Chapter 1314
Maisie was stunned. “He didn‘t like her?”
Alfred sighed. “Lorraine came from the maternal side of the family and is considered a distant relative. Although it was already in the post–reform era, the Wolfsbanes were a huge and wealthy family at that time and retained some feudal ideology.
“Mr. Summers was a boy, so he had better education, but Lorraine‘s story was different. She didn‘t have the opportunity to attend school at that time, so her education level was different from that of Mr. Summers, and it was difficult to get along with someone whose ideas and concepts were so distinct from hers.
“What‘s more, Lorraine was Mr. Summers‘s cousin, so in other words, he was forced to marry his own cousin. Even though they weren‘t closely related, still, not many people could accept it back then.”
Maisie was a little surprised to hear that. Marriages between close relatives were basically an ancient tradition. It was very common before the late 19th century, especially amongst large and prestigious families in which they wanted to preserve the family‘s wealth, maintain geographic proximity, and keep traditions.
It was just like the royal families of some countries nowadays–they were still keen on marriages between close relatives, which was not acceptable to everyone.
Maisie did not expect that Rowena‘s parents would get connected through such a tie.
She placed the photo frame back and thought of something. “Grandfather claimed that he brought Rowena in and raised her because of the death of her parents. Is that true?”
“That‘s right.” Alfred nodded and explained slowly, “It was only after Lorraine‘s death that Elder Master Goldmann brought Rowena with him. He also promised the Summers he would take good care of Rowena. Sigh, Elder Master Goldmann wouldn‘t be that disappointed if Rowena hadn‘t done something like that back then.”
Maisie asked out of the blue, “What about her father?”
Alfred was about to answer the question, but Nolan appeared at the door at that moment. ““If you want to know about these, why didn‘t you ask.me?”
Maisie was startled at first but then walked up to him with a smile. “That was fast.”
He raised his eyebrows slightly. “Was it fast?”
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