[Elvira Alioth]
Stepping outside her family’s cottage Elvira picked her black dress up from dragging in the muddy street. She headed into town where the folks of the village were gathering wood for the large bonfire that they would light for the duration of the night. Most of the town was already there enjoying some of the festivities early. Young woman around her age were gather together looking in mirrors and laughing. One of them spotted her and called out, “Elvira come here. We’re trying to foresee who our husbands will be in these mirrors.”
“I’m good,” she called and continued past them over hearing them mumble about how she would never get a husband. She didn’t want a husband and she definitely didn’t want to participate in any of the women’s silly festivities.