<div style="text-align: justify;">Unlike Thad, Catherine had always been happy with her position. Not that it was a surprise, seeing as her position was a comfortable one. There was only one thing about her life that didn't fit her dreams. Thad. She liked him as much as he liked her, and that was unfortunate. First of all, nobody could know that they liked each other. For Catherine, it would be moving to the country, being married to someone, or at worse a convent. But for Thad, who knew? Catherine knew very well that Thad's life had value only for her, of all people in that household.<br/><br/>All the unpleasant thoughts escaped Catherine's mind as she saw Thad's dear face, though. She shook her head when he bowed to her and called her Mistress. Cathy knew it was the proper way, but it always saddened her a little. <br/><br/>Trying not to think of the social distance between herself and Thad, Catherine tried to distract him with silly and futile matters.<br/><br/>The young man's reaction made Catherine smile and try not to laugh. She thought for a moment and looked inside. <span style="color: #00FFFF">"Oh"</span>, the girl murmured softly. <span style="color: #00FFFF">"They are out on a social call"</span>, she explained calmly. <span style="color: #00FFFF">"You may speak as you wish until you hear the horses at the patio"</span>.<br/><br/>Standing up from her chair, Catherine walked to Thad and slipped her little hands in his. <span style="color: #00FFFF">"Are you displeased with me?"</span>, she asked, almost humbly. In there, alone with him, it was almost as though the positions were inverted. She was the one who feared to upset him, and not the other way around.<br/><br/><span style="color: #00FFFF">"I wish you would not fall silent like this when I want to talk"</span>, the girl complained, her deeply green eyes moving up to gaze at his. <span style="color: #00FFFF">"Do you think I would call you here and ask you questions you could not respond to sincerely?"</span>. As she spoke, the girl's hands slipped away from the servant's. <span style="color: #00FFFF">"Maybe you suspect I would cause you trouble out of my own free will?"</span>.</div>