" A sharp rapping at the front door startled her. She glanced around for Bortolo, but the butler had conveniently disappeared. Probably snuck downstairs for a nap in his office. Cass jumped up from the divan, eager for any distraction.
Narissa descended from the servants’ quarters with more speed than anyone her age and size ought to be able to muster. She waved Cass back to her seat. “Young ladies do not answer doors.”
Young ladies, Cass thought bitterly, do not do anything but sit and rot. "

― Fiona Paul , Venom (Secrets of the Eternal Rose, #1)