Chapter TwoHow can you be so unfair, Mama?” Zita asked indignantly.
The Grand Duchess was silent, as if she was choosing her words before she answered,
“This is Sophie’s chance of a grand marriage, Zita, and I don’t want you to interfere or spoil it for her.”
“Why should I do that?”
The Grand Duchess did not answer the question.
She only said,
“I am not going to argue about it. You will stay upstairs and not take part in any of the festivities arranged for King Maximilian. If you disobey me, you will have to be sent away to stay with one of our relatives.”
Zita was silent, knowing that if she sometimes found the Palace gloomy, it was nothing compared to the boredom and depression she had found with her aunts and cousins who lived in much more isolated parts of the country.
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