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"Precisely so. But how --"

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"Was there a secret marriage?"

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"None."

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"No legal papers or certificates?"

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"None."

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"Then I fail to follow your Majesty. If this young person should produce her letters for blackmailing or other purposes, how is she to prove their authenticity?"

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"There is the writing."

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"Pooh, pooh! Forgery."

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"My private note-paper."

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"Stolen."

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"My own seal."

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"Imitated."

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"My photograph."

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"Bought."

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"We were both in the photograph."

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"Oh, dear! That is very bad! Your Majesty has indeed committed an indiscretion.


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