Jared Kovacs

I will obey

The princess opened the letter, read it, and threw it aside. "Wicked old woman," she cried sharply, "you are all pretending to be a fool, praising the wicked man, and encouraging me to write to him. After all this, I was allowed to exchange letters with him. Why are you doing this? Tell me the truth! Every time you see me, you say, 'I will teach him and put an end to his wishful thinking. 'But you are doing it to urge me to answer his letter, so that you can play a trick between me and him and discredit me." After she reviled, even ordered about the slave: "damn thing, don't hurry to drag this old thing out and kill."