'We should do as they ask, Thadda,' she told the younger girl. 'We want to get out of here, don't we? Try not to annoy them. It's their custom for unmarried girls not to show themselves to any men not related to them, and we should comply if they want us to. You do remember being told that, don't you?'
'Yes,' Thadora pressed her lips together into a hard line, 'but we're not bleeding Walchin girls, I'm human and you're an elf.'
Asphodel shook her head, then, hardening her expression she said, 'Just do it, Thadora.'
The younger girl gave Asphodel a scowl, but she lifted a robe and pulled it over her head.
Asphodel turned away and donned one of the robes. Since she taller than the tallest Walchin girl, the robe came only to her mid-calf, and the one Thadora reluctantly pulled on came a l
