An Unexpected Apprentice
“The housekeeping staff was under strict orders to keep her from helping, and plucked dust rags, brooms, and brushes out of her hands whenever they found her at any work other than her own. Plenty of activity was going on around her, and she itched to be part of it. Every corner of the kitchen was full of gigantic pots and stacks of trenchers and dishes. The twin footmen polished mountains of silver cutlery. The housemaids carried piles of linens up the stairs and made up dozens of beds in the g...uest rooms. Some of the guests would be staying in suites, the likes of which she had never dreamed existed outside of a fairy-tale castle. The rich, red brocade bed curtains alone in one grand room would have bought the entire contents of Clearbeck!
And every time she tried to help, she was shooed out of the room like an errant cat. She had never felt more useless in her life.
Despite his promise, Olen was too busy to spend more than a few minutes a day checking her work. Forced to apply herself, she learned to distinguish a hundred general runes, and manipulate a few simple specific ones, like that for a stone and a piece of wood that she found in the garden.MoreLess
And every time she tried to help, she was shooed out of the room like an errant cat. She had never felt more useless in her life.
Despite his promise, Olen was too busy to spend more than a few minutes a day checking her work. Forced to apply herself, she learned to distinguish a hundred general runes, and manipulate a few simple specific ones, like that for a stone and a piece of wood that she found in the garden.MoreLess
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