"Now dears I'm sure 'm sure I've told you many times, it's the Lady Maliska, or Aunt Maliska if you will. I won't have you talking about her as 'that Darkie' and certainly not in public," Helena said sternly.<br/><br/>Honestly the situation was bad enough as it was.<br/><br/>The woman sighed and closed the book again, keeping one finger between the pages to mark her place. "As for why your uncle chose her well I suppose he likes the exotic," an interest that was quite fashionable at the moment, though few had gone as far in their interest as mister Winterstone. "And she is rather beautiful and very well-mannered, knows when to speak and to be silent," she placed some emphasis on this last bit, feeling the children were far to chatty this evening. "And of course Uncle Robert is different, that's... Him being a married man. You'll notice a lot of men act differently when their lady is around. Honestly I don't understand where you get this nonsense about magic."<br/><br/>"Now, do concentrate," she said, opening the book again, "The bad man rode Ginger too hard and the other bad man made Beauty fall so his knees were damaged. Then what happened...?"