Chapter the Twelfth

The ballroom was decked out in bright golds and reds. The people were decked out in their fanciest clothing, especially the ladies. They spared no luxury or decoration; so very many of them turned out looking gaudy and silly in their frills and laces and petticoats. The men, sad to say, weren’t much better.

Chapter the Eleventh

So she became Court Singer, and every night she held the castle captive with the beauty of her voice. It usually took someone shouting above her song to stop her, for in her singing she felt joy, a new way of singing and worshipping God, and didn’t want to stop.