'Huh?'
The minute the bedroom door opened abrupt before her face, Oletha became stuck for words as she held on to her breath. She had formerly assumed that things were just as simple as Sigrid had said it. She did not know that her tongue would disgrace her by going mute the minute her eyes would fall on her lady.
Now, with Elizabeth's mention of needing her help to search for something, she was able to collect herself a little to respond properly to her.
"What do you need my assistance to help you find?" she said.
"Yes, Oletha. Come. Come inside quickly." Saying this, Lizzie then held onto Oletha's hands and hurriedly pulled her into. Despite the heat of her lady's affair, Oletha still made sure to jam the door shut with her freer hand.
They were now deep enough in Lizzie's bedroom when she opened her mouth to speak to Oletha.
