Excerpt from Brilliant by Jane Brox, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

The wealthy -- whom watch could distinguish from a distance by their dress -- always traveled with servants to hold their lanterns, and with guards to defend them. They were also excepted from nightime restrictions that others were subject to: in many cities night travelers were forbidden to wear hoods or cloaks, and they could not carry weapons or gather in groups of more than three or four.

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