It is about halfway through the third hour of the fifteenth day of Lucette's attempt to reorganize her grandfather's library. The project is moving at an acceptable pace overall, though she's starting to question the wisdom of having scheduled the whole thing down to the hour during day three (hour four).
Six-artifact-pileup Annie drops on Lucette
stage-manager
"Unfortunately, yes - even going without an escort following us into the florist's shop is a privilege I am lucky to have." She doesn't seem especially enthused about this.
keep_busy
"Isn't it tedious to have to describe in advance exactly what - if you were going to the florist - flowers you want, and what to get if they don't have those, to someone who goes in your place? You don't get to browse, that way. I, uh, will probably never really appreciate a flower again, and was not actually much of a flower-buyer before either, but I think a lot of the appeal would be in the browsing."
stage-manager
"Yes, most unmarried noble women would need an escort if they wished to browse - it's not a tradition I find myself fond of."