Alice had been looking down at her tea, but now her attention was caught and she looked up. It didn't last long. She picked up her cup and stared out at a carriage passing by.

Tobias nodded slowly. He was not entirely certain he believed that it was the full truth, but he did not really care whether something had or had not happened between her and the baker. What was clear was that she wanted to put it in the past and it would not affect her in her new position. "So no followers?"