A Hiding Place is Needed

"Many of them harbour doubts about Arif, so will be inclined to believe you. I appreciate that it will be some time before we can tell if you are with child. We must hope that you are, as that will greatly strengthen our position. I don't think that Arif will dare to claim the sultanate for some while yet, so we can afford to wait. Until we know, we must find somewhere safe for you to stay, where Arif cannot find you, should he be suspicious. I will of course tell him that you have been excecuted, and the executioner will back me up, but he may still have doubts. Whilst you are in hiding I will start to cultivate the other ministers."

"I would imagine that finding somewhere safe for me will not be easy."

1. "It will have to be outside the city. My brother's farm, twenty miles away, would be a good place."
2. "I know of somewhere within the city where he won't be able to look for you. It's a convent into which no men are admitted."
3. "We'll hide you under his nose, in the harem! I trust Munaf and the girls, and Arif can't go in there. Nor can any of his men." "Will that still apply with the Sultan dead? Do his concubines retain their special status?"

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