{"id":5460,"date":"2015-07-07T14:21:35","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T18:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/u-town.com\/collins\/?p=5460"},"modified":"2015-08-22T09:17:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T13:17:50","slug":"a-princess-in-u-town-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u-town.com\/collins\/?p=5460","title":{"rendered":"a princess in u-town (beginning)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jan Sleet put down her newspaper and drew deeply on her cigarette. \"His Majesty is not doing well,\" she said slowly.<\/p>\n

I knew who she meant. She was referring to King Fernando of Bellona, now deposed. She and I had been present in Bellona during the revolution which had overthrown his rule. My employer had ostensibly been there to cover the events as a journalist.<\/p>\n

Since that time, the king, along with his two young children and a few trusted servants, had moved into quiet exile in Europe.<\/p>\n

There had been only occasional news over the years, but my employer always noted each item, as if following the career of a vanquished adversary.<\/p>\n

\"It says here that his doctors are making him comfortable, expecting that he will die soon.\"<\/p>\n

\"Does it say what's wrong with him?\" I asked. \"He's not that old, is he?\"<\/p>\n

\"Fifty-two,\" she said, \"according to my calculations.\" She sipped her coffee. \"There is no mention of his exact condition.\"<\/p>\n

\"Do crowns still get passed down even if there's no longer an actual throne involved?\"<\/p>\n

\"Of course. Now...\" She frowned. \"That's an interesting question. His daughter, as I know you'll remember, is older than her brother, but I'm not certain about the rules of succession. Does the crown go to the oldest child, or to the first-born male?\"<\/p>\n

\"Well,\" I said, savoring the rare moment when I knew something she didn't, \"you'll be able to ask her royal highness yourself, in a week or two.\"<\/p>\n

 
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