The "Rosalyn versus Rosalyn" case, which the scandal had by now swollen to enormous proportions, was thrown into uproar once more by news that a butler with over twenty years of service at the baron's castle had testified that the "Rosalyn of Gerona" was the real one.
On top of that, the papers reported in detail how violent "Rosalyn of Linkerton" had been, and how she hadn't even known about her own mother's chronic illness, which helped tilt the mood in my favor.
'I've gotten past the worst of it. Now I need to bring public opinion over to my side.'
I was a little puzzled as to why this affair had grown big enough to warrant the word "public opinion," but I couldn't very well ignore reality. Judges might pretend otherwise, but they're sensitive to public opinion.
The one who would help me this time was Heather.…
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