gracia rosa regina

The Countess awaited the return of her Lady-In-Waiting before dining yesterday, though not unpleased with the services of her Page during the long weekend.

Hospice returned to finalize all arrangements with the Countess and her Court yesterday, while she, though complaining of unusual headaches, regaled them with courtly tales - from the bawdy to the banal - and confessed to having developed an aversion to chocolate.

Asking if naps were appropriate, she was again told that she should acquiesce in the demands her body places on her, recline, and let her courtiers retreat upon seeing her at rest, or be fended off by Lady-In-Waiting or Page as appropriate.

And the one who offered to cut her air would do better to appear soon, preferably before the next dinner offering is brought this evening.