Do add the new book 'The Crown's Obsession' to your library for reading if you haven't done it yet.
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The beginning of the winter was mostly hard for the servants in the mansion as they lived in the lower quarters and once the cold would sink through the walls, especially for the humans it would be hard. Woods in the fireplaces was left to burn with logs of woods being added to keep the mansion as warm as possible.
The servants today were quieter than the other days that had come to pass by them. After the revelation of the rabbit that could walk and talk, they appeared to be working by themselves while keeping a watch to make sure there was nothing more in the mansion that would pop out of the blue.
Belle was seated in the drawing-room, discarding the chair, she sat on the ground with her feet crossed and the palms of her hands feeling the warmth coming from the fireplace.
