"Well there are rumors going around that she is a servant. That isn't worthy of our lord." one of the maids was scoffing and then somebody else was actually commenting about her pregnancy, stating that she was some mistress to somebody else. That the child wasn't even the lord's child and there were wonders as to why he was even allowing her to keep it. "You are right. I was a servant; to a madman that did nothing but abuse me all the time. Mental, emotional, physical. Day and night. I was traumatized and scarred because of this. This is one of the reason why I am so docile, why I don't stand up for myself.... Because I was with this man for years. I was conditioned to be docile; I was conditioned to be seen but not heard. I was conditioned to now show my true feelings. Breaking those rules resulted in punishment. As for the child.... Once again you are correct. It does not belong to my husband. It belongs to the man who raped me; but I cannot find it in myself to get rid of the child. So it has already been arranged that I will carry this child and when it is born, a couple who cannot have children but want nothing more than to have children, will be taking them." came the familiar voice of Calliope after a moment in time as she seemed to come out of nowhere, the other handmaiden at her side.