The petition stack has grown by two bundles since winter. Word gets around that replies actually come back, and suddenly everyone's this bold.

• HabelDid mine grow too?
  MartaYours has been one sheet for twenty years, Habel. What's there to grow?
• OsmonReplies get the seal at night and go down to the village by morning.
  PaulineSo does that mean I could actually see the count's handwriting?