who is she, anyway?

[marycatelli]

My hero's mother went to see who is creating a ruckus.

The outline prescribes a servant. 

My muse threw out that it could be her oldest niece.  Who is going to be trouble ahead. . . perhaps. . . I thought her mother was the villainess, but maybe it's her.  Or both of them in concert.

But, I finally conclude, they can't have this knowledge this quickly.  Let the servant tell them later, perhaps. To know now would interfere with the hero's growing up before they strike.

Onward!