Chapter 7

“Don’t apologize, but rather you should get back to work. The guests will head to the drawing room soon after the diner’s finished.”

“Yes, Sir.”

She picked up the peels hastily and hurried out. Thomas gave Oliver a look and said “Perhaps you should find something to do as well, the young Lord just got back home.”

“Of course, yes.”

Oliver hurried upstairs.

But once he had passed the numerous stairs and corridors to the Lord’s room, he discovered it was completely dark.

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The next day something similar happened and Oliver was beginning to worry he might never actually do any work. He was occasionally helping the maids or the men in the yard, but that was pretty much all he did. He was given the black uniform of the valet, but he found himself rarely wearing it while he was outside with the man-servants.