There were equerries, secretaries, valets, medical attendants, Gentlemen-in-Waiting and, in the case of one monarch besides his doctor there was a chiropodist.
Ileana could not help thinking that if Vladilas had been a husband she had chosen for herself they would have been able to laugh in private at their guests.
They would wonder how many of them, when they saw the parade of arms which the Zokālan Army now possessed, would realise that their ambitions were defeated without a single shot being fired.
Instead, after what had occurred, she was aware that Vladilas would not speak to her, he did not look at her and was obviously going out of his way to avoid her.
The only time he was even near her was when it was time for them to retire.
Then they said goodnight to their guests and left
