Lydia's First Jewellery.

Dear Critic.

How much of your unfairness will a poor widow endure from all of you?

Ms. Janet has Lady Abigail as an apprentice, that should be enough to make you accept the poor struggling woman, I assure you her dresses make women like the green-lipped lady look better and more welcoming.

I see some women gathering to talk about how they can never call for her because she makes dresses for the new Lady of the city, mind you she makes gold Crits now. A lot of your husbands have worked for a few seasons without being privileged to receive gold Crits.

Ladies of Critic Arley, do you miss him?

Your husbands, brothers or neighbours.

I do mine.

Let us all pray they come back the soonest and then we can be whole again.

I also have some advice for everyone, seal your letters before sending them for the couriers are no longer to be trusted.

Yours disclosingly

Muckraker.

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