Pretending to Give In
“Did you see His Grace the Grand Duke's eyes?”
Another maid hugged a basket of clean linen tightly.
“How can someone be so romantic?”
“People said the Grand Duke was colder and harsher than the northern mountains, but those rumors were completely wrong!”
“No, he's not cold. He's just manly.”
One of the older maids, who had worked there for many years, joined the conversation.
“Not just His Grace, but all the knights too. Unlike the men in the capital, they never complain or whine over little things.”
Everyone nodded with flushed faces.
The knights of Blenheim looked rough and quiet at first glance, but every one of them truly lived by the code of chivalry.
“Yesterday Jessie and I were struggling to carry a pile of laundry. One of the knights saw us, picked it up with one hand, and carried it all the way…
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