The word 'bad omen' took Mabel off guard. She now has two minds. The first wanted her to do what her friend said while the other wanted her to follow her mind.
"How do you think he was defrauded… you don't want to obtain your father's property and make him waste it with his bad luck?" Christabel justified what Clara said earlier as if they had both planned it together without her consent.
The idea clicked to her but not to her second mind. She went taut as the idea kept shooting in her head. She was plagued with mixed emotions about whether to help Ria or allow nature to help him itself. She knew that if she didn't employ him another person would do so. But all in her mind was to employ him but her friends were making it difficult to strike a balance decision.
