I thought that I was choosing between high society and study, but the decision was made before I was born. I thought that a noble lord was courting me, but he turned out to be the last scoundrel. I thought that I had become independent, but I couldn’t even protect myself. And I never thought that the most honest, loyal and noble people would be people without position and means. But the Tree of Knowledge will reveal all our secrets, no matter how hard they try to hide them.