Marie was looking forward to seeing Henry at the dinner table but it was no luck. According to his servant, he was still out, attending to a private matter in town. The others were whispering, maybe he was spending time with a w***e.
She didn’t care if it was true. Royals do that, even ordinary men do.
But what irritates her the most is that the woman Henry was with when she arrived was not at the dinner table too. Others were assuming that they were together.
They had their dinner and afterward, each one of them was handed a box, a gift from the King according to his servant.
The women received butterfly pins, made of diamond and rubies. The men were cufflinks. They had diamonds and rubies in them too.
It was a very generous gift indeed. It immediately stopped the speculations and t
