Her Royal Lover: A Novel — page 295: what you’re looking at

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HER ROYAL LOVER. 287 next morning a protest to the king and his ministers against the banishment of his client. “They cannot banish the subjects of a country without making them acquainted with the motive of it,” said Monsieur Klug, “and Madame de Mineleko, by the circumstance even of her marriage with the reigning sovereign, has become the first citizen of the kingdom.” This protest was addressed not only to the court and tothe ministry, but also to the supreme tribu- nal, where a complaint was lodged. | The Empress of Hindostan had decided that she would take the King of Thessaly with her to pass some time in her empire. She was waiting to put her project in execution until the eight days of leave accorded to young Pattenpouff, on the occasion of his marriage, had expired. Since the rupture of the king with the Princess de Mineleko, the old sovereign did not leave him any more than his shadow, always apprehending that, seized by some desire, he might return to his wife. The poor king was absolutely a slave to his mother- in law. The old empress was as usual with him when they handed to the king the demand of Najeska Ivan- owna, to which Monsieur Klug had appended the official letter of the king, offering to Madame de Mineleko a title with lands and a pension as the price of her retirement and of her silence, and the response that she had made toit. On reading the proud and firm respond of the young woman, the king grew pale. “What does that packet contain?” demanded the empress, imperiously. Charles Ferdinand, knowing that it was useless to Eomicboo <S (E(e)