A clear field had been prepared by morning; it was going to be the burial place of Nanny Han. By the rise of the sun, guests had started to arrive. Most powers on This-side sent representatives if they could not come themselves.
This was a funeral for a maid, but they did not dare stay back. Most came with their wives, after giving them a good scolding. The ladies of society had started to understand that Lady Wickshire was not some little girl. Listening to their husbands speak, they closed their mouths and obeyed. Many ladies left behind by their husbands, gathered for tea at Lady Dockstorm's.
"You were left behind Lady Jeuteh? I thought you said yourself and husband held the most trust for each other." a lady said in mockery. She was Lady Jeuteh's half sister, married to a official Yr
