Fair - Chapter 29 - The Life and Times of Mary Coulter, Born Fair

“So,” Lucille said casually, “I hear that our safely guarded secret school is the talk of the Village!”

Mary looked at her with genuine bewilderment.

“Giselle told me all about it yesterday over a cup of tea. Oh, by the way, could you ask somebody to figure out how to make this work? She left it with me to get looked at,” Lucille pulled the tablet out of the basket and set it on the table. 

“How did she find out about this?” Mary asked, and a fleeting flash of fear shrouded her eyes.

Lucille forgot about her irritation for a second, when she remembered that the girl was hiding there to safeguard her life. Her previous priorities fell to the wayside for a little while, as she thought of the best way to reassure her niece.

“She listened in on the girls while they were talking in shop,” she said in a much softer tone. “It seems,” she hesitated, “that not every Council member is averse to the idea of all of you learning these things.”