The King in Exile by Sudha Shah

Author:Sudha Shah
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2012-12-26T16:00:00+00:00

There was nobody upstairs. It was very still and quiet under the electric lights. My eyes wandered and I saw the body of the Chief Queen lying on a bed in a small room. There was nobody except the senior maid sitting by the bedside and fanning the body. All was very still and quiet ...

Suddenly I wanted to take a close look at the Chief Queen, so I got up and moved closer to the bed. The senior maid did not even glance at me. I took a closer look at the Queen and saw that she was an old woman ... the face seemed to be alive, it looked serene and tranquill; there were no wrinkles. A (crown) was worn on this head once upon a time. Orders which could change the lives of citizens came out from these lips ... These eyes had witnessed the downfall of the Kingdom ... And once upon a time she had been the most powerful [person] in the country.58

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