"Well, we have to have someone, don't we?" Hattie was quite glad, actually, that she didn't have to be on her own with an Ascendant who would be evaluating her and trying to decide if she'd be good marriage material. That would be quite terrifying!
She turned to Mrs Langston with a smile. "Good afternoon. Thank you so much for agreeing to chaperone us!"
Waving an arm towards the low table between the chairs in the parlour, she added, "We have tea. And cakes." Which she'd made herself, but she wasn't going to brag, at least not yet.