[Queenie's been hovering in this communal area most of the day, working on some lace. Between her trips back and forth from the dining room to kitchen Arianna will return to find Queenie standing over her table, smiling faintly and trailing her fingers over the cover of the book. Gustavus, surly as always, seems to be determined to avoid pettings from her as much as he usually does from Cassandra.]
Dining room