In this world, women held a position somewhere between horses and cows. Aristocratic women were slightly better off.

My lady, your mercy in this matter is beyond what I can understand. Adulteresses must be chased from their villages.

She was not the type of woman to keep a lover. A man would have to work hard day and night to even gain her notice. She was intelligent, strong, interesting, and even a little bit mysterious.

These people don’t even realize how tied down they are by thinking of themselves as either lords or peasants.

Do your duty and let the cards fall where they may.

Her stomach rumbled, and Lily wondered how many calories her diplomacy had burned.

An intelligent woman’s gratitude is a thing very much worth having…

You change the world, but the world changes you, too. There’s no getting around it. I have to survive here, no matter what it costs me.

If she’s lucky, she’ll grow up to be a decent person instead of the wife of a feudal lord.