Chapter 16
NELLIE WOKE UP with a shock when a couple of people walked past her room talking. They probably weren’t that loud, but only sounded that way, because she had been so fast asleep—and by the Triune, she had slept in. Not even the kitten on her bedspread had stirred.
There was so much to do. Dora would be angry with her.
Nellie scrambled out of bed, lit the oil lamp and searched for her clothes.
It was still quite warm in this room.
That brought back the surreal memories from last night.
Nellie checked that the dragon box was safely tucked away in her linen cupboard, which it was.
She dressed to get ready for work: her underdress, her overdress, her apron, her long socks. She hesitated when putting on her bonnet. It looked ridiculous, Madame Sabine had said.
What would she
