Lida took a bite of the cake the way she'd been taught and nodded, as she listened to the mistress speak. She blushed slightly when she was handed the paper as she could read but she'd never been taught how to write. She read the paper and then blushed deeper, looking down. "M- my Lady," she said nervously. "I... I must apologize as I have been taught how to read but not how to write."<br/><br/>She hid herself from her mistress, scared of what she would do to her. She wanted to reply to her but, as she'd never been taught how to write, she wasn't able to unless the mistress permitted her to speak it out loud. She really wanted to be able to send secret messages like this to her but she, as she didn't know how to write, she wasn't able to. She also knew that few of the other servants were able to write and those that did would not help her in this as those particular servants didn't like her.