“I do not know whether His Majesty has told you, ma’am,” he said, “but the Royal Suite on the other side of the Palace is to be redecorated. Therefore these rooms are, for the moment, the private wing for you and His Majesty to use.”
“I am quite content, thank you, and the rooms are very beautiful.”
They looked out over the garden and Valona could see a lake at the far end as well as three fountains nearer to the Palace.
They were throwing jets of water high into the air and it was falling like a flood of rainbows into the carved basins below.
“It is so lovely!” Valona exclaimed more to herself than to the aide-de-camp.
“Your Majesty will find the garden very beautiful at this time of year,” he told her. “And the flowers in this room were brought in especially for you, ma’am, becaus
