His words made the Mayfair's uncomfortable but they didn't intervene to correct him because he had only spoken the truth. Also, he was army general Drusus, not many people corrected or talked back to him.
The one person most shocked at the revelation was Miranda. She thought maybe she had misheard but those furtive glances between the Mayfair's and Ruth's uncomfortable energy told a different story. In fact, as Ruth herself was not daring to contradict the general, it had to be true.
The closest Saxons heard it too so they stared in their direction with Rose-bell moving closer to listen in on the conversation.
"Cuckoo? Who is the cuckoo?" Rose-bell asked.
Miranda's trembling hand pointed at Ruth.
"How? She is one of those cuckoos in the news, oh my God!!!!, she stepped away from Ruth as if the young woman had suddenly grown boils on her skin."
