Eurydice awakened to find that Daphne was gone. Jenny was inexplicably huddled in the corner of the room, still sniffling from her cold. She was wrapped in a blanket from Daphne’s bed and looked to be miserable.
Eurydice sat up and felt so chilled that she shivered. How she hated to fall ill! “Where is Daphne?” she asked and the maid lifted a finger to her lips.
“She told me to wait here and be utterly silent,” Jenny confessed in a whisper.
“But why?”
The maid shrugged, proving once again that she was possessed of less curiosity than Eurydice. Even if Daphne had been stern and mysterious, Eurydice would have been more interested in the truth than Jenny appeared to be. She made to get out of bed and sneezed again.
“My lady, it seems you had better stay in bed today,” Jenny said, still
