Matilda looked startled, but then her face took on an angry sort of look when she thought about everything. "Aye... I will stay... But... Could I ask ye a boon? Could I ask ye ta make sure the town knows the truth when this is over so Miss Pearl and any other innocent in all of this can be cleared of the muck that awful Gareth Scott put out that isn't true? She gave the story to that man directly and be betrayed her. She was trying ta save other lasses from her brother and now she is dirty for even settin foot in that place. Ne'er yeind about all the affluential lads in town go there."