Persephone, who was in her bedroom (as she'd been when Donald last came a'calling) when she heard her doorman calling up the stairs that she had a visitor, quickly picked up the messenger bag that held an extra change of travelling clothes and a few other things she may need on the journey and made for the door- but paused at her vanity. She picked up a box that held a small seaglass necklace she'd purchased this morning downtown and tucked it safely in the bag, tut-tutting at herself for almost forgetting her gift for Harriet. As she came down the stairs, she saw her doorman conversing with her fiance- ever since she'd announced her engagement yesterday, all her servants had become a lot more keen on Donald Witaker's presence. "Donald!" Persephone said with a wide smile when he saw her and leaned in to give him a peck on the cheek in greeting.

She turned to her housekeeper, who'd appeared from the parlor a few moments prior when she'd heard the door open, and told her, "Please, take a paid vacation for the next few days. You and everyone else working for me has earned it." The housekeeper smiled, curtsied politely to Donald, and turned to give the rest of the staff the good news as Persephone turned back to her fiance. "Shall we get going?"