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"How can we help him," said Stephanie, "if everything I mend by
day the Widow tears apart at night? If it weren't for the Widow,
I would have had him in her chambers, not once, but a hundred
times, like it or not, the way I did that night in the castle of
Malvei."
As they finished talking, they went into the princess's chamber.
She was deeply involved in conversation with Widow Repose, and
Stephanie could not talk to her. The emperor, knowing that the
constable was there, thought that Tirant must be there too. So
he had them summoned, and as they had to hold counsel, the
emperor said:
"Let us go to Carmesina's chambers, and we will see how she is,
because she has not felt well all day long."
The constable went first, then came the emperor and Tirant, and
then everyone in the council who wished to go. They found the
princess playing cards with the Widow, withdrawn to a corner of
the chamber. The emperor sat at her side, asking about her
illness, and she quickly answered him:
"Sire, as soon as I see Your Majesty, my illness suddenly
disappears.


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