The words she had just uttered hung in the air.
What had she called him again, she hadn't called him anything bad had she?
Oh heavens! She had called him names.
Snobby!
Grumpy.
Self important and arrogant.
How was she going to get away from this one? She could already picture his infuriated expression even without turning around to look.
All the maids signalled one another, shuffling backwards through the service entrance of the kitchen and disappearing one after another without making a sound, they made a clean escape.
Anne could only watch helplessly as they abandoned her alone in the kitchen.
What happened to Emma and Katie who were supposed to stall him to not come downstairs yet?
So unreliable!
All the staff could only sigh in relief when they had managed to escape from the kitchen.
