Chapter Sixteen - An Audience with the King.
Esperanza’s Point of View
I sit in my bed chamber, I had awoken before the c**k crowed, and my sleep had been troublesome, it is just three weeks, until I am to be taken to the King’s bed chamber, and as each day passes, the more anxious I become. My mind filled with conflicting thoughts, what if he rejects me? What if he does not reject me? I wish to please my uncle, and after so much kindness the king has bestowed upon me in comparison to the other Ladies, I secretly wish to please him as well. I am in surprise that I still reside here, but four days ago all but myself, Lady Charlotte and Lady Delilah were removed and sent back to their homes. The beautifying has increased somewhat, there was not a part of any of us that had not been
