This seemed to perk Faridah up. She turned her head to look at the ebony-skinned woman and swallowed. "I... Then she turned away again, looking sadly down at the sheets. "But would you want to live like that? You'd be forced to live your days as a common servant in the palace. And you'd spend your nights knowing that my husband may be taking me in our chambers while you're forced to sleep in the servants' quarters. And if we were discovered..." She shuddered to think of what would happen if it was ever learned by the public that she engaged in such practices, though if she knew of the affairs that went on in the palace that she was unaware of, she would find a simple affair with a slave was not a major deal.