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Oh, Daphne, you can’t get anything right. Now you’ve made him angrier, she chided herself inwardly.

Finally done, she got up and took the water and wet rag away. She took her time washing it and spreading it out on the towel racks of the enormous bathroom.

It was like a small world in the king’s chambers. Everything was in here; a person could easily spend months and decide not to meet the sun. Th