After hearing this, the Viscountess smiled. "There is no need to worry. Sir Michael here has already explained to me that I am now immune from smallpox after I have survived it."
Esmeralda was speechless. She'd never heard of such a thing.
"As for the so-called 'peasants', I have been assured that they are no longer afflicted with the disease. I have Sir Michael and Miss Evie to thank for that."
This made Esmeralda lose her mind completely. She felt like she was going crazy! She couldn't understand how those two were able to convince the royals of such an absurd lie!
Everyone knew that the slums, and in extension the peasants, were all infected with disease. That was a rule. It was a given.
Peasants were naturally just full of afflictions. There was nothing they could do about that. Not even the great Sinclair could combat this. And so, peasants would forever be a magnet for disease.
