The dinner party lasted until eleven o'clock at night before ending. Abigail and Brandon Piers saw off Headmaster Theodore and a few senior fellows, then took Noel Roberts and others outside of the manor, while Pullan directly drove Lena Locke and others back to the school.
Church Smith and Clara Smith had been arranged to go to the guest room to rest early on.
After everyone dispersed, Brandon Piers, holding Abigail's hand, strolled leisurely on the manor's bluestone-paved path, talking about some insignificant trivial matters, when they noticed a servant rushing towards the direction of Moon Lake.
Abigail recognized the person; it was the special nurse watching over Eva Bell.
Both feeling a strange emotion, they glanced at each other and followed, only to see the maid rushing back from the lakeside and running into Abigail and Brandon Piers, with her plump face awkwardly flushed red, "Second Young Master, Young Mistress."
