" As you want.”
" Shall we go then, your highness? " urged the master with a certain impatience,barely disguised by his flattering voice tone.
" I'm ready. Good-bye, mother.”
" See you later. And remember that later, immediately after lunch, you will have to help Antonia to tidy up your things in the new room.”
" Can I ask which room? " asked the teacher.
"The little room in the king's apartment," answered the queen.
The teacher raised his eyebrows, disapproving, but did not dare to criticize openly.
For the moment at least.
He intended to take up the subject again later and hoped to be able to make her understand his belief: he did not think it was a good thing for the child to believe the king had shown him interest and affection; it wouldn't last, everyone knew that the sovereig
