So tha’ Ward of Orban’s goes away for a month and comes back with a
baby?! She hid -that- well. Didna they tell ‘er, yer supposed ta be
givin’ up the baby fer you come back! But ya gotta be wonderin’ who is the
father..? Is it tha Count she be Courtin’? Her Cousin? Or someone else?
Saw tha’ Orban Lord lookin’ lot less pretty tha’ usual, face all
bloodied up, with a coupla Reeves an’ his ward in a cart, lookin’ awful
dead like. Grim bloody lot they looked too.
Did you hear? Some kid road into the square all bloody an’ stuff an’
said there were bandits, jus outta town! An then he died! Right there in
front of everyone! Lord le Orban was right riled up ’bout it too! Took
off North with a knight an a couple of reeves!
Did you hear? There’s two Lady Storm’s! Like one wasn’t enough.
Supposedly the Orban’s Ward is an imposter?! Wonder if they’ll hang her
for that? Can’t be impersonating nobles like that and get away with it can
ya?
I heard that the Lady Storm left the Orban House like that because she
got kicked out! Right, that Lord Orban got sick of dealing with the
pants-wearing girl and told her to get out! You think it’s true?
The roads jus’ ain’t safe ta be travelin’ no more. They say tha’
carriages are gettin’ robbed! Not tha’ I kinda blame em. Those upper
class lots they got plenty of coin, and mean while us lot, hardly scrape
together silva fer a loaf of bread. Iffin some people take it inta their
head ta be takin from them an’ givin’ to the poor! Well, to that I’ll say,
I’m poor, giveme some!
Gotta cousin workin’ up in the Orban House, says she saw tha’ ward of
his sneakin’ out in tha’ middle of the night, suitcase an’ all.
I saw it with my own eyes! The Queen tripped over her own feet at
court, and WHACK. Fell right on her front, she did, on that pregnant
stomach of hers. Hit her head, as well, and has a nasty gash above one
eye. Lord le Orban and Lady le Storm stepped in to help her… I hope we
still have an heir coming!
