“What do you mean, help you?”
“What’s going on here? How can you treat an innocent person like this? Do you know how many years I’ve served as Her Grace the Grand Duchess’s lady-in-waiting?”
Janet tried to hide her anger behind a show of indignation, even letting a tear glisten in her eyes.
The butler spoke for the first time with an icy face Janet had never seen before. “A woman who has served Her Grace for years would dare to do something like this? Have you no shame?”
“What are you accusing me of, exactly!” Janet shouted back. Shame? In her mind, she was already innocent. And in front of the Duchess herself, she refused to appear like some criminal being dragged away.
Seeing the vein stand out on Janet’s neck as she fumed, Perel spoke flatly. “Perhaps you expect someone to confess your crime for you. Don’t worry.”…
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