The lad was most pleased at the offer, the food was certainly welcome and he also got to flirt a little more with some of the young maids. They seemed to enjoy the attention, a couple of the other ones joked with Jessica about her taking off that man to the room on his own…he was quite a looker, and likely a catch with that rather handsome major as an employer. A few fanned themselves with hands jokingly.<br/><br/>Most of them left Helena to herself, she had always been a bit uppity, however nothing like that witch who was taking care of their lovely mistress. One of the maids offered her a cup of tea, as well as offering the rather rough man she was with a light beer.<br/><br/>The lad looked to the governess; he had little to do with her, save when he was helping with horses when they were going on a short excursion in one of the cabs. She made him very nervous. So he looked back to Jessica, “I ain’t  one fer superstition miss, but them ‘oss’s don’t like what they brought back I’m thinking. Bossman says the same…”<br/>