"I am so blessed to have you both," Hermione started as Elspeth unpinned her coif, and Annabelle untied the bow sleeves of her stays. She was dressed very smartly in emerald green and black today. She wore a long sleeve stays dress made of velvet over a long sleeve smock of black cotton. She wore her favorite, which was black with silver embroidery. It had taken her fourteen hours to embroider that particular partlet, and the Dark Lord had even praised her skill when she showed it to Him.