in the meantime she wandered aimlessly through the castle 's many rooms , the swishing of her dress almost unheard above the background roar of the turbines of tedium : -humdrumhumdrumhumdrum- she 'd spent the whole morning trying to learn to do tapestry , because millie assured her that 's what queens did , and the sampler with its message `` gods bless this house '' was even now lying forlornly on her chair .