Lovestruck, Evangeline finds herself in a strange predicament: the young man thinks she’s too lowly for him to marry, but in reality she’s probably too high a rank to marry him. He is kind, handsome, and in every way the opposite of Shively. The travelling band is led by Westley le Wyse, son of the Lord and Lady of Glynval. At Muriel’s suggestion, our heroine is pretending to be mute lest her dulcet voice give her away. There, Evangeline hopes to find a job and blend in until Shively gives her up for dead. They wear their shabbiest clothes and pass themselves off as servants, joining a group headed to the village of Glynval. When Richard arranges for Evangeline to marry his ambitious, skeevy advisor, one Lord Shively, the girl makes a break for it, accompanied by her nervous maidservant/only friend, Muriel. She envies the peasants, even though their life is mostly hard labor, because at least they can marry as they choose. But Evangeline lacks the one thing she yearns for: freedom. She’s also been blessed with good looks, natural athleticism, and an angelic singing voice. She can read and write in Latin and English (and presumably French, although that never comes up). She has never wanted for food, clothing, or shelter. Evangeline is the illegitimate first cousin of King Richard II.
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