She was an old lady with grey hair and blue eyes wearing a black dress. "My name is mistress Carolyn" she said. "Emily Timber " I replied . She took me into the palace . And gave me a bunch of rules "don not speak , unless being spoken to. Don't look at any body from the royal family in the eyes, you must be up from bed before sunrise, you must always be in uniform when working in the palace, break any of these rules and you would be sacked, are we clear " She stated . Was I going to be able to keep up with all these rules, I thought to myself.
"Yes ma'am" I replied. She took me to a large cottage a little bit far from the palace. "This is where you would be staying" She said as she opened the door . I went inside, the room was not as bad as I thought . It had two beds one on the right and the other on the left. I dropped my bag on the floor.
The mistress handed a black and white dress over to me "this is your uniform you will be wearing it around the palace" She said. "Put it on and meet me outside" She added.
"Yes ma'am" I replied. I took off my mother's dress and wore the black and white dress she had given me (the dress had an apron attached to the front and it came with a pair of white gloves ) .
I walked outside to meet the mistress . She took me into the palace kitchen . "As a maid your duty is to serve the royal family, you are to tend to their every needs and obey their every command" She stated . "This is where all the cooking is done" She said. She introduced me to the people working in the kitchen .
She first introduced me to a chubby man he was wearing a white shirt and brown trousers with a white apron. "Emily this is chef Barry , he is the head chef around here" she pointed out. "Oh a new girl, what's your name deary ?" He asked. "Emily " I responded. He shaked my hand and said "well you are welcome Emily , if you need anything don't be shy to ask me okay" He smiled.
"Yes I won't " I chuckled . Mistress Carolyn introduced me to all the workers that day and they were all so nice . She showed me all the room and gave me all sorts of rules.
The day was coming to an end "I think that is everything" She said. "Any questions before we depart?" She asked. "Just one , mistress ,why was there two beds in my room ?" I asked "of course I forgot about that part, you will be sharing the room with another maid, you will meet her inside" she explained . "Now go get some rest you will start work tomorrow , you will be assigned to your post " She added. "Yes ma'am thank you so much" I replied.
I went into the cottage I met two maids there "hey it's the new girl,waw she pretty ain't she" they murmured . I approached them and introduced myself "hi my name is Emily " .
"Hi Emily my name is Doris " One of them said "my name is Linda" The other one said "nice to meet you" Linda giggled.
"You are welcome to our lovely abode" Doris cheered . I went in my room my partner hadn't gotten back yet. I unpacked my things and i arranged it into the wardrobe. Suddenly a lady with red hair and green eyes with freckles on her cheeks suddenly barge in "I swear if I see another boot today I'm going to lose it " She ranted . She just stormed by me and went straight to bed. I turned around and said"Hi my is Emily" .
"Oh the new girl , sorry my name is Marie" She said sinking her head into the pillows . " Are you alright ?" I asked .
"Sure I'm fine , just tired that's all " She answered . She looked at me and said "mine mine you're very pretty".
"Not for long anyways once you start scrubbing those dishes and washing the clothes" She joked . I looked at her and laughed. "I just hope you are not assigned to prince chamber " She added .
"What about the prince chamber ?" I asked . "Well he is the coldest of the cold, he really is a mean person . He doesn't treat any of us like human beings " She replied. "A piece of advice don't get on his bad side " She added.
We chatted for hours before she eventually fell asleep. I sat on the wooden chair in front of the window.
I wrote a letter to my dad ensuring him of my safe arrival . I went to bed that night thinking about what Marie had said .
"could the prince really be that cold , if he was I should try to stay away from him. " I thought to myself before sleeping that night.