"If my sister spent less time fretting and more time paying attention? She'd have more to tell you than Miss Ignatia being a witch." Amelie sighs, but sisters are sisters. "Juggling the girls and the nobles must boil her brain like an egg I suppose. She tries."

It isn't easy managing so many opinionated women. "I hear anything else I'll send for you right quick. Might send Winnie to meet you, specially if it's around bathing time."

From behind them the Vashoth maid waves and winks. "I think she likes you."