I was serving at the inn, as the births had become too few to keep me busy. A group of young nobles arrived one day, in a flutter of laughs and babble and airy gestures. Fleeing the plague in [...]
My mother speaks a lot of nonsense, and bets on chance instead of resorting to wisdom, but we must be kind to her. Do you remember my godmother? The weaver’s sister? My mother asked her to teach [...]