„Today guests come to us from one estate, so we need to make a big feast. Go help Alice set the table. "
I nodded softly in agreement and followed the little blond girl, who was smiling kindly at everyone.
„Hi Lia, did Amelia send you to see me?"
„Yes, I have to help you."
„Okay, so put these plates on the table."
I looked at them in amazement.
„Is that gold?"
„Exactly, they can afford it."
I carefully placed the plates on the table. I saw my reflection in them.
„Alice?"
„Yes?"
„How long have you been here?"
„Almost 15 years."
„Aren't you sad for family?"
„Not at all, they sold me to a buyer who came to our fair. That day my mother told me to put on a beautiful dress and adjust myself. I remember selling me to a young man who went to the auction with me right away. I was not even 18 years old, when I was 16, when I reached that age, they gave me the ring and killed me. "
She said it without feeling, as if she had lost them long ago.