The darkness only lasted for a short time to symbolize the night. Sunlight filtered through the windows to show that it was another new day. The narrator was the first person to wake the people in the chateau. The maid hurried in and out of the room as she helped "Gabrielle" with her morning routine.
"After Gabrielle dolled herself up properly, she sat on a carriage and headed to the palace to visit Henry IV. Recently, Henry IV had been increasingly attracted to her talents and wit…"
When Lin Sanjiu heard the name "Henry IV" and considered her current situation, she placed the clues together and made a good guess that she was in the Middle Ages in France. Even if her history knowledge was limited, she could guess that she was in the early Bourbons. As she listened to the narrator, she was sat on her metal board unenthusiastically and let it bring her out into the cold winter morning.
