When Raymond left the room, the Duke dismissed the other servants out of the room so that it was only Heidi and him.
"Do you like Bonelake, Ms. Curtis?" he inquired casually, taking off the spectacles he wore to clean it with the cloth that was on the table.
"It is alright..." she replied, her voice unusually smaller than usual. She wasn't sure how to reply to it, what do you say to a person who doesn't like the land?
"Is that so. You look beautiful," she was taken aback at the sudden compliment, "The right clothes and shoes makes one into a fine person, don't you think? Would you care for a cup of tea?" he asked her.
"I-"
"Please, I insist," he smiled, pouring the tea from the white kettle into two cups, "What have you been doing in the Rune's mansion? It must be quite a bore to sit alone midst the vampires," she saw him add a spoonful of sugar into the tea cups.
"Ah, yes, it is sometimes but Mr. Lawson has asked me to take lessons from the educator," she answered him.
