“You are going to have plenty of chances now.”
Zoleka hoped as she spoke that it was the truth.
They bought a great number of items to the delight of the shopkeepers including some very pretty high-heeled shoes.
As they drove back to the Palace, Zoleka wondered what had been happening while they had been away at the shops and she could only hope that everything had been quiet and peaceful.
Udele now ran upstairs in order to take off her hat and handed her purchases to her new lady’s maid, who had been engaged for her by the housekeeper.
Zoleka as well took off her hat and put it down on a chair and then she walked out through a side door into the garden.
She was feeling, just like her mother had felt when she was worried, that there was nothing more soothing than the beauty of flower
