“They are dead and my brother died tragically in an accident.”
“So you have no one to live in your family home?”
“That is indeed true. There is no one to take over the house.”
“And you have no other brothers?” he enquired.
Alnina shook her head.
“No, and I have not yet discovered any relation to inherit it.”
She thought as she spoke about the family treasures she had left behind which she hoped were being sold while she was away.
Because she looked worried, the Prince said,
“So what has upset you? What are you thinking about? Let me banish it from your mind so that you look happy again.”
“I am happy,” Alnina insisted, “very happy because I am here.”
Remembering that she was supposed to be on her honeymoon, she added,
“I am only sad when I think about my brother and how much he w
