CHAPTER 39: Trinity
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Trinity headed for the courtyard. It was the one place in the Council Building besides their suite of rooms where she could relax without worrying that others were watching and judging her. The gardens weren’t the wild forest that she loved, but it was the closest she was going to get. They were peaceful and quiet, and she needed a moment of peace before her appointment with the seamstress.
She was having a dress made for the big party that Hugh was arranging to raise money for the new schools. Before her first meeting with Mrs. Champfur she’d been both nervous and excited. She’d never had a fancy dress. She’d dreamed of looking lovely and elegant, but those dreams had died a quick death after her first fitting.
The Almighty seamstress had put her in a gown
