The Princess must be rescued at night; and if her escape is discovered in the morning she will never reach Italy, she will be behind the bars again." "But the Princess's mother will be left," said Gaydon.

"She can plead that her daughter is ill." "The magistrate forces his way into the very bedroom.

We must take with us a woman who will lie in her Highness's bed with the curtains drawn about her and a voice so weak with suffering that she cannot raise it above a whisper, with eyes so tired from sleeplessness she cannot bear a light near them.

Help me in this.

Name me a woman with the fortitude to stay behind." Gaydon shook his head.
"She will certainly be discovered.