The entire house was quiet save for the clatters that were coming from a particular room. Katrina followed the sound and arrived in the kitchen. There were three ladies there all quite engaged in making dinner they didn’t see her enter until she had cleared her throat. They had all turned at once to acknowledge her. They exchanged greetings . The eldest of them all had asked her if she was the new girl to which she had acquiesced . Then they had welcomed her and told her to watch steps around the house especially with the presence of the future duchess If she intended to last. They told her about the eviction of three maids just in the three days she has stayed in the house. According to them..“She has a short temper” . After they had exchanged pleasantries. She had left based on the di

