"Oh yes, I forgot," Camilla said lightly, breaking the silence.
She tapped her fingers gently against the wooden desk.
"There's something I haven't told you yet, Uncle Murry," Camilla continued, acting as if she had just remembered a very tiny, unimportant detail.
Camilla raised her hand and pointed toward the floor right next to the desk.
"The general's figurine got broken," Camilla stated calmly.
Brie and Mildred completely stopped crying. They held their breath.
Brie thought to herself, a tiny spark of desperate hope returning to her panicked mind.
"Yes," Brie thought, her heart beating wildly. "Tell him about the broken jade! The King's gift! Even Mr. Murry cannot save her from breaking a royal reward! Murry will have to punish her! He will have to report her crime to the General!"
Brie waited eagerly for the older man to gasp in horror. She expected Murry to look at the shattered stone and yell. She expected the punishment to be severe.
Murry slowly lowered his eyes.
