“But you are the Queen, Drina.” She stopped, realising her blunder. The first thing she will do is to call Sir John and then they will start telling me what to do.” The governess looked over towards the sleeping figure in the bed, but Victoria shook her head. “Dearest Lehzen, I am so glad that you are the first person to call me that.” Reaching out her hand, Victoria pulled Lehzen up to face her, and was touched by the devotion she saw in the older woman’s worried brown eyes.
She felt the smile spread across her face before she could stop herself. He is wearing a black armband.” Lehzen lowered herself into a deep curtsey. “The messenger from Windsor is downstairs. The Baroness looked so comical standing there with her hand outstretched that Victoria started to giggle, but checked herself as she saw the expression on her governess’s face. She got out of bed and went to the door, opening it just as Lehzen was putting out her hand to knock. If Lehzen was coming now, it could only mean one thing. She had celebrated her eighteenth birthday last month, so when the moment came, she would reign alone.ĭash lifted his head and then Victoria heard her governess’s quick footsteps. Soon she would be able to walk down the stairs without holding Lehzen’s hand soon she would be able to do whatever she pleased. Soon, Victoria thought, she would have her own bedroom. She could hear her mother breathing in the big bed on the other side of the room. When she opened her eyes, Victoria saw a faint sliver of light coming through the shutters.
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