03-24-2021, 06:50 PM
She was already up with the baby and dressed. She did need to tidy her appearance just a little, so she did, bundled Jacob up and said fairwell to her parents for the time being. She'd explained to them that she might already have employment lined up and would even be able to take Jacob with her. When she got in the hansom, she sat back and sighed, giving herself time to rest her eyes for the moment. She was certainly tired, but that was what new mothers had to go through. She realized that she had dozed off when there was a bump in the road or maybe they were about to halt, she didn't know. Ruth wiped her face free of the little dribble of drool.