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Sophie
tottered
to
the
low
chair
the
King
pointed
to
and
sank
into
it
,
wondering
when
the
guards
would
arrive
to
arrest
her
.
The
King
looked
vaguely
around
.
“
My
daughter
was
here
just
now
,
”
he
said
.
To
Sophie
’
s
considerable
surprise
,
he
bent
down
and
looked
under
the
desk
.
“
Valeria
,
”
he
called
.
“
Vallie
,
come
on
out
.
This
way
,
there
’
s
a
good
girl
.
”
There
was
a
shuffling
noise
.
After
a
second
,
Princess
Valeria
shunted
herself
out
from
under
the
desk
in
sitting
position
,
grinning
benignly
.
She
had
four
teeth
.
But
she
was
not
old
enough
to
have
grown
a
proper
head
of
hair
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All
she
had
was
a
ring
of
wispy
whiteness
above
her
ears
.
When
she
saw
Sophie
,
she
grinned
wider
yet
and
reached
out
with
the
hand
she
had
just
been
sucking
and
took
hold
of
Sophie
’
s
dress
.
Sophie
’
s
dress
responded
with
a
spreading
wet
stain
as
the
princess
hauled
herself
to
her
feet
on
it
.
Staring
up
into
Sophie
’
s
face
,
Valeria
addressed
a
friendly
remark
to
her
in
what
was
clearly
a
private
foreign
language
.
“
Oh
,
”
said
Sophie
,
feeling
an
awful
fool
.
“
I
understand
how
a
parent
feels
,
Mrs
.
Pendragon
,
”
said
the
King
.
Sophie
rode
back
to
the
castle
’
s
Kingsbury
entrance
in
one
of
the
King
’
s
coaches
,
drawn
by
four
horses
.
On
it
also
were
a
coachman
,
a
groom
,
and
a
footman
.
A
sergeant
and
six
Royal
Troopers
went
with
it
to
guard
it
.
The
reason
was
Princess
Valeria
.
She
had
climbed
into
Sophie
’
s
lap
.
As
the
coach
clattered
the
short
way
downhill
,
Sophie
’
s
dress
was
still
covered
with
the
wet
marks
of
Valeria
’
s
royal
approval
.
Sophie
smiled
a
little
.
She
thought
Martha
might
have
a
point
after
all
,
wanting
children
,
although
ten
Valerias
struck
her
as
a
bit
much
.
As
Valeria
had
scrambled
over
her
,
Sophie
remembered
hearing
that
the
Witch
had
threatened
in
some
way
,
and
she
found
herself
saying
to
Valeria
,
“
The
Witch
shan
’
t
hurt
you
.
I
won
’
t
let
her
!
”
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The
King
had
not
said
anything
about
that
.
But
he
had
ordered
out
a
royal
coach
for
Sophie
.
The
equipage
drew
to
a
very
noisy
halt
outside
the
disguised
stable
.
Michael
shot
out
of
the
door
and
got
in
the
way
of
the
footman
who
was
helping
Sophie
down
.
“
Where
did
you
get
to
?
”
he
said
.
“
I
’
ve
been
so
worried
!
And
Howl
’
s
terribly
upset
—
”
“
I
’
m
sure
he
is
,
”
Sophie
said
apprehensively
.