We are glad to have you sit, are we not, mother ?" "Indeed we are," said Margaret.

"Please sit by the table, and the princess will explain why she brought you here." "I believe I can now do it myself, mother," said Yolanda, taking a folded parchment from its pouch.
"See, my hand is perfectly steady.

Sir Karl has given me strength." She spread the parchment before her, and, taking a quill from the table, dipped it in the ink-well.
"I'll not need you after all, Sir Karl.

I find I can commit my own crime," she said, much to my disappointment.

I was, you see, eager to sin for her.