Her clothes were unkempt, at least the ones near the basket sitting on the ground beside her. Isabella knelt before the small lake, another larger basket in the water and filled with liquid. It was to make the washing easier and keep the silt out of the water. She scrubbed using an oddly shaped, yet smooth, stone as a washboard of sorts to scrub at the dirt on the heftier cloth. But she was much more gentle with the more delicate items, letting them soak and using her hands to wash them away. She quickly squeezed out the water and added the moist clothes into her basket. She worked as quick as possible, her emotions mixed at having to do such a task but she trusted no one to clean her clothes or her more valuable possessions. A slave may suffice for the mundane, like cooking easy food, or cleaning pots, but not this.
When finished, she took her sopping basket on her hip to a line she had a slave tie for her by the lake edge to hang her clothes. The sun was shining, and the wind pulled at her long coarse hair as she began to hang up her clothes one by one. The heavy garments dripped water and waved gently in the breeze, brushing her side as she moved on to the next one on the line. A chore that was a pain but necessary, though she wished that she had a female slave to do this for her. Even if a male would be more useful in the long run. With Sirius gone, she had to be careful again without his patronage to support her. A light hand touched the pendant at her neck and the draped scarf that hid the scar caused by that bitch's blade.
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