Chapter 8
I looked at Henri and saw that he had aged well. Clarissa let go of me and asked, “When did you arrive? We did not hear you being announced, but that could be because we were out and about most of today.”
“We have only just arrived from America.” I turned back and said, “I would like to introduce …”
Clarissa reached out to Jeremiah and hugged him as well. “So good to see you returned safe. We had prayed for your constant looking over and the queen will be pleased that you have succeeded.”
Henri came forward and took Jeremiah’s hand. “Welcome back. We can all talk in the morning when you both have had some rest.” He turned to the little girl. “Abigail, come with me so that we can find Nanny and get you to sleep.”
“But Father, I want to stay up and talk with Cinderella.” She p
