The inability to communicate with the servants meant that Hesper was unable to pick up any information from the outside and could only let herself be imprisoned in this cage that Nathaniel had meticulously prepared for her.
She could put up with the rest, but Hesper really wanted to know more about Renfrew’s condition. However, Nathaniel had not been there since the day he brought her there. Only 013 came by a few times in the past few days, but he was stopped outside the gate.
So in conclusion, Hesper had no way of asking anyone for any information.
Feeling somewhat irritated, she cut off the flowers in the yard along with their buds, and while doing so, Hesper suddenly thought of Stephen.
‘If he were to see me wasting all these flowers, he might jump into the air and punch me twice.’
The servant who had been in charge of Hesper’s diet and daily life during this period of time came over and looked sincerely at her with a pair of blue eyes as if she was hoping that Hesper would return to her room.
Hesper knew that these servants were all innocent. They only got paid by Nathaniel to keep her under house arrest. Hence, she would not make things difficult for them on purpose. Seeing this, she stood up and walked into the manor, ignoring the messy yard behind her.
The servant also knew that Hesper could not understand what she was saying, so she gestured and tried to tell Hesper what dishes were served that night. However, Hesper did not have much appetite, so naturally, she did not care much about it.
She only wanted to know how much longer Nathaniel would keep her there.
‘Will I be kept here for the rest of my life?’
The servants working in the manor were not allowed to leave the place either. Fresh ingredients would be brought in every day, and Hesper had figured out the regular pattern very early on.
Most of the people who came to deliver ingredients were Carter and the other members of Daybreak, so it was basically impossible for Hesper to leak her current location out through this medium.
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