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But the guilt choked me.
The nap I’d longed for could wait. If I wanted to keep my sisters from a fate like our mother’s, I’d use this last hour of daylight to search for the cat.
I shoveled a few bites of food into my mouth, knowing my sister would eat whatever I left behind, and shrugged a coat over my ripped shirt.
Mending it could wait. Everything could wait— I needed to find that cat yesterday.

" "What in the blazes do you think you're doing?"
She clutched her dressing gown closed and whirled on me. Her eyes sparked with anger as her curses filled the room.
Raised among the rougher-edged ranks of society, you'd think I'd heard worse, but this toff's daughter made my ears burn."