[The Puppet Crown by Harold MacGrath]@TWC D-Link bookThe Puppet Crown CHAPTER II 9/31
"Yes, yes! I am a king only for her sake.
Go on. Tell me all." "The archbishop and the chancellor are the only friends you possess. The Marshal, from personal considerations merely, remains neutral.
Your army, excepting the cuirassiers, are traitors to your house.
The wisest thing you have done was to surround yourself with this mercenary body, whom you call the royal cuirassiers, only, instead of three hundred, you should have two thousand.
Self-interest will make them true to you. You might find some means to pay them, for they would be a good buffer between you and your enemies.
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