Chapter Four
~March 29~
Jamie was enjoying a break below stairs, getting a breath of fresh air while standing in the open doorway, when Mary suddenly appeared at his side. She smiled up at him with her wide mouth and round cheeks looking adorable.
“Jamie! I haven’t seen ye in forever!” she said, mimicking him by leaning against the opposite door jamb.
“So, where have you been?” he asked with a laugh.
“Workin’. They don’t like the upper servants mixin’ with the lower ones here. It’s funny,” she said with a shrug.
It was true, though. At the Congingby’s household there was much more opportunity for the different classes of servants to mix, but there was a much stricter hierarchy here. Jamie supposed it had more to do with the butler and housekeeper than the master and mistress making t
