After spending a good time with her friends, Maxine had no idea when they would meet again since it would be only after she had unveiled Duke James of Dunhil's secret.
The same night, the day when she had caught her husband having an affair with a woman in her supposed—matrimonial bed and on her wedding night, Maxine packed a few of her belongings as she was told.
King Louis had deliberately come to inform her that when in Batmod, she should carry out the activities that the scarlet ladies do and so, she would have no time to take her herbs or pots to prepare her medicines if required.
Maxine dared not remind King Louis that some people's lives were at her hands and if she did not do anything, they might likely die. However even when she did not ask or request anything, King Louis had said her apprentices would handle the job when she was away but that wasn't enough to put her mind at rest.
