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The Never Ending Quest - Episode 42129
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Astra entered her room, having been told that she had thirty minutes in
which to get ready. Then Reaibn would come for her, after having had his
discussion with Fred. He would speak to her and, if time permitted, he
might show her his marble. Then they would collect Fred and Reaibn would
escort the two of them to the ceremony.
The two maidservants who would help her put on her robes were already waiting for her inside the room. One was a pleasant-seeming middle-aged woman whom Astra had not seen before. To her astonishment, the other was Exotica. "How did you get here so quickly?" she asked. The only answer she got was: "No. Leave me alone." The other servant shrugged. "I'm sorry about Prin- I mean Exotica," she said. "It's all right," Astra replied. "We met just now, so I know what she's like. Well, if I have to put on fancy dress for this ceremony - or I should perhaps say different fancy dress from what I'm already wearing - then we'd better get on with it." As she spoke, she took off her hat [24945] and put it on a nearby table. Whilst Exotica stood back, the middle-aged servant quickly and efficiently removed Astra's boots, skirt, blouse, hose and finally slip. [23642] As a princess, Astra was naturally used back home to having servants assist her in dressing and undressing, so she found this normal enough. "Ooh, Your Highness, what's happened to your derriere?" the maid asked. "It's all red." "Er, it's nothing to worry about. Can we get on, please?" "Exotica, bring out the Princess's robes for the ceremony please." From somewhere, Exotica produced:
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JH (NB: 24717 may be of use when writing about the Coronation ceremony)
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