“IGNORANT and weak? That’s rich coming from a woman who could not engage in a simple conversation with the older aristocrats like yourself and your other sisters since only the men and the latest beauty products are all you could ever talk about,” Duchess Elinora stood up and responded. “Ask them about what is going around in their own Empire and they would shut their mouths right away and would find several ways to escape. That is what they are good at. Her Grace here on the other hand, speaks eloquently. She has more knowledge and grace compared to her sisters. What more if she entered the University? Her Grace would have surpassed the Scholars with her intelligence.”
“You flatter me too much, Your Highness,” Catherine said.
The old woman smiled. “I am only telling the truth. Compared
