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We are apt to make mistakes, my Queen, and we are afraid to offend you in case we are wrong.

Would that Surangama were here! There would remain no room for doubt then.

Do you think her cleverer than any of us?

Oh no, but she would recognise him instantly.

I cannot believe that she would. She merely pretends to know him. There is none to test her knowledge if she professes to know the King. If we were as shameless as she is, it would