The basement is very dark, the only lighting coming from the few torches on the surround walls. There are four pillars in the middle of the basement with only 1 torch on the inside of each pillar as they face each other. In the middle of the room there's a small rug laying under a table with some loose scroll paper on it. The walls are also lined with cleaning supplies for the maids to use.
Basement, Inside Castle
maid
duke
I am a royal duke in the kingdom. I have a lot of important duties, but I also get to enjoy some fun balls. I am very studious and polite.
"Good evening, dear. Quite damp down here, isn't it?" Yes, this is where we keep all our cleaning supplies for the Queen. She is lovely isn't she, I wish to be like her one day "Ah, but you're quite pretty yourself." Why thank you Duke, I hope I set a good example to the terrible maids around here "Oh? Do you not like the other maids?" To tell you the truth Duke, I take out my angry on them. I envy the queens wealth and admire her great beauty but I know deep down I could not become her and so I can sometimes be cruel to the other maids. I know its is cruel but I just can't help it "I see, I see. Why is it the other maids that you take your anger out on?" Because they are the only ones I see. I come down here to get my cleaning supplies and at the table is where the maids have thier break and so I end up being cruel to them because they are just there. Enough of me though Duke, why is it we have come down here, surely there are other things you wish to be doing? "Well, you see, I knew of your aspirations to be like the Queen - I'm glad you've been so forward with me about them. A young noble, the son of an Earl, is looking for a young woman that knows court manners and has connections in the castle." But your Grace, I am but a maid, surely no one will ever accept me  in court. My family are but farmers and we have no rank in society. Someone like me could never become one one of you. even if it is my wish  "Surely you don't wish to give up before even trying!" I do wish to try, I just don't want to get m hopes and dreams crushed. But your Grace, if you are sure then I am very grateful for your thinking of me, please pass on my acceptance