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Rh every one by getting up a show for her?

Shall I then make arrangements for her residence at the palace?

You will do nothing of the sort. She has left her place as the Empress of her own accord—here she will have to work as a maid-servant if she wants to stay in my house.

It will be hard and bitter to her, Your Highness.

If I seek to save her from her sufferings, then I am not worthy to be her father.