Chapter 46: Flying bottle.
"Who's Darla?" Lee asked, after Ivonna brought him to his new bedroom.
Even if it wasn't bigger than thirty square feet, it was clean and neat, and the black skirt on the chair indicated the previous inhabitant was a female. Sanders called her Darla.
"She was the mistress's personal maid." Ivonna said with a sigh, "A nice girl, a bit dumb, but nice."
"What happened to her?" Lee already didn't like where this was going.
"She had an accident." Ivonna said, but then stepped closer and whispered, "She fell on a bottle, face first ... and with how disfigured she was ... her family was ... relocated."
It was obvious her words held a deeper meaning, but Lee decided to not jump to conclusions. It was kind of obvious to think someone crippled the girl, and then her family was killed to keep their mouths shut, but it could as well be only a rumor.
From what Lee understood, he didn't have much time till dinner, so he quickly washed his hands and face. Meanwhile another servant brought him clean clothes, but instead of simply passing them over, stared at Lee until the latter was completely crept out.
In the end Lee grabbed clothes, and shut the door in the man's face, but still had goosebumps while changing.
According to Sanders's instructions, Lee's duties this evening were simple. He had to serve the young mistress, while the butler would take care of Master Newman's needs. Everything seemed straight forward, and even though Lee had never waited on anyone, he was certain it was easy enough.