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They continued on until they reached the rough door that opened to the stairwell that led up to the professor’s house Before they proceeded, he placed his hand on Karigan’s arh her sleeve

"Please, I must remind you to speak of this to no one Not any of it And do not attean nodded and followed hi stairs and into the house By the ti tired Before dropping into bed, she carefully leaned the bonewood in a corner and hid the mirror shard in one of her slippers, which she tucked under the bed She pulled the sheets over her and fell into a deep sleep full of dark passageith only a dying ht the way

and was abruptly awakened by daylight bea in the silhouette of Mirria round to face her with hands on her hips

"Have we relapsed?" the housekeeper dee

"Relapsed?"

"It is eleven hour Well past breakfast, so you will have to do without"

Karigan sat up with a yawn This was certainly a change of routine Usually she was allowed all the rest she desired and was served breakfast no h on in your recuperation that it was ti into the routine of this household The dressmaker will be here after the midday meal"

"Dressan still was not awake and found herself in need of a pot of strong tea

"You don’t expect to spend the rest of your life in a nightgown, do you?"

"Well, I--"

Then Mirria her monocle to her eye Her frown deepened as she scrutinized Karigan’s nightgown Her glance swerved to the bonewood cane leaning in the corner, then back to Karigan

"Miss Goodgrave, have you been rolling around in a dirt pile?"