7th March, 1894 — Cassius Lestrange Household
Adrienne Lestrange

Ambrosia would not exactly say that she cared about the young woman that had tied them to the formidable name of Lestrange but, she reasoned, it was not such a terrible thing to keep her close. Adrienne had no mother to speak of, after all, and should the time ever come when she required advice then Ambrosia was determined that she would have as much say in proceedings as the Lestranges.

Assuming there were any left alive. They did seem to be dropping at an alarming rate - the last year alone had cost Adrienne's husband a sister-in-law and an aunt - so she was unsurprised to see black drapes in the sitting room she was ushered into. She was surprised to discover that her step-niece was looking a little peaky.

Was married life not suiting her? Shame. Another one for the club.

"You look dreadful," she said without preamble, waving away the servants as though they were her own. "What's the matter?"

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