Chapter 810

Baby Zetty clammed up at once. Anne knew better than to argue with a child. With a sulky look on her face, she said, "It’s way past dinner time now. Why isn’t dinner served yet?" Lady Severe and Shirley were busy trying to persuade Angeline to stay so they had no time to cook. When they heard Anne urging them to cook, both of them rushed to the kitchen with their heads lowered. Angeline held each of them with each hand and announced, "Dad, my mother is old and in poor health now. It’ll be too onerous for her to cook three meals a day. We won’t have idlers at home. We should take turns to prepare the meals." Anne looked at her well-maintained fair and tender hands. At the thought of touching grease and grime, she immediately behaved in a spoiled manner and said to George, "You know I don’t know how to cook in the kitchen, George." Angeline was uncompromising. "Everyone here was born an aristocrat. Since the Severe family is about to go bankrupt, how are we any different from the po