Flower-in-the-Night may be brilliant at negotiations (not, Abdullah thinks proudly, that this ought to come as any surprise; his wife is brilliant at everything she does), but this might be too much even for her skills.
Something booms behind the door to Crown Prince Justin's chambers, and Princess Beatrice bellows something about cats in untoward places, muddy boots resting on official treaties, and....improperly darned socks?
"I think," proposes Flower-in-the-Night, "that perhaps they might be amenable to having dinner with us some other night," and Abdullah heartily agrees; they might be called upon to settle diplomatic disagreements, but no one said anything about domestic ones.
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Flower-in-the-Night may be brilliant at negotiations (not, Abdullah thinks proudly, that this ought to come as any surprise; his wife is brilliant at everything she does), but this might be too much even for her skills.
Something booms behind the door to Crown Prince Justin's chambers, and Princess Beatrice bellows something about cats in untoward places, muddy boots resting on official treaties, and....improperly darned socks?
"I think," proposes Flower-in-the-Night, "that perhaps they might be amenable to having dinner with us some other night," and Abdullah heartily agrees; they might be called upon to settle diplomatic disagreements, but no one said anything about domestic ones.