"No I can't!" Alyssa replied and watched as the judging eyes of the women in the room pierced her body.
Murmurs of things like "Why would she want to be a maid if she can't even cook?""What guts she have to appear for the selection and be unable to do a basic task such a cooking""She must be a crazy nut head who is just here to try and win the princes' love and affection.""She must think that because she is beautiful, she needn't know how to cook"
They were all jealous of Alyssa's looks as well as her talent at answering questions and doing tasks so they all clamoured at the chance to kick her while she was down.
The originally silent hall had turned into a marketplace filled with malicious comments directed at just one person.
"Silence!" The Queen ordered and immediately, the decorum was restored.
