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Pearl of Great Price  by Lindelea 1 Review(s)
FantasyFanReviewed Chapter: 10 on 12/17/2003
Oh, young Hally is here! How wonderful! Opening a chapter of one of your wonderfully-entertwined stories is like opening a Christmas box with another piece for a treasured collection. Each new bauble has its own facets, and it fits together with the others to make a sparkling whole. And not an old mathom in the bunch! So will this be Rosemary's story as well as Pearl's?

Lalia intends to drive a hard bargain with Gundavar. Hopefully he is confident enough of his and Hally's skills to know what he can and can't do. Or will she go so far as to make it difficult for him in order to escape payment? I can't tell if Pearl was there for this conversation with the Bolgers or not - did she stay with the mistress after she returned to the study as she did the previous day, or was business first on this day and the outing just before noon? If she was there, how many of the subtleties does she understand? If she doesn't now, I imagine she soon will. Most likely, nobody hears more than the companion to the Mistress, quietly sitting by with the shawl and water pitcher, and unnoticed by any of the important people taking part in the conversations.

Pearl can hold her own with the other girls in the dormitory, but she is going to have to modify her schedule a bit. She won't be able to be up with the dairymaids if she's got to also be sharp for her duties towards the mistress for hours after sundown. Might be tough to modify years of ingrained habit. (I find changing sleep schedules very difficult. I've always been a morning person; today I'm dragging after staying up late last night at the movies. Three hours of sleep just doesn't do it for me, and I can sympathize with Pearl.)

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