"Does it matter? I'm sure I'll get some payment eventually. You owe me now, and I tend to take my payment in full."
"If that is the case, can I be greedy?" Rose asked.
Lady Delphine raised a brow, clearly surprised. "You want to rake in more debts?" she asked in an amused tone.
"Why stop now?" Rose asked, wiping her tears.
Lady Delphine smiled and picked up her pipe. Noticing that the fire had gone out, she dropped it back down. "What do you want?"
"I'd like ye to teach me to speak properly—and read too," Rose said.
Lady Delphine laughed. "I am no teacher. You are asking the wrong person. Also, in three days, even a genius couldn't."
"I don't expect to be perfect, but I don't like gettin' mocked about the way I speak. And ye 'ave already taug't me so muc' just from eatin' with ye."
"Child," Lady Delphine chuckled. "You flatter me. But I guess you recover quick. I will do my best to help improve your speech—it will be up to you to actually improve it yourself."
