Helena took a sip of her punch. “You’ll have to forgive Sister Petronilla. She’s a little cautious, always looking out for me.”
“I see. Well, Winifred has something she wants to say regarding the last time you were among us, Winifred?”
“Sister Helena, Sister Petronilla, I should not have called you two Aldwine and had my brothers and sisters perform the ritual of the Fire and Water. I was not authorized to perform it by Matilda. I do hope you can find it in yourselves to forgive me.”
“Forgive you? Bogus fratt!” Fairbairn thought. “The lass almost had us killed!”
Helena saw the anger welling up in her comrade's face.
“Peace, be still.”
That calmed Fairbairn a bit, but she still folded her hands under her b-----s.
“You'll have to forgive my sister. She can be temperamental at times. We accept your apology.”