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Satisfied that Anjou would do nothing to blemish my reputation, I continued to relax in his presence. With his return to court, I remembered how easy it was to talk to him and to share my thoughts. The Queen Mother continued to treat me as a beloved daughter and in her presence, the Duc was the powerful portrait of decorum.
Mindful of his upcoming coronation, the court remained in Paris to aid Anjou as he prepared to leave to rule Poland. The King continued to be impatient with his brother's lackadaisical attitude towards leaving France and gossip began to spread that I was the reason for Anjou's reluctance to leave for his new kingdom.
I paid little attention to the gossip, confident that Anjou would do nothing to damage my reputation purposefully. I began to dread the day that Anjo
