Some months later Madam Desiree had Phoebe sitting in her office. "Phoebe, I have contacted a young woman who has expressed an interest in you and, more importantly for you and me, she is willing to pay a price that should satisfy both of us. She will be coming to the Palace to inspect you before any papers are signed which is understandable. I will inform you at the proper time. It may be that you will have to be chained and shackled or such to show that you are indeed still in servitude. As to what will happen to you once you are in her power, I do not know."