When has Margaret ever been subjected to such accusations?
She hadn't even spent a full day in Hamlet before being besieged by so many accusations, making her feel out of place, as if the entire place was rejecting her existence.
"Do you think I offended you?" Susan sensed Margaret's abnormality but didn't change her demeanor; instead, she pursued with another question, "Do you know how Hamlet was before order was established?"
Margaret had just regained her composure when she heard Susan's somewhat agitated words.
"Outside, there are bandits, looters, and inside, gangs, mercenaries, bureaucrats, nobility—ordinary people can't afford to offend anyone, make a slight mistake and it's verbal or physical abuse.
Even if ordinary people were killed, no one would care. We lived every moment in fear, with no sense of security whatsoever.
Is this your idea of freedom?"
