Crest of the Green Leaf: Entry Two

13th Day of the 3rd Month
I am so furious right now I could just cry. It all started out well enough. I awoke early, and determined in my heart that I would make a good impression on the Counsel. I wore a sky-blue, princess seam gown with silver scroll-laced trim on the scooped neckline and tapered sleeves. Father says that dress makes me look 25 summers old; instead of my going-on-18-summers age. I brushed my white-blonde hair until it shone in the sunlight, and left it long and free-flowing. I had almost an hour before the meeting was to take place in the Chamber of Echoes, but I…