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Bradamante had only a few items of clothing to choose from, but that didn’t make her decision any easier.
What should someone like her wear to dine with the king?
Rinaldo had not been invited. Bradamante did not know who else might be.
She possessed no grand clothes. Not even anything as elegant as what the king’s messenger wore when he delivered her invitation earlier in the day.
But after much consideration, Bradamante chose the clothing that was most meaningful to her.
She dressed as a soldier in King Carleman’s army.
She dusted off the leggings, black leather boots, and dark blue tunic she wore to Lord Ganelon’s inspection this morning. The tunic smelled somewhat of sweat, but so did every soldier’s clothes.
Bradamante knew that she would not be permitted to wear her sword
