“A good deal more,” the Princess replied, “and if Zvotana needs a Roman Circus, so do we in Ovenstadt.”
“I had no idea it was as bad as that,” Laetitia sighed.
“The Prime Minister’s policy has put up the cost of living in an almost astronomical way and, when the people are hungry, they rebel.”
“Rebel?” Laetitia gasped.
“I only wish Louis would realise what is going on.”
“Could Mama perhaps talk to him?”
“I have thought of that,” the Princess answered, “for I believe she is the only person who could make him realise that he must assert himself and stop the rot before it is too late.”
“Then why do you not tell her what you are saying to me?” Laetitia enquired.
The Princess paused for a moment before she responded,
“I have thought of it, my dear, I have thought of it for a long time.
