Chapter 15: The rules

Even though her mind was far away, Janice had managed to answer all the questions the dowager queen had thrown at her without evading any. "These are all the preceding royal families." She continued as they moved to another section of the castle. Janice assessed each picture of the royals the Queen had pointed to and noticed they all had uptightness about them. More so, she glimpsed the same grimace and forced smile on each face and wondered if it was the pattern they used in taking pictures. Janice had seen the same expression on the Queen's face in the picture that was in the drawing-room. "Next we move to etiquette." She stated, swiping at the pages of the books with her as they walked back to the dining hall. It could house more than a hundred guests- A large table was situated in the centre and three maids were busy arranging ceramic plates, cutleries, and paper towels on it. Janice had no problem with eating etiquette. She was familiar with all the rules and she could reci