“It will be a great disappointment for those who would have been invited,” the Prime Minister had protested.
“They will understand that we are mourning King Stephan,” Lord Victor replied, “and also that my wife and I will want to be alone together.”
The Prime Minister had therefore somewhat reluctantly agreed that Lord Victor should have his own way.
Now as King he thought that it was something he intended to have for the rest of his life!
He was well aware that to build up Zararis the way the Marquis of Salisbury had wanted was almost a Herculean task.
However, it was what he intended to do.
He knew that he would be helped in every way possible because Sydella was with him.
The adoring way she looked at him and her beauty would, he knew, make him strive for the well-being of the co
