Chapter Thirty-Six
One evening Hannah was summoned in to see Judith and Felicity. As always on such occasions, she went with a certain amount of trepidation; what had she done wrong? But she was greeted politely, with none of the coldness which Judith displayed when there was a dressing-down to be delivered, and even a punishment. Felicity offered her a glass of wine and told her to take a seat. Judith went into another room and brought out one of their most recent acquisitions, a girl called Fiona. Hannah thought she looked rather scared; as it turned out, she was right to be.
“Fiona is in the early stages of training,” Judith said. “We have still to decide what sort of role she will play in the organisation, though undoubtedly she will be rented out. We should especially like to know w
