Pr\ =ince_ss Isa:%bella of Vale/ n %has spent yea)#.rs`\@ studying medi)c^#ine an[_( d deve`_loping $+@]a r]#emedy for
/(the plague.::* She \/.returns to the capit_::-al quietly, hoping to of\-fer i!@t as a \%b!+irt/hday== gift t$;o =h(]er ;fat`-)he r, King +!#A^ rthur, who is about)` to remar?@= ry. Arthur's fiancé,#+]e,( Marga]#@ret, resent# (s 
:th(e princess for)^= staying /away and +, delaying ;the \=);wedding.*\ While ridi %$ng through the c +apita;l, Margare+t%? l_ets her car=@riag$.e te@ar thro/ ]ugh the (.st/r!-eets and ne@arly runs[@( down common/ ers. :(Isabel; /la #sto(, ps her, only : [to be publicl\-y hu#!%miliated and beaten? by Margaret a^#nd her daughter, who accus (e her ^+!of being`, a witch. The corr*]u$-\pt, fawning capta;-in o. *f the city)/= guard he^% _lps$ th$$+e\m. #Margaret !burns th+^e po#;;rtra./it of Isabella's mot]*her[^ a,nd the prec .ious herbs
 Isabella needs for her medicine, =^`then orders her tied to ],a sta_ke? and burn?.-*ed a\^l=ive(. Just\ in t?ime, K!ing_: Art].h-!(ur le:/arns!* the truth a+?*nd ]( ^ar@!rives w [%(ith h
?is guar`.ds in a fury.