•••5. Thê Gûêsts•••

Mary and the other maids worked busily on Isleen to get her dolled up for the respectable guests who will be visiting. They fussed around her with a fidgeting Isleen, who was quite uncomfortable with all these attentive ones. Unlike any other noble lady, Isleen didn't like to put on makeup much; she likes to keep it simple, much to the disappointment of her mother. 

She kept on looking at the blue sky that peeped from behind the flowing curtains. None but Mary knew what her mistress was thinking. When her mistress would get tired of the false world of the nobles, she'd sneak out of the mansion unnoticed and come back in the same manner. It is her mistress' habit and she have been doing this ever since Mary gained the latter's trust.