"Well, you certainly… Don't look radiant this morning," Ada's brows were a tad furrowed, eyes strictly on Arabella's disheveled hair.
Arabella had not gone to sleep and only pretended to do so around dawn, knowing full well Silas' usual search schedule.
"I need to apply myself a little harder for this," she spoke quickly in a manner that nearly bordered on hysteria, "I am close to getting an answer, I can feel it!" her eyes wide and wild, her frantic body language did not help save her image.
"What you need is a bath and some proper food. You've had neither breakfast nor lunch and dinner is near!" Ada settled the tea tray on the little table with a tad more force, causing a collision sound that managed to startle Arabella.
"Yes, yes, maybe later! For now, I am close!" just as her focus was interrupted, it went right back to those maps as if nothing had happened.
