Her first few days at Our Lady Of The Immaculate Conception turned out to be every bit as miserable as Isabella had suspected they'd be, and worse. The headmistress, a severe-looking woman called Sister Teresa, assured her that she could expect no special treatment as the result of being the niece of the King. "Each student here is expected to devote her entire being to her studies and to her divinely appointed duties, and you shall be no exception," she informed Isabella upon her arrival. Next Isabella was shown to her chambers, which were small, modest and very plain by comparison to those she'd occupied at the palace. As she entered, she saw a thin, pale blonde, apparently her new roommate, sitting beside the window reading the Bible. The girl glanced up at the sound of Isa

