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"Here I was thinking our littlewith the hired help and checking up on the peons" Aggie’s freckles lookedyour pardon!" That was too far "You don’t like ton?"

"Not used to it, are you? High up-and-up ot herself a ship because her va toys You ain’t earned one splinter of this beauty and everyone knows it"

That stung Rue was afraid Aggie was right She didn’t deserve The Spotted Custard She hadn’t developed intoher best It didn’t help that Aggie kept under her authority

Rue considered it quite an achieve her tongue with honey "I aton I assure you I’ to do a good job Did you have any constructive criticism or are you simply jealous?" She shouldn’t have added that last bit Of course she shouldn’t She should have been the better ie always had a rosy face because of the boiler heat, but at that she went bright red "You" – she punctuated her words with a sharp puffs of angry breath – "are a spoiled little e of an airship than I belong as dance master to a dachshund"

Rue was so arrested by the idea of Aggie in a dancing costuhed But this was a serious ie was an invaluable member of Quesnel’s team but should be dis exactly like the spoiled girl Aggie accused her of being?

"Are you testing ton?" This was, in its way, an excellent challenge to her abilities as captain Perhaps that hat Aggie was after

"As if everything is about you"

Rue frowned There had to be soie jealous of Rue’s relationship with Quesnel? Rue didn’t dare ask, because if Aggie weren’t aware, the very question would expose Rue to further ridicule

At that hts rustled up "Ladies?"

Rue gestured at hiton here was elucidating ie" Quesnel’s tone conveyed disappointets us in the soup all too often, charging in without any thought to the fact that wewith her"

Rue winced She did have a propensity to enthusiastically drag her ship – and crew – off to goodness knohere Egypt, for exaned on, for the adventure?"

"No I wanted a job Just as all the greasers and sooties did"

"Do I not pay you well enough? Are you threatening a lockout?" Rue pressed A a proper caretaker? "Mr Lefoux should have said so like that, Lady Captain Aggie here is a rabid ineers She’s fixated on you as the ideal representation of all that is wrong with the idle aristocracy"

Rue was further confused "I’ie was notaway your position in society without any attee"