Chapter 10
THE RAIN CLEARED overnight for a sunny morning. At breakfast, Roald announced that he was going to start on the vegetable garden. The day was clear, the sky hazy blue and the lawn full of daisies and buttercups. Johanna wished that she could go outside with him, but there was so much still to be done.
The maid confirmed that Greetje was awake and had been brought her breakfast.
Johanna went to see her. In the hallway, she asked a guard. “Has the shepherd been here to visit his wife yet?”
“No, Your Majesty, he hasn’t.”
That was a bit worrying. Johanna hoped that he was all right. Maybe, if there was time, she should go and see him and ask him about this mysterious crate.
Greetje lay back in the pillows in the bed in the guest room. Sunlight streamed in through the window. A
