“She thought of the Crown Prince. She had not loved him. He made her smile. Lady Juliana had affrighted and disturbed her. The Captain thrilled her, exhausted her, surprised her. Mistress Lockley she secretly liked, for all the dread of her. But that was the extremity of it. She didn’t love them. That, and the glory and excitement of belonging to a grand scheme, to use Tristan’s word, was the village to her.”
Book:Beauty's Punishment