CHAPTER 5
Downstairs, there seemed to be a lull compared to the activity of the night
before. There was no one tending to the inn's reception, to Marianna May's
relief, as she made her way out of the door. Few people were milling about
while some donkey-drawn carriages clacked on the street heavy with their
deliveries.
The sign was right across the inn read "The Dog and Duck, dine and drink."
The princess was relieved when she spotted some people through the pub's
window and quickly made her way there. As she entered, the portly man
behind the bar bellowed something unintelligible that frightened Marianna
May.
"It's alright, Rufus. She's with me," a deep voice rang from the tables.
"Come to me, little Miss."
Marianna May looked around and realized she was the only "little miss
