To Marie, whose face had darkened, her friends spoke in voices they forced to sound cheerful.
“Oh, come on! She's never been one to show what's in her heart, you know. She must just be anxious. Her mind will settle soon enough.”
The dress, altered for the third time after the fitting, would soon arrive at the Count's residence. With the imperial consort's help as well, the engagement ceremony was being prepared smoothly and without a hitch, quite apart from Ines's state.
“Do you think so?”
Marie answered her friends, who were worried about her, with a forced smile. As the young mistress's personal maid, she felt needlessly sorry, as though she had failed to attend her well and made the other maids worry.
At the same time, Marie knew the answer to her friend's words by instinct.
Her mind would settle soon? That could not be.
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