.<br/>The Staff continued to buzz about and still gossiped about various matters in the household. A few disappeared upstairs with drinks, while the housekeeper Mrs Burford briefly came in to acquire a couple of the more sensible girls to make sure the table was ‘just so’. Also she needed to make sure that the two girls that would be serving the ladies in the parlour during the event were suitably attired. Of course they had been advised earlier but this was an extremely important event as it was first one since the brothers had returned to England.<br/><br/>This woman hushed the girls and their ‘nonsense’ though as soon as the housekeeper returned upstairs it continued. The new snippits from those who had been invisible and making sure the drinks were available, were that there was another foreigner, and as well as that and American….and goodness that man in a mask with the ghosty lady.<br/><br/>“Well I think she is playing games…”<br/><br/>“Oooooh no me mavver used ta read tea leaves and she swore me dead da was communicatin’ froo vem…now she was no fool. She reckons I might ‘ave the gift.” too.” There were a couple of gasps and it seemed that the gossip was drawing away from the finishing touches to the meal.<br/>