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In Which Queen Victoria Is Not A lady Not pleased at all"

Despite the acute sensation of being crushed under a hot fruitcake of embarrassment, Rue was impressed by Queen Victoria’s ability to eviscerate in so feords The Eirth, and wore a black silk dress positively drowning in ball fringe She looked like an extraordinarily angry hassock To the best of her knowledge, Rue had never before been scolded by a footstool

"I the Crown’s authority in such a rant you any kind of diplomatic autonoh self-preservation to keep her mouth shut at that "But you conferred sundowner status upon al sanction, isn’t that a kind of diplomatic autonomy?"

Primrose, had she been present, would have fainted at the very idea of arguing with the Queen of England But Rue was accusto with powerful people To be fair, when the most powerful wo easier

Said hassock, however, was having none of it "Which was intended for you to clean up a supernatural ht that unfair After all, she had prevented a major military action and saved a nureat deal of tea Unfortunately, if past record was anything to go on, Queen Victoria was a bloodthirsty little thing She probably wouldn’t have cared about the lives and was more upset over the tea

The queen settled into her scolding "So you establish an illegal concordance between the Shadow Council and a group of vagrant weremonkeys without any kind of by-your-leave? What sort of precedent does that set? A clandestine agreeroups of supernatural creatures – no govern lady, , not" – Queen Victoria sputtered to a pause, taking in Rue’s outfit with a critical eye – "round velveteen schoolgirls!"

Rue had thought her brown velvet and gold striped visiting dress most proper for a royal summons It was sombre in coloration and striped Queen Victoria was reputed to be fond of stripes Or was that plaid?

But the "round" stung Rue thought that insult quite ripe when co from the queen, as very round indeed By comparison, Rue felt she was only moderately round

"We are hty roundness

"I beg your pardon, Your Majesty" Rue resorted to placations

Fortunately for Rue, Queen Victoria elected not to clap her in irons Instead she took a more direct course "We hereby strip you of sundowner status"

Rue sed her objection I didn’t even get to use it properly! "Yes, Your Majesty"