"Since Ezra has said so, then what happened to Florence back then must be true! I didn't expect her to have an illegitimate daughter!"
"What happened back then? Quickly tell us about it!"
"Some of you may not know that about twenty-eight years ago, Florence, who was still very young at the time, suddenly eloped with a poor boy. Mr. Howard was infuriated! Although this matter was soon suppressed, many families knew about it!
"I heard that they had a tough life out there, and Florence even became pregnant. Later, the man returned to DC and begged the Howards for forgiveness so that they could return to the family. Afterward, he somehow angered Mr. Howard and was killed.
"A few months later, Florence returned to DC alone, looking extremely haggard. I heard that she knelt in front of Mr. Howard's door for two days and two nights before he was appeased and allowed her to return to the family. But she soon married into the Lamberts in a marriage alliance.