"I'd actually love a hand thank you," she said. "There's a fireplace in the other room here too where you can all warm yourselves. You must be dreadfully chilled what with the wet clothes and all." She led those who would follow towards one of the other ends of the hall where it opened into a wide, spacious are where there was a furnace burning and a counter with some stock of spices lined up.<br/><br/>The fire place was opposite the counter and there was a table with plenty of room for them to gather. As Constance entered the room she asked them, "I know you're all here to escape the rain...but I can't help but wonder if its a stroke of fate that brought you here too...after all anything can be an agent of fate..."