Carmella was in her office, reading through the last few lines of the Club’s constitution. If Jonathan hadn't taken her on that weekend away in Glasgow, she would be exhausted by now. Argine’s duties had been so spread among the other Faces that, by the time she had resigned, most had almost forgotten which tasks were meant to be performed by the ( Read more... )

Pryce has systematically been conducting inventory of the linens, china, crystal and silver since he was promoted from First Footman to Butler. He began with the linens, white damask, crisply starched, followed by the china (12 patterns), moved on to the crystal (Waterford, naturally) and today at last finally sits down with the silver. The strains ( Read more... )

As it turned out, the Hearts and Clubs were instating their new monarchs on the same day but at different venues and times. On Friday morning, Carmella found herself surrounded by her former colleagues who were performing the very tasks that she had once performed for Argine. It was odd being waited on, having someone else dressing you and piling ( Read more... )

He'd called Carmella into his office earlier, and told her that he and Eileen had chosen her to be Queen of the Clubs, and then after dropping that news on her - it wasn't exactly a bombshell since the Nine had expressed interest - asked her to sit down and talk to him about candidates for Jack of Clubs. The list had still been long, after all; ( Read more... )