A pamphlet had been swept into the mailbox of the home belonging to Roswyn and Olivier Halcourt, a mailbox which typically did sit rather empty unless it was a delivery of eggs and feathers, or perhaps a student's work... but this time, it was far more interesting. A horrid gossip, Roswyn had been, all her life... but never a gossip on the topic of her family. It was her family that she never touched the topic of, no matter how terrible of a fight she would get into with Rothwin, no matter what words were exchanged with her 'unruly' niece, family was never something she publicly spoke ill of. Not her blood.
So, upon reading such words spoken of the family she had aided so intensely in her youth, Roswyn fell conflicted. How thankful she was that her youngest of brother's name had been cleared... but what of the price spent to do such? It was not the worst of gossip... but it was still word that could be twisted into unyielding knots.