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"You must obey when she summons," Tess whispered to her brother She pushed hi around the floor by her feet "Where's s where I can't find the crouched by his chair, searched the carpet, and found the jeweled scepter where it had rolled near the feet of a peasant "Here," he said, and gave it to the queen

"Kneel, Rafe!" the queen cohter "You co you so sad!"

The princess gathered her skirts and came to stand beside her parents The schooloing to make you nobility," the queen explained, "but you need more of a name Rafe is very peasant-y You need to be Rafe the

"Any ideas?" the queen asked the entire gathering "It has to start with an R!"

The little orphan, as just learning to read,hard "Rrrrr Rafe the Ridiculous? No, I don't fink so" She giggled

"Repellent?" suggested Duke Desrinned down at Liz

"Redoubtable?" proposed the king "No Not good"

The chambermaid came forward "Please, miss?" she said to the princess, with a curtsy

"Do you want to be nobility, too, Tess?" the princess asked sympathetically "Mother, could you possibly--"

"Oh, no, miss! Not at all!" The freckled face had turned pink "'Cuz the pulley boy, he ain't nobility, and--"

"What, then?" The princess worried that it was a long tiht be uncomfortable