“Do you think he would do so?” Zelda asked him.
“You are not only a woman, whilst librarians are usually men, but you are also very young and beautiful. I cannot imagine that the Duke will feel that you fit into his monastic life.”
Zelda nodded.
“Of course, you are right, I can understand that. But, when I see him and talk to him, it will give me some idea of what my real father may have been like. Perhaps I will then be able to meet some of the other members of the Milver family.”
“That will be up to you, but Her Majesty and I can think of no other way that you could even have a glimpse of who you think is one of your relations, unless of course you stand outside his house and hope to see him riding across the fields.”
Zelda laughed as he intended her to do.
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