"No, she doesn't live anywhere near here." Alyxander replied. "Kate said she had been banished, though I could probably guess multiple things that could have gotten her banished from here. She was cold and cruel and brutal; but I survived by acting as the submissive, obedient slave. She'd sent her husband to bring me out to the wharf, as she couldn't do that herself. He is not much better than my mistress was, he would beat me too as much as she did."