“Has Your Majesty decided to break the marriage pact with Princess Anna?”
“Exactly.”
“Why?”
“Can't you imagine why, Father?”
“No; try to explain it to me.”
“I will never have the courage to confess the truth to her and I don't want our marriage to be based on lies. This is not what I always wanted to be able to offer to my bride.”
“What truth?”
“My birth, father, my birth,” Luigi broke out, exasperated and raising his voice to a shout.
The monk looked sternly at him, with his eyes reminding him of the place where they were.
"Excuse me," the king murmured. "But what can I offer my future queen? How can I tell her that the king was not my father and that I ... I am simply a bastard?” His voice broke into a half sob, barely suppressed.
“Tell her sincerely, if this is so important to
