Ariadne Collins trotted through the hall in a hurry, holding a bucket of water in her hands. The girl struggled to carry the thing, and she had a bit of trouble trying to keep the water from splashing all over the ornate carpets. Oops. Oops. Oops, she thought as she traveled. Her green eyes flitted around as her panicked mind struggled to remember the room to which she was to return. Was her mother in the library? Or the parlor? Ariadne bit down on her lip and ended up heading down to the parlor.
Luck must have been with her, because there her mother was in her maid's uniform, identical to her daughter's. No, not the type of cosplay maids' uniforms of the modern day. Oh, no, this was the early nineteen hundreds. But, despite the day, Ariadne still held a dirty little secret, to which she could hardly wait to return.
Ariadne's mother clicked her tongue at her daughter. "There you are." She took the bucket from her daughter and crouched down on the dusty floor. "Now, you have to take the sponge and scrub in circles, outward. It pushes the dust to the corners." She picked up the sponge and dipped it in the hot soapy water and began to demonstrate, then handed her red-headed daughter the sponge.
Ariadne began to scrub the floor in circular motions, crawling along as
her area spread out. Her mother didn't take to the mops. "The old-fashioned does it better," she'd always said.
After a long and tedious time, her mother let her go off to other chores. Ariadne walked down the hall before turning into the library and taking to dusting. Her boredom was satiated by the movement, though she couldn't keep her mind off her master.
Luck must have been with her, because there her mother was in her maid's uniform, identical to her daughter's. No, not the type of cosplay maids' uniforms of the modern day. Oh, no, this was the early nineteen hundreds. But, despite the day, Ariadne still held a dirty little secret, to which she could hardly wait to return.
Ariadne's mother clicked her tongue at her daughter. "There you are." She took the bucket from her daughter and crouched down on the dusty floor. "Now, you have to take the sponge and scrub in circles, outward. It pushes the dust to the corners." She picked up the sponge and dipped it in the hot soapy water and began to demonstrate, then handed her red-headed daughter the sponge.
Ariadne began to scrub the floor in circular motions, crawling along as
her area spread out. Her mother didn't take to the mops. "The old-fashioned does it better," she'd always said.
After a long and tedious time, her mother let her go off to other chores. Ariadne walked down the hall before turning into the library and taking to dusting. Her boredom was satiated by the movement, though she couldn't keep her mind off her master.