Chapter 81: I Can’t Help Myself

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"I don’t understand," Livia said.

"We cannot let anyone from Beaumont’s recognise you," he explained. "If the wrong person sees you walking through London, word spreads. Then Beaumont hears." He shook his head. "You have to change your look, your name. You have to become employable by respectable nobles."

Livia looked down at herself. The gown she wore belonged to one of the household servants, borrowed until proper clothing could be arranged. It fit poorly around the shoulders and slightly too tightly around the chest, a problem Richard found he wasn’t particularly bothered by.

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