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"You like knitting, don’t you, Bella?" I said, trying to keep her distracted

She nodded enthusiastically

"Love it" Once I was satisfied that I’d gotten as close a view of the keys as I was going to get without actually re them from her, I stood up and walked back over to the bed

I looked out of the

The overcast sky was becoht was descending on this place

I let out a yawn, causing Bella to raise her eyes to ain

"I think I need to sleep

Aren’t you tired too? It see that it was indeed getting late

Bella looked at htfully

"Maybe a little tired

But I need to eat first" "Okay," I said

"Why don’t you eat and then we can both go to sleep for the night" The chair creaked as she stood up and set her knitting down on the table

She plodded toward the kitchen

I lay back on the bed, listening to pots rattling and a fire starting up

She returned to the rooe saucepan full of stew

She placed a plate on the floor so as to prevent stains, brandished a giant spoon and began sing down the stew

So that’s why she cooked soto finish the whole container

Wiping herbelch

Then she made her way back into the kitchen to wash up

I waited patiently for her to return to the rooo to sleep, but to ht for the front door

I leapt from my bed and stood in front of the door before she could reach it

"Wait

Please don’t leave et some cushions and a blanket and you can sleep in the corner on the thick war" She shook her head

"Want uessed that all that stew had knocked her out

"But I could escape during the night

Master would want you to stay with me" She rolled her eyes and held up her chain of keys