The sound of Rodolphus" voice when she entered the dining room startled her out of her thoughts. Seated at the head of the table acting as if he'd been there all along, her host offered her a warm smile. Determined that she would give him no cause for suspicion, she smiled back. Conversation was stilted all throughout the elaborate meal. More than a few times Rodolphus had to hide a yawn behind his linen napkin. She wondered what he'd been doing since the day before that left him so tired. After all, she'd heard him outside her bedroom before he went into his. Surely that meant he'd been able to get some sleep.