Plague:
Helena quietly closed the doors behind her, wishing to keep her secret library a secret. She could hear Sigmund and another man speaking in hushed tones in the lounge right down the stairs from her parents’ portrait, the same room she had received Minerva in and learned about Missy’s disappearance.
As she walked in, she saw Lane, Sigmund, and a man she’d never met before. Sigmund began the introduction as soon as Helena was far enough in the room.
“Mistress Helena, this man is Mister Brubaker. He is our real estate agent, our building locator. He arrived with the morning post. Mister Brubaker, why don’t you inform Mistress Brandywine what you told me?”
Helena found it strange Sigmund hadn’t offered everybody to sit, but she really needed to listen to Mister Brubaker’s tale.
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