17th December, year 1206

Marian came by to the castle today. She requested to see. She told me because of what the Sheriff was doing people were dying day by day. She told me the winter weather had taken a toll on her father. He was ill and she could not afford medicine because of the taxes. She asks me to help her, to help her father. I tell there is nothing I can do. The Sheriff will not listen. She tells me that I can do something. She says I can help the people by giving them food to last them the winter. I refuse to help. Said, it would enrage the Sheriff. Told her I did not want to risk it. She glares at me, I see the hatred in her eyes and she tells me, if I wouldn't help the people, she would.