Chapter Twenty
The past three months had been hard on Arthur. Emma had been very lax and undemanding which meant he had to keep his own discipline without the reinforcement he was used to. Most of the joy seemed to have gone out of her. She rarely left the house. She seemed to be marking time in life, not really caring what happened to her.
Arthur had been trained well at ‘Distinguished Domestics’ so the relative freedom that he enjoyed being Emma’s maid didn’t affect him. He never thought of wavering from his rigorous training. He had seen what happened to someone who was found lacking and had to be returned for further training. It had been the most gruesome thing he had ever experienced. He was determined that Emma would never have cause to even threaten him with such an event.
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