At times like this, she missed the splendor of Bend of the River, where an army of servants had been available to fulfill her slightest whim. Here at Briar Oaks there were only two house servants, and they were always doing menial tasks instead of tending to her comfort. There was no end to her troubles. Alicia hadn't had a new gown in over a year, and though she had never gone hungry, there was never a feast like those she had enjoyed at Bend of the River. This was a house oppressed by poverty, she thought miserably. Then, as if she didn't have enough problems, war was practically on their doorstep, and it seemed that her son and Bandera did not have an ideal marriage. Last evening, because Bandera had been told that there was no money for a new costume for the masquerade ball, she had stormed out of the dining room. No one, not even the servants, had been safe from her verbal onslaught. Alicia's hand trembled when she handed a steaming cup of tea to Sebastian.
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