After Lyudmila's visit, Eleanor held a series of meetings with her confidants while staying at her mansion. Among them was the old man Hans, freed by Idan, as well as Edmund's daughter Amanda by another woman, the only one of her husband's illegitimate children with whom Eleanor was connected by a close, almost parental relationship.
"Three more days, then?" Amanda asked, setting down her cup, sitting across from Eleanor.
"Yes, dear, in three days everything will be over, and you will be able to get rid of your patron's influence and find my grandson," Eleanor replied with a smile. "Until then, behave as usual and also help me gather all the available information about all your father's mistresses."
"Father's mistresses?" — Amanda raised an eyebrow questioningly. She was aware that these women had no sympathy for Eleanor and sought to cause her inconvenience at every opportunity.
