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Chapter 28

           OfalltheRoyaltiesatpresentflourishingonthispaltryplanet,IhavethegreatestrespectforthePrinceofWales,anditisbyreasonofthisveryrespectthatIdonotintend,onthisoccasionatanyrate,tothrustmyselfuponhisnotice.IshallarriveatWillowsmerewhenyour‘royal’festivitiesareover.Myhomagetoyourfairspouse,theLadySibyl,andbelieveme,

           Yoursaslongasyoudesireit

           LucioRimânez.

           Ilaughedoverthisletterandshowedittomywife,whodidnotlaugh.Shereaditthroughwithaclosenessofattentionthatsomewhatsurprisedme,andwhenshelaiditdowntherewasastrangelookofpaininhereyes.

           "Howhedespisesusall!"shesaidslowly"Whatscornunderlieshiswords!Doyounotrecogniseit?"

           "Hewasalwaysacynic"Irepliedindifferently"Ineverexpecthimtobeanythingelse."

           "Heseemstoknowsomeofthewaysofthewomenwhoarecominghere"shewentoninthesamemusingaccents;"Itisasifhereadtheirthoughts,andperceivedtheirintentionsatadistance."

           Herbrowsknittedfrowningly,andsheseemedforsometimeabsorbedingloomymeditation.ButIdidnotpursuethesubjectIwastoointentonmyownfussypreparationsforthePrince’sarrivaltocareaboutanythingelse.

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