"…As I said, I have nothing but praise for the child."
"Thank you, Angela. And what do you think, Madeline?" said Caedmon, moving on from Mrs. Dawn. "He seems most taken with you and Patricia, after all."
"He's such a sweet boy," came the house servant's heartfelt words. "Just like Elly said earlier, he's very helpful around the house. It's been over a year since he started living here, yet he still helps with laundering clothes and setting them out to dry."
Elly was the head cook, who had taken to teaching Alistar how to prepare certain meals in recent months. This had greatly benefited Anice, as he usually asked her to taste his practice dish of the day.
"And anything else that needs doing," agreed Patricia in her melodic voice. "Tidying up rooms, making beds, cooking meals, cleaning dishes—he does everything, even though we never ask him to help us."
