The king had almost turned on him with angry words, and it was not long until he had the man banned from his court.
However, later, reasoning calmly, he reflected that he was probably just the spokesman for many other rumors that roamed the building and perhaps even beyond, and that he could not completely ignore them, even for the good of his brother. He did not want to little by little be considered a fool that the king dragged behind for some hidden reason. He could not risk some fool making some inappropriate remarks, including in front of the prince himself and ruin all of his efforts.
With that in mind he tried on the one hand to limit the boy's public appearances while on the other hand spending as much time as possible with him to accelerate that healing which (he hoped) would no
