"Yes, do that. She's going to want you looking proper in her service."

And Annabel could use a moment to think.

Well, she'd gotten used to the town whore being her metamour a man, is the idea of a male maid really particularly different?

Yes, because...

There's something about roles and attitudes that's flittering about her mind, flirting with, but not directly connecting to her and River's own play. Mistress and man-maid. Lady and pet. Whore and client. None of these relationships would suit, as they are, in her world.

But she didn't like the way relationships in her world were shaped.