An unnerving dinner conversation

“Oh, are the two of you still not in the dining room?” Grace asked when she was on her way out to catch some fresh air outside.

“Oh, we’re just on our way there now,” Mishka responded with a look at Gillian’s face for confirmation, because if she did not want to go to the basement then her next option was the dining room.

“Yes, definitely,” Gillian responded with a tight grimace.

The two of them then walked past Grace, through the scullery and out into the hallway.

“What did you see on the video?” Mishka asked in a whisper. She could not keep her curiosity to herself. She needed to know even before dinner.

“We saw Myrtle call the cat into the nursery and then she fed it a live rat. She wasn’t even afraid to hold onto the rat by its tail,” Gillian responded.

“No! The cat and a rat? Both alive and she handled them?” Mishka responded in shock.

They were very close to the dining room now, so Mishka tugged at Gillian’s sleeve to slow her down.