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the glass case.
    What mysteries do you hold , Cassy
thought to herself as the image of the book burned in her mind.
    The remainder of the afternoon, they had spent exploring the rest of the house
and the grounds. Once they returned to the house, the children went
to their rooms and found that the maid had put their belongings away and laid out their clothes
for dinner.
    “I could get used to this.” Melissa pointed
to the other door in her room. “Look we have a bathroom between our
rooms.”
    “I know, isn’t that cool? Hey, I wonder if
Mom and Dad would get us a maid,” Cassy said playfully.
    “Children, you need to get cleaned up and
change into the clean clothes I laid out for you. Dinner will be
served in a half an hour,” Pricilla, the upstairs maid said as she
glanced in Melissa’s room.
    Melissa was about to ask why they needed to
change clothes when Aaron came running into her room.
    “I have the coolest room. It has pictures of
ships and one of those old-time periscopes you see pirates using on
their ships on the old pictures . I
looked through it and I could see way out over the ocean.”
    Pricilla looked at Aaron and could not help
but laugh. “I’m glad that you approve of your room, but you need to
go get ready for dinner. I have left a washcloth and towel in your bathroom and clean clothes on your
bed. Now hurry, because we don’t want to make your
great-grandmother wait on you.”
    Pricilla turned and looked at Melissa and
Cassy. “Please get yourselves ready and downstairs. The cook has
prepared a grand feast.”

Chapter 5
    When the children entered the dining room,
they were surprised to see the formal setting. Fine china dishes
sat on a crisply ironed tablecloth, with delicate crystal goblets
and silver flatware all awaiting the grand feast.
    Abigail sat at the head of the long table,
with one place setting to her right and two place settings to her
left.
    “Please join me,” Abigail motioned to the
children to take their places at the table.
    They took their places, unsure of how to
act.
    Cassy was the first to speak. “Queen
Abigail, why is everything so fancy?”
    Melissa and Aaron exchanged glances and
nodded their heads in agreement.
    “I was taught that when one has distinguished guests, the evening meal is
always a grand affair. It has been far too long since I’ve had
guests, so I wanted to make this a special time for us all.”
    As the children looked at the fancy table
setting, they worried what sort of meal was planned for them.
Anytime their mother had set a table like this, the food was not
anything they would consider a feast.
    “First, we put our napkins on our laps,”
Abigail lifted her napkin and spread it out on her lap then she
waited as the children did the same.
    “Wonderful. Please bring the feast,” Abigail
said to the servers standing along the back wall of the dining
room.
    To the delight of each child, the servers
brought slices of cheese pizza and placed it on their plates. Then
they filled the crystal goblets with strawberry soda.
    “Queen Abigail, you are so cool,” Aaron said
as he shoved a slice of pizza in his mouth.
    “How did you know that we love cheese pizza
and strawberry soda,” Melissa said excitedly.
    “A Queen always knows what her Prince and
Princesses want,” Abigail winked.
    “I think this is the best pizza I’ve ever
had,” Cassy grinned as she picked up the goblet and took a
drink.
    “I’m glad you are pleased. Servers, bring my
young Prince and Princesses some more pizza.”

    After they had
finished eating their meal and ice cream for dessert, they
all went to the library.
    “You really don’t have any television here?”
Aaron said as he looked around the room.
    “No, I’ve never enjoyed watching it. I find
that reading a good book in the evening is quite relaxing.” Abigail
saw the disappointed looks on their faces, but she hoped they would
find a book to their liking.
    “Well, can you show me that book