‘Valona will enjoy every moment of it,’ he told himself. ‘She has managed to cheer up Rose a little today, for which I am very grateful.’
That night when the girls retired to bed, Lady Rose asked Valona,
“You are praying for me to your special star?”
“Yes, I am, Rose, but you must pray to your own star as well. I strongly suspect it does not work for anyone else.”
She spoke very seriously and so obviously believed in every word she was saying that Lady Rose did what she was told.
When she repeated to the Marquis what Valona had told her, he said,
“Now I think of it, I have heard that is one of the beliefs of the people of Piracus, but it didn’t do much good for the poor Prince. The throne was shaky before he inherited it and I doubt if that country will ever again have a Royal Rul
