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An uncommonly harried looking Cassandra sweeps into the room, just as you decide against pressing the issue and risking any further complications. You are not entirely sure if this is the right thing to do ... but you are certainly well and ready to be done with this place, and the good Mistress. And if that means pretending that you don't see an issue or have any umbrage over getting a picknick parasol, then that is the toll for the road. Of course, if this was, in any way, to make her feel <span class="mu-i">guilty</span> enough to try to make things right with you, then by no means would you stop her from doing right by you .Just as she comes in and before she sees you, you start - and then so does she, nearly tripping in surprise at the sound of your voice.
"I'd like to thank you for the prompt completion of my dress, Mistress Cassandra, and all of those who worked on it. I ... I get that it was, well, a rather irregular commission in many ways."
She looks surprised - no doubt by your choice of tact - and it is not lost on you that she has glanced at the parasol more than once ... though admittedly her attention seems to be mostly on the dress. But just as you catch yourself thinking that all you are doing here is trying to spite - or rather, solicit - the sea by salting it, the good Mistress speaks up ... with noticeable hesitation in her voice.
"So you are ... pleased with the riding habit."
She is not asking a question here, though she is looking more frequently at the parasol now, and for longer than before as well.
"The - yes, the riding habit."
You can't keep all these fraying terms straight.
"And the accessories? All of them are to your satisfaction as well?"
<span class="mu-i">Now</span> she is asking a question. And if you were any judge, it looks like she is deliberately trying to avoid looking at the parasol now.
> Please choose ONE of the following:
> You have no desire to complicate things any further here. Do a little white lying, and be done with her.
> You suppose there is no harm in simply saying that the parasol is simply 'larger than expected', is there?
