He was a strong man and if there was any trouble on their journey, he would deal with robbers or anyone else who might try to detain them.
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When she returned to the Palace, she was feeling a great deal happier.
She had been shocked and upset by what her father had told her about his illness, but now she felt certain that if they could reach the Shrine of St. Janos, he would be cured.
She realised the doctors who attended to him would be sceptical of such an idea, but where Father Jozsef and the Saint were concerned miracles did happen.
That was just what she expected.
When she walked into luncheon she was not alone with her stepmother.
There was the normal collection of two Ladies-in-Waiting and two Equerries as well as one Member of the Cabinet who had been visiting her father.
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