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My grandfather believes in his divine and royal right to i as peasants He also believes he knohat is best for them and for Niroli Because there has been a history of insurrection ast our mountain population, led by the Viallis in the past, he also fears that by encouraging the thee the Crowns supremacy’

‘And you don't agree' Euessed sympathetically

‘I believe that every child has the right to a good education, and that every parent has the right to want to provide their child with the best opportunities available My grandfather feels that by educating our poorest citizens, ill encourage them to want much more than the simple lives they presently have, he fears that some will rise up others will desert the land andto imprison them in poverty and lack of opportunity We have a duty to the the people are disenfranchised Ehettos of Europe: angry youngonly violence and greed, because that is all they have ever known I don't want to see that happening here

'I have tried to persuade randfather to invest so to install electricity in these remote areas, but he refuses to do so Just as he refuses to see the potential trouble he is storing up for the island’

Emily could hear the frustration in his voice It had touched her iether in their shared awareness of the downsides of keeping people impoverished and powerless

‘Perhaps, once you are King’ she suggested, but Marco shook his head again ‘My grandfather is very good at i conditions and I don't want to trap myself in a situation where my hands are tied Plus, it see to resent enerations resisted thewith the throne, so I have decided to act now to take the heat out of the situation'

‘But what can you do?' Erandfather has refused to allow electricity to be supplied'

‘l can't insist that it is No’ Marco agreed ‘But I can provide it by other ht what I hope will be enough generators to at least provide sorandfather is furious, of course, but I a that he will back down and accept what I have done as a way of allowing hi face He is an old man who has ruled autocratically all his life It is hard for hi change forced upon it’

‘You think there will be so of the danger that would bring to Marco

‘Not irandfather is so determined to hold absolute power’

‘You pretend not to do so but in reality you understand hireat deal of coently

‘On the contrary, what I feel is a great deal of irritation and anger because he refuses to see the danger he is courting’ Marco corrected her Her perceptiveness had startled hi him feel that she knew hies I want to randfather blocks me at every turn’

'You've lived away fro your own decisions without the need to consult others Perhaps your grandfather is being difficult because he sees this and in some ways he fears it—and you You said yourself that he's an old , but e that publicly, and that a part of hih you When you come up with your own plans and they are opposed to his he tries to block you because he's afraid of losing his power to you'

‘I doubt you would ever get him to admit any of that'

Emily could hear the frustration in Marco's voice and with it His hunger to right what he sarongs He would be a strong king morally, socially, politically and in all the other iht home to her the reality of her own situation Even if by some miracle he should return her love, there was no future for the that would prevent hi Not now