A Show!

Hilda was so certain she would win a significant enough fortune that the owners would be left sobbing, naked, and in nothing but a tent without stakes that she figured there could be no harm in first heading to a show.

She looked at a strand of painted placards that listed the ludicrous abilities of the entertainers.

"6 Foot Tall Man-Eating-Chicken", read one.

"Seen it, Hilda glowered, nothing but a man eating a chicken!"

"Reduced Royal Rubbing Her Ruby!", read another.

"No way any woman of such a high born rank would be reduced to such shame.", she shook her head.

"Hypnotist.", Hilda read. "Ooo!", she had heard of this humiliating hundreds before.

It would be great fun to watch some fool completely humiliated.

"One please!", she asked the ticket taker before getting some snacks, taking a total of a tenth from her funds.