Chapter 26

Mira, Vera, and the other young women had been dying to try the roast beef, and once Helena gave them the okay, they didn't hold back.

"Helena's right," one of them said. "We're not high society ladies anymore. Having enough to eat is more than we could ask for."

"As for etiquette," another one added, "I'm done with all that."

When people got hungry enough, everything started to look good.

And the