Chapter 23 Poison

• The weather outside turned from perfectly beautiful to stormy and disgusting in a matter of minutes. It was just like my miserable day.
• Lydia, on the other hand, was in high spirits. Why wouldn't she? It was her last day as an actively serving courtesan. She was twenty-two and considered old by their standards to carry on. Much to my mother and aunt's surprise, she didn't try to hide her delight.
• "Oh, by the way, did you know that one of the field officers is secretly seeing one of us?"