"Mr. Patterson, thank you very much for accompanying me on my twentieth birthday!"
After lunch, Marguerite bowed respectfully to Jerome Bonaparte, expressing her gratitude.
"Miss Marguerite, it's I who should be thanking you! You've solved a troublesome problem for me!" Jerome Bonaparte smiled and nodded in response to Marguerite.
"Then Your Ma... Mr. Patterson," Marguerite's face flushed as she seemed to muster the courage to say to Jerome Bonaparte, "Could you give me a hug upon parting?"
Jerome Bonaparte was stunned for a few seconds, then opened his arms to gently embrace Marguerite, "Miss Marguerite, is this alright?"
"Thank you!" Marguerite whispered a reply to Jerome Bonaparte.
The two embraced for about half a minute before Jerome Bonaparte released Marguerite. He took out his pocket watch, glanced at the time, and said to Marguerite, "I must be going! Miss Marguerite!"
"Sir, thank you very much!" Marguerite once again expressed her gratitude to Jerome Bonaparte.
