Chapter 47: Rather Humorous
Henry turned to look at Edith, the woman still had her arms folded. "Would you like to take it up with the crown prince?" he asked.
Mistress Edith would be lying if she said she didn’t know what Rose was here for. Every single person in the castle knew. However, this was the last thing she expected to hear. She found it a little hard to believe the crown prince would do this much for a mere commoner, but she had never seen Henry this agitated.
"Do we have an understanding?" Henry asked when she didn’t respond.
"Yes," Mistress Edith said. "I’ll take her off the south wing and won’t assign her to any more tasks." She didn’t care enough to go against Henry or the crown prince, and Rose didn’t bother her. Other than the fact that Rose stayed in the servants’ quarters, she didn’t have much to do with her.
"Good. And if this changes, you’ll have to deal with the crown prince!"
"I understand, Mister Henry," Edith said, rolling her eyes as she spoke.
"One more thing—Martha should be the one to clean the south wing. Just as Rose had to."
Edith glanced at Martha and then back at Henry. "Martha, starting tomorrow, you will clean the south wing. You have six days to finish."
Mister Henry turned to Martha. "Maybe you’ll learn from this and leave Rose alone."
Mister Henry stomped away, passing Edna, who was poking her head out from around the corner as she watched everything. She quickly curtsied to greet him, but Henry didn’t even respond. She wondered what the crown prince must have said to him to make Mister Henry act like this. She had never seen him like this before. He was always calm, and quiet, and not once had she seen him yell at his niece.