Delphine humiliates housemaid Sabina by forcing her face into a half-eaten dessert and telling her that scraps are all she deserves.
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Chapter 15 / 17
Chapter 15
The old staff returned gradually.
Not everyone.
One cook preferred his new job.
A cleaner retired.
Peter, the footman Delphine had dismissed first, came back part-time.
No speeches.
Normal employment.
The house changed anyway.
More direct questions.
Less assumption.
Guests sometimes found it annoying that a maid could verify an instruction instead of obeying a family member instantly.
Excellent.
One cousin complained:
“Staff used to know their place.”
Sabina heard him.
I watched her expression.
Then answered before she had to.
“They do.”
He smiled.
Wrong interpretation.
I continued.
“Their place is doing their job, not absorbing your ego.”
He stopped smiling.
Sabina kept walking.
May you like
No applause.
Better.
