It was enough to take a look at Privet Drive from a distance like this, and Jenkins planned to visit again after returning from Loen. He continued to pretend to be a fat woman, followed behind his walking cat, intending to leave here from the intersection in front, and then saw the old man walking towards him.
It was only a little bit short before he opened his mouth to greet his father, but fortunately he reacted in time. The moment the two passed by, Jenkins felt his heart was about to jump out, and after he missed his body, he was extremely worried that the old man behind him would suddenly call out "Jenkins".
But fortunately not, the appearance of this fat woman is really hard to remind people of young writers.
Rather than just passing by, Jenkins is more willing to believe that Dad is visiting the Williams family. He was very curious about what his father wanted to say, so after turning the corner, he changed his image with the cat again, this time into a salesman wearing a cheap suit and carrying a suitcase, standing far under the lamppost and pretending to be Looking at the road, he was actually looking at the two people inside and outside the fence.
It seems that Dad didn't come to find Mary, so he can only come to find Robert. In order to prevent being discovered by his sensitive father, Jenkins stood a little far away, so he couldn't hear what they said. I just saw my father and Mary talking a few words. After Mary shook her head, my father took out a folded paper and handed it to Mary, and then left.
"So what's on that piece of paper?"
Jenkins was extremely curious, but rashly broke into other people's houses...
"No, that's my home too. Although I've moved out, I still have all my rooms."
Throwing away his psychological burden, he walked around the nearby block with peace of mind, then turned into the yard from the backyard, and used the key of the back door hidden in the flower bed to open the door and enter the house.
There was no one in the house, the hostess and the servants were all in the front yard, and the piece of paper was casually placed on the corner of the dining table when Mary took out her gloves just now.
Bending over to avoid being seen by anyone outside the window, he walked furtively in a squat, with the cat behind him following him with small steps, observing Jenkins' ridiculous movements.
"Shh~"
The man suddenly turned his head and said to the cat. The cat looked around to make sure it was talking to him, but it didn't make any sound at all.
It took some time to "move" under the corner of the dining table. Keeping the squatting posture, he quickly raised his right hand to touch the edge of the table, and after touching the page, he pulled it off. After opening it, I glanced at it, temporarily imprinted it in my mind like a painting, and then quickly appeared in the [Book of Memories].
Then he raised his hand to put the paper back in place, kept squatting and lifted his left foot, twisted his waist and turned around quickly with his right foot as the center of gravity, then turned over quickly towards the kitchen door, and left the room.
A few seconds later, he poked his head out again and waved at the cat standing by the corner of the table. Looking at the fluffy white bread on the stove and the dazed chocolate, he followed quickly.
In short, the operation went very smoothly, and no one saw Jenkins. After he came out, he remembered that he should put a phantom outside in advance, so that he didn't have to run out so hard.
Far away from Privet Drive, Jenkins changed his image several times in the alley, and then found a cafe to sit down and check the specific content on the "Book of Memories".
The handwriting is that of the father, and the beginning also shows that the recipient is Robert. The content of the letter was only half a page. It started with a customary greeting, the second paragraph talked about Jenkins' business trip to Ruen to work, and the last sentence mentioned Hathaway and Britney. The third paragraph is slightly longer:
[Regarding that matter, the bigwigs in Beldyran have not yet made a decision, but the day will not be far away. Robert, I think that in recent months, some people should have contacted you more or less, and you will probably understand that that day is coming. I would hate to disturb your family's life, but this is not something our generation decides. As for the attitude of the church you are concerned about, His Majesty the Pope personally sent a letter. The original copy is kept by the bishop in the church, and you can pick it up when you have time. But now Williams has four, have you made up your mind?]
"What do you mean? How could father be in contact with the Holy See? What important matter does he have that needs to be considered by the Holy See? Moreover, the Pope actually wrote to him personally..."
He suspected for the first time that the matter between himself and Dolores had been revealed to Nolan's relatives. If you think about it this way, something seems wrong.
Jenkins thought about it, but couldn't figure out what they were talking about. So I saved the contents of the letter paper in the [Book of Memories], and planned to ask Alexia for advice after returning, or ask Robert personally after returning to Nolan.
Based on what he and the original owner knew about his father, Robert was not the kind of person who liked to hide secrets. If you don't ask, Robert will keep it a secret on the grounds of "you didn't ask me, why should I take the initiative to say it?"
Thinking of this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and took a sip of the coffee that had just been delivered by the waiter. He is still not used to the taste of coffee. Even though people like this refreshing drink, Jenkins still prefers plain water or tea.
It's only ten o'clock now, so far, his affairs in Nolan have been dealt with. Apart from paying attention to Hathaway's "Dice Game" at any time, Mr. White Cat's revelation about finding his cousin next Monday, and Miss Magic's sweater pattern magazine, he basically doesn't need to pay attention to Nolan's affairs.
"But I still have to come to see Hathaway frequently. I'm in Loen now. If I don't come to see her often, she might think I'm an unreliable person."
Thinking of this, he slapped off Chocolate's little paw. Of course he couldn't just order a drink when he came to the cafe, so the cat took a fancy to the small desserts on the table.
"I remember that last month, your appetite was obviously very bad. How come you want to eat everything again?"
He asked his cat, and the cat naturally couldn't answer him.
Based on the principle of not wasting, I wanted to finish this cup of coffee before going back to Ruen to find something to do, but I frowned halfway through the drink, but noticed that the woman at the next table looked familiar.
After thinking for a long time, I realized that it was Miss Capet. It was not that Jenkins suffered from amnesia, but that this woman had deliberately disguised her. It was difficult to recognize her just by looking at her face. It was her profile, which was so familiar to Jenkins, but no matter how hard she thought about it, she forgot where she had seen it, which exposed her identity.
"What a coincidence."
Jenkins murmured in his heart, picked up a table knife and cut open the delicate cake on the plate, then inserted a small piece with a fork and put it in his mouth. Listening to the sound of him chewing, the cat swallowed and was about to become manic.
"The last time we met, I promised to go with her to inquire about Miss Knight's dragon vein awakening, but when I went to Loen, everything was delayed."
The culprit, of course, was the chocolate, the claw that kicked over the bottle, which Jenkins would remember for years, along with the humiliation of being a Jenkins mouse.
The woman did not come to the cafe alone. When Jenkins finished handling the cake and was deciding whether to give up the coffee, the man who opened the door sat opposite Miss Capet.
That person is also an acquaintance, Mr. Gref, the holy son of the [Church of Creation and Mechanics]. He also dressed in a low-key manner, even when he sat down, he did not take off the hat on his head.
The voices of the two were very soft, completely covered by the sound of the accordion in the corner of the cafe. Jenkins held the magazine and squinted at them, only to see that at the end of the conversation Mr. Gref pushed a metal box to Miss Capet and got up to leave.
"Strange, I thought that Mr. Greve had left Nolan long ago. Isn't such a publicly-identified Holy Son usually very busy? And he stays in Nolan, won't the local church protest?"
Confused in my heart, I saw Miss Capet, who had regained her celibacy, staring at the metal box in front of her in a daze. Then carefully press the square above the box, and after a click, the sound of the gears snapping together and rotating comes from inside the box. A few seconds later, a small drawer popped out from the side of the metal box, and Miss Capet took out the pendant from the drawer.
It was an irregular piece of metal, like an untreated industrial part, with mottled rust on the copper color, and Jenkins couldn't see what it was. A thin rope was tied to this piece of metal trash. Miss Capet lifted it up very carefully, then lowered her head and tied it around her neck.
"Hmm... looks familiar... hmm? This seems to be..."
He had never seen similar objects with the same shape, but he had seen things with similar materials, colors, and sizes. Two months ago, he stayed in Shire City for a week in order to explore Shire's cemetery where he had acquired divinity. During this period, there were many episodes, one of which was seeing the grave of "another William".
The old man who has passed away is actually not related to Nolan's William, he is just an adopted son. But among the relics thrown to Jenkins by the landlord, there is a metal pendant that the old man cherished very much before his death, which was handed down by the real William.
It was only after I returned to Nolan that I learned from Robert that there were three similar pendants, and they were distributed to the three brothers by the great-grandfather of the three Jenkins brothers, that is, Robert's grandfather. Robert's piece was inherited by the youngest son, and William of Shire was the second brother.
As for Robert's uncle, the eldest of the three brothers, he took his family and left the city where the William family used to live long before the plague broke out thirty years ago, long before Robert fled to Nolan Just cut off contact.
PS: The first two metal blocks involve chapters 850 and 879.