Chapter 49: Heavy words - I

Tristan had brought his carriage with him, but he informed us that traveling on foot would be more beneficial and less suspicious as no one would be traveling in a carriage in a village and people tend to stay away from people who do.

Rich people were not as polite or compassionate as the people who did not have the same status. They were considered beneath those of carriage travelers.

"How much more do we have to walk?" I panted just as Merilyn did. "We could have covered half of the distance in the carriage and the rest on foot," I suggested even though I knew that it was too late to make one.

Tristan was walking at a study pace which I doubt was his normal one. He seems to have slowed down to walk with us. "A few moments more to go." He glanced at me as he answered my query. "When we would enter the village and we could ask them around for their address."