Hannah and Isabel placed the deep-pocketed fitted sheet onto the massive mattress, making sure any excess fabric was firmly tugged underneath. Then they covered it with another cotton sheet before placing the silk duvet over the bed.
"Do you know who is coming today?" Hannah asked Isabel while she was fluffing the goose down pillows. The older maid looked up with a clueless shrug.
"I thought Ms. Shirley told you," she said and went to arrange a bunch of fresh-cut lilacs into a crystal vase.
"All she said to me was that Her Grace is having an important guest coming to stay," Hannah replied. "Whoever that person is, he or she is going to be here for a long time otherwise we wouldn't have to prepare the yellow room, am I right?"
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