Nell heard the sound of a door opening. Switching to a different angle she 
saw a parlormaid entering the room. Her
uniform was not as overtly sexy as most of the ones in Madame Ping's wardrobe 
department; the client was sophisticated. The woman was Chinese, but she played 
the role with the mid-Atlantic accent currently in vogue among neo-Victorians: 
"Mrs. Braithwaite will see you now."