Since it was already late at night, and they had a rather sensitive topic to discuss, the shop keeper, Barbara, closed the place a little earlier than she usually did.
The three of them were in the changing area. Artie was seating on a chair in front of the dressing room, while Barbara was helping Yen into one of the dresses.
"So you are saying the baroness has not been seen outside for months now?" Artie asked, staring at the door to the room.
"Exactly!" Barbara's perky voice came. "Normally, I'm not the type to listen in on gossip you know?"
'Sure you aren't…'
"…but it is all the other noble ladies have been talking about for days now. Normally, they had already been discussing it, but the frequency at which it comes up has increased."
Artie did not know much about human politics, but if the wife of a baron was anything like that of the elven lord's wife, then it was strange that she had been absent for so long.
