After they arrived back to her room, Dahlia and Bessie quickly began to get ready. By all means, this didn't need to be a big deal. It really didn't. Valentina was going to take 'a bit of time' out of her day to give Dahlia 'a quick tour' of the Lukresh castle. Ignoring that the castle in of itself was huge and would take a ton of time to tour, the fact that Valentina had fully booked off her entire afternoon was telling.
Although everyone called it a tour, only a fool would believe it was only that. So with that in mind Dahlia prepared as though she were going on her first date which, for all intents and purposes, it was. The extremes her maids went to for the debutante weren't needed, but for two hours Bessie diligently helped her mistress by applying makeup, fixing her hair, sorting jewellery, and getting her into a suitable dress.
