The Painting

"It's my mother!" Astra exclaimed.

"Then I can see where you get your beauty from," Fred said. "But she looks no more than twenty-five, so surely is far too young to be your mother."

"It must have been painted fifteen or twenty years ago. In fact I recognise this portrait. It should be hanging on the wall of the throne room. In fact I'm sure that it was there when I was last home not so very long ago. How can it possibly be here?"

1. "The dragon - or one of his acolytes - must have recently stolen it." Fred suggests.
2. "Perhaps I can explain," comes a voice from behind them. Taken by surprise, they spin round to see who has spoken.
3. Then they spot another painting hanging next to it. It's of Astra, showing her when she was chained up naked.

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