The Twenty-Second Chapter

Maebh leaned by the frosty glass window as she watches the Mullins’ jovial daughter play in the manor’s little courtyard.

“Maebh!”

The governess shrieked at her who’s now by the maid quarter’s threshold.

“Get us some food, you silly little girl! Little Ms. Ariadne Mullin needs her afternoon tea and sweets already.”

“But it’s still two in the afternoon. Her afternoon tea is four.”

The governess inched closer to her, index finger pointing callously to little Maebh who’s only wearing nothing but tattered sage dress. She was not even given a proper maid uniform as it will give a notion of a child labor. So, her employers—the Mullins—gave her Ariadne Mullin’s old apparel.

“Don’t you dare complain and talk back to me! Just do what I said!”

“Bu-But-”

“Now!”