Genna dagged her feet all the way through the halls but let her mother's maid push her through the door. She curtsied to Kaelyn and stood before her mother, awaiting the inevitable. The waiting was worst. You had to think the whole time about how awful it would be and maybe they'd put you on the rack or make you eat soap or drop you off a tower...
"Your Grace, I'm sorry. We didn't mean any harm we just wanted to wash but we were dirty and then we just... thought it woudln't be all bad..."