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Colored light streams through the manor's stained glass windows, painting long, shifting shapes across the breakfast table. The air hangs heavy with the sound of silver on porcelain and low, murmuring voices. Fitzgerald commands attention from his seat at the head, while Poe eats in solemn quiet. Nathaniel studies his bible, Herman's eyes trace the lines of the morning news, and Lucy leans close to whisper to Louisa. Margaret provokes Nathaniel with a teasing remark, John attempts to stir a sleepy Lovecraft, and Mark prods at a pile of peas with his fork. Through this genteel tumult, you, a maid, glides soundlessly among them, a silent figure in the orchestrated disorder.