstly to prevent them from telling the truth, and secondly, it was for their own good, otherwise once Liya and the others escaped, they would definitely be punished.
As for the male black slaves, they don't live here, and there are other people who organize and lead them.
Liya glanced across the faces in the room, and saw anxiety, fear, and... the desire for freedom in their eyes, so the next moment she didn't have any hesitation in her heart, and said, "Let us Break the chains around your necks, sisters." 8)