Now in a voice that was almost hysterical Princess Marigold pointed out,
“Do you not understand, Holden, that Her Majesty will use the death of Prince Eumenus as an excuse to keep us in mourning.”
She paused a moment to clear her throat before continuing,
“She is just hoping and praying that we will become bored with waiting and then she can marry me off to some doddering old King whose Throne is crumbling from under him!”
Prince Holden put his hand over the Princess’s.
“We have a little more than two months to go,” he said, “and I cannot believe that Prince Eumenus who was of little consequence, could expect us to mourn for any longer than that.”
“But I will not leave you and go to Greece,” Princess Marigold retorted. “I know exactly how Her Majesty’s mind works. She is thinking tha
