On the Road to Duncaster

After a day full of expectations, the Princess retired to sleep and found the wall of blankets ready again in her bed.

Intrigued, Alexa looked at Mildred, who was rolling her third beads absently and looked away at Romeo, pecking the bread balls on the table. Realizing that the only explanation was that the blind girl had struggled to make that mountain range separating the sides of the bed, Alexa asked,

"Mildred, were you the one who made this separation in bed?"

"Oh! Yes! I did, milady. Zand said he can't do it himself, poor thing. He said that you took a vow of chastity during this trip."

The Princess wanted to laugh and glanced at Romeo, who had stopped pecking at the bread balls, wary.

"And I did. My husband will have to wait."

"Waiting increases love, they say," the peasant girl smiled.