>>5484243Wise words, this doctor is insufferable.
>>5484266>>5484314>>5484634>>5484667If it was not the doctor's fault it was not his fault, but asking reparations from a family who had lost it's head because he wanted to celebrate the return of a son was heartless. So you told.
-If the man has died by not following the doctor's treatment it should be known and said, but reparations are exaggerated, the guilt is enough to punish this family.
The peasants thanked you and most of the people in the room agreed with you. The doctor tried to grumble but when you told that if he said one more word he would be beaten with sticks by all your guards he preferred wisely to shut up. He was a presumptuous burgher and you disliked him anyway. The rest of the day was quite boring, with small quarrels about plots of land and other insignificant problems. The only bright spot was your lunch with Lady Takable, she agreed to sing a song while playing her harp and you discussed about poetry and your future life. She even commented about your decisions.
-It was very interesting to hear you judge those peasants, my tutors and my steward rarely let me rule my lands because of my age. But you were right to whip this thief. It will teach him a good lesson. You should have whipped the two Kramers too, they were awful, they wanted to divorce and never talked about children and how they would live, the mother only said once that the father hit them but.. How could people be so selfish as to forget their children like this ?
It was true, you never imagined what would happen of the children if two parents broke their marriage. One more proof that divorce was barbaric and not natural.
You had to agree with her.
-In my lands we have no such things as a divorce, only the pope may declare a marriage void and null if for exemple it was never consumated or made between too close cousins. A child always ends with the surviving parent, but what to do if both parents survive...
-I would not want to let children go near these two.
It was true, they were no exemple for society.
Finally, late in the afternoon, practically when you were finishing your judgements a soldier in a livery with a golden eagle on a green background entered here. He bowed before you and when Oldfossil explained to you that it was a messenger of the count you let him speak.
-My lord, His Excellency the Count Hapyon Careless has received your letter, and he summons you to his castle at Pleasantville to explain yourself before him. The baron will be summoned too and his Excellency will judge your affair, Lady Rose Takable is to be summoned too. Understanding that there is risks on the road his Excellency has sent his son and six of his best riders to accompany your men back to your lands and you to Pleasantville. They shall be here tomorrow.
