Defiance!
The wench has betrayed me again!
The Lorde shouts, enraged, he grabs his heavy coat.
'There will be a price to pay', he thinks to himself.
This will be the last time!
But it wasn't the last time.... he said that LAST TIME.

(moments earlier)
[ Charlotte enters the dining room parlor]

Charlotte: Darling, supper is ready for you now.

She gingerly places down a hot plate.
Her eyes meet his briefly, before turning them away and continuing to serve the meal for their guests.
The room becomes tense.
You could almost...