*******Lela*******
The day we arrived back to Frell I was greated by Queen Daria and King Gerald. They seemed very happy to see me. After a lovely lunch Char showed me to my room and I slept. The journey had been tiring and the bed was so soft. The next morning I woke up to find a maid in my room. She was laying out some clothes for me.
"What are those for?" I asked.
"When Queen Daria saw 'at you 'ad brought wif you she ordered a new wardrobe fer you, miss," she said in a thick Jenn accent.
I smiled warmly at her, "Thank you. I think I'll go with the. blue dress."
The dress was made from dark blue velvet. It was covered in little diamonds that looked like stars. There were lots near the bottom of the dress and they thinned as they got higher. The dress was beautiful. I thanked the maid.
"'Twas my pleasure Miss. 'Is 'ighness would like to meet with you for lunch after he resolves some business. Would you be wantin' a' escort to the dinin' 'all?" she asked.
"Uh, no thank you. I'll go by myself. Good day," I left my room and went down to the dining hall.
I stopped to admire a tapestry. It was a picture of a girl surrounded by a pack of ogres. The ogres were taking ropes off of themselves. There were nights off to one side. One of the knights was wearing a crown and I wondered if it was Char. There were little forks around the outside of the picture. The little plaque on the bottom of the frame said 'The Ogre Tamer.'
"Do you like this?" someone from behind me asked.
I jumped, "Oh Char, it's you. Yes, it's lovely. Is that you?"
"Yes it is," he said humbly.
"Did you save her?" I asked.
He chuckled, "Not at all. She saved herself. She's very good with accents and she oiled her voice to be as persuasive as the ogres. She got them to tie themselves up. That's what they're doing. When she got there the ogres were sleeping and she was escaping. We called her the ogre tamer."
"She was the one, wasn't she? She was the one who I remind you of. What happened to her?"
"She got married to an old rich lord. Now she sits amongst her jewels waiting for him to die so she can collect his estate," he said, his face looked as if he had just eaten something gross.
I decided to press my luck, "Did you.love her?"
He turned away from the tapestry and began walking down the hall, I followed, "I loved the woman she pretended to be. The real woman turned out to be so different than I thought. I often wonder if she's happy."
After a moment of silence I asked, "Do you think it's terrible to marry someone you do not love?"
"If they love you and you are happy then I see nothing wrong. But if you are just marrying them for money then I think you deserve unhappiness."
I sighed guiltily, "Char I have to be honest with you. I. love it here."
I truly had planned to tell him the truth. I really had but just as I was about to he slipped his hand in mine. I looked up at him. He was smiling slightly. I smiled as well. My insides were collapsing in guilt.
"Tonight I have been invited to have dinner with a family in the court. Unfortunately they have specifically not invited you. If you'd like an escort to show you around."
"No! I'll probably just stay in my room and read a book. Thank you anyway."
At home I would run through the orchards and pastures by myself and I intended to do the same here while Char was gone.
The day we arrived back to Frell I was greated by Queen Daria and King Gerald. They seemed very happy to see me. After a lovely lunch Char showed me to my room and I slept. The journey had been tiring and the bed was so soft. The next morning I woke up to find a maid in my room. She was laying out some clothes for me.
"What are those for?" I asked.
"When Queen Daria saw 'at you 'ad brought wif you she ordered a new wardrobe fer you, miss," she said in a thick Jenn accent.
I smiled warmly at her, "Thank you. I think I'll go with the. blue dress."
The dress was made from dark blue velvet. It was covered in little diamonds that looked like stars. There were lots near the bottom of the dress and they thinned as they got higher. The dress was beautiful. I thanked the maid.
"'Twas my pleasure Miss. 'Is 'ighness would like to meet with you for lunch after he resolves some business. Would you be wantin' a' escort to the dinin' 'all?" she asked.
"Uh, no thank you. I'll go by myself. Good day," I left my room and went down to the dining hall.
I stopped to admire a tapestry. It was a picture of a girl surrounded by a pack of ogres. The ogres were taking ropes off of themselves. There were nights off to one side. One of the knights was wearing a crown and I wondered if it was Char. There were little forks around the outside of the picture. The little plaque on the bottom of the frame said 'The Ogre Tamer.'
"Do you like this?" someone from behind me asked.
I jumped, "Oh Char, it's you. Yes, it's lovely. Is that you?"
"Yes it is," he said humbly.
"Did you save her?" I asked.
He chuckled, "Not at all. She saved herself. She's very good with accents and she oiled her voice to be as persuasive as the ogres. She got them to tie themselves up. That's what they're doing. When she got there the ogres were sleeping and she was escaping. We called her the ogre tamer."
"She was the one, wasn't she? She was the one who I remind you of. What happened to her?"
"She got married to an old rich lord. Now she sits amongst her jewels waiting for him to die so she can collect his estate," he said, his face looked as if he had just eaten something gross.
I decided to press my luck, "Did you.love her?"
He turned away from the tapestry and began walking down the hall, I followed, "I loved the woman she pretended to be. The real woman turned out to be so different than I thought. I often wonder if she's happy."
After a moment of silence I asked, "Do you think it's terrible to marry someone you do not love?"
"If they love you and you are happy then I see nothing wrong. But if you are just marrying them for money then I think you deserve unhappiness."
I sighed guiltily, "Char I have to be honest with you. I. love it here."
I truly had planned to tell him the truth. I really had but just as I was about to he slipped his hand in mine. I looked up at him. He was smiling slightly. I smiled as well. My insides were collapsing in guilt.
"Tonight I have been invited to have dinner with a family in the court. Unfortunately they have specifically not invited you. If you'd like an escort to show you around."
"No! I'll probably just stay in my room and read a book. Thank you anyway."
At home I would run through the orchards and pastures by myself and I intended to do the same here while Char was gone.