“That may be your opinion, General,” she replied, “but we are a peaceful nation and our neighbours are friendly towards us.”
“Who told you that?” the General asked. “Your Foreign Secretary? He should have been retired years ago!”
This was something that Ileana had thought herself, but had not seen fit to say so and she felt extremely annoyed to have this stranger criticising what she perceived of as ‘her Government’.
In an icy voice, which she could use very effectively when she wished, she countered,
“It is very easy, General, to find fault. At the same time, as my father has been so ill for such a long time, I thought it would be a mistake to make too many changes.”
“What you are saying is that you are waiting until he is dead, when you intend to take over the throne.”
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