PGBD+Stay+in+the+Village

We have decided to stay. It has been a very difficult time and those of us who survived have decided to make a go of it.

Only a few years have passed but our village is on the rise. Many people have moved in, and my husband now has several apprentices working for him.

We have decided to create a government, as our "village" has become so big we need to have some permanent infrastructures in place now. We held an election and almost everyone voted for my husband! He's the new mayor! Not only have we become wealthy, but we are now so highly respected by our peers that they want us to lead them.

A member of the government came to our town today and spoke to my husband. He was so rude and was very disrespectful to all of us. He told us that the king was waging a war against the English and needed more money, so we had to pay more taxes. We don't even know these English people, and we are already paying a ton of money. Every time we have asked the king for something, we are denied but he continues to ask us for money.

The government official has decided to stay in our town to make sure we are paying our taxes. He accused my husband of not doing everything in his power to comply with the king. My husband lost his cool and yelled at him.

What has happened? In the middle of the night we were both arrested for being traiters. We are to be tried in a court in Paris. We don't know anyone in Paris. What did we do?

We have been found guilty of treason. Apparently, the people that did not vote for my husband didn't like him and testified that he was guilty of conspiring with them to keep from paying our taxes. They said my husband did whatever I told him to do and I was the ring leader. We never even intereracted with these people. Maybe that's why they did this to us. We are to be beheaded tomorrow at noon

Today is here, what a rough life we have lived.


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