Now she looked at herself in the mirror and saw, without being in any way conceited, that Hildegard had spoken the truth.
She did look beautiful and it was for a man who had not yet condescended to welcome his bride-to-be to his country.
Zorina came out of her bedroom and crossed the corridor towards her mother’s room.
Because she was in the Royal Suite, which she would occupy when she was Queen, her mother had been accommodated in a bedroom that was as near to hers as possible.
It was not as grand as the one known as ‘The Queen’s Room’, but it was still very attractive. And she could see that the furniture and pictures were all valuable works of art.
Zorina was just about to open her mother’s door when two gentlemen appeared a little further along the corridor.
The King’s Suite, she
