Chapter 33

Pèigi sobbed and carried on terribly as the guard escorted her to her room to get her belongings. Rowena thought she was doing the girl a favor by not subjecting her to the Birching Room.

"You didn't say anything when I was deciding Pèigi's fate. You've run a household and you've been beaten by your husband. Should I have beaten her or let her go?" Rowena asked Fenella.

"It's not my place to say,