Tobias rose when the young woman approached and asked in they were the Appletons. "We are. You must be Miss Kildare." He gestured for her to sit. She wasn't quite what he had expected for a servant, for though she acted and spoke humbly, she was a fair young lady. He figured she probably had a hard time finding a position due to jealous housewives. No foreseeable issues there on the Appleton farm, Tobias thought wryly. "Can I get ye summat to drink?"

Alice merely smiled shyly at the young woman.