A Fool Again?

"Father Joseph left the palace?" Everyone turned to look at Olga as her voice sounded disappointed more than relieved. 

When Olga noticed the look of confusion in their eyes, she blinked and bit her lips.

"I mean, are you sure that he lived happily? What if he left fuming and asked for his higher ups to visit the lord like father Crispin had called for him?" they all sighed at her reply.

They were worried about this too. Father Joseph was already too much to handle. If the cardinals visited, it would be chaos.

"I do not understand. We all had seen the lady escorting father Joseph herself. If he had left in rage, why would he let the lady accompany him? He even refused his grace to follow them." That was the thing that made their stomachache. How they were dying of curiosity what magic the lady casted. How could a man change so much?